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The Confederate States Army was one of the two main armies that fought in the American Civil War. This article helps you understand how the Confederate forces were organized during the important Battle of Chickamauga. This battle took place in September 1863. Knowing how an army is set up, with its different groups and leaders, is called an "order of battle." It helps us see who was in charge of which soldiers and how they were positioned during the fight. The Union Army's setup for this battle is listed separately.

Understanding the Army's Structure

Armies are organized into different levels, like a team with captains, coaches, and different player groups. Here's how the Confederate Army was set up:

  • Corps: A very large group of soldiers, like a whole team. It's led by a Lieutenant General (LTG) or Major General (MG).
  • Division: A smaller part of a corps, like a major section of the team. It's led by a Major General (MG) or Brigadier General (BG).
  • Brigade: A smaller group within a division, made up of several regiments. It's led by a Brigadier General (BG) or Colonel (Col).
  • Regiment: The basic unit of soldiers, usually a few hundred to a thousand men. It's led by a Colonel (Col) or Lieutenant Colonel (Ltc).
  • Battalion: A smaller group than a regiment.
  • Battery: A unit of artillery (cannons).

Important Abbreviations

Here are some abbreviations you'll see in the lists below:

And for what happened to the commanders during the battle:

  • w = wounded (injured)
  • mw = mortally wounded (injured so badly they later died)
  • k = killed (died in battle)
  • c = captured (taken prisoner by the other side)

The Confederate Army on September 19, 1863

On the first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, the main Confederate force was the Army of Tennessee.

Gen Braxton Bragg was the overall commander of the Army of Tennessee. He had a small cavalry escort unit with him.

Polk's Corps

This large group of soldiers was led by LTG Leonidas Polk. He also had a few cavalry units for escort.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cheatham's Division
     MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Jackson's Brigade


   BG John K. Jackson

  • 2nd Battalion, 1st Georgia
  • 5th Georgia
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 5th Mississippi
  • 8th Mississippi
Smith's Brigade


   BG Preston Smith (k)
   Col Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.

  • 11th Tennessee
  • 12th-47th Tennessee
  • 13th-154th Tennessee
  • 29th Tennessee
  • Dawson's Battalion Sharpshooters
Maney's Brigade


   BG George Maney

  • 1st-27th Tennessee
  • 4th Tennessee (Provisional Army)
  • 6th-9th Tennessee
  • 24th Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters
Wright's Brigade


   BG Marcus J. Wright

  • 8th Tennessee
  • 16th Tennessee
  • 28th Tennessee
  • 38th Tennessee
  • 51st-52nd Tennessee
  • 22nd Tennessee Battalion
Strahl's Brigade


   BG Otho F. Strahl

  • 4th-5th Tennessee
  • 19th Tennessee
  • 24th Tennessee
  • 31st Tennessee
  • 33rd Tennessee
Artillery


   Maj Melancthon Smith

  • Carnes' (Tennessee) Battery
  • Scogin's (Georgia) Battery
  • Scott's (Tennessee) Battery
  • Smith's (Mississippi) Battery
  • Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery

Hindman's Division
     BG Patton Anderson
     MG Thomas C. Hindman

Anderson's Brigade


   Col Jacob H. Sharp
   BG Patton Anderson

  • 7th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi
  • 10th Mississippi
  • 41st Mississippi
  • 44th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
  • Garrity's (Alabama) Battery
Deas' Brigade


   BG Zach C. Deas

  • 19th Alabama
  • 22nd Alabama
  • 25th Alabama
  • 39th Alabama
  • 50th Alabama
  • 17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
  • Dent's (Alabama) Battery
Manigault's Brigade


   BG Arthur M. Manigault

  • 24th Alabama
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama
  • 10th-19th South Carolina
  • Waters' (Alabama) Battery

Hill's Corps

This corps was commanded by LTG Daniel H. Hill. He also had cavalry escorts for his divisions.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cleburne's Division
     MG Patrick Cleburne

