Camden Expedition Union order of battle

The following Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

units and commanders fought in the Camden Expedition

Camden Expedition

The Camden Expedition was a military campaign in southern and central Arkansas during the American Civil War. It involved Union forces stationed at Little Rock and Fort Smith under the command of Major General Frederick Steele...

of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Confederate order of battle

Camden Expedition Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General...

is listed separately.

Military rank

MG = Major General
Major general (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier general (United States)
A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
Col = Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

Department of Arkansas & VII Corps

MG Frederick Steele

Frederick Steele

Frederick Steele was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his successful campaign to retake much of secessionist Arkansas for the Union cause.-Early life:Steele was born in Delhi, New...

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3rd Illinois Cavalry
3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
The 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 27, 1861....

, Company D
15th Illinois Cavalry
15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
The 15th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a volunteer cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History of Service:...

, Company H

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Third Division BG Frederick C. Salomon Frederick C. Salomon Frederick C. Salomon was a German immigrant to the United States who served as a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.-Biography:He was born in Stroebeck near Halberstadt, Prussia...	1st Brigade BG Samuel Allen Rice Samuel Allen Rice Samuel Allen Rice was born in Cattaraugus, New York. He lived in Mahaska County, Iowa where he practiced law, was county attorney, and state attorney general . In the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 33rd regiment of Iowa...	50th Indiana 29th Iowa 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 29th Iowa Infantry was organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on December 1, 1862.The regiment was mustered out... 33rd Iowa 33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 33rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 33rd Iowa Infantry was organized at Oskaloosa, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 4, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on... 9th Wisconsin 9th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 9th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th Wisconsin was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 26, 1861....
	2nd Brigade Col William E. McLean	43rd Indiana 36th Iowa 36th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 36th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.- Early days of the regiment :... 77th Ohio 77th Ohio Infantry The 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 77th Ohio Infantry was organized in Marietta, Ohio beginning October 28, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Jesse Hildebrand.The regiment...
	3rd Brigade Col Adolph Englemann	43rd Illinois 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 43rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Koerner Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 40th Iowa 40th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 40th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 40th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa on November 15, 1862.... 27th Wisconsin 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 27th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 27th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service March 7, 1863....
	Artillery	Vaughn's Illinois Battery Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Voegele's Wisconsin Battery
Frontier Division [joined near Elkins Ferry] BG John Milton Thayer John Milton Thayer John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as governor of Wyoming Territory and governor of Nebraska.-Early life and career:...	1st Brigade Col John Edwards	1st Arkansas 1st Arkansas Infantry (Union) The 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although Arkansas joined the Confederate States of America in 1861, not all of its citizens supported secession... 2nd Arkansas (8 companies) 18th Iowa 18th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 18th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 18th Iowa Infantry was organized at Clinton, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on August 6, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on July... 2nd Indiana Battery 2nd Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 2nd Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 9, 1861 under the command of Captain John W. Rabb.The battery...
	2nd Brigade Col Charles W. Adams	1st Kansas (Colored) 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent) The 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 2nd Kansas (Colored) 2nd Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent) The 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Kansas Infantry was organized at Fort Scott, Kansas and mustered in for three years... 12th Kansas 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry The 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 12th Kansas Infantry was organized at Paola, Kansas in September 1862. It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Charles W. Adams.The... 1st Arkansas Battery
	3rd Brigade Col Owen Bassett	2nd Kansas Cavalry 2nd Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry The 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Kansas Cavalry was organized at Kansas City, Kansas beginning on November 8, 1861 but its designation was changed to 9th Kansas Infantry on February 4, 1862.... 6th Kansas Cavalry 6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry The 6th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Scott, Kansas in July 1861. The regiment began as three companies of home guard infantry, followed quickly by five... 14th Kansas Cavalry 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry The 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 14th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Scott and Leavenworth, Kansas in April 1863 as a battalion serving as escort for Major General James G. Blunt...
Cavalry Division BG Eugene Asa Carr Eugene Asa Carr Eugene Asa Carr was a soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...	1st Brigade Col John F. Ritter	3rd Arkansas Cavalry (4 companies) 13th Illinois Cavalry 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry The 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The original eight companies of the 13th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Douglas, Illinois between October 30, 1861 and February 20,... (detachment) 3rd Iowa Cavalry 3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry The 3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Iowa Cavalry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between August 30, and September 14, 1862.The regiment was... (detachment) 1st Missouri Cavalry (8 companies) 2nd Missouri Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Daniel Anderson	10th Illinois Cavalry 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 10th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on November 25, 1861.... (detachment) 1st Iowa Cavalry 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry The 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The first Iowa Cavalry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between July 30, and September 12, 1862... 3rd Missouri Cavalry
	Independent Cavalry Brigade [mixed; at Pine Bluff] Col Powell Clayton Powell Clayton Powell Clayton was an engineer, a Union Army general in the American Civil War, the first Reconstruction Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.-Early life:Clayton was born in Bethel, Pennsylvania, to John...	1st Indiana Cavalry (8 companies) 5th Kansas Cavalry 5th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry The 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Leavenworth, Kansas from July 12, 1861 through January 22, 1862. Companies L and M were organized April through July 1862. ... 7th Missouri Cavalry 18th Illinois 18th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 18th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 18th Illinois Infantry was organized at Aurora, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on May 28, 1861 for a three year enlistment.The regiment was... 28th Wisconsin 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 28th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 28th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service October 14, 1862... 1st Indiana Battery

Military rank

Department of Arkansas & VII Corps

See also