Arthur William Hyatt: Arrived in USA 28/11/1848.
By 1850, living in New Orleans - Municipality 2 Ward 4, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (US Census, 1850).

Arthur William Hyatt was born in Brighton, England in 1832 and came with his parents to Galveston, 
Republic of Texas, in 1841. In 1855, he married Mary Caroline Dakin, or Carrie, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Hyatt, a soldier in the Confederate Army, served as Lieutenant in Company H of the Confederate Guards 
Regiment (1862), as 1st Lieutenant and Captain of Companies A and B of the 16th Battalion of the Louisiana 
Infantry (also called the Confederate Guards Response Battalion), as Captain of Company G of the 33rd Regiment 
of Louisiana Volunteers (July-Oct. 1862), and as Captain of Company D of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and 
Yellow Jackets Battalion (1864).

He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Confederate Guards Response Battalion in 1864, and he commanded 
the Consolidated Crescent Regiment as Lieutenant- Colonel from October 1864 until the close of the War. 
He served in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama, and was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh (Apr. 1862) 
and at the Battle of Mansfield (Apr. 1864); he participated in the Red River Expedition, 1864. Officers serving 
and associated with Hyatt include Hugh W. Montgomery, John M. Bonner, and John W. Hardie.

Arthur W. Hyatt, promoted lieutenant colonel in Consolidated Crescent Regiment, April 24, 1864;
F. F. Perrodin. Company E.

Hyatt records getting shot in the leg in the Battle of Mansfield (April 9, 1864) and the number of other troops 
either killed or wounded during the battle.

Several battles ensued over many days, and eventually the 28th retreated northward as the Union army pursued them. 
Colonel Arthur W. Hyatt, a member of the 28th's Brigade, described the forced march in his journal:
"A regular race from the enemy. Feet sore, dust intolerable . . . . When we halt we squat ourselves down, no matter 
where in the sand, in the mud, anywhere, and our only hope is that the halt will last fifteen minutes. At night you 
fall down too tired to be careful of selections, and go to sleep . . . without taking off clothes, shoes or cap".

Crescent Infantry Regiment was organized with men from New Orleans and entered Confederate Service in May of 1861. 
The unit fought in the Battle of Shiloh and reported 23 killed, 84 wounded and 20 missing.
During the summer of 1863, the Confederate Guards Response Battalion and the 11th. Louisiana Infantry Battalion 
merged into the regiment. It served in Mouton's and H. Gray's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and was active 
in Western Louisiana and the Operations against Bank's Red River Campaign.
During the Spring of 1865 it disbanded.
The Field Officers were Colonels James H. Beard, Abel W. Bosworth and M. J. Smith; Lt. Colonels Franklin H. Clack, 
#Arthur W. Hyatt, George P. McPheeters and George Soule; and Majors Mercer Canfield and Myford McDougall.

During the American Civil War, Confederate forces under Generals Richard Taylor and Henry Sibley withdrew from 
Franklin and on April 14, 1862, reached Jeanerette, twelve miles (19 km) south of New Iberia. A soldier, 
Arthur W. Hyatt, describes the difficult march:
"Thus we had marched about twenty-six miles in fifteen hours and fought a battle in the bargain. But such terrible 
hard marching I never witnessed before. Our feet are all blistered and swollen, and we have had scarcely anything 
to eat -- what with hunger, thirst, mud, rain, marching, fighting, dust, etc., etc., we are perfectly worn out." 
The night after Hyatt's report, the "weather turned unusually cool, and the men got very little sleep."

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Birth: 	1832
Brighton, East Sussex, England
Death: 	Jan. 23, 1900

Arthur William Hyatt was born in Brighton, England in 1832 and came with his parents to Galveston, Republic of Texas, 
in 1841. In 1855, he married Mary Caroline Dakin, or Carrie, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Hyatt, a soldier in the Confederate Army, served as Lieutenant in Company H of the Confederate Guards Regiment (1862), 
as 1st Lieutenant and Captain of Companies A and B of the 16th Battalion of the Louisiana Infantry (also called the 
Confederate Guards Response Battalion), as Captain of Company G of the 33rd Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers (July-Oct. 1862), 
and as Captain of Company D of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jackets Battalion (1864). He was promoted to 
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Confederate Guards Response Battalion in 1864, and he commanded the Consolidated Crescent 
Regiment as Lieutenant-Colonel from October 1864 until the close of the War. He served in Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Tennessee, and Alabama, and was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh (Apr. 1862) and at the Battle of Mansfield (Apr. 1864); 
he participated in the Red River Expedition, 1864. Officers serving and associated with Hyatt include Hugh W. Montgomery, 
John M. Bonner, and John W. Hardie. 
 
