Sunday, February 2, 2014

Confederate Trans-Mississippi Units at Chickamauga


By contrast to the rather small number of trans-Mississippi units in the Union army at the battle of Chickamauga, there was a strong contingent of Confederate troops from west of the Mississippi. The following list is drawn from the Official Records.

1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Buckner’s Corps, McNair’s Brigade)
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (Buckner’s Corps, McNair’s Brigade)
1st Arkansas Infantry (Hill’s Corps, Polk’s Brigade)
2nd-15th Arkansas Infantry (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Liddell’s Brigade)
3rd Arkansas Infantry (Longstreet’s Corps, Robertson’s Brigade)
4th-31st and 4th Arkansas Battalion (Buckner’s Corps, McNair’s Brigade)
5th-13th Arkansas Infantry (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Liddell’s Brigade)
6th-7th Arkansas Infantry (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Liddell’s Brigade)
8th Arkansas Infantry (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Liddell’s Brigade)
9th and 24th Arkansas Infantry (Hill’s Corps, Deshler’s Brigade)
25th Arkansas Infantry (Buckner’s Corps, McNair’s Brigade)
Calvert’s (Arkansas) Battery-Lt. Thomas J. Key (Hill’s Corps, Cleburne’s Division)
1st Arkansas Battery, Capt. John T. Humphreys (Buckner’s Corps, Stewart’s Division)
J. H. Wiggins’ Arkansas Battery, Lt. J. P. Bryant (Cavalry Corps, Martin’s Division)
3rd Arkansas Cavalry (Forrest’s Corps, Wheeler’s Brigade)


1st Louisiana Regulars (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Liddell’s Brigade)
4th Louisiana Battalion (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Wilson’s Brigade)
13th-20th Louisiana Infantry (Hill’s Corps, Adams’s Brigade)
16th-25th Louisiana Infantry (Hill’s Corps, Adams’ Brigade)
19th Louisiana Infantry (Hill’s Corps, Adams’ Brigade)
14th Louisiana Infantry Battalion (Hill’s Corps, Adams’ Brigade)
Le Gardeur’s Louisiana Battery, Capt. G. Le Gardeur, Jr. (Reserve Artillery)
Moody’s Louisiana Battery (Longstreet’s Corps)
N. T. N. Robinson’s Louisiana Battery (one section), Lt. Winslow Robinson (Forrest’s Corps, Scott’s Brigade)
Slocomb’s Battery (Washington Artillery-5th Company) (Hill’s Corps, Breckinridge’s Division)
1st Louisiana Cavalry (Forrest’s Corps, Scott’s Brigade)

Barret’s Missouri Battery, Capt. Overton W. Barret (Reserve Artillery)
Bledsoe’s Missouri Battery, Lt. R. L. Wood (Buckner’s Corps, Johnson’s Division)

1st Texas Infantry (Longstreet’s Corps, Robertson’s Brigade)
4th Texas Infantry (Longstreet’s Corps, Robertson’s Brigade)
5th Texas Infantry (Longstreet’s Corps, Robertson’s Brigade)
6th-10th-15th Texas (Hill’s Corps, Deshler’s Brigade)
7th Texas Infantry (Buckner’s Corps, Gregg’s Brigade)
9th Texas Infantry (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Ector’s Brigade)
10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Ector’s Brigade)
14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Ector’s Brigade)
17th-18th-24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (Hill’s Corps, Deshler’s Brigade)
32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (Walker’s Reserve Corps, Ector’s Brigade)
Douglas’ Texas Battery, Capt. Henry C. Semple and Lt. R. W. Goldthwaite (Hill’s Corps, Cleburne’s Division)
8th Texas Cavalry (Wharton’s Division, Harrison’s Brigade)
11th Texas Cavalry (Wharton’s Division, Harrison’s Brigade)

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