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
Center  BG William Beall
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
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

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Eicher p.248
  2. http://pth.thehardyparty.com/conf_units_edmonds.htm Port Hudson Confederate Forces
  3. Operated outside the post during the siege