Red River campaign order of battle: Union

The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged in the Red River campaign, during the American Civil War in 1864. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.^[1]^[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st and 2nd Divisions	All Brigades	Detached in Texas
3rd Division BG Robert A. Cameron (2,275 men)	1st Brigade Ltc Aaron M. Flory	46th Indiana: Cpt William M. DeHart 29th Wisconsin: Maj Bradford Hancock 11th Indiana: On veteran furlough 24th Indiana: On veteran furlough 34th Indiana: On veteran furlough
	2nd Brigade Col William H. Raynor	24th Iowa: Maj Edward Wright 28th Iowa: Col John Connell 56th Ohio: Cpt Maschil Manring
	Artillery (8 guns)	1st Missouri Light, Battery A: Lt Elisha Cole Ohio Light, 2nd Battery: Lt William H. Harper
4th Division Col William J. Landram (2,990 men)	1st Brigade Col Frank Emerson (w&c)^[3]	77th Illinois: Ltc Lysander R. Webb (k), Maj John A. Burdett^[6] 67th Indiana: Ltc Theodore E. Buehler (Non-veterans of 60th Indiana attached) 19th Kentucky: Ltc John Cowan 23rd Wisconsin: Maj Joseph E. Greene 60th Indiana: On veteran furlough 1st United States: Detached at New Orleans
	2nd Brigade Col Joseph W. Vance (k)^[3] Ltc Albert H. Brown^[6]	130th Illinois: Maj John B. Reid 48th Ohio: Ltc Joseph W. Lindsey 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin 96th Ohio: Ltc Albert H. Brown 97th Illinois: Detached at New Orleans
	Artillery (10 guns) Cpt Patrick H. White XIII Chief of artillery	Indiana Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Martin Klauss Chicago (Illinois) Mercantile Battery: Lt Pinckney S. Cone

