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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

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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