Thursday, April 1, 2010

Fort Organization of Forces, Forts Henry, Heiman & Donelson--Confederate

This information taken from: Forts Henry & Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland by Benjamin Franklin Cooling. University of Tennessee Press, 1987.

TILGHMAN (approximately 2,700-3,300, Feb. 6, Fort Henry)
  • 6 infantry regiments + 1 battalion
  • 3 batteries of light and heavy artillery
  • 2 battalions + 1 company + miscellaneous cavalry

1st Brigade (Heiman)
  • 10th, 48th Tennessee Infantry
  • 27th Alabama Infantry
  • Culbertson’s Light Artillery Battery
  • Gantt’s Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry
2nd Brigade (Drake)
  • 4th Mississippi Infantry
  • 15th Arkansas Infantry
  • 51st Tennessee Infantry
  • 26th Alabama (Garvin) Infantry (2 companies)
  • Crain’s Light Artillery Battery
  • Alabama Cavalry Battalion (Hubbard, Houston)
  • Milner’s Cavalry Company
  • Padgett’s Spy Company
  • Milton’s Ranger Detachment
Taylor’s Company, Tennessee Artillery Corps

FLOYD (approximately 15,000-21,000, Feb 13-16, Fort Donelson)
  • 27 infantry regiments + 1 battalion + 2 companies
  • 9 artillery batteries (field guns, siege, seacoast)
  • 2 cavalry regiments + 1 battalion

Pillow’s Division (B. Johnson)
Heiman’s Brigade
  • 10th, 30th, 42nd, 48th, 53rd Tennessee Infantry
  • 27th Alabama Infantry
  • Maney’s Tennessee Battery Light Artillery
Drake’s Brigade
  • 4th Mississippi Infantry
  • 15th Arkansas Infantry
  • 26th Alabama (Garvin) Infantry (2 companies)
  • 1st Tennessee Battalion (Browder, Colms) Infantry
Simonton’s (Davidson’s) Brigade
  • 1st, 3rd Mississippi Infantry
  • 7th Texas Infantry
  • 8th Kentucky Infantry
Baldwin’s Brigade (-) (Buckner)
  • 26th Tennessee Infantry
  • 20th, 26th Mississippi Infantry
Wharton’s Brigade (Floyd)
  • 51st, 56th Virginia Infantry
McCausland’s Brigade (Floyd)
  • 36th, 50th Virginia Infantry
Artillery
  • Guy’s Battery, Goochland (Va.) Light Artillery (Floyd)
  • Green’s Tennessee Battery Light Artillery
  • French’s Virginia Battery Light Artillery (Floyd)

Buckner’s Division
Brown’s Brigade
  • 3rd, 18th, 32nd Tennessee Infantry
  • Porter’s Tennessee Battery Light Artillery
  • Graves’ Cumberland Kentucky Battery Light Artillery
Baldwin’s Brigade
  • 2nd Kentucky Infantry
  • 14th Mississippi Infantry
  • 41st Tennessee Infantry
  • Jackson’s (Va.) Battery Light Artillery (Floyd)

Forrest’s Cavalry Brigade
  • 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
  • Gantt’s Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
  • 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment
Fort Donelson Garrison (Head)
  • 30th, 49th, 50th Tennessee Infantry
  • Maury Tennessee Battery Light Artillery (Ross)
  • Detachment Taylor’s Company Tennessee Artillery Corps (Stankiewicz)
  • Water Battery Heavy Artillery (Culbertson)

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