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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in Arkansas, April 20, 1864. (search)
The opposing forces in Arkansas, April 20, 1864. The Union Army. Department of Arkansas, Maj.-Gen. Frederick Steele. Third division, Brig.-Gen. Frederick Salomon. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel A. Rice: 50th Ind., Lieut.-Col. Samuel T. Wells; 29th Iowa, Col. Thomas H. Benton, Jr.; 33d Iowa, Col. Cyrus H. Mackey; 9th Wis., Col. Charles E. Salomon. Second Brigade, Col. William E. McLean: 43d Ind., Maj. Wesley W. Norris; 36th Iowa, Col. C. W. Kittredge; 77th Ohio, Col. William B. Mason. Third Brigade, Col. Adolph Engelmann: 43d Ill., Lieut.-Col. Adolph Dengler; 40th Iowa, Col. John A. Garrett; 27th Wis., Col. Conrad Krez. Artillery: Ill. Battery, Capt. T. F. Vaughn; 3d Iowa, Lieut. M. C. Wright; K, 1st Mo., Capt. James Marr; E, 2d Mo., Lieut. Charles Peetz. frontier division, Brig.-Gen. John M. Thayer. First Brigade, Col. John Edwards: 1st Ark., Lieut.-Col. E. J. Searle; 2d Ark., Maj. M. L. Stephenson; 18th Iowa, Capt. William M. Duncan; 2d Ind. Battery, Lieut. Hugh Espey.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 60. battle of Elkin's ford, Arkansas. (search)
Marmaduke's division. On the afternoon of the second instant, General Steele ordered General Salomon to take and hold this ford. Thereupon General Salomon dispatched the forces referred to under command of Colonel William E. McLean, of the Forty-third Indiana infantry. Colonel McLean made a forced march, arriving at the river after dark, seizing the ford, and crossed his command. A squadron of cavalry was sent forward as advance pickets, while the Thirty-sixth Iowa infantry, Colonel C. W. Kittredge commanding; Forty-third Indiana infantry, Major W. W. Norris commanding; and Battery E, Second Missouri light artillery, Lieutenant Peetz commanding, encamped near the bank of the river. In his report of the affair, Colonel McLean says: The day after my arrival, occasional firing along our picket lines, and skirmishing in front, convinced me that the enemy were on the alert, either for the purpose of watching the movements of the army, of which my brigade constituted the advan