One hundred fifty years ago, on January 31, 1864, the Union army in Arkansas: Troops in the Department of Arkansas, Seventh Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, U.S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1864. ESCORT. 3d Illinois Cavalry, Company D, Lieut. Jonathan Kershner. 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company H, Capt. Thomas J. Beebe. FIRST (OR CAVALRY) DIVISION.(+) Brig. Gen. JOHN W. DAVIDSON. First Brigade. Col. JOHN F. RITTER. 13th Illinois (detachment), Lieut. Col. Theobold Hartmann. 3d Iowa (detachment), Lieut. Franz W. Arnim. 1st Missouri (eight companies), Maj. Albert P. Peabody. 7th Missouri, Maj. Henry P. Spellman. Second Brigade. Col. WASHINGTON F. GEIGER. 2d Missouri, Capt. William H. Higdon. 8th Missouri, Maj. George L. Childress. Third Brigade. Col. DANIEL ANDERSON. 10th Illinois (detachment), Lieut. Robert J. Bellamy. 1st Iowa, Lieut. Col. Joseph W. Caldwell. 3d Missouri, Lieut. Col. Thomas G. Black. Artillery. 2d Missouri Light, Battery D, Capt. Charles Schaerff. 2d Missouri Light, Battery E, Capt. Gustave Stange. Unattached infantry. 24th Missouri, Companies F and K, Capt. Sampson P. Barris. SECOND DIVISION.(*) Brig. Gen. EUGENE A. CARR. Second Brigade. Col. ADOLPH ENGELMANN. 43d Illinois, Lieut. Col, Adolph Dengler. 126th Illinois, Capt. Larkin R. Slaughter. 40th Iowa, Col. John A. Garrett. 22d Ohio, Lieut. Col. Homer Thrall. 27th Wisconsin, Col. Conrad Krez. 11th Ohio Battery, Lieut. Fletcher E. Armstrong. Third Brigade.(+) Col. GREENVILLE M. MITCHELL. 18th Illinois, Lieut. Col. Samuel B. Marks. 54th Illinois, Lieut. Col, Augustus H. Chapman. 61st Illinois, Maj. Daniel Grass. 106th Illinois, Lieut. Col. Henry Yates. 3d Minnesota, Maj. Everett W. Foster. 5th Ohio Battery, Lieut. Anthony B. Burton. Not brigaded. 62d Illinois, Lieut. Col. Stephen M, Meeker. 50th Indiana, Maj. Horace N. Attkisson. 13th Illinois Cavalry, Company C, Lieut. James G. Kearney. Vaughns Illinois Battery, Lieut. Edward B. Stillings. THIRD DIVISION.(*) Brig. Gen. FREDERICK SALOMON. First Brigade. Col. WILLIAM E. MCLEAN. 43d Indiana, Lieut. Col. John C. Major. 36th Iowa, Col. Charles W. Kittredge. 77th Ohio, Col. William B. Mason. Second Brigade. Col. JAMES M. LEWIS. 29th Iowa, Lieut. Col. Robert F. Patterson. 33d Iowa, Lieut. Col. Cyrus H. Mackey. 9th Wisconsin, Col. Charles E. Salomon. 28th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Edmund B. Gray. Artillery. 3d Iowa Battery, Lieut. Melvil C. Wright. 1st Missouri Light, Battery K, Capt. Stillman O. Fish, DISTRICT OF EASTERN ARKANSAS.(++) Brig. Gen. NAPOLEON B. BUFORD. 2d Arkansas (colored), five companies, Capt. David Clammer 3d Arkansas (colored), Col. John Guylee. 4th Arkansas (colored), two companies, Capt. Henry N. Payne. 1st Iowa (colored), Col. John G. Hudson. 35th Missouri (nine companies), Lieut. Col. Horace Fitch. 25th Wisconsin, Col. Milton Montgomery. 15th Illinois Cavalry, Lieut. Col. Franklin T. Gilbert. 3d Louisiana Battery (colored), Capt. James F. Lembke. DISTRICT OF NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS.(§) Col. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 4th Arkansas (organizing). 11th Missouri (five companies), Lieut. Col. John W. Stephens. 1st Nebraska Cavalry (ten companies), Lieut. Col. William Baumer. 2d Missouri Light Artillery, Battery D (section), Lieut. Frederick W. von Bodungen. DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER.(*) Col. WILLIAM R. JUDSON. Second Brigade. Col. JOHN EDWARDS. 1st Arkansas, Lieut. Col. Elhanon J. Searle. 18th Iowa, Lieut. Col. Hugh J. Campbell. 2d Kansas Cavalry, Maj. Julius G. Fisk. 2d Indiana Battery. Lieut. Hugh Espey. Third Brigade. Col. THOMAS M. BOWEN. 13th Kansas. Lieut. Col. John B. Wheeler. 3d Wisconsin Cavalry (six companies), Maj. John C. Schroeling. 3d Kansas Battery Lieut. John F. Aduddell. Clarksville, Ark. 2d Arkansas (five companies), Lieut. Col. Gideon M. Waugh. Roseville, Ark. 1st Kansas (colored), Col. James M. Williams. PINE BLUFF, ARK. Col. POWELL CLAYTON. 1st Indiana Cavalry (eight companies), Lieut. Col. Thomas N. Pace. 5th Kansas Cavalry (ten companies), Lieut. Col. Wilton A. Jenkins.
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