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Camden Expedition order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Union forces
MG Frederick Steele
444 officers, 11,162 men, 30 guns (not including Clayton's command)[3]
Escort (2 officers, 88 men):
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Regiments and Others
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Third Division
BG Frederick Salomon
193 officers, 4,657 men, 16 guns
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1st Brigade
BG Samuel A. Rice (mw) 30 Apr
Col Charles E. Salomon
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| 2nd Brigade
Col William E. McLean
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Adolph Engelmann
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Frontier Division[5]
BG John Milton Thayer
Infantry: 115 officers, 2,893 men, 10 guns
Cavalry: 40 officers, 913 men, 4 guns
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1st Brigade
Col John Edwards
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Charles W. Adams
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Owen Bassett
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Cavalry Division
BG Eugene Asa Carr
1st and 3rd Brigades: 77 officers, 2,611 men
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1st Brigade
Col John F. Ritter
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Daniel Anderson
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| Independent Cavalry Brigade [Post of Pine Bluff][6]
Col Powell Clayton
Cavalry: 42 officers, 885 men
Infantry: 21 officers, 688 men
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See also
Notes
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 657–659.
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ All strength figures were "present for duty". The "aggregate present" strength was 13,754.
- ^ Manned by Company F, 9th Wisconsin Infantry.
- ^ Organized March 21, 1864, for the expedition. Joined near Elkins Ferry.
- ^ Operating in connection with Steele's column.
References
- Forsyth, Michael J. The Camden Expedition of 1864 and the Opportunity Lost by the Confederacy to Change the Civil War (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers), 2003. ISBN 0-7864-1554-1.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series 1, Vol. XXXIV, Part 1, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
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