Atlanta Campaign Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1]

This order of battle covers the period of May 7 - June 27, 1864.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of Tennessee

Gen Joseph E. Johnston

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cheatham's Division
     MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Maney's Tennessee Brigade


   BG George E. Maney

  • 4th C.S.
  • 1st and 27th Tennessee
  • 6th and 9th Tennessee
  • 41st Tennessee
  • 50th Tennessee
Strahl's Tennessee Brigade


   BG Otho F. Strahl

  • 4th and 5th Tennessee
  • 19th Tennessee
  • 24th Tennessee
  • 31st Tennessee
  • 33rd Tennessee
Wright's Tennessee Brigade


   Col John Carter

  • 8th Tennessee
  • 16th Tennessee
  • 28th Tennessee
  • 38th Tennessee
  • 51st and 52nd Tennessee
Vaughn's Tennessee Brigade


   BG Alfred J. Vaughn

  • 11th Tennessee
  • 12th and 47th Tennessee
  • 29th Tennessee
  • 13th and 154th Tennessee
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cleburne's Division
     MG Patrick R. Cleburne

Polk's Brigade


   BG Lucius E. Polk

Govan's Arkansas Brigade


   BG Daniel C. Govan

Lowrey's Brigade


   BG Mark P. Lowrey

  • 16th Alabama
  • 33rd Alabama
  • 45th Alabama
  • 32nd Mississippi
  • 45th Mississippi
Granbury's Texas Brigade


   BG Hiram B. Granbury

  • 6th and 15th Texas
  • 7th Texas
  • 10th Texas
  • 17th and 18th Texas
  • 24th and 25th Texas
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Bate's Division
     MG William B. Bate

Smith's Brigade


   BG Thomas Benton Smith

  • 37th Georgia
  • 4th Georgia Sharpshooter
  • 10th Tennessee
  • 20th Tennessee
  • 30th Tennessee
  • 15th and 37th Tennessee
Lewis' Kentucky Brigade


   BG Joseph Horace Lewis

Finley's Florida Brigade


   BG Jesse J. Finley

  • 1st and 3rd Florida Cavalry
  • 1st and 4th Florida
  • 6th Florida
  • 7th Florida
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Walker's Division
     MG William H. T. Walker

Mercer's Georgia Brigade


   BG Hugh W. Mercer

  • 1st Georgia
  • 54th Georgia
  • 57th Georgia
  • 63rd Georgia
Gist's Georgia Brigade


   BG States Rights Gist

  • 8th Georgia Battalion
  • 46th Georgia
  • 16th South Carolina
  • 24th South Carolina
Jackson's Georgia Brigade


   BG John K. Jackson

  • 47th Georgia
  • 65th Georgia
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters
  • 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters
  • 5th Mississippi
  • 8th Mississippi
Stevens' Georgia Brigade


   BG Clement H. Stevens

  • 1st Georgia Confederate
  • 25th Georgia
  • 29th Georgia
  • 30th Georgia
  • 66th Georgia

Hood's Corps

LTG John B. Hood

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hindman's Division
     MG Thomas C. Hindman

Deas' Alabama Brigade


   BG Zachariah C. Deas
   Col John G. Coltart

  • 19th Alabama
  • 22nd Alabama
  • 25th Alabama
  • 39th Alabama
  • 50th Alabama
  • 17th Alabama Sharpshooters
Manigault's Brigade


   BG Arthur Middleton Manigault

  • 24th Alabama
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama
  • 10th South Carolina
  • 19th South Carolina
Wathall's Mississippi Brigade


   BG Edward C. Walthall
   Col Samuel Benton

  • 24th and 27th Mississippi
  • 29th and 30th Mississippi
  • 34th Mississippi
Tucker's Mississippi Brigade


   BG William F. Tucker
   Col Jacob H. Sharp

  • 7th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi
  • 10th Mississippi
  • 41st Mississippi
  • 44th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi Sharpshooters
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Stevenson's Division
     MG Carter L. Stevenson

Brown's Tennessee Brigade


   BG John C. Brown

  • 3rd Tennessee
  • 18th Tennessee
  • 26th Tennessee
  • 32nd Tennessee
  • 45th and 23rd Tennessee
Cumming's Georgia Brigade


   BG Alfred Cumming

  • 34th Georgia
  • 36th Georgia
  • 39th Georgia
  • 56th Georgia
  • 2nd Georgia State Line (from June 15)
Reynold's Brigade


