Confederate Forces at Port Hudson |
(Source: Edmonds, David C., The Guns of Port Hudson Vol. 2) |
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THIRD DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA |
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Port Hudson, Louisiana |
Major General Franklin K. Gardner |
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Left Wing - Colonel I.G.W. Steedman |
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1st Alabama Infantry, Col. I.G.W. Steedman |
1st Mississippi Infantry (detachment), Major Thomas H. Johnston |
15th Arkansas Infantry, Colonel Benjamin Johnson |
39th Mississippi Infantry, Col. W.B. Shelby |
10th Arkansas Infantry, Lt. Col. E.L. Vaughan |
18th Arkansas Infantry, Col. W.N. Parish |
1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Bradford's and Herod's Battery |
Watson's Louisiana Battery, Lieutenant E.A. Toledano |
9th Louisiana Battalion, Lt. Col. J.H. Wingfield |
Claiborne's Mississippi Light Infantry, Capt. A.J. Lewis |
English's Mississippi Battery, Lt. P.J. Noland |
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Center - Brigadier General William Nelson Rector Beall |
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49th Alabama Infantry, Major T.A. Street |
12th Arkansas Infantry, Col. T.J. Reid, Jr. |
16th Arkansas Infantry, Col. David Provence |
14th Arkansas Infantry, Lt. Col. Pleasant Fowler |
23rd Arkansas Infantry, Col. O.P. Lyles |
1st Arkansas Battalion, Lt. Col. B. Jones |
12th Louisiana Artillery Battalion |
1st Mississippi Infantry, Lt. Col. A.S. Hamilton |
1st Mississippi Light Artillery, George Abbay's Battery |
1st Alabama Infantry, Company K, Capt. J.F. WhitfieId |
1st Tennessee Light Artillery, Co. B, Lt. Oswald Tilghman |
Watson's La. Battery, (one section), Sgt. Maj. H.L. Nichols |
1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Co. G, Capt. James A. Fisher |
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Right Wing - Colonel William R. Miles |
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9th Louisiana Battalion, Infantry,. Capt. T.B.R. Chinn |
Miles’ Louisiana Legion, Lt. Col. Frederick Brand |
23rd Arkansas Infantry, Col. O.P. Lyles |
Boone’s Louisiana Battery, Capt. R.M. Boone |
Seven Stars Mississippi.Artillery, Capt. Calvit Roberts |
DeGournay's Battery, Infantry detachment, Maj. A. Merchant |
Maxey's Brigade. An improvised battalion, Colonel S.A. Whiteside commanding, |
consisting of details from 41st, 42nd, 48th, 49th, 53rd,
and 55th Tennessee Infantry, |
7th Texas Battalion Sharpshooters (Maj. James Burnett), |
and 4th and 39th Louisiana Infantry (Maj. Robert S, Pruyn and Capt. T,K, Porter). |
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River Defenses - Lieutenant Colonel Melancthon J. Smith |
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Right Wing - Lt. Col. M.J. Smith |
Battery No. 1, 1st Alabama Infantry, Captain L.C. Whitfield |
Battery No. 2, 1st Alabama Infantry, Captain J.D. Meadows |
Battery No. 3, 1st Alabama Infantry, Captain R.H. Riley |
Battery No. 4, 12th Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Captain W .W. Seawell |
Battery No. 5, 1st Alabama Infantry, Captain D.W. Ramsey |
Battery No. 6, 12th Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Captain John N. Kean |
Battery No. 7, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Captain Waller |
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Left Wing - Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. de Gournay |
Battery No. 8, 12th Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Capt. W.N. Coffin |
Battery No. 9, 12th Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Lt. O. Rodriguez |
Battery No. 10, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Lt. E.C. McDowell |
Battery No. 11, Miles' Louisiana Legion, Lt. Watts Kearney |
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(Aggregate present, 5,718 troops on May 19, 1863, and 5,001 on July 9, 1863. |
Confederate ordnance at Port Hudson consisted of 20 pieces of heavy artillery |
and 31 pieces of field artillery.) |
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CONFEDERATE CAVALRY AND MOUNTED INFANTRY |
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Clinton, Louisiana |
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Colonel John L. Logan |
Colonel Frank Powers |
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9th Tennessee Battalion, Maj. James H. Aiken |
Stockdale's Miss. Battalion, Col. Thomas R. Stockdale |
Cage's Louisiana Battalion, Capt. John B. Cage |
11th and 17th Arkansas Mounted Infantry, Col. John Griffith |
Garland's Battalion of Cavalry, Maj. W.H. Garland |
Hugh's Battalion of Cavalry, Lt. Col. C.C. Wilbourn |
Seven Stars Mississippi Artillery (one section), Capt. Calvin
Roberts |
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(Aggregate present, 1,571 troops, 1,296 effective on June 25, 1863) |
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