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See also: Prairie Grove Union Order of Battle

This is the Confederate order of battle for the Battle of Prairie Grove. The offensive was fought in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War on Sunday, December 7, 1862, between Confederate forces and the United States ( Union) in the Boston Mountain region of northwestern Arkansas.

Abbreviations used

MG Thomas C. Hindman, commanding First Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army

Military rank

Other

First Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army

Headquarters
   MG Thomas C. Hindman (12,059)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Francis A. Shoup (3,219)

First Brigade


   BG James F. Fagan (1,555)

Second Brigade


   Col Dandridge McRae (1,664)

  • 26th Arkansas - Col Asa S. Morgan (412)
  • 28th Arkansas - Ltc John E. Glenn (497)
  • 30th Arkansas - Col Archibald J. McNeill (304)
  • 32d Arkansas - Ltc Charles L. Young (k) (370)
  • Woodruff's Battery - Cpt John G. Marshall (78 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)

Third Division
     BG Daniel M. Frost (6,058)

First Brigade


   BG Mosby M. Parsons (3,111)

Second Brigade


   Col Robert G. Shaver (815)

Second Brigade, First Division [b]


   BG John S. Roane (2,132)

  • 20th Texas Cavalry [c] - Col Thomas C. Bass (228)
  • 22d Texas Cavalry [d] - Maj Robert D. Stone (429)
  • 31st Texas Cavalry [e] - Ltc George W. Guess (284)
  • 34th Texas Cavalry [f] - Col Almarine M. Alexander (491)
  • 9th Missouri - Col John B. Clark (564)
  • Reid's Battery - Cpt John G. Reid (37 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon)
  • Shoup's Battery - Cpt James C. Shoup (98 men, three mountain howitzers, two 25 pound mountain howitzers)

Fourth Division
     BG John S. Marmaduke (2,782)

First Brigade


   Col James C. Monroe (500)

Second Brigade


   Col Joseph O. Shelby (1,475)

  • 1st Missouri Cavalry - Ltc B. Frank Gordon (338)
  • 2d Missouri Cavalry - Col Beal G. Jeans (334)
  • 3d Missouri Cavalry - Col Gideon W. Thompson (333)
  • Elliot's Cavalry Battalion - Maj Benjamin Elliott (101)
  • Quantrill's Company - Lt William Gregg (33) [g]
  • Bledsoe's Battery - Cpt Joseph Bledsoe (36 men, two six pound smooth bore cannon)
MacDonald's Brigade


   Col Emmett MacDonald (807)

  • MacDonald's Missouri Cavalry - Ltc Merrit L. Young (202)
  • 1st Texas Partisan Rangers - Ltc R. Phillip Crump (544)
  • West's Battery - Cpt Henry C. West (61 men, one 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)

Notes

  1. ^ The unit participated in the campaign, but was not present at the battle of Prairie Grove. [1]
  2. ^ Attached. [2]
  3. ^ Dismounted Cavalry. [3]
  4. ^ Dismounted Cavalry. [3]
  5. ^ Dismounted Cavalry. [3]
  6. ^ Dismounted Cavalry. [3]
  7. ^ Including Frank and Jesse James.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Shea 2009, pp. 289, 292.
  2. ^ Shea 2009, pp. 217, 292.
  3. ^ a b c d Official Records 1888, p. 903.

Bibliography

  • Shea, William L. (2009). Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN  978-0-8078-3315-5. OCLC  316737006.
  • United States War Department (1888). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 22, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved January 14, 2013. Resource provided by The Portal to Texas History at University of North Texas Libraries Libraries, Denton, Texas.
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