   BG Alexander W. Reynolds (w May 27)

Pettus' Alabama Brigade


   BG Edmund W. Pettus

  • 20th Alabama
  • 23rd Alabama
  • 30th Alabama
  • 31st Alabama
  • 46th Alabama
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Stewart's Division
     MG Alexander P. Stewart

Stovall's Georgia Brigade


   BG Marcellus A. Stovall
   Col Abda Johnson

  • 40th Georgia
  • 41st Georgia
  • 42nd Georgia
  • 43rd Georgia
  • 52nd Georgia
  • 1st Georgia State Line
Clayton's Alabama Brigade


   BG Henry D. Clayton

  • 18th Alabama
  • 32nd and 58th Alabama
  • 36th Alabama
  • 38th Alabama
Gibson's Louisiana Brigade


   BG Randall L. Gibson

  • 14th Battalion Louisiana Sharpshooters
  • 1st Louisiana
  • 13th Louisiana
  • 16th and 25th Louisiana
  • 19th Louisiana
  • 20th Louisiana
Bakers's Alabama Brigade


   BG Alpheus Baker

  • 37th Alabama
  • 40th Alabama
  • 42nd Alabama
  • 54th Alabama

Polk's Corps

LTG Leonidas Polk (k June 14)
MG William W. Loring

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Loring's Division
     MG William W. Loring
     BG Winfield S. Featherston

Featherston's Mississippi Brigade


   BG Winfield S. Featherston

  • 3rd Mississippi
  • 22nd Mississippi
  • 31st Mississippi
  • 33rd Mississippi
  • 40th Mississippi
  • 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters
Adams' Mississippi Brigade


   BG John Adams

  • 6th Mississippi
  • 14th Mississippi
  • 15th Mississippi
  • 20th Mississippi
  • 23rd Mississippi
  • 43rd Mississippi
Scott's Brigade


   BG Thomas M. Scott

  • 27th Alabama
  • 35th Alabama
  • 49th Alabama
  • 55th Alabama
  • 57th Alabama
  • 12th Louisiana
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

French's Division
     MG Samuel G. French

Ector's Brigade


   BG Matthew D. Ector

  • 29th North Carolina
  • 39th North Carolina
  • 9th Texas: Col William Hugh Young (w)
  • 10th Texas Cavalry
  • 14th Texas Cavalry
  • 32nd Texas Cavalry
Cockrell's Missouri Brigade


   BG Francis M. Cockrell
   Col Elijah Gates

  • 1st and 4th Missouri
  • 2nd and 6th Missouri
  • 3rd and 5th Missouri
  • 1st and 3rd Missouri Cavalry
Sears' Mississippi Brigade


   BG Claudius W. Sears
   Col William S. Barry

  • 7th Mississippi Battalion
  • 4th Mississippi
  • 35th Mississippi
  • 36th Mississippi
  • 46th Mississippi
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Walthall's Division
     MG Edward C. Walthall

Reynold's Arkansas Brigade


   BG Daniel H. Reynolds

Cantey's Brigade


   BG James Cantey

Quarles' Brigade


   BG William A. Quarles

  • 1st Alabama
  • 4th Louisiana
  • 30th Louisiana
  • 42nd Tennessee
  • 46th and 55th Tennessee
  • 48th Tennessee
  • 49th Tennessee
  • 53rd Tennessee

Artillery

BG Francis A. Shoup

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hardee's Corps Artillery
     Col Melancthon Smith

Hoxton's Battalion


   Maj Llewelyn Hoxton

  • Phelan's Alabama Battery
  • Perry's Florida Battery
  • Turner's Mississippi Battery
Hotchkiss' Battalion


   Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss

Martin's Battalion


   Maj Robert Martin

  • Howell's Georgia Battery
  • Bledsoe's Missouri Battery
  • Beauregard's South Carolina Battery
Cobb's Battalion


   Maj Robert Cobb

  • Gracey's Kentucky Battery
  • Slocomb's Washington Louisiana Battery
  • Mebane's Tennessee Battery
Palmer's Battalion


   Maj Joseph Palmer

  • Lumsden's Alabama Battery
  • Anderson's Georgia Battery
  • Havis' Georgia Battery
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hood's Corps Artillery
     Col Robert F. Beckham

Courtney's Battalion


   Maj Alfred R. Courtney

  • Dent's Alabama Battery
  • Garrity's Alabama Battery
  • Douglas' Texas Battery
Eldridge's Battalion


