The following is the organization of the Confederate forces engaged in the Red River campaign, during the American Civil War in 1864. Order of battle shows the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.[1]
Abbreviations
editMilitary rank
edit- LG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other
edit- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
- 10-pdr PR = 10-pounder Parrott rifle
- 12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon
- 12-pdr how = M1841 12-pounder howitzer
- 3.8" JR = 3.8-inch James rifle
- 30-pdr PR = 30-pounder Parrott rifle
- 6-pdr gun = M1841 6-pounder field gun
District of West Louisiana
editInfantry
edit| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
| Walker's Infantry Division MG John George Walker |
1st Brigade BG Thomas N. Waul |
12th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Overton C. Young |
| 18th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col William H. King | ||
| 22nd Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Richard B. Hubbard | ||
| 13th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Anderson F. Crawford | ||
| Haldeman's Texas Battery: Cpt Horace Haldeman | ||
| 2nd Brigade BG Horace Randal |
11th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Oran Milo Roberts | |
| 14th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Clark | ||
| 28th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Eli H. Baxter | ||
| 6th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted): Ltc Robert S. Gould | ||
| Daniel's Texas Battery: Cpt James M. Daniel | ||
| 3rd Brigade BG William R. Scurry |
3rd Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Philip N. Luckett[note 2] | |
| 16th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col George Flournoy | ||
| 17th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col George Washington Jones | ||
| 19th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Richard Waterhouse | ||
| 16th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col William Fitzhugh | ||
| 1st Texas Field Battery: Cpt William Edgar[note 3] | ||
| Mouton's Infantry Division BG Alfred Mouton (k) BG Camille de Polignac |
Polignac's Brigade BG Camille de Polignac Col James R. Taylor (k) Ltc Robert D. Stone |
15th Texas Infantry Regiment: Ltc James E. Harrison |
| 17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col James R. Taylor | ||
| 22nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Ltc Robert D. Stone | ||
| 31st Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Maj Frederick Malone | ||
| 34th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Ltc John H. Caudle | ||
| Gray's Brigade Col Henry Gray |
18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Col Leopold L. Armant (k)[5] | |
| Crescent (24th) Louisiana Regiment: Col J. H. Beard (k)[note 4] | ||
| 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Walker (k)[6] | ||
| Artillery Maj T. A. Faries[note 5] |
1st Louisiana Regular Battery: Cpt James M. T. Barnes, 2 × 12-pdr Nap, 2 × 3.8" JR[7] | |
| Cornay's Battery: Cpt Florian O. Cornay (k),[8] Lt John B. Tarleton, 2 × 12-pdr Nap, 2 × 12-pdr how[7] | ||
| Boone's Battery: Lt Maunsel Bennett, 2 × 30-pdr PR[9] |
Cavalry
edit| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
| Bee's Cavalry Division BG Hamilton P. Bee |
Debray's Brigade: BG Xavier Debray |
23rd Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Nicholas C. Gould |
| 26th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Ltc J. J. Meyers | ||
| 36th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Peter C. Woods | ||
| Buchel's Brigade Col Augustus Buchel (k) |
1st Texas Cavalry Regiment: Ltc William O. Yager | |
| 35th (Likens') Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col James B. Likens[note 6] | ||
| Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Alexander W. Terrell | ||
| Major's Cavalry Division BG James Patrick Major |
Lane's Brigade Col Walter P. Lane (w) Col George W. Baylor |
1st Texas Partisan Rangers: Ltc R. P. Crump |
| 2nd Texas Partisan Rangers: Col Isham Chisum | ||
| 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade): Col George W. Baylor, Ltc John W. Mullen | ||
| 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade): Ltc George T. Madison | ||
| Bagby's Brigade BG Arthur P. Bagby Jr. |
4th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col William Polk Hardeman | |
| 5th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Henry C. McNeill | ||
| 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Philemon T. Herbert | ||
| 13th Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Edward Waller | ||
| Steele's Cavalry Division BG William Steele[note 7] |
Parson's Brigade Col William H. Parsons[note 8] |
12th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col William H. Parsons |
| 19th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Nathaniel M. Burford | ||
| 21st Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col George W. Carter | ||
| Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Charles L. Morgan | ||
| 10th Texas Field Battery: Cpt J. H. Pratt | ||
| Corps Artillery | Artillery Maj Oliver J. Semmes |
