Siege of Port Hudson order of battle: Confederate explained
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.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana
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District of East Louisiana[1] [2] MG Franklin Gardner | Left Wing Col Isaiah G. W. Steedman |
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Center BG William Beall |
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Right Wing Col William R. Miles | - 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 | - 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
References
Notes and References
- Eicher p.248
- http://pth.thehardyparty.com/conf_units_edmonds.htm Port Hudson Confederate Forces
- Operated outside the post during the siege