   Maj John W. Eldridge

  • Oliver's Eufala Alabama Battery
  • Fenner's Louisiana Battery
  • Stanford's Mississippi Battery
Johnston's Battalion


   Maj John W. Johnston

  • Corput's Cherokee Georgia Battery
  • Rowan's Georgia Light Battery
  • Marshall's Tennessee Battery
Williams' Battalion


   Ltc Samuel C. Williams

  • Kolb's Barbour Alabama Battery
  • Darden's Jefferson Mississippi Battery
  • Jefress' Virginia Battery
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Polk's Corps Artillery
     Ltc Samuel C. Williams

Myrick's Battalion


   Maj John D. Myrick

  • Cowan's Mississippi Battery
  • Barry's Lookout Tennessee Battery
Storrs' Battalion


   Maj George S. Storrs

  • Ward's Alabama Battery
  • Hoskins' Mississippi Battery
  • Guibor's Missouri Battery
Preston's Battalion


   Maj William C. Preston

  • Tarrant's Alabama Battery
  • Lovelace's Selma Alabama Battery
  • Barrett's Missouri Battery
Waddell's Battalion


   Maj James F. Waddell

  • Bellamy's Alabama Battery
  • Emery's Alabama Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Martin's Division
     MG William T. Martin

Allen's Alabama Brigade


   BG William Wirt Allen

  • 12th Alabama Battalion Cavalry
  • 1st Alabama Cavalry
  • 3rd Alabama Cavalry
  • 4th Alabama Cavalry
  • 7th Alabama Cavalry
  • 51st Alabama Cavalry
Iverson's Brigade


   BG Alfred Iverson, Jr.

  • 1st Georgia Cavalry
  • 2nd Georgia Cavalry
  • 3rd Georgia Cavalry
  • 4th Georgia Cavalry
  • 6th Georgia Cavalry
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Kelly's Division
     BG John H. Kelly

Anderson's Brigade


   BG Robert H. Anderson

  • 3rd C.S. Cavalry
  • 8th C.S. Cavalry
  • 10th C.S. Cavalry
  • 12th C.S. Cavalry
  • 5th Georgia Cavalry
Dibrell's Tennessee Brigade


   Col George G. Dibrell

  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 8th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 10th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 11th Tennessee Cavalry
Williams' Brigade


   BG John Stuart Williams

  • 2nd Kentucky Battalion Cavalry
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
  • 3rd Kentucky Cavalry
  • 9th Kentucky Cavalry
  • Hamilton's Tennessee Battalion Cavalry
  • Allison's Tennessee Squadron
Hannon's Alabama Brigade


   Col Moses W. Hannon

  • 24th Alabama Battalion Cavalry
  • 53rd Alabama Cavalry
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Humes' Division
     BG William Y.C. Humes

Ashby's Tennessee Brigade


   Col Henry M. Ashby

  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry (formerly 6th Tennessee Cavalry)
  • 2nd Tennessee Cavalry
  • 5th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
Harrison's Brigade


   Col Thomas H. Harrison

  • 3rd Arkansas Cavalry
  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 8th Texas Cavalry
  • 11th Texas Cavalry
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Jackson's Division
     BG William Hicks Jackson

Armstrong's Mississippi Brigade


   BG Frank C. Armstrong

  • 1st Mississippi Cavalry
  • 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
  • 28th Mississippi Cavalry
  • Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry
Ross' Texas Brigade


   BG Lawrence Sullivan Ross

  • 1st Texas Legion
  • 3rd Texas Cavalry
  • 6th Texas Cavalry
  • 9th Texas Cavalry
Ferguson's Brigade


   BG Samuel W. Ferguson

  • 2nd Alabama Cavalry
  • 56th Alabama Cavalry
  • 9th Mississippi Cavalry
  • 11th Mississippi Cavalry
  • 12th Mississippi Battalion Cavalry
Jackson's Division Artillery


   Cpt John Waites

  • Croft's Columbus Georgia Battery
  • King's Missouri Battery
  • Waddell's South Carolina Battery
Wheeler's Horse Artillery


   Ltc Felix H. Robertson

  • Callaway's Arkansas Battery
  • Davis' Georgia Battery (1 section)
  • Huggin's Tennessee Battery
  • Huwald's Tennessee Battery
  • White's Tennessee Battery

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 638-675

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