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG William H. Emory (7,134 men)	1st Brigade BG William Dwight	29th Maine: Col George L. Beal 114th New York: Ltc Henry B. Morse (w), Maj Oscar H. Curtis^[6] 116th New York: Col George M. Love 153rd New York: Col Edwin P. Davis 161st New York: Ltc William B. Kinsey 30th Massachusetts: On veteran furlough
	2nd Brigade BG James W. McMillan	13th Maine: Col Henry Rust, Jr. 15th Maine: Col Isaac Dyer 160th New York: Ltc John B. Van Petten 47th Pennsylvania: Col Tilghman H. Good 8th Vermont: On veteran furlough
	3rd Brigade Col Lewis Benedict (k)^[3] Col Francis Fessenden (w)^[3] Ltc Justus W. Blanchard^[8]	30th Maine: Col Francis Fessenden, Ltc Thomas H. Hubbard^[3] 162nd New York: Ltc Justus W. Blanchard 165th New York: Ltc Gouverneur Carr (w), Cpt Henry C. Inwood^[9] 173rd New York: Col Lewis M. Peck, Cpt Howard C. Conrady^[9]
	Artillery (14 guns) Cpt George T. Hebard	New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor Vermont Light, 1st Battery: Cpt George T. Hebard
2nd Division BG Cuvier Grover (4,477 men)	1st Brigade	Detached at Carrollton
	2nd Brigade BG Henry Warner Birge^[3]^[10] Col Edward L. Molineux	13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn 1st Louisiana: Col William O. Fiske 90th New York (3 companies): Maj John C. Smart 159th New York: Ltc Edward L. Gaul 90th New York (7 companies): Detached in Lafourche District 131st New York: Detached at Brashear City
	3rd Brigade Col Jacob Sharpe	38th Massachusetts: Ltc James P. Richardson 128th New York: Col James Smith 156th New York: Cpt James J. Hoyt 175th New York (3 companies): Cpt Charles McCarthey
	Artillery (18 guns) Cpt George W. Fox	7th Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Newman W. Storer New York Light, 26th Battery: Cpt George W. Fox 1st United States, Battery F: Lt Hardman P. Norris 2nd United States, Battery C: Lt John I. Rodgers
	Cavalry	3rd Maryland: Col C. Carroll Tevis
Corps Artillery Reserve Cpt Henry W. Closson XIX chief of artillery	Artillery (280 men, 14 guns)	Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Benjamin Nields 1st Indiana Heavy (two companies): Cpt William S. Hinkle
Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops)	1st Brigade, 1st Division Col William H. Dickey (1,745 men)	1st Infantry (73rd U.S.C.T.): Maj Hiram E. Perkins 3rd Infantry (75th U.S.C.T.): Col Henry W. Fuller 12th Infantry (84th U.S.C.T.): Cpt James H. Corrin 22nd Infantry (92nd U.S.C.T.): Col Henry N. Frisbie
Cavalry Division BG Albert L. Lee (5,333 men)	1st Brigade Col Thomas J. Lucas	16th Indiana Infantry (mounted): Ltc James H. Redfield 2nd Louisiana Infantry (mounted): Maj Alfred Hodsdon 6th Missouri: Cpt Sidney A. Breese (Howitzer battery, under Captain Herbert H. Rottaken, attached.) 14th New York: Maj Abraham Bassford
	2nd Brigade	Detached at Port Hudson
	3rd Brigade Col Harai Robinson	87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Ltc John M. Crebs 1st Louisiana: Maj Algernon Sidney Badger
	4th Brigade Col Nathan Dudley	2nd Illinois: Maj Benjamin F. Marsh, Jr. 3rd Massachusetts: Ltc Lorenzo D. Sargent 31st Massachusetts Infantry (mounted): Cpt Elbert H. Fordham 8th New Hampshire Infantry (mounted): Ltc George A. Flanders
	5th Brigade Col Oliver P. Gooding	2nd New York Veteran: Col Morgan H. Chrysler 18th New York: Col James J. Byrne 3rd Rhode Island (detachment): Maj George R. Davis
	Artillery Brigade (12 guns)	2nd Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Ormand F. Nims 5th United States, Battery G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG Joseph A. Mower (2,431 men)	1st Brigade	Detached at Memphis
	2nd Brigade Col Lucius F. Hubbard	47th Illinois: Col John D. McClure 5th Minnesota: Maj John C. Becht 8th Wisconsin: Ltc John W. Jefferson 11th Missouri: On veteran furlough
	3rd Brigade Col Sylvester G. Hill	35th Iowa: Ltc William B. Keeler 33rd Missouri: Ltc William H. Heath (w), Maj George Van Beck^[12] 8th Iowa: On veteran furlough 12th Iowa: On veteran furlough
	Artillery	Detached at Memphis and Vicksburg
3rd Division BG Joseph A. Mower (6,151 men)	1st Brigade Col William F. Lynch	58th Illinois: Maj Thomas Newlan 119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney 89th Indiana: Col Charles D. Murray
	2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw	14th Iowa: Ltc Joseph H. Newbold 27th Iowa: Col James I. Gilbert 32nd Iowa: Col John Scott 24th Missouri: Maj Robert W. Fyan (Non-veterans of 21st Missouri attached)
	3rd Brigade Col Risdon M. Moore	49th Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Morgan 117th Illinois: Ltc Jonathan Merriam 178th New York: Col Edward Wehler
	Artillery (10 guns) Cpt James M. Cockefair	Indiana Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt James M. Cockefair Indiana Light, 9th Battery: Cpt George R. Brown
2nd and 4th Divisions	1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades	Serving in Atlanta campaign^[13]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Provisional Division BG T. Kilby Smith (2,039 men)	1st Brigade Col Jonathan B. Moore	41st Illinois: Ltc John H. Nale 3rd Iowa: Ltc James Tullis 33rd Wisconsin: Maj. Horatio H. Virgin
	2nd Brigade Col Lyman M. Ward	81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers 95th Illinois: Col Thomas W. Humphrey 14th Wisconsin: Cpt Carlos M. G. Mansfield
	Artillery (4 guns)	1st Missouri, Battery M: Lt John H. Tiemeyer

