The following is the organization of the Confederate forces engaged at the Siege of Port Hudson, during the American Civil War in 1863. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
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Abbreviations used
Military rank
Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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District of East Louisiana[1][2]
MG Franklin Gardner
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Left Wing
Col Isaiah G. W. Steedman
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- 1st Alabama: Col I.G.W. Steedman
- 1st Mississippi: Maj Thomas H. Johnston
- 39th Mississippi: Col W.B. Shelby
- 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc E.L. Vaughan
- 15th Arkansas: Col Benjamin Johnson
- 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Carroll's): Col W.N. Parish
- Claiborne's Mississippi Light Infantry: Cpt A.J. Lewis
- 9th Louisiana Partisan Rangers Battalion: Ltc J.H. Wingfield
- 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (Bradford´s and Herod´s batteries)
- Watson's Louisiana Battery: Lt E.A. Toledano
- English's Mississippi Battery: Lt P.J. Noland
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Center
BG William Beall
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- 1st Alabama Infantry: Cpt J.F. Whitfield
- 49th Alabama: Col Jeptha Edwards
- 1st Arkansas Infantry Battalion: Ltc Batt L. Jones
- 12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col T.J. Reid, Jr.
- 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers'): Ltc Pleasant Fowler
- 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col David Provence
- 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col O.P. Lyles
- 1st Mississippi Infantry: Ltc A.S. Hamilton
- 12th Louisiana Artillery Battalion: Ltc P.F. Gournay
- 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (Abbay´s battery): George Abbay
- 1st Tennessee Light Artillery: Lt Oswald Tilghman
- Watson's Louisiana Battery: Sgt Maj H.L. Nichols
- 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery: Cpt James A. Fisher
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Right Wing
Col William R. Miles
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- 9th Louisiana: Cpt T.B.R. Chinn
- Miles’ Louisiana Legion: Ltc Frederick Brand
- 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col O.P. Lyles
- Maxey's Brigade (provisional battalion): Col S.A. Whiteside
- Boone’s Louisiana Battery: Cpt R.M. Boone
- Seven Stars Mississippi Artillery: Cpt Calvit Roberts
- DeGournay's Battery: Maj A. Merchant
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Cavalry[3]
Col John L. Logan
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- 11th and 17th Arkansas (detachment): Col John Griffith
- 9th Tennessee Battalion: Maj James H. Aiken
- Cochran's Battalion
- Garland's Battalion: Maj W.H. Garland
- Hughes's Battalion: Ltc C.C. Wilbourn
- Stockdale's Battalion: Ltc Thomas R. Stockdale
- 7 Stars Mississippi Artillery (Robert's battery): Cpt Calvin Roberts
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See also
Notes
References
This page was last edited on 6 September 2022, at 02:33