Wood's Brigade


   BG Sterling A. M. Wood

  • 16th Alabama
  • 33rd Alabama
  • 45th Alabama
  • Gibson's (18th) Alabama Battalion
  • 32nd-45th Mississippi
  • 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
Polk's Brigade


   BG Lucius E. Polk

  • 1st Arkansas
  • 3rd-5th Confederate
  • 2nd Tennessee
  • 35th Tennessee
  • 48th Tennessee
Deshler's Brigade


   BG James Deshler

  • 19th-24th Arkansas
  • 6th-10th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 17th-18th-24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
Artillery


   Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss (w)
   Cpt Henry C. Semple

  • Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery
  • Douglas's Texas Battery
  • Semple's (Alabama) Battery

Breckinridge's Division
     MG John C. Breckinridge

Helm's Brigade


   BG Benjamin Helm

  • 41st Alabama
  • 2nd Kentucky
  • 4th Kentucky
  • 6th Kentucky
  • 9th Kentucky
Adams' Brigade


   BG Daniel W. Adams

  • 32nd Alabama
  • 13th-20th Louisiana
  • 16th-25th Louisiana
  • 19th Louisiana
  • 14th Louisiana Battalion
Stovall's Brigade


   BG Marcellus A. Stovall

  • 1st-3rd Florida
  • 4th Florida
  • 47th Georgia
  • 60th North Carolina
Artillery


   Maj Rice E. Graves

  • Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery
  • Graves' (Kentucky) Battery
  • Mebane's (Tennessee) Battery
  • Slocomb's (Louisiana) Battery

Buckner's Corps

This corps was led by MG Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.. He had a cavalry escort.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Stewart's Division
     MG Alexander P. Stewart

Bate's Brigade


   BG William B. Bate

  • 58th Alabama
  • 37th Georgia
  • 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 15th-37th Tennessee
  • 20th Tennessee
Brown's Brigade


   BG John C. Brown

  • 18th Tennessee
  • 26th Tennessee
  • 32nd Tennessee
  • 45th Tennessee
  • 23rd Tennessee Battalion
Clayton's Brigade


   BG Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr.

  • 18th Alabama
  • 36th Alabama
  • 38th Alabama
Artillery


   Maj John W. Eldridge

  • 1st Arkansas Battery
  • T. H. Dawson's (Georgia) Battery
  • Eufaula Artillery (Alabama Battery)

Preston's Division
     BG William Preston

Gracie's Brigade


   BG Archibald Gracie, Jr.

  • 43rd Alabama
  • 1st Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 4th Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 63rd Tennessee
3rd Brigade


   Col John H. Kelly

  • 65th Georgia
  • 5th Kentucky
  • 58th North Carolina
  • 63rd Virginia
Trigg's Brigade


   Col Robert C. Trigg

  • 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 6th Florida
  • 7th Florida
  • 54th Virginia
9th Georgia Artillery Battalion


   Maj William A. Leyden

  • Company C
  • Company D
  • Jeffress' (Virginia) Battery
Corps Reserve Artillery


   Maj Samuel C. Williams

  • Kolb's (Alabama) Battery
  • McCants' (Florida) Battery
  • Darden's (Mississippi) Battery
  • Baxter's (Tennessee) Battery

Reserve Corps

This corps was led by MG William H. T. Walker.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Walker's Division
     MG William H. T. Walker

Ector's Brigade


   BG Matthew D. Ector

  • Stone's (Alabama) Battalion Sharpshooters
  • Pound's (Mississippi) Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 29th North Carolina
  • 9th Texas
  • 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 32th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
Wilson's Brigade


   Col Claudius C. Wilson

  • 25th Georgia
  • 29th Georgia
  • 30th Georgia
  • 1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 4th Louisiana Battalion
Artillery
  • Howell's (Georgia) Battery

Liddell's Division
     BG St. John R. Liddell

Liddell's Brigade


   Col Daniel C. Govan

  • 2nd-15th Arkansas
  • 5th-13th Arkansas
  • 6th-7th Arkansas
  • 8th Arkansas
  • 1st Louisiana (Regulars) (attached to 8th Arkansas)
Walthall's Brigade