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG Fitz Henry Warren^[17] (2,383 men)	2nd Brigade BG Michael K. Lawler	49th Indiana: Col James Keigwin 69th Indiana: Ltc Oran Perry 34th Iowa: Col George W. Clark 22nd Kentucky: Col George W. Monroe 16th Ohio: Ltc Philip Kershner 114th Ohio: Ltc John H. Kelly 7th Kentucky: Detached at Baton Rouge 42nd Ohio: Detached at Baton Rouge 120th Ohio: Detached at Baton Rouge
2nd Division	All brigades	Detached in Texas
3rd Division BG Robert A. Cameron (2,333 men)	1st Brigade Col Thomas H. Bringhurst	46th Indiana: Cpt Henry Snyder 29th Wisconsin: Col William A. Green 11th Indiana: On veteran furlough 24th Indiana: On veteran furlough 34th Indiana: On veteran furlough
3rd Division BG Robert A. Cameron (2,333 men)	2nd Brigade Col James R. Slack	47th Indiana: Ltc John A. McLaughlin 24th Iowa: Maj Edward Wright 28th Iowa, Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson 56th Ohio: Col William H. Raynor
4th Division Col William J. Landram (1,784 men)	1st Brigade Col Frederick W. Moore	77th Illinois: Maj John A. Burdett 19th Kentucky: Cpt William T. Cummins 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin 23rd Wisconsin: Maj Joseph E. Greene 60th Indiana: On veteran furlough 1st United States: Detached at New Orleans
4th Division Col William J. Landram (1,784 men)	2nd Brigade Col John R. Parker	130th Illinois: Cpt John H. Robinson 67th Indiana: Maj Francis A. Sears 48th Ohio: Cpt James R. Lynch 96th Ohio: Ltc Albert H. Brown 97th Illinois: Detached at New Orleans
Artillery Maj Adolph Schwartz (396 men, 18 guns)	Unbrigaded	Indiana Light, 1st Battery: Lt Lawrence Jacoby 1st Missouri Light, Battery A: Lt Elisha Cole Ohio Light, 2nd Battery: Lt William H. Harper Wisconsin Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Jacob T. Foster Chicago (Illinois) Mercantile Battery: Lt Henry Roe, at New Orleans Battery A, 2nd Illinois: Detached at New Orleans Battery E, 2nd Illinois: Detached at Baton Rouge Battery B, 1st Missouri: Detached at Brownsville, Texas Battery E, 1st Missouri: Detached at Brownsville, Texas Battery F, 1st Missouri: Detached at Matagorda Island, Texas Battery G, 1st Michigan: Detached at Matagorda Island, Texas 16th Ohio Battery: Detached at Matagorda Island, Texas 17th Ohio Battery: Detached at New Orleans
Unattached		Independent Company Kentucky Engineers: Cpt William F. Patterson

Red River campaign order of battle: Union

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Naval artillery

Union forces, March 31

Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf)

XIII Corps

XIX Corps

Army of the Tennessee (detachment)

XVI Corps

XVII Corps

Union forces, April 30

Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf)

XIII Corps (detachment)

XIX Corps

Army of the Tennessee (detachment)

