Prescott in Nevada County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
The Union Order of Battle
Photographed by Mike McKeown, June 6, 2025
1. The Union Order of Battle Marker
Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, Commander
Department of Arkansas and VII Corps
Escort: 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Co. D
15th Illinois Cavalry, Co. H
Brig. Gen. Frederick C. Salomon - Commander Third Division---Three brigades and artillery
Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice - 1st Brigade Commander 50th Indiana, 29th Iowa, 33rd Iowa, 9th Wisconsin
Col. William E. McLean - 2nd Brigade Commander 43rd Indiana, 36th Iowa and 77th Ohio
Col. Adolph Englemann - 3rd Brigade Commander 43rd Illinois, 40th Iowa, 27th Wisconsin
Brig. Gen. John Milton Thayer - Commander Frontier Division (Three brigades came from Fort Smith to join Steele near Elkins' Ferry)
Col. John Edwards - 1st Brigade Commander 1st Arkansas, 2nd Arkansas (eight companies), 18th Iowa, 2nd Indiana Battery
Col. Charles W. Adams - 2nd Brigade Commander 1st Kansas (Colored), 2nd Kansas (Colored), 12th Kansas, 1st Arkansas Battery
Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr - Commander Cavalry Division
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Col. John F. Ritter - 1st Brigade Commander 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (four companies), 13th Illinois Cavalry (Detachment), 3rd Iowa Cavalry (Detachment),1st Missouri Cavalry (eight companies), and 2nd Missouri Cavalry
Col. Daniel Anderson - 2nd Brigade Commander 10th Illinois Cavalry (Detachment), 1st Iowa Cavalry, and 3rd Missouri Cavalry
Col. Powell Clayton - Independent Cavalry Brigade Mixed units at Pine Bluff. but aided Gen. Steele during the expedition by creating distractions and monitoring Confederate activities along the Saline River as well as by attacking and repelling Confederate forces, but not at Prairie D'Ane.
1st Indiana Cavalry (8 companies), 5th Kansas Cavalry, 7th Missouri Cavalry, 18th Illinois, 28th Wisconsin, and 1st Indiana Battery
This program was made possible in part by a grant from Arkansas Heritage, a division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, funded by your 1/8 cent conservation tax, Amendment 75.
Erected by Nevada County Depot & Museum.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1864.
Location. 33° 50.011′ N, 93° 23.846′
Photographed by Mike McKeown, June 6, 2025
2. The Union Order of Battle Marker
marker is 2nd from right
Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Gulf Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Confederate Order of Battle (here, next to this marker); The Battle of Prairie D'Ane (here, next to this marker); The Red River Campaign (here, next to this marker); The Natural History of Prairie D'Ane (a few steps from this marker); Governor Thomas Chipman McRae (approx. 1.8 miles away); Skirmishes at Prairie D'Ane (approx. 2.4 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Rear Guard Action at Moscow (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Prescott.
Also see . . .
1. Prairie D'Ane Battlefield. Nevada County Depot & Museum (Submitted on June 10, 2025.)
2. Battle of Prairie D'Ane. Wikipedia (Submitted on June 10, 2025.)
3. Frederick Steele. Wikipedia (Submitted on June 10, 2025.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 8, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
