# Battle of Bayou Fourche order of battle

The Battle of Bayou Fourche (September 10, 1863) saw Union forces under the overall command of Frederick Steele clash with Confederate forces led by Sterling Price near Little Rock, Arkansas. The only fighting occurred when Steele's cavalry commanded by John W. Davidson crossed to the south side of the Arkansas River and compelled the Confederate cavalry under John S. Marmaduke to abandon its defensive position behind Bayou Fourche. Price's outnumbered forces evacuated Little Rock and withdrew south to Arkadelphia. The Union occupation of Little Rock was the final action in a campaign that started on August 18 when Steele's troops marched west from DeValls Bluff.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* Maj. Gen. = Major General
* Brig. Gen. = Brigadier General
* Col. = Colonel
* Lieut. Col. = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj. = Major
* Capt. = Captain
* 1st Lieut. = First Lieutenant

### Other

* (k) = killed in action
* (w) = wounded
* (c) = captured

### Artillery

* 10lb PR = 10-pounder Parrott rifle
* 12lb How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer
* 14lb JR = 14-pounder James rifle
* 3-in OR = 3-inch Ordnance rifle
* 6lb Gun = M1841 6-pounder field gun
* 6lb Rifle = M1841 6-pounder field gun (rifled)
* Mtn How = M1841 mountain howitzer