XVI Corps

XVII Corps

Union naval forces

Mississippi Flotilla

Notes

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Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG William H. Emory BG James W. McMillan (6,392 men)	1st Brigade Col George L. Beal	29th Maine: Ltc Charles S. Emerson 114th New York: Maj Oscar H. Curtis 116th New York: Col George M. Love 153rd New York: Col Edwin P. Davis 161st New York: Ltc William B. Kinsey 30th Massachusetts: On veteran furlough
	2nd Brigade BG James W. McMillan	13th Maine: Col Henry Rust, Jr. 15th Maine: Col Isaac Dyer 160th New York: Ltc John B. Van Petten 47th Pennsylvania: Col Tilghman H. Good 8th Vermont: On veteran furlough
	3rd Brigade Ltc Justus W. Blanchard	30th Maine: Ltc Thomas H. Hubbard 162nd New York: Ltc Cpt Samuel Cowdrey 165th New York: Cpt Henry C. Inwood 173rd New York: Cpt Howard C. Conrady
	Artillery (14 guns) Cpt Benjamin Nields	New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Lieutenant Thomas A. Porter
2nd Division BG Cuvier Grover (4,907 men)	1st Brigade (Reached Alexandria, La., April 18.) BG Frank S. Nickerson	133rd New York: Col Leonard D. H. Currie 176th New York: Maj Charles Lewis 9th Connecticut On veteran furlough 12th Maine On veteran furlough
	2nd Brigade BG Henry W. Birge	13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn 1st Louisiana: Col William O. Fiske 159th New York: Col Edward L. Molineux 90th New York: Detached at Donaldsonville 131st New York: Detached at Brashear City
	3rd Brigade Col Jacob Sharpe	38th Massachusetts: Ltc James P. Richardson 128th New York: Ltc James P. Foster 156th New York: Cpt James J. Hoyt 175th New York (3 companies): Cpt Charles McCarthey
	Artillery (14 guns) Cpt George W. Fox	7th Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Newman W. Storer New York Light, 26th Battery: Cpt George W. Fox 2nd United States, Battery C: Lt John I. Rodgers
3rd Division Detached in New Orleans	Artillery Reserve (295 men, 14 guns) Cpt Henry W. Closson XIX Corps Chief of artillery	Vermont Light, 1st Battery: Lt Edward Rice 1st Indiana Heavy (two companies): Cpt William S. Hinkle
Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops)	1st Brigade, 1st Division Col William H. Dickey (1,745 men)	1st Infantry (73rd U.S.C.T.): Maj Hiram E. Perkins 3rd Infantry (75th U.S. C.T.): Col Henry W. Fuller 12th Infantry (84th U.S.C.T.): Cpt James H. Corrin 22nd Infantry (92nd U.S.C.T.): Col Henry N. Frisbie
Cavalry Division BG Richard Arnold (6,210 men) Arnold relieved Lee, April 18	1st Brigade Col Thomas J. Lucas	12th Illinois: Col Hasbrouck Davis 16th Indiana Infantry (mounted): Cpt James M. Hildreth 2nd Louisiana Infantry (mounted): Col Charles Everett 6th Missouri: Maj Bacon Montgomery
	2nd Brigade	Detached at Port Hudson
	3rd Brigade Ltc John M. Crebs	87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Maj George W. Land 1st Louisiana: Maj Algernon Sidney Badger
	4th Brigade Col Edmund J. Davis	2nd Illinois: Maj Benjamin F. Marsh, Jr. 3rd Massachusetts: Ltc Lorenzo D. Sargent 31st Massachusetts Infantry (mounted): Cpt Elbert H. Fordham 8th New Hampshire Infantry (mounted): Ltc George A. Flanders
	5th Brigade Col Oliver P. Gooding	2nd New York Veteran: Col Morgan H. Chrysler 18th New York: Col James J. Byrne 3rd Rhode Island: Ltc Charles H. Parkhurst
	Artillery Brigade (6 guns)	2nd Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Ormand F. Nims 1st United States, Battery F: Lt William L. Haskin 5th United States, Battery G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles
Unattached		4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Andrew P. Gallagher 3rd Maryland Cavalry: Ltc Byron Kirby

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG Joseph A. Mower (4,101 men)	1st Brigade	On expedition from Memphis against N. B. Forrest
	2nd Brigade Col Lucius F. Hubbard	47th Illinois: Col John D. McClure 5th Minnesota: Maj John C. Becht 8th Wisconsin: Ltc John W. Jefferson 11th Missouri: On veteran furlough
	3rd Brigade Col Sylvester G. Hill	35th Iowa: Ltc William B. Keeler 33rd Missouri: Maj George W. Van Beek 8th Iowa: On veteran furlough 12th Iowa: On veteran furlough
3rd Division BG Joseph A. Mower (5,464 men)	1st Brigade Col William F. Lynch	58th Illinois: Maj Thomas Newlan 119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney 89th Indiana: Col Charles D. Murray
	2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw	14th Iowa: Cpt Warren C. Jones 27th Iowa: Col James I. Gilbert 32nd Iowa: Col John Scott 24th Missouri: Maj Robert W. Fyan
	3rd Brigade Col Risdon M. Moore	49th Illinois: Cpt Jacob E. Gauen 117th Illinois: Ltc Jonathan Merriam 178th New York: Col Edward Wehler
	Artillery (10 guns) Cpt James M. Cockefair	Indiana Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt James M. Cockefair Indiana Light, 9th Battery: Cpt George R. Brown