   BG Edward C. Walthall

  • 24th Mississippi
  • 27th Mississippi
  • 29th Mississippi
  • 30th Mississippi
  • 34th Mississippi
Artillery


   Cpt Charles Swett

  • Fowler's (Alabama) Battery
  • Warren Light Artillery (Mississippi Battery)

Longstreet's Corps

This corps was led by MG John B. Hood.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Johnson's Provisional Division
     BG Bushrod R. Johnson

Johnson's Brigade


   Col John S. Fulton

  • 17th Tennessee
  • 23rd Tennessee
  • 25th Tennessee
  • 44th Tennessee
  • Company E, 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion
Gregg's Brigade


   BG John Gregg

  • 3rd Tennessee
  • 10th Tennessee
  • 30th Tennessee
  • 41st Tennessee
  • 50th Tennessee
  • 1st Tennessee Battalion
  • 7th Texas
  • Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery
McNair's Brigade


   BG Evander McNair

  • 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles(dismounted)
  • 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
  • 25th Arkansas
  • 4th-31st-4th Arkansas Battalion (Consolidated)
  • 39th North Carolina
  • Culpeper's (South Carolina) Battery

Hood's Division
     BG Evander M. Law

Robertson's Brigade


   BG Jerome B. Robertson

  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 1st Texas
  • 4th Texas
  • 5th Texas
Law's Brigade


   Col James Sheffield

  • 4th Alabama
  • 15th Alabama
  • 44th Alabama
  • 47th Alabama
  • 48th Alabama
Benning's Brigade


   BG Henry L. Benning

  • 2nd Georgia
  • 15th Georgia
  • 17th Georgia
  • 20th Georgia

Reserve Artillery

This was a group of cannons kept ready to support different parts of the army.

Battalions Batteries
Robertson's Battalion


   Maj Felix H. Robertson

  • Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery
  • Havis' (Georgia) Battery
  • Massenburg's (Georgia) Battery
  • Le Gardeur's (Louisiana) Battery
  • Barret's (Missouri) Battery

Wheeler's Cavalry Corps

This cavalry (horseback soldiers) unit was led by MG Joseph Wheeler.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Wharton's Division
     BG John A. Wharton

1st Brigade


   Col Charles C. Crews

  • Malone's (Alabama) Regiment
  • 2nd Georgia
  • 3rd Georgia
  • 4th Georgia
2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas Harrison

  • 3rd Confederate
  • 3rd Kentucky
  • 4th Tennessee
  • 8th Texas
  • 11th Texas
  • White's (Tennessee) Battery

Martin's Division
     BG William T. Martin

1st Brigade


   Col John T. Morgan

  • 1st Alabama
  • 3rd Alabama
  • 51st Alabama
  • 8th Confederate
2nd Brigade


   Col Alfred A. Russell

  • 4th Alabama (Russell's Regiment)
  • 1st Confederate
  • Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery

Forrest's Cavalry Corps

Another cavalry corps, led by BG Nathan B. Forrest. He also had a cavalry escort.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Armstrong's Division
     BG Frank C. Armstrong

Armstrong's Brigade


   Col James T. Wheeler

  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 2nd Kentucky
  • 6th Tennessee
  • 18th Tennessee Battalion
Forrest's Brigade


   Col George G. Dibrell

  • 4th Tennessee
  • 8th Tennessee
  • 9th Tennessee
  • 10th Tennessee
  • 11th Tennessee
  • Shaw's Battalion, O. P. Hamilton's Battalion, and R. D. Allison's Squadron (consolidated)
  • Huggins' (Tennessee) Battery
  • Morton's (Tennessee) Battery

Pegram's Division
     BG John Pegram

Davidson's Brigade


   BG Henry B. Davidson

  • 1st Georgia
  • 6th Georgia
  • 6th North Carolina
  • Rucker's Tennessee Legion
    • 12th Tennessee Battalion
    • 16th Tennessee Battalion
  • 10th Confederate
  • Huwald's (Tennessee) Battery
Scott's Brigade


   Col John S. Scott

  • Detachment of John H. Morgan's command
  • 1st Louisiana
  • 2nd Tennessee
  • 5th Tennessee
  • Robinson's (Louisiana) Battery (one section)

The Confederate Army on September 20, 1863

On the second day of the battle, the Confederate Army changed its structure slightly, dividing into two main "wings." Gen Braxton Bragg remained the overall commander.

