title: Fort Hindman Union order of battle
text: # Fort Hindman Union order of battle
  
  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
  
  | Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
  | - | - | - |
  | First Division   BG Andrew Jackson Smith | 1st Brigade K-37, W-305, M-7 = 349   BG Stephen Gano Burbridge | 16th Indiana: Ltc John M. Orr (w), Maj James H. Redfield 60th Indiana: Col Richard Owen 67th Indiana: Col Frank Emerson (w) 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin 96th Ohio: Col Joseph W. Vance 23rd Wisconsin: Col Joshua J. Guppey |
  | First Division   BG Andrew Jackson Smith | 2nd Brigade K-8, W-77, M-0 = 85   Col William J. Landram | 77th Illinois: Col David P. Grier 97th Illinois: Col Friend S. Rutherford 108th Illinois: Col John Warner 131st Illinois: Ltc R. A. Peter 19th Kentucky: Ltc John Cowan 48th Ohio: Ltc Job R. Parker (w), Cpt S. G. W. Peterson |
  | First Division   BG Andrew Jackson Smith | Artillery K-0, W-1, M-1 = 1 | Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery: Cpt Charles G. Cooley 17th Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Ambrose A. Blount |
  | First Division   BG Andrew Jackson Smith | Cavalry K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 | 6th Missouri Cavalry (squadron): Col Clark Wright |
  | Second Division   BG Peter J. Osterhaus | 1st Brigade K-3, W-14, M-11 = 28   Col Lionel A. Sheldon | 118th Illinois: Col John G. Fonda 69th Indiana: Col Thomas Warren Bennett 120th Ohio: Col Daniel French |
  | Second Division   BG Peter J. Osterhaus | 2nd Brigade K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0   Col Daniel W. Lindsey | 49th Indiana: Col James Keigwin 7th Kentucky: Cpt Andrew H. Clark 114th Ohio: Ltc Horatio B. Maynard |
  | Second Division   BG Peter J. Osterhaus | 3rd Brigade K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0   Col John F. DeCourcy | 54th Indiana: Col Fielding Mansfield 22nd Kentucky: Maj William J. Worthington 16th Ohio: Cpt Eli W. Botsford 42nd Ohio: Ltc Don Albert Pardee |
  | Second Division   BG Peter J. Osterhaus | Artillery K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 | Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Lanphere 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob T. Foster |
  | Second Division   BG Peter J. Osterhaus | Engineers | Patterson's Kentucky Engineers & Mechanics: Cpt William F. Patterson |
  
  ### XV Corps
  
  MG William T. Sherman
  
  | Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fourth Division   BG Frederick Steele Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder | 1st Brigade K-0, W-9, M-0 = 9   BG Francis Preston Blair, Jr. | 13th Illinois: Ltc Adam B. Gorgas 29th Missouri: Col John S. Cavender 30th Missouri: Ltc Otto Schadt 31st Missouri: Ltc Samuel P. Simpson 32nd Missouri: Col Francis H. Manter 58th Ohio: Cpt Bastian Benkler 4th Ohio Battery: Cpt Louis Hoffman |
  | Fourth Division   BG Frederick Steele Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder | 2nd Brigade K-38, W-182, M-2 = 222   BG Charles E. Hovey (w) | 25th Iowa: Col George A. Stone 31st Iowa: Col William Smyth 3rd Missouri: Col Isaac F. Shepard 12th Missouri: Col Hugo Wangelin 17th Missouri: Col Francis Hassendeubel 76th Ohio: Col Charles Robert Woods 1st Missouri Horse Artillery: Cpt Clemens Landgraeber |
  | Fourth Division   BG Frederick Steele Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder | 3rd Brigade K-24, W-156, M-0 = 180   BG John Milton Thayer | 4th Iowa: Col James Alexander Williamson 9th Iowa: Ltc William H. Coyl 26th Iowa: Col Milo Smith 30th Iowa: Ltc W. M. G. Torrence 34th Iowa: Col George W. Clark 1st Iowa Light Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Griffiths |
  | Fourth Division   BG Frederick Steele Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder | Cavalry K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 | 3rd Illinois Cavalry: Col Lafayette McCrillis |
  | Second Division   BG David Stuart | 1st Brigade K-18, W-84, M-0 = 102   Col Giles A. Smith | 113th Illinois: Col George B. Hoge 116th Illinois: Ltc James P. Boyd 6th Missouri: Ltc James H. Blood 8th Missouri: Ltc David C. Coleman (w), Maj Dennis T. Kirby 1st Battalion, 13th US: Maj Daniel Chase |
  | Second Division   BG David Stuart | 2nd Brigade K-6, W-70, M-9 = 85   Col Thomas Kilby Smith | 55th Illinois: Ltc Oscar Malmborg 127th Illinois: Col John Van Arman 83rd Indiana: Col Benjamin J. Spooner 54th Ohio: Cpt S. B. Yoeman (w) 57th Ohio: Col William Mungen |
  | Second Division   BG David Stuart | Artillery K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 | Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Peter P. Wood Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Levi W. Hart 8th Ohio Light Artillery: Lt James F. Putnam |
  | Second Division   BG David Stuart | Cavalry K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 | Company A & B, Thielman's Battalion (Illinois): Cpt Bertold Marschner Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry: Lt Daniel W. Ballou |
  
  ### Naval forces
  
  Rear Admiral David D. Porter
  
  Fifty transport ships were used as well as the following:
  
  | Class | Vessel |
  | - | - |
  | City class ironclad |
  | City class ironclad | USS Baron DeKalb Lieutenant Commander William Gwin |
  | City class ironclad | USS Cincinnati Lieutenant George M. Bache |
  | City class ironclad | U.S.S. Louisville Lieutenant Commander Elias K. Owen |
  | Tinclad | USS Glide Acting Lieutenant Selim E. Woodworth |
  | Tinclad | USS Rattler Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith |
  | Others | USS Black Hawk Lieutenant Commander K. R. Breese |
  | Others | U.S.S. Lexington Lieutenant James W. Shirk |
  | Others | USS Monarch Colonel C. R. Ellet |
  | Others | USS New Era Acting Master F. W. Flanner [possibly, Acting Master J. C. Bunner] |
  