Arthur W. 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.
From the description of Arthur W. Hyatt papers, 1861-1895 (bulk 1861-1864). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 86142650