Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (or 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

Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Brigade    Col Robert R. Garland	6th Texas: Ltc T. S. Anderson 24th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col C. C. Gillespie Arkansas Battery: Cpt William Hart Louisiana Cavalry: Cpt W. B. Denson
Second Brigade    Col James Deshler	10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj V. P. Sanders 17th Texas Cavalry (dismounted):[1] Col James R. Taylor 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc John T. Colt
Third Brigade    Col John W. Dunnington	19th Arkansas: Ltc A. S. Hutchinson

Note: Unit organization in Third Brigade is incomplete. The following units are known to have been in Fort Hindman during the battle, but served unattached:

• 24th Arkansas (detachment): Col E. E. Portlock, Jr.
• Louisiana Cavalry: Cpt L. M. Nutt
• Texas Cavalry: Cpt Alfred Johnson
• Texas Cavalry: Cpt Samuel J. Richardson

See also

• List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• Confederate Units by State
• Arkansas in the American Civil War
• Arkansas Militia in the Civil War

Notes

1. Cpt John J. Kennedy, Company K was the only company commander not captured.

References

• Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New York: The Century Company), 1884.

External links

• Community & Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War In the Ozarks
• Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
• The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
• The Arkansas History Commission, State Archives, Civil War in Arkansas