19th Corps Organization
Organization of the troops in the Department of the Gulf (Nineteenth Army Corps), Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, U.S. Army, commanding, April 30, 1863; headquarters Opelousas, La.
FIRST DIVISION.(1 )
Maj. Gen. CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR.
First Brigade.
Col. EDWARD P. CHAPIN.
21st Maine, Col. Elijah D. Johnson.
48th Massachusetts, Col. Eben F. Stone.
49th Massachusetts, Col.Wm. F. Bartlett.
116th New York, Maj. George M. Love.
Second Brigade.
Brig. Gen. GODFREY WEITZEL.
12th Connecticut, Lieut. Col. Frank H. Peck.
75th New York, Lieut. Col. Willoughby Babcock.
114th New York, Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Per Lee.
160th New York, Lieut. Col. John B. Van Petten.
8th Vermont, Col. Stephen Thomas.
Attached to Second Brigade.
1st Louisiana Cavalry, Companies A and B, Capt. H. F. Williamson.
2d Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion, Company B, Lieut. Solon A. Perkins.
1st Maine Battery, Lieut. John E. Morton.
6th Massachusetts Battery, Lieut. John F. Phelps.
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery A, Capt. E. C. Bainbridge.
Third Brigade.
Col. NATHAN A. M. DUDLEY.
2d Louisiana, Col. Charles L Paine.
30th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. William W. Bullock.
50th Massachusetts, Col. C. P. Messer.
161st New York, Col. Gabriel T. Harrower.
174th New York, Maj. George Keating.
Unattached.
1st Louisiana Native Guards, Col. Spencer H. Stafford.
3d Louisiana Native Guards.
4th Louisiana Native Guards.
1st Louisiana Cavalry, Companies C and E, Capt. J. F. Godfrey.
2d Rhode Island Cavalry (battalion).
1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Col. John A. Keith.
12th Massachusetts Battery, Lieut. Edwin M. Chamberlin.
SECOND DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. THOMAS W. SHERMAN.
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. NEAL DOW.
26th Connecticut, Col. Thomas G. Kingsley.
6th Michigan, Col. Thomas S. Clark.
15th New Hampshire, Col. John W. Kingman.
128th New York, Col. David S. Cowles.
Second Brigade.
Col. ALPHA B. FARR.
9th Connecticut, Lieut. Col. Richard Fitz Gibbons.
28th Maine, Col. Ephraim W. Woodman.
26th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Josiah A. Sawtell.
42d Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Joseph Stedman.
47th Massachusetts, Col. Lucius B. Marsh.
Third Brigade.
Col. FRANK S. NICKERSON.
14th Maine, Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Porter.
24th Maine, Col. George M. Atwood.
165th New York, Lieut. Col. Abel Smith, Jr.
177th New York, Col. Ira W. Ainsworth.
Artillery.
18th New York Battery, Capt. Albert G. Mack.
5th United States, Battery G, Lieut. Jacob B. Rawles.
1st Vermont Battery, Capt. George T. Hebard.
DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS. (
2 )
2d Louisiana Native Guards (detachment).
12th Maine, Company D, Capt. Elisha Winter.
13th Maine, Col. Henry Rust, Jr.
31st Massachusetts (detachment).
4th Wisconsin, Company G, Capt. James Keefe.
2d Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion, Company A.
14th New York Cavalry (detachment).
1st Texas Cavalry, Col. Edmund J. Davis.
1st Louisiana Native Guards, Heavy Artillery, Company B.
13th Massachusetts Battery, Capt. Charles H. J. Hamlen.
21st New York Battery, Capt. James Barnes.
25th New York Battery, Capt. John A. Grow.
26th New York Battery, Capt. George W. Fox.
THIRD DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM H. EMORY.
First Brigade.
Col. TIMOTHY INGRAHAM.(3 )
4th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Ebon T. Colby.
16th New Hampshire, Lieut. Col. Henry Fuller.