Right Wing

This part of the army was led by LTG Leonidas Polk.

Cheatham's Division

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham continued to lead this division.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cheatham's Division
     MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Jackson's Brigade


   BG John K. Jackson

  • 2nd Battalion, 1st Georgia
  • 5th Georgia
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 5th Mississippi
  • 8th Mississippi
Smith's Brigade


   Col Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.

  • 11th Tennessee
  • 12th-47th Tennessee
  • 13th-154th Tennessee
  • 29th Tennessee
  • Dawson's Battalion Sharpshooters
Maney's Brigade


   BG George Maney

  • 1st-27th Tennessee
  • 4th Tennessee (Provisional Army)
  • 6th-9th Tennessee
  • 24th Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters
Wright's Brigade


   BG Marcus J. Wright

  • 8th Tennessee
  • 16th Tennessee
  • 28th Tennessee
  • 38th Tennessee
  • 51st-52nd Tennessee
  • 22nd Tennessee Battalion
Strahl's Brigade


   BG Otho F. Strahl

  • 4th-5th Tennessee
  • 19th Tennessee
  • 24th Tennessee
  • 31st Tennessee
  • 33rd Tennessee
Artillery


   Maj Melancthon Smith

  • Carnes' (Tennessee) Battery
  • Scogin's (Georgia) Battery
  • Scott's (Tennessee) Battery
  • Smith's (Mississippi) Battery
  • Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery

Hill's Corps

LTG Daniel H. Hill still commanded this corps.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cleburne's Division
     MG Patrick Cleburne

Wood's Brigade


   BG Sterling A. M. Wood

  • 16th Alabama
  • 33rd Alabama
  • 45th Alabama
  • Gibson's (18th) Alabama Battalion (mw)
  • 32nd-45th Mississippi
  • 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
Polk's Brigade


   BG Lucius E. Polk

  • 1st Arkansas
  • 3rd-5th Confederate
  • 2nd Tennessee
  • 35th Tennessee
  • 48th Tennessee
Deshler's Brigade


   BG James Deshler (k)
   Col Roger Q. Mills

  • 19th-24th Arkansas
  • 6th-10th Texas-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 17th-18th-24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
Artillery


   Cpt Henry C. Semple

  • Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery
  • Douglas's Texas Battery
  • Semple's (Alabama) Battery

Breckinridge's Division
     MG John C. Breckinridge

Helm's Brigade


   BG Benjamin Helm (k)
   Col Joseph H. Lewis

  • 41st Alabama
  • 2nd Kentucky
  • 4th Kentucky
  • 6th Kentucky
  • 9th Kentucky
Adams' Brigade


   BG Daniel W. Adams (w & c)
   Col Randall L. Gibson

  • 32nd Alabama
  • 13th-20th Louisiana
  • 16th-25th Louisiana
  • 19th Louisiana
  • 14th Louisiana Battalion
Stovall's Brigade


   BG Marcellus A. Stovall

  • 1st-3rd Florida
  • 4th Florida
  • 47th Georgia
  • 60th North Carolina
Artillery


   Maj Rice E. Graves (mw)

  • Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery
  • Graves' (Kentucky) Battery
  • Mebane's (Tennessee) Battery
  • Slocomb's (Louisiana) Battery

Reserve Corps

MG William H. T. Walker led this corps.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Walker's Division
     BG States R. Gist

Gist's Brigade


   Col Peyton H. Colquitt (k)
   Ltc Leroy Napier

  • 46th Georgia
  • 8th Georgia Battalion
  • 24th South Carolina
Ector's Brigade


   BG Matthew D. Ector

  • Stone's (Alabama) Battalion Sharpshooters
  • Pound's (Mississippi) Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 29th North Carolina
  • 9th Texas (w)
  • 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
Wilson's Brigade


