title: Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle
text: # Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle
  
  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
  
  * BG = Brigadier General
  * Col = Colonel
  * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  * Maj = Major
  * Cpt = Captain
  
  ## 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 |
  