Siege of Port Hudson order of battle: Confederate

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

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Military rank

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Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Eicher p.248
  2. ^ Port Hudson Confederate Forces
  3. ^ Operated outside the post during the siege

References

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  • Port Hudson, Louisiana
  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3