The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) (otherwise known as Battle of Fort Hindman) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization and return of casualties during the battle.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other
w = wounded
Army of the Mississippi
MG John A. McClernand
XIII Corps
BG George W. Morgan
Chief of Staff: Maj John H. Hammond
Escort: Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Richard H. Ballinger
XV Corps
MG William T. Sherman
Naval forces
Rear Admiral David D. Porter
Fifty transport ships were used as well as the following:
See also
Arkansas in the American Civil War
McClernand's Official Report
Notes
References
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New York: The Century Company), 1884.