title: Camden Expedition Union order of battle
text: # Camden Expedition Union order of battle
  
  The following Union 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. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
  
  ## Abbreviations used
  
  ### Military rank
  
  * MG = Major General
  * BG = Brigadier General
  * Col = Colonel
  * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  * Maj = Major
  * Cpt = Captain
  * Lt = 1st Lieutenant
  
  ## Union forces
  
  ### VII Corps (Department of Arkansas)
  
  MG Frederick Steele 444 officers, 11,162 men, 30 guns (not including Clayton's command) Escort (2 officers, 88 men):
  
  * 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company D: Lt Solomon M. Tabor
  * 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company H: Cpt Thomas J. Beebe
  
  | Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
  | - | - | - |
  | Third Division   BG Frederick Salomon   193 officers, 4,657 men, 16 guns | 1st Brigade   BG Samuel Allen Rice (mw) 30 Apr 1864 | 50th Indiana: Ltc Samuel T. Wells 29th Iowa: Col Thomas H. Benton Jr. 33rd Iowa: Maj Hiram D. Gibson 9th Wisconsin: Col Charles E. Salomon |
  | Third Division   BG Frederick Salomon   193 officers, 4,657 men, 16 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col William E. McLean | 43rd Indiana: Maj Wesley W. Norris 36th Iowa: Col Charles W. Kittredge 77th Ohio: Col William B. Mason |
  | Third Division   BG Frederick Salomon   193 officers, 4,657 men, 16 guns | 3rd Brigade   Col Adolph Engelmann | 43rd Illinois: Ltc Adolph Dengler 40th Iowa: Col John A. Garrett 27th Wisconsin: Col Conrad Krez |
  | Third Division   BG Frederick Salomon   193 officers, 4,657 men, 16 guns | Artillery | Springfield Illinois Light Artillery (Vaughn's): Lt Charles W. Thomas Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Charles Peetz Voegele's Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Martin Voegele |
  | Frontier Division   BG John Milton Thayer   Infantry: 115 officers, 2,893 men, 10 guns   Cavalry: 40 officers, 913 men, 4 guns | 1st Brigade   Col John Edwards | 1st Arkansas: Ltc Elhanon J. Searle 2nd Arkansas (8 companies): Maj Marshall L. Stephenson 18th Iowa: Cpt William M. Duncan 2nd Indiana Battery: Lt Hugh Espey |
  | Frontier Division   BG John Milton Thayer   Infantry: 115 officers, 2,893 men, 10 guns   Cavalry: 40 officers, 913 men, 4 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col Charles W. Adams | 1st Kansas (Colored): Col James M. Williams 2nd Kansas (Colored): Col Samuel J. Crawford 12th Kansas: Ltc Josiah E. Hayes 1st Battery, Arkansas Light Artillery: Cpt Denton D. Stark |
  | Frontier Division   BG John Milton Thayer   Infantry: 115 officers, 2,893 men, 10 guns   Cavalry: 40 officers, 913 men, 4 guns | 3rd Brigade   Col Owen Bassett | 2nd Kansas Cavalry: Maj Julius G. Fisk 6th Kansas Cavalry: Ltc William T. Campbell 14th Kansas Cavalry: Ltc John G. Brown |
  | Cavalry Division   BG Eugene Asa Carr   1st and 3rd Brigades: 77 officers, 2,611 men | 1st Brigade   Col John F. Ritter | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (4 companies): Maj George F. Lovejoy 13th Illinois Cavalry (Company B): Cpt Adolph Bechand 3rd Iowa Cavalry (detachment): Lt Franz W. Arnim 1st Missouri Cavalry (8 companies): Cpt Miles Kehoe 2nd Missouri Cavalry: Cpt William H. Higdon |
  | Cavalry Division   BG Eugene Asa Carr   1st and 3rd Brigades: 77 officers, 2,611 men | 3rd Brigade   Col Daniel Anderson | 10th Illinois Cavalry (detachment): Ltc James Stuart 1st Iowa Cavalry: Ltc Joseph W. Caldwell 3rd Missouri Cavalry: Maj John A. Lennon |
  | Cavalry Division   BG Eugene Asa Carr   1st and 3rd Brigades: 77 officers, 2,611 men | Independent Cavalry Brigade [Post of Pine Bluff]   Col Powell Clayton   Cavalry: 42 officers, 885 men   Infantry: 21 officers, 688 men | 1st Indiana Cavalry (8 companies): Maj Julian D. Owen 5th Kansas Cavalry (10 companies): Ltc Wilton A. Jenkins 7th Missouri Cavalry: Maj Henry P. Spellman 18th Illinois: Ltc Samuel B. Marks 28th Wisconsin: Ltc Edmund B. Gray |
  