Cotton Plant Union order of battle
The Battle of Cotton Plant (July 7, 1862) saw a 10,000-strong Union Army commanded by Samuel Ryan Curtis[1] encounter a 5,000-man Confederate force led by Albert Rust. A Union advance guard commanded by Charles Edward Hovey did most of the fighting, repelling an attack by two Texas cavalry regiments led by William Henry Parsons. Union reinforcements under William P. Benton arrived and pressed the Texas cavalry and Arkansas infantry into a disorderly retreat. Curtis's army subsequently occupied Helena.[2] Earlier in the campaign, Texas cavalry inflicted 49 casualties on a Union foraging party in the Battle of Whitney's Lane near Searcy on May 19, 1862.[3] At the Battle of L'Anguille Ferry near Marianna on August 3, 1862 the Texas cavalry overran a Union wagon convoy.[4]
The following Union Army units and commanders served in the campaign.[5]
Abbreviations used
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Hovey = Col Charles E. Hovey's brigade[2]
Army of the Southwest
Army Commander
| Division | Unit |
|---|---|
| Unattached units MG Samuel Ryan Curtis  |
Bowen's Missouri Cavalry Battalion |
| 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry | |
| 1st Illinois Cavalry Regiment | |
| 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment | |
| 9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment | |
| 13th Illinois Cavalry Regiment | |
| 5th Kansas Cavalry Regiment (joined June) | |
| 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment (joined June) | |
| 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment (joined July) | |
| First Division BG Frederick Steele  |
11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Hovey) |
| 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (Hovey) | |
| 8th Indiana Infantry Regiment | |
| 18th Indiana Infantry Regiment | |
| Kane County Illinois Cavalry Company | |
| 1st Indiana Cavalry Regiment | |
| 3rd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (6 companies) | |
| 1st Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery | |
| 16th Ohio Battery | |
| Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery | |
| Second Division BG Eugene A. Carr .jpg) |
4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
| 9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | |
| 13th Illinois Infantry Regiment | |
| 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment | |
| 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | |
| 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry (3 companies) | |
| 1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery | |
| Elbert's 1st Missouri Flying Artillery | |
| 3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery | |
| Third Division BG Peter J. Osterhaus  |
3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry |
| 12th Missouri Volunteer Infantry | |
| 17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry | |
| 4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry (6 companies) | |
| 5th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry (5 companies) | |
| 2nd Ohio Battery | |
| 4th Ohio Battery | |
| Battery A (Peoria), 2nd Illinois Light Artillery | |
| Battery B, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (Welfley's) | |
Notes
- Footnotes
- Dyer did not specify brigades or brigade commanders. Patrick stated that Hovey and Benton were brigade commanders in Steele's Division.
- Citations
- Dimitry & Harrell 1899, p. 108.
- Patrick 2018.
- Shea & Hess 1992, p. 299.
- Honnoll 2016.
- Dyer 1908, p. 542.
References
- Dimitry, John; Harrell, John M. (1899). Confederate Military History: Louisiana and Arkansas. 10. Atlanta, Ga.: Blue & Gray Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Army Southwest Mo. – May 1862. 1. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Honnoll, W. Danny (2016). "Skirmish at L'Anguille Ferry". Little Rock, Ark.: Encyclopedia of Arkansas.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Patrick, Jeffrey L. (2018). "Action at Hill's Plantation". Little Rock, Ark.: Encyclopedia of Arkansas.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Shea, William L.; Hess, Earl J. (1992). Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2042-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)