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Port Hudson Confederate Order Of Battle
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 Military rank * MG = Major General * BG = Brigadier General * Col = Colonel * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel * Maj = Major * Cpt = Captain * Lt = 1st Lieutenant First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment. The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a s ... * Sgt Maj = Sergeant Major Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana See also * Louisiana in the American Civil War Notes References Port Hudson, Louisiana* Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, {{DEFAULTSORT:Port Hudson Confederate Order Of Battle American Civil War orders of battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Port Hudson
The siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, (May 22 – July 9, 1863) was the final engagement in the Union (American Civil War), Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Major General#United States, Union General Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Grant was Siege of Vicksburg, besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel P. Banks, Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture the lower Mississippi Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, Port Hudson, in order to go to Grant's aid. When his assault failed, Banks settled into a 48-day siege, the longest in US military history up to that point. A second attack also failed, and it was only after the fall of Vicksburg that the Confederate commander, General Franklin Gardner surrendered the port. The Union gained control of the river and navigation from the Gulf of Mexico through the Deep South and to the river's upper reaches. Background Strategy and politics on the Mississippi From the time the Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Johnson's)
15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pernicious number, a bell number (i.e., the number of partitions for a set of size 4), a pentatope number, and a repdigit in binary (1111) and quaternary (33). In hexadecimal, and higher bases, it is represented as F. * A triangular number, a hexagonal number, and a centered tetrahedral number. * The number of partitions of 7. * The smallest number that can be factorized using Shor's quantum algorithm. * The magic constant of the unique order-3 normal magic square. * The number of supersingular primes. Furthermore, * 15 is one of two numbers within the ''teen'' numerical range (13-19) not to use a single-digit number in the prefix of its name (the first syllable preceding the ''teen'' suffix); instead, it uses the adjective form of five (''fif' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana In The American Civil War
Louisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, controlling the wealthy trade center of New Orleans, and contributing the French Creole and Cajun populations to the demographic composition of a predominantly Anglo-American country. In the antebellum period, Louisiana was a slave state, where enslaved African Americans had comprised the majority of the population during the eighteenth-century French and Spanish dominations. By the time the United States acquired the territory (1803) and Louisiana became a state (1812), the institution of slavery was entrenched. By 1860, 47% of the state's population were enslaved, though the state also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States. Much of the white population, particularly in the cities, supported slavery, while pockets of support for the U.S. and its government existed in the more rural areas. Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the Union on Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
The 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The 4th Regiment was formed by combining various cavalry companies into one consolidated regiment in the autumn of 1862. The 4th Cavalry fought in numerous battles in Mississippi and Louisiana before surrendering at the close of the war in May 1865. Composition Several small, independent Mississippi cavalry companies were combined in late 1862 to form the 4th Regiment under the overall command of Colonel C.C. Wilbourn. After they were combined, the separate companies of the 4th Regiment often operated as independent units while on assignment to different parts of the state to oppose raids by Federal troops. The Copiah Horse Guards also known as Norman's Company of Partisan Rangers was mustered into service at Hazelhurst on March 1, 1861. This company served in Tennessee during the summer of 1861, and was then sent to the Gulf Coast in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles' Legion
Miles' Legion was a unit of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. It was commanded by Col. William R. Miles. The unit was officially named the 32nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment but it was never referred to by that name. The legion fought at the Battle of Plains Store and the Siege of Port Hudson. Captured at Port Hudson, the men were paroled, and the legion was declared exchanged in fall 1863. Many of the exchanged men never returned to duty. Those who did return joined Gober's Mounted Infantry Regiment or the 15th Louisiana Sharpshooter Battalion. Organization Miles' Legion was formed at Camp Moore in April 1862. Though designated as the 32nd Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers, it never used the specified name. Unlike most Civil War formations, it was a combined arms force composed of more than one type of unit. In this particular case, it was organized as a battalion of seven infantry companies and another of five companies of cavalry at Port Hudson, Louisiana, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
The 23rd Arkansas Infantry (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. In the summer of 1864, the unit was reorganized as a mounted infantry regiment in preparation for Price's Missouri Expedition and officially redesignated as the 42nd Arkansas Infantry (Mounted). The unit was often referred to as Lyle's Arkansas Cavalry in report from Price's Missouri Expedition. Due to its mounted status, the unit is also occasionally referred to as the 23rd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. Organization The 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized at Memphis, Tennessee, on April 25, 1862, when Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Adams's infantry battalion of five companies was reinforced by the addition of the two companies of Major Simon P. Hughes.s infantry battalion, and Captain Mitchell A. Adair's independent company. All companies were enlisted for twelve months' service. The original field officers were:Howerton, Bryan R. "Re: 23rd Arkansas Infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
