Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle facts for kids

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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
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): Col James R. Taylor 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc John T. Colt
Third Brigade 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

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