Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (otherwise known as Battle of Fort Hindman) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain

Fort Hindman[]

BG Thomas J. Churchill

Confederate order of battle at Fort Hindman^[1]
Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Brigade Col Robert R. Garland	6th Texas: Ltc Thomas S. Anderson 24th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Franklin C. Wilkes 25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Clayton C. Gillespie Hart's Arkansas Battery: Cpt William Hart Louisiana Cavalry Company: Cpt William B. Denson
Second Brigade Col James Deshler	10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj Valerius P. Sanders 17th Texas Cavalry (dismounted):^[2] Col James R. Taylor 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc John T. Colt
Third Brigade^[3] Col John W. Dunnington	19th Arkansas: Ltc Augustus S. Hutchinson
Unbrigaded	24th Arkansas (detachment): Col Edward E. Portlock, Jr. Louisiana Cavalry Company: Cpt Leroy M. Nutt Texas Cavalry Company: Cpt Alfred Johnson Texas Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel J. Richardson

Notes[]

^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 460.
^ Cpt John J. Kennedy, Company K was the only company commander not captured.
^ Unit organization in the brigade is incomplete.

References[]

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 3. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-571-X.
Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New York: The Century Company), 1884.

External links[]

[FOOTNOTEBattles_&_Leaders1987460-1] Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 460.

[2] Cpt John J. Kennedy, Company K was the only company commander not captured.

[3] Unit organization in the brigade is incomplete.

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