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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (or Battle of Fort Hindman) of the American Civil War.

Fort Hindman
BG Thomas J. Churchill

Brigade Regiments and Others
First Brigade
Col Robert R. Garland

6th Texas: Ltc T. S. Anderson
24th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col C. C. Gillespie
Arkansas Battery: Cpt William Hart
Louisiana Cavalry: Cpt W. B. Denson

Second Brigade
Col James Deshler

10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills
15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj V. P. Sanders
17th Texas Cavalry (dismounted):[1] Col James R. Taylor
18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc John T. Colt

Third Brigade
Col John W. Dunnington

19th Arkansas: Ltc A. S. Hutchinson

Note: Unit organization in Third Brigade is incomplete. The following units are known to have been in Fort Hindman during the battle, but served unattached:

24th Arkansas (detachment): Col E. E. Portlock, Jr.
Louisiana Cavalry: Cpt L. M. Nutt
Texas Cavalry: Cpt Alfred Johnson
Texas Cavalry: Cpt Samuel J. Richardson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hindman_Confederate_order_of_battle

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