## Union forces

Union Army: Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele
* Present aggregate (Aug. 18, 1863): 13,000, 57 guns (18 guns with Davidson), 14,500 including True's brigade.
* Present for duty (Sept. 10, 1863): 10,477
* Present aggregate (Aug. 18, 1863): 13,207, 49 guns
* Present for duty (Aug. 18, 1863): 4,652 cavalry, 4,493 infantry, 288 artillery, 9,433 total
* Casualties: 18 killed, 118 wounded, 1 missing
* Cavalry Escort:
** Company D, 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 1st Lieut. James K. McLean
** Kane County, Illinois Cavalry, 1st Lieut. Eben C. Litherland
Union Army: Little Rock Expedition :
| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | First Brigade Col. Lewis Merrill | 2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (Merrill's Horse) | Maj. Garrison Harker |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | First Brigade Col. Lewis Merrill | 7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. John L. Chandler |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | First Brigade Col. Lewis Merrill | 8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Col. Washington F. Geiger |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Second Brigade Col. John Montgomery Glover | 10th Illinois Cavalry Regiment | Col. Dudley Wickersham Lieut. Col. James Stuart |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Second Brigade Col. John Montgomery Glover | 1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Lt. Col. Daniel Anderson Maj. Joseph W. Caldwell |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Second Brigade Col. John Montgomery Glover | 3d Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. T. G. Black Capt. J. H. Reed |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Reserve Brigade Col. John. F. Ritter | 13th Illinois Cavalry Regiment | Maj. Lothar Lippert |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Reserve Brigade Col. John. F. Ritter | 3rd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Maj. George Duffield |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Reserve Brigade Col. John. F. Ritter | 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Capt. J. W. Fuller |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Reserve Brigade Col. John. F. Ritter | 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment (mounted) | Lieut. Col. Edward H. Mix Maj. Gustavus A. Eberhard |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Artillery Capt. Julius L. Hadley | Battery K, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery (4 x 3-in OR, 2 x 12lb How) | 1st Lieut. T. S. Clarkson |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Artillery Capt. Julius L. Hadley | Battery M, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery (4 x Mtn How) | Capt. Gustav Stange |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Artillery Capt. Julius L. Hadley | Howitzer Battery, 2d Missouri Cavalry | 1st Lieut. G. F. Lovejoy (w) |
| First (Cavalry) Division Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson 6,000 cavalry and 18 guns Davidson | Artillery Capt. Julius L. Hadley | 25th Ohio Battery (2 x 3-in OR, 4 x 6lb Rifle) | 1st Lieut. E. B. Hubbard |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | First Brigade Col. William H. Graves | 18th Illinois Infantry Regiment | Col. Daniel H. Brush |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | First Brigade Col. William H. Graves | 43rd Illinois Infantry Regiment | Maj. Charles Stephani |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | First Brigade Col. William H. Graves | 54th Illinois Infantry Regiment | Col. Greenville M. Mitchell |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | First Brigade Col. William H. Graves | 61st Illinois Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Simon P. Ohr |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | First Brigade Col. William H. Graves | 106th Illinois Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Henry Yates |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | First Brigade Col. William H. Graves | 12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Dwight May |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | Second Brigade Col. Oliver Wood | 126th Illinois Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Ezra M. Beardsley |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | Second Brigade Col. Oliver Wood | 40th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Samuel F. Cooper |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | Second Brigade Col. Oliver Wood | 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Col. Christopher C. Andrews |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | Second Brigade Col. Oliver Wood | 22nd Ohio Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Homer Thrall |
| Second Division Col. William E. McLean Col. Adolph Englemann | Second Brigade Col. Oliver Wood | 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Col. Conrad Krez |
| Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice Rice | First Brigade Col. Charles W. Kittredge | 43rd Indiana Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. John C. Major |
| Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice Rice | First Brigade Col. Charles W. Kittredge | 36th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Francis M. Drake |
| Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice Rice | First Brigade Col. Charles W. Kittredge | 77th Ohio Infantry Regiment | Col. William B. Mason |
| Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice Rice | Second Brigade Col. Thomas H. Benton Jr. | 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Robert F. Patterson |
| Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice Rice | Second Brigade Col. Thomas H. Benton Jr. | 33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Cyrus H. Mackey |
| Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice Rice | Second Brigade Col. Thomas H. Benton Jr. | 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Maj. Calvert C. White |
| Independent Cavalry | Independent Brigade Col. Powell Clayton | 1st Indiana Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Thomas N. Pace |
| Independent Cavalry | Independent Brigade Col. Powell Clayton | 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Wilton A. Jenkins |
| Independent Infantry | Independent Brigade Col. James M. True | 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment | Col. Phineas Pease |
| Independent Infantry | Independent Brigade Col. James M. True | 62nd Illinois Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Stephen M. Meeker |
| Independent Infantry | Independent Brigade Col. James M. True | 50th Indiana Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Wells |
| Independent Infantry | Independent Brigade Col. James M. True | 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Col. James Isham Gilbert |
| Independent Infantry | Independent Brigade Col. James M. True | Springfield Illinois Light Artillery (6 x 14lb JR) | Capt. Thomas F. Vaughn |
| Independent Artillery | Artillery Brigade Capt. Mortimer M. Haden | 3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery (4 x 6lb Gun, 3 x 12lb How, 1 x 3-in OR, 1 x 10lb PR) | 1st Lieut. Melvil C. Wright |
| Independent Artillery | Artillery Brigade Capt. Mortimer M. Haden | Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 x 10lb PR) | Capt. Stillman O. Fish |
| Independent Artillery | Artillery Brigade Capt. Mortimer M. Haden | 5th Ohio Battery (2 x 6lb Gun, 2 x 14lb JR) | 1st Lieut. John D. Burner |
| Independent Artillery | Artillery Brigade Capt. Mortimer M. Haden | 11th Ohio Battery (2 x 6lb Gun, 2 x 12lb How, 1 x 6lb Rifle) | Capt. Frank C. Sands |

