Battle of Island Number Ten order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Island Number Ten during the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the official reports.[1]

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Forces at Madrid Bend, February 28-March 17, 1862

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BG John P. McCown[2]

New Madrid Garrison

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BG Alexander P. Stewart

Post Regiments and Others

Fort Thompson
   Col Edward W. Gantt

Fort Bankhead
   Col Lucius M. Walker[3]

  • 5th Tennessee: Col William E. Travis
  • 40th Tennessee: Col C. C. Henderson
  • 1st Alabama, Tennessee, & Mississippi: Col Alpheus Baker
  • Bankhead's Tennessee Battery: Cpt Smith P. Bankhead

Island No. 10 Garrison

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Brigade Regiments and Others

Neely's Brigade
   Col Rufus P. Neely

Marks's Brigade
   Col Samuel F. Marks

  • 11th Louisiana: Col Samuel F. Marks
  • 5th Louisiana Battalion: 5th Louisiana Battalion: Col J. G. Kennedy

Stewart's Brigade

Not Brigaded

  • 46th Tennessee: Col. John M. Clark

Cavalry

  • Haywood's Tennessee Company
  • Hudson's Mississippi Squadron
  • Neely's Tennessee Company: Cpt J. J. Neely
  • Wheeler's Tennessee Company

Artillery
   BG James Trudeau

  • Jackson's Tennessee Company: Cpt Andrew Jackson, Jr.
  • Sterling's Tennessee Company: Cpt Robert Sterling
  • Humes's Tennessee Company: Cpt William Y.C. Humes
  • Hoadley's Arkansas Company: Cpt Frederick W. Hoadley
  • Jones's Tennessee Company: Cpt W. C. Jones
  • Dismuke's Arkansas Company: Cpt Paul T. Dismuke
  • Caruther's Tennessee Company: Cpt Caruthers
  • Fisher's Tennessee Company: Cpt James A. Fisher
  • Johnston's Tennessee Siege Battery (Southern Guards): Cpt Thomas Johnston
  • Rucker's Company: Cpt Edmund W. Rucker

Forces at Madrid Bend, March 19-April 7, 1862

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MG John P. McCown
BG William W. Mackall[5]

Brigade Regiments and Others

First Brigade
   BG Lucius M. Walker

  • 46th Tennessee: Col John M. Clark
  • 40th Tennessee: Ltc C. C. Henderson
  • 1st Alabama: Col Isaiah G. W. Steedman
  • 1st Alabama, Tennessee, & Mississippi: Col Alpheus Baker

Second Brigade
   BG Edward W. Gantt

Cavalry

  • Hudson's Mississippi Squadron
  • Wheeler's Tennessee Company

Artillery
   BG James Trudeau[6]

Confederate Navy Mississippi Flotilla

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Commodore George N. Hollins

Vessels
C.S.S. McRae


   Lt Thomas B. Huger

C.S.S. Livingston


   Commander R. F. Pinkney

C.S.S. General Polk


   Lt Commander J. H. Carter

C.S.S. Pontchartrain


   Lt Commander John W. Dunnington

C.S.S. Maurepas


   Lt Joseph Fry

C.S.S. Jackson


   Lt. F. B. Renshaw

C.S.S. Ivy
C.S.S. New Orleans


   Lt Samuel W. Averett

Notes

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  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume VIII, pages 125-186
  2. ^ Promoted to major general on March 10, 1862
  3. ^ Promoted to brigadier general on March 11, 1862
  4. ^ Sent to New Madrid on March 4, 1862
  5. ^ Replaced McCown on March 31, 1862
  6. ^ Left on March 31, 1862

References

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