Port Hudson Union order of battle

The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged at the Siege of Port Hudson, during the American Civil War in 1863. 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

Other

Army of the Gulf

XIX Corps

MG Nathaniel P. Banks

Chief of Staff: BG George L. Andrews until 27 May, BG Charles P. Stone from 27 May
Chief of Artillery: BG Richard Arnold

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division MG Christopher C. Augur	1st Brigade Col Edward P. Chapin (k) until 27 May Col Charles J. Paine from 27 May	2nd Louisiana: Col Charles J. Paine 21st Maine: Col Elijah D. Johnson mustered out August 25,1863 48th Massachusetts: Col Eben F. Stone 49th Massachusetts: Ltc Burton D. Deming (k) 116th New York: Cpt John Higgins
	2nd Brigade BG Godfrey Weitzel^[1] until 14 May Col Stephen Thomas^[2] from 14 May	12th Connecticut: Ltc Frank Henry Peck (w) 75th New York: Col Robert B. Merritt 114th New York: Col Elisha B. Smith (mw) 160th New York: Ltc John B. Van Petten 8th Vermont: Col Stephen Thomas
	3rd Brigade Col Nathan Dudley	30th Massachusetts: Ltc William W. Bullock 50th Massachusetts: Col Carlos P. Messer 161st New York: Col Gabriel T. Harrower 174th New York: Maj George Keating
	Artillery	1st Battery, Indiana Heavy Artillery: Col John A. Keith 1st Battery, Maine Light Artillery: Lt John E. Morton 6th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery: Lt John F. Phelps Section, 12th Massachusetts Light Artillery: Lt Edwin M. Chamberlin 18th Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt Albert G. Mack Battery A, 1st U.S. Light Artillery: Cpt Edmund C. Bainbridge Battery G, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Jacob B. Rawles
2nd Division BG Thomas W. Sherman (w) until 27 May BG George L. Andrews 27-28 May BG Frank S. Nickerson 28-30 May BG William Dwight from 30 May	1st Brigade BG Neal S. Dow (w&c)^[3] until 27 May Col David S. Cowles (k) 27 May Col Thomas S. Clark from 27 May	26th Connecticut: Ltc Joseph Selden mustered out August 17,1863 6th Michigan: Col Thomas S. Clark 15th New Hampshire: Col John W. Kingman 128th New York: Col David S. Cowles 162nd New York: Col Lewis Benedict
	2nd Brigade^[4] Col Alpha B. Farr (until 12 May 1863) Col Thomas W. Cahill (12 May-15 Aug 1863) Col Lewis Benedict (temporarily on 14 June 1863)^[5]	9th Connecticut: Ltc Richard Fitz Gibbons 26th Massachusetts: Ltc Josiah A. Sawtell 42d Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph Stedman 47th Massachusetts: Col Lucius B. Marsh
	3rd Brigade BG Frank S. Nickerson	14th Maine: Col Thomas W. Porter 24th Maine: Col George Marston Atwood 28th Maine: Col Ephriam W. Woodman 165th New York: Ltc Abel Smith Jr. (mw) 175th New York: Col Michael K. Bryan (k) 177th New York: Col Ira W. Ainsworth
	Artillery	21st Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt James Barnes 1st Battery, Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt George T. Hebard
3rd Division BG Halbert E. Paine (w) until 14 June Col Hawkes Fearing from 14 June	1st Brigade Col Timothy Ingraham until 14 June Col Samuel P. Ferris^[6] from 14 June	28th Connecticut: Col Samuel P. Ferris mustered out August 17,1863 4th Massachusetts: Col Henry Walker 16th New Hampshire: Col James Pike 110th New York: Col Clinton H. Sage
	2nd Brigade Col Hawkes Fearing until 14 June Maj John H. Alcot from 14 June	8th New Hampshire: Ltc Oliver W. Lull 133rd New York: Col Leonard D. H. Currie 173rd New York: Maj A. Power Gallway 4th Wisconsin: Col Sidney A. Bean
