The 23rd Arkansas Infantry was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. In the summer of 1864, the unit was reorganized as a mounted infantry regiment in preparation for Pri
Colonel Charles W. Adams
The Port Hudson State Historic Site is located on the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, just outside the limits of Port Hudson and in the vicinity of Jackson.
23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
…Army of the West). The unit fought in the battles at Corinth and Hatchie's Bridge and reported 5 killed, 23 wounded, and 116 missing. Sketch Map of the Port Hudson Fortifications and Morning Assault of May 27, 1863, 6 to 11 AM Following the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, the regiment was assigned to Brigadier General William Beall's…
Port Hudson Peace Monument
Confederate siege gun mounted in the river fortifications, 1863.
View of Fort Desperate from the observation tower.
Outside the Fort Desperate earthworks looking west.