## Confederate forces

Confederate Army: Maj. Gen. Sterling Price
* On July 23, 1863, the department commander Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes became ill and was superseded by Price.
* On September 6, 1863, Brig. Gen. Marmaduke mortally wounded Brig. Gen. Walker in a duel. Col. Dobbins assumed command of Walker's division.
* Marmaduke placed Dobbins under arrest on September 10 for disobedience of orders and command devolved upon Col. Newton. Price later suspended Dobbins's arrest.
* Present for duty: 7,749. About 6,500 were north of the Arkansas River and 1,250 south of the river.
* Aggregate present (September): 10,665, 32 guns. Present for duty: 8,532.
* Casualties: 12 killed, 34 wounded, 18 missing.
Confederate Army: Little Rock Expedition :
| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Shelby's Brigade Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. Gordon | 5th Missouri Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. B. F. Gordon |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Shelby's Brigade Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. Gordon | 6th Missouri Cavalry Regiment | Col. Gideon W. Thompson |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Shelby's Brigade Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. Gordon | 10th Missouri Cavalry Battalion | Maj. Benjamin Elliott |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Shelby's Brigade Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. Gordon | 2nd Missouri Field Battery (2 x 6lb Gun, 2 x 10lb PR) | Capt. Joseph Bledsoe |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Marmaduke's Brigade Col. William L. Jeffers | 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. S. J. Ward |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Marmaduke's Brigade Col. William L. Jeffers | 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment | Maj. L. A. Campbell |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Marmaduke's Brigade Col. William L. Jeffers | 4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. W. J. Preston |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Marmaduke's Brigade Col. William L. Jeffers | 11th Missouri Cavalry Battalion | Lieut. Col. M. L. Young |
| Marmaduke's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke Marmaduke | Marmaduke's Brigade Col. William L. Jeffers | Prairie Gun Battery, Missouri Artillery | 1st Lieut. T. J. Williams |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Dobbin's Brigade Col. A. S. Dobbins Col. R. C. Newton | 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Dobbin's) | Maj. S. Corley (k) Capt. M. M. Bateman |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Dobbin's Brigade Col. A. S. Dobbins Col. R. C. Newton | 5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment | Col. R. C. Newton, Maj. J. P. Bull |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Dobbin's Brigade Col. A. S. Dobbins Col. R. C. Newton | 6th Arkansas Field Battery | Capt. C. B. Etter |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Carter's Brigade Col. George W. Carter | 21st Texas Cavalry Regiment | Lieut. Col. Dewitt C. Giddings |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Carter's Brigade Col. George W. Carter | Morgan's Texas Cavalry Squadron | Maj. Charles L. Morgan |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Carter's Brigade Col. George W. Carter | Johnson's Spy Company, Texas Cavalry | Capt. Alf Johnson |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Carter's Brigade Col. George W. Carter | Denson's Company, Louisiana Cavalry | Capt. William B. Denson |
| Walker's Cavalry Division Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker Col. Archibald S. Dobbins Col. Robert C. Newton Walker | Carter's Brigade Col. George W. Carter | 10th Texas Field Battery | Capt. Joseph H. Pratt |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | McRae's Brigade Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae | 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col. L. C. Gause |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | McRae's Brigade Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae | 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col. J. E. Glenn |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | McRae's Brigade Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae | 39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col. R. A. Hart |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | McRae's Brigade Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae | 3rd Arkansas Field Battery | Capt. John G. Marshall |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Parsons's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons | 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment | Col. L. M. Lewis |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Parsons's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons | 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment | Col. S. P. Burns |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Parsons's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons | 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment | Col. J. D. White |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Parsons's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons | 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment | Col. A. C. Pickett |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Parsons's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons | 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion | Maj. L. A. Pindall |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Parsons's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons | 3rd Missouri Field Battery (4 x 6lb Gun) | Capt. C. B. Tilden |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Fagan's Brigade Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan | 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col. Alexander T. Hawthorn |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Fagan's Brigade Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan | 34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col. W. H. Brooks |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Fagan's Brigade Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan | 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col. J. P. King |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Fagan's Brigade Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan | 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Maj. T. H. Blacknall |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Fagan's Brigade Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan | 7th Arkansas Field Battery | Capt. W. D. Blocker |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Clark's Brigade Col. John B. Clark Jr. | 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment | Col. Charles S. Mitchell |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Clark's Brigade Col. John B. Clark Jr. | 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment | Lieut. Col. M. W. Buster |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Clark's Brigade Col. John B. Clark Jr. | 8th Missouri Infantry Battalion | Lieut. Col. Richard H. Musser |
| Price's Division Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost Frost | Clark's Brigade Col. John B. Clark Jr. | 1st Missouri Field Battery (2 x 6lb Rifle, 2 x 6lb Gun) | Capt. S. T. Ruffner |