Burial:
Lafayette Cemetery Number 2
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Louisiana, USA
 
Created by: Clayton Lord
Record added: Jun 08, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71015291

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( RE: Arthur Hyatt b1832 Brighton, moved to Texas 1841)

Consolidated 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
and Yellow Jacket Battalion

    COLONELS.
    Leopold L. Armant, killed April 8, 1864, Joseph Collins.

    LIEUTENANT COLONELS.
    Joseph Collins, promoted colonel April 8, 1864; William Mouton.

    MAJORS.
    William Mouton, promoted lieutenant colonel April 8, 1864; J. Kleber Gourdain.

    COMPANIES AND THEIR COMMANDERS
    Company A.
    Louis Becnel.

    Company B.
    Alexander Poche.

    Company C.
    William Sanchez.

    Company D.
    Arthur W. Hyatt, promoted lieutenant colonel in Consolidated Crescent Regiment,
    April 24, 1864; F. F. Perrodin.

    Company E.
    Benjamin S. Story.

    Company F.
    C. M. Shepherd, promoted assistant quartermaster April 16, 1864; Levi M. Hargis.

    Company G.
    Henry B. Stevens, transferred to Company O, Consolidated Crescent Regiment;H. Crawford.

    Company H.
    John T. Lavery, mortally wounded April 8, 1864; Horatio N. Jenkins.

    Company I.
    A. Pope Bailey.

    Company K.
    Arthur F. Simon, promoted major 10th Louisiana Battalion; Alex. Castille.

        This regiment was formed at Simmesport on November 14, 1863, by a merger of the 18th Louisiana Regiment 
and the 10th Louisiana Battalion. With General Alfred Mouton’s (later Henry Grey’s) infantry brigade, the regiment 
marched to Monroe. The brigade started for Pineville on January 31, 1864, and reached it ten days later. When the 
Federal Red River Campaign began in mid-March, the brigade traveled to Lecompte and then retreated with General 
Richard Taylor’s army toward Shreveport. The regiment participated in the Battle of Mansfield, April 8; nearly 
100 men were killed or wounded. During the Battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9, the regiment was only lightly engaged 
late in the day. With Taylor’s army, the regiment pursued the Federals down the Red River and fought in the Battle 
of Yellow Bayou, May 18. The regiment camped at Marksville, McNutt’s Hill, and Beaver Creek during the next two 
months. In August, the brigade marched to Monroe; and in September, it accompanied the army into southern Arkansas. 
The men spent the next two months at Camden and Walnut’s Hill. By late November, the brigade had encamped at Minden. 
In late January, 1865, the brigade marched to Bayou Cotile. In May, the brigade marched to Mansfield; it disbanded 
there on May 19 after hearing of the imminent surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department.

        Sources: 3
        Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865
        by Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.
        © 1989 by Louisiana State University Press
        Baton Rouge and London 

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CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry

Overview:
    Crescent Infantry Regiment was organized with men from New Orleans and entered Confederate service in May, 1861. 
The unit fought in the Battle of Shiloh and reported 23 killed, 84 wounded, and 20 missing. During the summer of 1863 
the Confederate Guards response Battalion and the 11th Louisiana Infantry Battalion merged into the regiment. 

It served in Mouton's and H. Gray's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was active in Western Louisiana and 
the operations against Banks' Red River Campaign. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded. The field officers were 
Colonels James H. Beard, Abel W. Bosworth, and M.J. Smith; Lieutenant Colonels Franklin H. Clack, Arthur W. Hyatt, 
George P. McPheeters, and George Soule; and Majors Mercer Canfield and Myford McDougall. 

2,068 MEN in total.

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