The 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Sixteenth Arkansas") was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Organized from volunteer companies from northwest Arkansas, the regiment participated in the Pea Ridge Campaign before crossing the Mississippi River and becoming involved in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign and the Siege of Port Hudson. After being surrendered with the garrison of Port Hudson the unit was reorganized in Arkansas and consolidated with the remnants of several other Arkansas Regiments to become the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment (Trans-Mississippi), 1st Consolidated Arkansas Infantry. Formation The Sixteenth Arkansas was Muster (military), mustered-on December 4, 1861 (near present-day Rogers, Arkansas, Rogers) in Benton County, Arkansas. The Field officer, field and Staff (military), staff at the time were: *Colonel John F. Hill, of Johnson County *Lieutenant Colonel William T. Neal, of Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers')
14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 and preceding 15. In relation to the word "four" ( 4), 14 is spelled "fourteen". In mathematics * 14 is a composite number. * 14 is a square pyramidal number. * 14 is a stella octangula number. * In hexadecimal, fourteen is represented as E * Fourteen is the lowest even ''n'' for which the equation φ(''x'') = ''n'' has no solution, making it the first even nontotient (see Euler's totient function). * Take a set of real numbers and apply the closure and complement operations to it in any possible sequence. At most 14 distinct sets can be generated in this way. ** This holds even if the reals are replaced by a more general topological space. See Kuratowski's closure-complement problem * 14 is a Catalan number. * Fourteen is a Companion Pell number. * According to the Shapiro inequality 14 is the least number ''n'' such that there exist ''x'', ''x'', ..., ''x'' such that :\sum_^ \frac < \frac where ''x'' = ''x'', ''x'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
The 12th Arkansas Infantry (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. The regiment spent much of its service defending Confederate strong points along the Mississippi River. The unit participated in the defense of Island No. 10 in early 1862 and later became part of the garrison of Port Hudson in 1863. Following the capitulation of the garrison of Port Hudson, the survivors of the 12th were eventually paroled and exchanged back to Arkansas where the regiment was consolidated with the remnants of several other Arkansas regiments to become the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment. Organization 12th Infantry Regiment was organized July 27, 1861, by Edward. W. Gantt. Many of the men were recruited in Dallas County. Gantt had been a close political ally Congressman Thomas Hindman and s staunch supporter of secession before the war. He was elected to Congress in 1860 but never took his seat due to secession. The original regimental o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion
The 8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War."Howerton, Bryan, "8th Arkansas Infantry Battalion", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 15 September 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/8bathis.html Organization The unit was initially composed of volunteer companies from the following counties: *Company A—"Clark Rifles," from Clark county, Capt. Newton S. Love. *Company B—"Chicot Rebels," from Chicot county, Capt. James D. Imboden. *Company C—"Peyton Rifles," from Pulaski county, Capt. James J. Franklin. This company was originally organized on April 20, 1860, as a volunteer company in the 13th Regiment, Arkansas State Militia, under the command of Captain Daniel W. Ringo. The company was assigned to Borland's Arkansas Militia Battalion and participated in the seizure of the Fort Smith Arsenal in April 1861, before the state seceded.Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, The Peyton Rifles, Acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beall
William Nelson Rector Beall (March 20, 1825 – July 25, 1883) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his supply efforts on behalf of Confederate prisoners of war. Early life and career William N. R. Beall was born in Bardstown, Kentucky on March 20, 1825. His parents moved from Kentucky to Little Rock, Arkansas where Beall was raised. After graduating 30th in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1848, Beall was commissioned in the United States Army as a brevet second lieutenant with the U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment. He first served on the northwestern frontier. In 1849, he was promoted to second lieutenant and assigned to the Fifth Infantry, serving until 1855 in the Indian Territory and Texas. He was promoted to first lieutenant and then shortly thereafter to captain with the First Cavalry. Beall was involved in several skirmishes, combats, and expeditions against the Indian tribes in the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment
The 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment was a unit of the Confederate States Army from Mississippi. Formed in 1862, the regiment was sent to defend the strategic points of Vicksburg and Port Hudson along the Mississippi River. After the surrender of Confederate forces at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, the various companies of the 1st Light Artillery were dispersed and saw action across the Western theater of the American Civil War, although they never operated as a combined regiment. The final remnants of these artillery batteries surrendered in April 1865 after the Battle of Fort Blakeley. Formation The 1st Mississippi Light Artillery was organized in May, 1862, at Jackson, and then sent to Vicksburg to defend the city from attacks by Federal gunboats. The different companies of the regiment were dispersed to defend various strategic points around Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Louisiana. The technical skills required to serve in the artillery meant that men who enlisted in uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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