Battle of Little Rock Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Little Rock of the American Civil War on August 25 to September 10, 1863.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain

Other[]

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

District of Arkansas[]

MG Sterling Price (vice LTG Theophilus H. Holmes, sick)^[1]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Price's Division BG James F. Fagan Until August 17, 1863, when Frost's Brigade joined the Division BG D. M. Frost, Assumed Command August 17, 1863, by General Orders No.11 ^[2]	1st Brigade BG Dandridge McRae	32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col Lucien C. Gause 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col J. E. Glenn 39th (30th) Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col R. A. Hart (W) Arkansas Artillery Battery – Cpt John G. Marshall
	2nd Brigade BG James F. Fagan	39th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col A. T. Hawthorn 34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col W. H. Brooks 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col J. P. King 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – MAJ T. H. Blacknall (vice COL S.S. Bell, POW @ Helena) Arkansas Battery – Cpt W. D. Blocker
	3rd Brigade BG James C. Tappan ^[3] Returned to Little Rock, from Louisiana, August 20, 1863, held in reserve south of Arkansas River.	27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col James R. Shaler 33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col Hiram L. Grinstead 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Col Robert G. Shaver
	4th Brigade BG Mosby M. Parsons	7th Missouri Regiment – Col L. M. Lewis 8th Missouri Regiment – Col S. P. Burns 9th Missouri Regiment – Col J. D. White 10th Missouri Regiment – Col A. C. Pickett^[4] 1st Battalion, Missouri Sharpshooters – Maj L. A. Pindall Missouri Artillery Battery – Cpt C. B. Tilden
	Frost's Brigade, a.k.a. Clark's Brigade Col John Clarkdisambiguation needed ^[5] Moved from Fort Pleasant at Pine Bluff and joing Little Rock Defenses on August 17, 1863.	19th/24th Arkansas – Col William R. Hardy 8th Missouri – Col. Charles S. Mitchell 9th Missouri – Col Col John Clarkdisambiguation needed Musser's Missouri Battalion Missouri Artillery Battery – Cpt Ruffner Missouri Battery – Cpt Von Phul
Walker's Division BG Lucius M. Walker	Dobbins Arkansas Cavalry Brigade Col Archibald S. Dobbins relieved 10 September 1863 Col Robert C. Newton	5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment – Col Robert C. Newton 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment- Maj Samuel Corley Etter's Arkansas Battery – Cpt Chambers Brady Etter
Walker's Division BG Lucius M. Walker	Carter's Texas Cavalry Brigade Col George W. Carter^[6]	21st Texas Cavalry Regiment – Lt. Col. DeWitt Clinton Giddings Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion – Maj Charles Leroy Morgan Denson's Squadron – Capt. W B Denson Johnson's Spie Company – Alfred Johnson Tenth Texas Field Battery – Cpt Joseph H. Pratt
Marmaduke's Division BG John S. Marmaduke	Shelby's Iron Brigade Brig. Gen. J.O. Shelby (ill until Sept. 10th) Col Benjamin F. Gordon	2nd Missouri Cavalry (Jean's) – Cpt R.H. Adams 5th Missouri Cavalry – Ltc B.F. Gordon 6th Missouri Cavalry – Col G.W. Thompson 1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion – Maj Benjamin Elliott Bledsoe's Missouri Battery – Cpt Joseph Bledsoe
Marmaduke's Division BG John S. Marmaduke	2nd Brigade Col Willism L. Jeffers (vice COL Colton Greene)	3rd Missouri Cavalry – Ltc L.C. Campbell 4th Missouri Cavalry – Ltc L.C. W.J. Preston Kitchen's Missouri Cavalry – Col S. G. Kitchen 8th Missouri Cavalry – Lr. Col S.J. Ward 1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion- Ltc M.L. Young Bell's Missouri Battery – Cpt Charlie O. Bell

References[]

↑ "The Division-Defending Little Rock-August 25-Sep.10,1863" by Timothy W Burford & Stephanie McBride.1999 and 2000.
↑ OR Series 1, Vol.22, Part 2 p.969, Accessed 23 July 2013 at Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?page=1;md=read;id=28394
↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=GME9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA469&lpg=PA469&dq=Action+before+little+rock+newton+cavalry&source=bl&ots=sa74b3ulqS&sig=e7xvZNsdZB5c6b0XC6GMNRwuTOI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AkXvUajAIoq-9gSrioCwDQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=Action%20before%20little%20rock%20newton%20cavalry&f=false
↑ McGhee, James E. (2008). Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861–1865. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. pp. 222. ISBN 978-1-55728-870-7.
↑ Taylor, Doyle, "Re: Aug/Sep 1863 – CS Order of Battle" Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 5/13/2004, Accessed 23 July 2013, http://www.history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?md=read;id=7340
↑ PARSONS'S BRIGADE, The Handbook of Texas, accessed 23 July 2013, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkp01

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[1] "The Division-Defending Little Rock-August 25-Sep.10,1863" by Timothy W Burford & Stephanie McBride.1999 and 2000.

[2] OR Series 1, Vol.22, Part 2 p.969, Accessed 23 July 2013 at Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?page=1;md=read;id=28394

[3] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=GME9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA469&lpg=PA469&dq=Action+before+little+rock+newton+cavalry&source=bl&ots=sa74b3ulqS&sig=e7xvZNsdZB5c6b0XC6GMNRwuTOI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AkXvUajAIoq-9gSrioCwDQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=Action%20before%20little%20rock%20newton%20cavalry&f=false

[unit222-4] McGhee, James E. (2008). Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861–1865. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. pp. 222. ISBN 978-1-55728-870-7.

[5] Taylor, Doyle, "Re: Aug/Sep 1863 – CS Order of Battle" Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 5/13/2004, Accessed 23 July 2013, http://www.history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/arcwmb/arch_config.pl?md=read;id=7340

[6] PARSONS'S BRIGADE, The Handbook of Texas, accessed 23 July 2013, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qkp01

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