Prairie Grove Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Prairie Grove of the American Civil War on December 7, 1862, in Washington County, Arkansas. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

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Military rank

Other

First Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army

MG Thomas C. Hindman (11,059 men on the battlefield) [1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG John S. Roane (2,132)

 First Brigade[2]


   Col Stand Watie
Second Brigade


   BG John S. Roane (2,132)
  • 20th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Col Thomas C. Bass (228)
  • 22nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Maj Robert D. Stone (429)
  • 31st Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Ltc George W. Guess (284)
  • 34th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Col A. M. Alexander (491)
  • 9th Missouri Infantry - Col John B. Clark (564)
  • Reid's Arkansas Battery - Cpt John G. Reid (37 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon)
  • Shoup's Arkansas Battery - Cpt James C. Shoup (98 men, three mountain howitzers, two 25 pound mountain howitzers)

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

First Brigade


   BG James F. Fagan (1,555)
Second Brigade


   BG Dandridge McRae (1,664)

Third Division
     BG Daniel M. Frost (3,926)

 First Brigade


   BG Mosby M. Parsons (3,111)
  • Mitchell's Missouri Infantry - Ltc Charles S. Mitchell (440)
  • 7th Missouri Infantry - Col Josiah H. Caldwell (754)
  • 8th Missouri Infantry - Col Dewitt C. Hunter (684)
  • 9th Missouri Infantry - Ltc Willis M. Ponder (476)
  • 10th Missouri Infantry - Col Alexander E. Steen (k) (560)
  • 9th Missouri Sharpshooters - Maj Lebbeus A. Pindall (123)
  • Tilden's Missouri battery - Cpt Charles B. Tilden (74 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)
Second Brigade


   Col Robert G. Shaver (815)

Fourth Division
     BG John S. Marmaduke (1,782)

First Brigade


   Col James C. Monroe (500)
Second Brigade

(Shelby's Raiders)
   Col Joseph O. Shelby (1,475)
  • 4th Missouri Cavalry - Col Beal G. Jeans (334)
  • 5th Missouri Cavalry - Col Benjamin F. Gordon (338)
  • 6th Missouri Cavalry - Col Gideon W. Thompson (333)
  • Elliot's Missouri Cavalry battalion - Cpt Benjamin Elliott (101)
  • Quantrill's Company (Missouri) - Lt William Gregg (33)[3]
  • Bledsoe's Missouri Battery - Cpt Joseph Bledsoe (36 men, two six pound smooth bore cannon)
Third Brigade


   Col Emmett MacDonald (807)
  • MacDonald's Missouri Cavalry - Ltc Merrit L. Young (202)
  • Crump's Texas Cavalry - Ltc R. Phillip Crump (544)
  • West's Arkansas Battery - Cpt Henry C. West (61 men, one 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)

Notes

  1. ↑ United States. War Dept.. 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., Book, 1888; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154600/m1/906/?q=west's arkansas battery : accessed January 14, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas.
  2. ↑ guarding Confederate supply train at Evansville
  3. ↑ Including Frank and Jesse James

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