110th New York, Col. Clinton H. Sage.
162d New York, Lieut. Col. Justus W. Blanchard.
Second Brigade.
Col. HALBERT E. PAINE.
8th New Hampshire, Col. Hawkes Fearing, Jr.
133d New York, Col. Leonard D. H. Currie.
173d New York, Maj. A. Power Gallway.
4th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Sidney A. Bean.
Third Brigade.
Col. OLIVER P. GOODING.
31st Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. W. S. B. Hopkins.
38th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. William L. Rodman.
53d Massachusetts, Col. John W. Kimball.
156th New York, Lieut. Col. Jacob Sharpe.
175th New York.
Artillery.
Capt. RICHARD C. DURYEA.
4th Massachusetts Battery, Lieut. Joseph B. Briggs.
1st United States, Battery F, Capt. Richard C. Duryea.
2d Vermont Battery, Capt. Pythagoras E. Holcomb.
Cavalry.
2d Rhode Island (detachment).
FOURTH DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. CUVIER GROVER.
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM DWIGHT, Jr.(4 )
1st Louisiana, Col. R. E. Holcomb.
22d Maine, Lieut. Col. O.G. Putnam.
6th New York, Lieut. Col. M. Cassidy.
91st New York, Col. Jacob Van Zandt. D. Sargent.
131st New York, Lieut. Col. N. W. Day.
Second Brigade.
Col. WILLIAM K. KIMBALL.
24th Connecticut, Col. S. M. Mansfield.
12th Maine, Lieut. Col. Edward Ilsley.
41st Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Lorenzo.
52d Massachusetts, Col. H. S. Greenleaf.
Third Brigade.
Col. HENRY W. BIRGE.
13th Connecticut, Lieut. Col. Alexander Warner.
25th Connecticut, Col. George P. Bissell.
26th Maine, Col. Nathaniel H. Hubbard.
159th Now York, Col. Edward L. Molineux.
Artillery.
Capt. HENRY W. CLOSSON.
2d Massachusetts Battery, Capt. Ormand F. Nims.
1st United States, Battery L, Capt. Henry W. Closson.
2d United States, Battery C, Lieut. John L Rodgers.
BRASHEAR CITY, LA.(
5 )
Col. CHARLES E. L. HOLMES.
23d Connecticut, Col. Charles E. L. Holmes.
176th New York, Col. Charles C. Nott.
SHIP ISLAND, MISS.
2d Louisiana Native Guards (detachment), Col. Nathan W. Daniels.
DISTRICT OF KEY WEST AND TORTUGAS.(
6 )
Brig. Gen. DANIEL P. WOODBURY.
90th New York, Lieut. Col. Louis W. Tinelli.
47th Pennsylvania, Col. Tilghman H. Good.
DISTRICT OF WEST FLORIDA.(
7 )
Col. WILLIAM C. HOLBROOK.
28th Connecticut, Col. Samuel P. Ferris.
15th Maine, Lieut. Col. Benjamin B. Murray, Jr.
7th Vermont, Lieut. Col. David B. Peck.
2d U.S. Artillery, Battery H, Capt. Frank H. Larned.
2d U.S. Artillery, Battery K, Capt. Harvey A. Allen.
Notes:
The divisions were numbered as herein indicated January 14, 1863, and the batteries were assigned January 17, 1863.
Brigadier-General Sherman assumed command of these defenses January 10, 1863.
Succeeded Brig. Gen. George L. Andrews (assigned to command February 21), who was appointed chief of staff at department headquarters March 6.
Assigned February 12.
Detachments at La Fourche Crossing and Tigerville.
Transferred to Department of the Gulf, and General Woodbury assigned to command by General Orders, No. 66, Adjutant-General's Office, March 16, 1863.
Known also as the District of Pensacola.
Compiled by Walter G. Blenderman; netchemist at earthlink dot net
Created 12/30/1998; code revised 5/2/2000
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