Battle of New Orleans order of battle: American

The following units and commanders of the American armed forces under Andrew Jackson fought at the Battle of New Orleans during War of 1812. The British order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

MG = Major GeneralBG = Brigadier GeneralCol = ColonelLtc = Lieutenant ColonelMaj = MajorCpt = Captain

Other

k = killedw = woundedm = missing

Forces

7th Military District: MG Andrew Jackson
General Staff

Advisers to General Jackson: Brigadier General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert,

Governor William C. C. Claiborne

Aides-de-camp: Abner Lawson Duncan, John Randolph Grymes, Edward Livingston
Aide-de-camp and judge advocate, Major Auguste Davezac
Volunteer chief of engineers: Arsène Lacarrière-Latour

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others	Strength	k	w	m
Left Wing MG William Carroll	Carroll's Brigade MG William Carroll	1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col William Metcalf 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col John Cocke 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col James Raulston	1100 aggregated	4	8	0
Left Wing MG William Carroll	Coffee's Brigade BG John Coffee	1st Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Robert Dyer 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Thomas Williamson Jugeant's Choctaws: Maj Pierre Jugeant	813 aggregated Tennesseans	1	0	0
Left Wing MG William Carroll	Adair's Brigade BG John Adair	Slaughter's Kentucky Militia: Ltc Gabriel Slaughter Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis Mitchusson's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc William Mitchusson	526 elsewhere 462	1	12	0
Right Wing Col George T. Ross	Louisiana Militia and Volunteers MG Jacques Villeré Col Pierre de la Ronde Jean Michel Fortier	Battalion of Orleans : Maj Jean Baptiste Plauché Lacoste's Free Men of Color: Maj Pierre Lacoste Daquin's Free Men of Color: Maj Louis Daquin City Rifles: Cpt Thomas Beale Baratarians Three regiments of Louisiana Militia on West Bank with General Morgan	742 aggregate	1	15	0
Right Wing Col George T. Ross	U.S. Regular Army	7th U.S. Infantry: Maj Henry D. Peire 44th U.S. Infantry: Col George T. Ross U.S. Marines: Maj Daniel Carmick	671 aggregate	2	1	0
	Ltc William MacRea	Gunners manning the artillery pieces	154 aggregate	3	1	0
Reporting directly	Reserves	Mississippi Dragoons: Maj Thomas Hinds Captain Ogden's company of cavalry and a detachment of the Attakapas dragoons Captain Chaveau's company of horse volunteers	150 50 30, subtotaling 230 cavalry	0	0	0
Reporting directly	Reserves	Battalion, Kentucky Militia: Maj Reuben Harrison	305	0	0	0
Reporting directly	West Bank BG David B. Morgan	Naval contingent: Commodore Daniel Patterson	30	0	0	0
Reporting directly	West Bank BG David B. Morgan	2nd Louisiana Militia Brigade: Maj Paul Arnaud	640	1	4	15
Reporting directly	West Bank BG David B. Morgan	Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis	250 & 150	0	0	4
Reporting directly	West Bank BG David B. Morgan	Additional Reinforcements from East Bank: Gen. Humbert	400 reinforcements	0	0	0

Location	Formation	Constituent vessels	Complements
In the river	Vessels of the Naval Station at New Orleans, reporting to Commodore Daniel Patterson	, 8 x 24 pdr guns on the port side, 8 x 24 pdr guns on the starboard side	>120 crew
In the river	Vessels of the Naval Station at New Orleans, reporting to Commodore Daniel Patterson	, 3 x 9 pdr guns, 12 x 12 pdr guns	>100 crew
In the river	Vessels of the Naval Station at New Orleans, reporting to Commodore Daniel Patterson	2 Jeffersonian gunboats	2 crews totaling 52 men