	3rd Brigade Col Oliver P. Gooding	31st Massachusetts: Ltc W.S.B. Hopkins 38th Massachusetts: Ltc W. L. Rodman (k) 53rd Massachusetts: Col John W. Kimball 156th New York: Col Jacob Sharpe
	Artillery	4th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery: Lt Frederick W. Reinhard Battery F, 1st U.S. Light Artillery: Cpt Richard C. Duryea 2nd Battery, Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Pythagoras E. Holcomb
4th Division BG Cuvier Grover	1st Brigade BG William Dwight until 30 May Col Joseph S. Morgan from 30 May	1st Louisiana (U.S.): Col Richard E. Holcomb (k), Ltc William O. Fiske 22nd Maine: Col Simon G. Jerrard 90th New York: Col Joseph S. Morgan 91st New York Infantry Regiment: Col Jacob Van Zandt 131st New York: Col Nicholas W. Day
	2nd Brigade Col William K. Kimball	24th Connecticut: Col Samuel M. Mansfield mustered out September 30,1863 12th Maine: Ltc Edward Ilsley 41st Massachusetts: Col Thomas E. Chickering 52nd Massachusetts: Col Halbert S. Greenleaf
	3rd Brigade Col Henry W. Birge	13th Connecticut: Cpt Apollos Comstock 25th Connecticut: Ltc Mason C. Weld mustered out August 25,1863 26th Maine: Col Nathan H. Hubbard 159th New York: Ltc Charles A. Burt
	Artillery Cpt Henry W. Closson	2nd Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Ormand F. Nims Battery L, 1st U.S. Light Artillery: Cpt Henry W. Closson Battery C, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery: Lt Theodore Bradley
United States Colored Troops	Corps D'Afrique BG Daniel Ullman	6th United States Colored Troops: Maj George Bishop 7th United States Colored Troops: Maj Cornelius Mowers 8th United States Colored Troops: Ltc William S. Mudgett 9th United States Colored Troops: Ltc Isaac S. Bangs 10th United States Colored Troops: Ltc Ladislas L. Zulavsky 1st Louisiana Engineers: Col Justin Hodge
United States Colored Troops	Native Guard	1st Louisiana Native Guards: Ltc Chauncey J. Bassett 3rd Louisiana Native Guards: Col John A. Nelson 4th Louisiana Native Guards: Col Charles W. Drew
Cavalry	Grierson's Brigade Col Benjamin H. Grierson	6th Illinois Cavalry: Col Reuben Loomis 7th Illinois Cavalry: Col Edward Prince 1st Louisiana Cavalry: Maj Harai Robinson 2nd Rhode Island Cavalry: Ltc Augustus W. Corliss 2nd Massachusetts: Maj James Magee 14th New York Cavalry: Cpt George Branning 4th Wisconsin Mounted: Maj Webster Moore

West Gulf Blockading Squadron

Rear Admiral David G. Farragut

Class	Vessel
Steam frigate	USS Hartford Cpt James S. Palmer
	USS Richmond Cpt James Alden
	USS Mississippi Cpt Melancton Smith
	USS Monongahela Cpt J.P. McKinstry
Gunboat	USS Albatross Lt Commander John E. Hart
	USS Genesee Commander William H. Macomb
	USS Kineo Lt Commander John Watters
Ironclad	USS Essex Commander C.H.B. Caldwell

Notes

↑ Weitzel commanded the "Right Flank" of the Union forces during the siege.
↑ Eicher p.528
↑ Dow was wounded May 27 and was taken prisoner by Confederate cavalry in July while convalescing on a nearby plantation.
↑ 19th Corps Organization
↑ At the time Benedict assumed command the 2nd Brigade consisted of 175th New York, 28th Maine, 48th Massachusetts, 162nd New York; Benedict, Henry Marvin (1866). A memorial of Brevet Brigadier General Lewis Benedict, colonel of 162d regiment N.Y.V.I., who fell in battle at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell. p. 55. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
↑ Union Land Forces at Port Hudson - June 30, 1863

References

Eicher, David J.; Eicher, John H. (2001). Civil War high commands. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.