Warship	Type	Master	Armament^[21]
USS Benton	Ironclad	Lcdr James A. Greer	2 × 100-pdr PR, 8 × 9-inch, 2 × 50-pdr DR, 4 × 32-pdr
USS Carondelet	Ironclad	Lcdr J. G. Mitchell	2 × 100-pdr PR, 3 × 9-inch, 4 × 8-inch, 1 × 50-pdr DR, 1 × 30-pdr PR
USS Chillicothe	Ironclad	Ltn Joseph P. Couthouy	2 × 11-inch, 1 × 12-pdr how
USS Choctaw	Ironclad	Lcdr Francis M. Ramsay	1 × 100-pdr PR, 3 × 9-inch, 2 × 30-pdr PR, 2 × 12-pdr how
USS Eastport	Ironclad	Lcdr Seth L. Phelps	2 × 100-pdr PR, 4 × 9-inch, 2 × 50-pdr DR
USS Essex	Ironclad	Cmdr Robert Townsend	2 × 100-pdr PR, 6 × 9-inch, 4 × 12-pdr how
USS Lafayette	Ironclad	Lcdr J. P. Foster	2 × 11-inch, 2 × 9-inch, 2 × 100-pdr PR, 2 × 24-pdr how, 2 × 12-pdr how
USS Louisville	Ironclad	Lcdr Elias K. Owen	1 × 100-pdr PR, 4 × 9-inch, 2 × 30-pdr PR, 4 × 32-pdr
USS Mound City	Ironclad	Ltn A. R. Langthorne	1 × 100-pdr PR, 4 × 9-inch, 3 × 8-inch, 1 × 50-pdr DR, 1 × 30-pdr PR, 2 × 32-pdr
USS Pittsburgh	Ironclad	Ltn William R. Hoel	4 × 9-inch, 1 × 100-pdr PR, 2 × 30-pdr PR
USS Neosho	Monitor	Ltn Samuel Howard	2 × 11-inch, 2 × 12-pdr how
USS Osage	Monitor	Lcdr Thomas O. Selfridge Jr.	2 × 11-inch, 2 × 12-pdr how
USS Ozark	Monitor	Ltn George W. Brown	2 × 11-inch, 1 × 12-pdr how
USS Cricket	Tinclad	Mstr H. H. Gorringe	2 × 20-pdr PR, 4 × 24-pdr how, 1 × 12-pdr how
USS Gazelle	Tinclad	Mstr Charles Thatcher	6 × 24-pdr how
USS Juliet	Tinclad	Mstr J. S. Watson	6 × 24-pdr how
USS Signal	Tinclad	Ltn Edward Morgan	4 × 24-pdr how, 2 × 12-pdr how
USS Black Hawk	Gunboat	Lcdr Kidder Breese	2 × 30-pdr PR, 8 × 24-pdr how, 3 × 12-pdr how, 2 × repeating guns, 1 × Parmenter gun
USS Covington	Gunboat	Ltn George P. Lord	2 × 50-pdr DR, 2 × 30-pdr PR, 4 × 24-pdr how, 1 × 12-pdr how
USS Lexington	Gunboat	Ltn George M. Bache	4 × 8-inch, 1 × 32-pdr, 2 × 30-pdr PR
USS Fort Hindman	Gunboat	Ltn John Pearce	6 × 8-inch, 1 × 12-pdr how
USS Ouachita	Gunboat	Lcdr Byron Wilson	5 × 30-pdr PR, 18 × 24-pdr how, 16 × 12-pdr how
USS Benefit	Transport	Lcdr S. W. Terry	none