Moseley's Texas Battery: Cpt Willam G. Moseley |
| Val Verde Texas Battery: Cpt T. D. Nettles, 2 × 6-pdr gun, 2 × 12-pdr how[11] | ||
| McMahan's Texas Battery: Cpt M. V. McMahan | ||
| West's Louisiana Battery: Cpt John A. A. West, 2 × 10-pdr PR, 2 × 12-pdr how[12] | ||
| Unattached Cavalry | Unbrigaded Cavalry | 2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment: Col William G. Vincent |
Attachments
editBG Thomas James Churchill[2][13]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Infantry Division BG James Camp Tappan |
Tappan's Brigade Col H. L. Grinstead |
19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc William R. Hardy |
| 27th and 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Robert G. Shaver | ||
| 33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc Thomas D. Thomson | ||
| Gause's Brigade Col Lucien C. Gause |
26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc Iverson L. Brooks | |
| 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Hicks | ||
| 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col James M. Davie | ||
| Hawthorn's Brigade[14] BG Alexander T. Hawthorn |
34th Arkansas Infantry: - | |
| 35th Arkansas Infantry: - | ||
| 37th Arkansas Infantry: - | ||
| Cocke's Arkansas Infantry: Col John B. Cocke | ||
| Artillery | 6th Arkansas Field Battery: Cpt Chambers B. Etter | |
| Missouri Infantry Division BG Mosby Monroe Parsons |
1st Brigade BG John Bullock Clark Jr. |
8th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col Charles S. Mitchell |
| 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col Richard H. Musser | ||
| 1st Missouri Field Battery: Cpt Samuel T. Ruffner | ||
| 2nd Brigade Col Simon P. Burns |
10th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col William M. Moore | |
| 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc Thomas H. Murray | ||
| 12th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col Willis M. Ponder | ||
| 16th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc P. W. H. Cumming | ||
| 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion: Maj L. A. Pindall | ||
| Lesueur's Missouri Battery: Cpt A. A. Lesueur |
Notes
edit- ^ Taylor's superior was General Edmund Kirby Smith whose account stated that he arrived at 2 am after the Battle of Mansfield on 8 April 1864. Smith did not mention who was in overall command at the Battle of Pleasant Hill,(Battles & Leaders, p. 372) but another account assumed Taylor was in charge. (Battles & Leaders, p. 355)
- ^ 3rd Texas Infantry remained at Shreveport. (Kiper, p. 180)
- ^ Edgar's Battery was captured at the Battle of Henderson's Hill on 21 March 1864. (Kiper, p. 180)
- ^ All of the Crescent Regiment's field officers were killed at Mansfield. (Bergeron, p. 146)
- ^ Kiper's order of battle listed no artillery for Mouton's division. The 1st Regulars Battery was listed as unattached, and Cornay's and Boone's batteries were not listed at all. (Kiper, p. 181) Faries stated that he commanded the division's artillery and reported on all three batteries. (Official Records, pp. 630–632) Cornay's was "lightly engaged" at Mansfield, Boone's fought at the Battle of Mansura, and Barnes' and Cornay's fought at Mansura and the Battle of Yellow Bayou. Cornay was killed in a clash with gunboats at Cane River. (Bergeron, pp. 17–21)
- ^ Likens' Regiment arrived after Pleasant Hill and was engaged in the pursuit of Banks' army. (Kiper, p. 179)
- ^ Steele's Division arrived after Pleasant Hill and was engaged in the pursuit of Banks' army. (Kiper, p. 179)
- ^ This brigade's commander alternated between Parsons and George W. Carter.
Citations
edit- ^ a b c Kiper 1976, pp. 179–181.
- ^ a b Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 368.
- ^ Kiper 1976, pp. 180–181.
- ^ Blessington 1875, pp. 46–59.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 119.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 138.
- ^ a b Official Records 1891, pp. 630–632.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 17.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 21.
- ^ Kiper 1976, p. 179.
- ^ Frazier 1995.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 26.
- ^ Kiper 1976, p. 180.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Vol. XXXXI, Part 3
References
edit- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
- Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
- Blessington, Joseph P. (1875). "The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division". New York, N.Y.: Lange, Little & Co. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- Frazier, Donald (1995). "Val Verde Battery". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- Kiper, Richard Leslie (1976). "Dead-end at the crossroads: the battles of Mansfield (Sabine Crossroads) and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 8 and 9 April 1864: Master's Thesis" (PDF). Houston, Tex.: Rice University. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- Official Records (1891). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXIV Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 630. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
