Camden Expedition order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate 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 Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- Gen = General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other
[edit]- k = killed
- w = wounded
Confederate forces
[edit]Gen E. Kirby Smith, Commanding
District of Arkansas
[edit]Escort:
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Fagan's Cavalry Division
|
Cabell's Brigade |
|
| Dockery's Brigade |
| |
| Crawford's Brigade
Col William A. Crawford |
| |
|
Marmaduke's Cavalry Division
|
Greene's Brigade
Col Colton Greene |
|
| Shelby's Brigade |
| |
|
Maxey's Cavalry Division[4]
|
Gano's Brigade
Col Charles DeMorse |
|
| Second Indian Brigade
Col Tandy Walker |
| |
|
Walkers's Division[5]
|
Waul's Brigade |
|
| Scurry's Brigade
BG William R. Scurry (k) |
| |
| Randal's Brigade
Col Horace Randal (k) |
| |
|
Arkansas Division[6]
|
Tappan's Brigade |
|
| Gause's Brigade
Col Lucien C. Gause |
| |
| Hawthorn's Brigade |
| |
|
Missouri Division[8]
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
Col Simon P. Burns |
|
Notes
[edit]- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 784-786.
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Assumed command of the Arkansas and Missouri divisions April 26.
- ^ Arrived April 7–12; departed April 27.
- ^ Arrived April 20; attached to Price's command April 26.
- ^ Arrived April 20; attached to Price's command April 26.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Vol. XXXXI, Part 3 Based in September 1864 organization
- ^ Arrived April 20; attached to Price's command April 26.
- ^ McGhee, James E. (2008). Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. pp. 223–224. ISBN 978-1-55728-870-7.
References
[edit]- 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.