   Col Claudius C. Wilson

  • 25th Georgia
  • 29th Georgia
  • 30th Georgia
  • 1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 4th Louisiana Battalion
Artillery
  • Howell's (Georgia) Battery

Liddell's Division
     BG St. John R. Liddell

Liddell's Brigade


   Col Daniel C. Govan

  • 2nd-15th Arkansas
  • 5th-13th Arkansas
  • 6th-7th Arkansas
  • 8th Arkansas
  • 1st Louisiana (Regulars) (attached to 8th Arkansas)
Walthall's Brigade


   BG Edward C. Walthall

  • 24th Mississippi
  • 27th Mississippi
  • 29th Mississippi
  • 30th Mississippi
  • 34th Mississippi (mw)
Artillery


   Cpt Charles Swett

  • Fowler's (Alabama) Battery
  • Warren Light Artillery (Mississippi Battery)

Left Wing

This part of the army was led by LTG James Longstreet.

Hindman's Division

MG Thomas C. Hindman (w) led this division, with BG Patton Anderson taking over.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hindman's Division
     MG Thomas C. Hindman (w)
     BG Patton Anderson

Anderson's Brigade


   BG Patton Anderson
   Col Jacob H. Sharp

  • 7th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi
  • 10th Mississippi
  • 41st Mississippi
  • 44th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
  • Garrity's (Alabama) Battery
Deas' Brigade


   BG Zach C. Deas

  • 19th Alabama
  • 22nd Alabama
  • 25th Alabama
  • 39th Alabama
  • 50th Alabama
  • 17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
  • Dent's (Alabama) Battery
Manigault's Brigade


   BG Arthur M. Manigault

  • 24th Alabama
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama
  • 10th-19th South Carolina
  • Waters' (Alabama) Battery

Buckner's Corps

MG Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. continued to lead this corps.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Stewart's Division
     MG Alexander P. Stewart

Bate's Brigade


   BG William B. Bate

  • 58th Alabama
  • 37th Georgia
  • 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 15th-37th Tennessee
  • 20th Tennessee
Brown's Brigade


   BG John C. Brown (w)
   Col Edmund C. Cook

  • 18th Tennessee
  • 26th Tennessee
  • 32nd Tennessee
  • 45th Tennessee
  • 23rd Tennessee Battalion
Clayton's Brigade


   BG Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr.

  • 18th Alabama
  • 36th Alabama
  • 38th Alabama
Artillery


   Maj John W. Eldridge

  • 1st Arkansas Battery
  • T. H. Dawson's (Georgia) Battery
  • Eufaula Artillery (Alabama Battery)

Preston's Division
     BG William Preston

Gracie's Brigade


   BG Archibald Gracie, Jr.

  • 43rd Alabama
  • 1st Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 4th Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion
  • 63rd Tennessee
3rd Brigade


   Col John H. Kelly

  • 65th Georgia
  • 5th Kentucky
  • 58th North Carolina
  • 63rd Virginia
Trigg's Brigade


   Col Robert C. Trigg

  • 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 6th Florida
  • 7th Florida
  • 54th Virginia
9th Georgia Artillery Battalion


   Maj William A. Leyden

  • Company C
  • Company D
  • Jeffress' (Virginia) Battery
Corps Reserve Artillery


   Maj Samuel C. Williams

  • Kolb's (Alabama) Battery
  • McCants' (Florida) Battery
  • Darden's (Mississippi) Battery
  • Baxter's (Tennessee) Battery

Longstreet's Corps

MG John B. Hood (w) led this corps, but was wounded during the battle.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Johnson's Provisional Division
     BG Bushrod R. Johnson

Johnson's Brigade


   Col John S. Fulton

  • 17th Tennessee
  • 23rd Tennessee
  • 25th Tennessee
  • 44th Tennessee
  • Company E, 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion
Gregg's Brigade


   BG John Gregg (w)
   Col Cyrus A. Sugg

  • 3rd Tennessee
  • 10th Tennessee
  • 30th Tennessee
  • 41st Tennessee
  • 50th Tennessee
  • 1st Tennessee Battalion
  • 7th Texas
  • Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery
McNair's Brigade


   BG Evander McNair (w)
   Col David Coleman

  • 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
  • 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
  • 25th Arkansas
  • 4th-31st Arkansas-4th Arkansas Battalion
  • 39th North Carolina
  • Culpeper's (South Carolina) Battery

Hood's Division
     BG Evander M. Law

Robertson's Brigade


   BG Jerome B. Robertson

  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 1st Texas
  • 4th Texas
  • 5th Texas
Law's Brigade


   Col James Sheffield

  • 4th Alabama
  • 15th Alabama
  • 44th Alabama
  • 47th Alabama
  • 48th Alabama
Benning's Brigade


   BG Henry L. Benning

  • 2nd Georgia
  • 15th Georgia
  • 17th Georgia
  • 20th Georgia

McLaws' Division
     BG Joseph B. Kershaw

Kershaw's Brigade


   BG Joseph B. Kershaw

  • 2nd South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina
  • 7th South Carolina (k)
  • 8th South Carolina
  • 15th South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina Battalion (k)
Humphreys' Brigade


   BG Benjamin G. Humphreys

  • 13th Mississippi
  • 17th Mississippi
  • 18th Mississippi
  • 21st Mississippi

Reserve Artillery

This artillery group remained the same on the second day.

Battalions Batteries
Robertson's Battalion


   Maj Felix H. Robertson

  • Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery
  • Havis' (Georgia) Battery
  • Massenburg's (Georgia) Battery
  • Le Gardeur's (Louisiana) Battery
  • Barret's (Missouri) Battery

Cavalry

The cavalry units played a big role in scouting and protecting the army's sides.

Wheeler's Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler continued to lead this cavalry corps.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Wharton's Division
     BG John A. Wharton

1st Brigade


   Col Charles C. Crews

  • Malone's (Alabama) Regiment
  • 2nd Georgia
  • 3rd Georgia
  • 4th Georgia
2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas Harrison

  • 3rd Confederate
  • 3rd Kentucky
  • 4th Tennessee
  • 8th Texas
  • 11th Texas
  • White's (Tennessee) Battery

Martin's Division
     BG William T. Martin

1st Brigade


   Col John T. Morgan

  • 1st Alabama
  • 3rd Alabama
  • 51st Alabama
  • 8th Confederate
2nd Brigade


   Col Alfred A. Russell

  • 4th Alabama (Russell's Regiment)
  • 1st Confederate
  • Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery

Forrest's Cavalry Corps

BG Nathan B. Forrest still led this cavalry corps.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Armstrong's Division
     BG Frank C. Armstrong

Armstrong's Brigade


   Col James T. Wheeler

  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 2nd Kentucky
  • 6th Tennessee
  • 18th Tennessee Battalion
Forrest's Brigade


   Col George G. Dibrell

  • 4th Tennessee
  • 8th Tennessee
  • 9th Tennessee
  • 10th Tennessee
  • 11th Tennessee
  • Shaw's Battalion, O. P. Hamilton's Battalion, and R. D. Allison's Squadron (consolidated)
  • Huggins' (Tennessee) Battery
  • Morton's (Tennessee) Battery

Pegram's Division
     BG John Pegram

Davidson's Brigade


   BG Henry B. Davidson

  • 1st Georgia
  • 6th Georgia
  • 6th North Carolina
  • Rucker's Tennessee Legion
    • 12th Tennessee Battalion
    • 16th Tennessee Battalion
  • 10th Confederate
  • Huwald's (Tennessee) Battery
Scott's Brigade


   Col John S. Scott

  • Detachment of John H. Morgan's command
  • 1st Louisiana
  • 2nd Tennessee
  • 5th Tennessee
  • Robinson's (Louisiana) Battery (one section)
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