Vicksburg Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Vicksburg 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]^[2]

Abbreviations used

Military Officer Rank

Gen = General
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k =killed

Army of Mississippi

LTG John C. Pemberton, Commanding

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Stevenson's Division Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson	1st Brigade BG Seth M. Barton	40th Georgia: Ltc R. M. Young 41st Georgia: Col William E. Curtiss 42nd Georgia: Col R. J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Cpt M. M. Grantham 52nd Georgia: Maj John Jay Moore Hudson's (Mississippi) Battery: Lt Milton H. Trantham Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery Co A (section/2 guns): Lt John Yoist Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Co C (4 guns): Cpt Alexander Chust
	2nd Brigade BG Alfred Cumming	34th Georgia: Col James A. W. Johnson 36th Georgia: Maj Charles E. Broyles 39th Georgia: Ltc J. F. B. Jackson 56th Georgia: Ltc J. T. Slaughter 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt M. Van Den Corput
	3rd Brigade BG Stephen D. Lee	20th Alabama: Col Edmund W. Pettus {20th Alabama commanded by Col. Isham W.Garrott k on 17 June 1863; BG as of 28 May 1863} 23rd Alabama: Col F. K. Beck 30th Alabama: Cpt John C. Francis 31st Alabama: Ltc T. M. Arrington 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer Alabama Battery: Cpt J. F. Waddell
	4th Brigade Col Alexander W. Reynolds	3rd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col N.J. Lillard 39th Tennessee:^[3] Col William M. Bradford 43rd Tennessee: Col James W. Gillespie 59th Tennessee: Col William L. Eakin 3rd Maryland Battery: Cpt John B. Rowan
	Waul's Texas Legion Col Thomas Neville Waul	1st Battalion (infantry): Maj Eugene S. Bolling 2nd Battalion (infantry): Ltc James Wrigley Cavalry battalion: Lt Thomas J. Cleveland Artillery company: Cpt J. Q. Wall
	Attached	1st Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's regiment), Company C: Cpt R. S. Vandyke Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery:^[4] Lt James P. Wright Signal Corps: Lt C. H. Barrot
Forney's Division MG John H. Forney	Hebert's Brigade BG Louis Hébert	3rd Louisiana: Maj David Pierson 2lst Louisiana: Ltc J. T. Plattsmier 36th Mississippi: Col W. W. Witherspoon 37th Mississippi: Col O. S. Holland 38th Mississippi: Cpt D. B. Seal 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison 7th Mississippi Battalion: Cpt A. M. Dozier 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion, Company C: Lt John R. Sclater Appeal (Arkansas) Battery: Lt R. N. Cotten
Forney's Division MG John H. Forney	Moore's Brigade BG John C. Moore	37th Alabama: Col J. F. Dowdell 40th Alabama: Col John H. Higley 42nd Alabama: Col John W. Portis 1st Mississippi Light Artillery:^[5] Col William T. Withers 35th Mississippi: Ltc C. R. Jordan 40th Mississippi: Col W. B. Colbert 2nd Texas: Col Ashbel Smith Alabama battery: Cpt H. H. Sengstak Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Company B: Cpt William A. Davidson
Smith's Division MG Martin L. Smith	Baldwin's Brigade BG William E. Baldwin	17th Louisiana: Col Robert Richardson 31st Louisiana: Ltc James W. Draughon 4th Mississippi: Cpt Thomas P. Nelson 46th Mississippi: Col C. W. Sears Tennessee Battery: Cpt Thomas F. Tobin
	Vaughn's Brigade BG John C. Vaughn	60th Tennessee: Cpt J. W. Bachman 61st Tennessee: Ltc James G. Rose 62nd Tennessee: Col John A. Rowan
	Shoup's Brigade BG Francis A. Shoup	26th Louisiana: Ltc William C. Crow 27th Louisiana: Cpt Joseph T. Hatch 28th [29th] Louisiana: Col Allen Thomas McNally's (Arkansas) battery: Cpt Joseph T. Hatch
	Mississippi State Troops^[6] BG John V. Harris	5th Regiment: Col H. C. Robinson 3rd Battalion: Ltc Thomas A. Burgin
	Attached	14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion: Maj M. S. Ward Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Cpt J. S. Smyth Signal Corps: Cpt Max. T. Davidson
Bowen's Division MG John S. Bowen	1st (Missouri) Brigade Col Francis Cockrell	1st Missouri: Col A. C. Riley 2nd Missouri: Maj Thomas M. Carter 3rd Missouri: Maj J. K. McDowell 5th Missouri: Col James McCown 6th Missouri: Maj S. Cooper Guibor's (Missouri) battery: Lt Cornelius Heffernan Landis' (Missouri) battery: Lt John M. Langan Wade's (Missouri) battery: Lt R. C. Walsh
Bowen's Division MG John S. Bowen	2nd Brigade Col Thomas P. Dockery {2nd Brigade commanded by BG Martin E. Green K June 27, 1863}	15th Arkansas: Cpt Caleb Davis 19th Arkansas: Cpt James K. Norwood 20th Arkansas: Col D. W. Jones 21st Arkansas: Cpt A. Tyler]] 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John J. Clark 12th Arkansas Battalion (sharpshooters): Lt John S. Bell 1st Missouri Cavalry: Maj William C. Parker 3rd Battalion, Missouri Cavalry: Cpt Felix Lotspeich 3rd Missouri Battery: Cpt William E. Dawson Lowe's (Missouri) Battery: Lt Thomas B. Catron
River Batteries^[7] Col Edward Higgins	1st Louisiana Artillery:^[8] Ltc D. Beltzhoover 8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion:^[9] Maj F. N. Ogden 22nd Louisiana:^[10] Cpt Samuel Jones 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery:^[11] Col A. Jackson, Jr. Tennessee Battery: Cpt J. B. Caruthers Tennessee Battery: Cpt T. N. Johnston Tennessee Battery: Cpt J.P. Lynch Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery: Cpt S.C. Bains
Miscellaneous	54th Alabama (detachment): Lt Joel P. Abney City Guards: Cpt E. B. Martin Signal Corps: Cpt C. A. King

Notes

↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 326-328
↑ The commanders are given as indicated by the paroles.
↑ Paroled as the Thirty-first Regiment, and so known prior to June, 1863.
↑ Assignment uncertain.
↑ Batteries A, C, D, E, G, and I. Battery L (Vaiden Artillery) reported in Higgins' command, and Batteries B, F, and K at Port Hudson, La.
↑ Under Vaughn's command.
↑ The troops in this command paroled as of Moore's Brigade.
↑ Bond's, Bruce's, Butler's, Capers', Grayson's, Haynes', Lamon's, and Robertson's Companies.
↑ Barrow's, Grandpre's, and McCrory's Companies.
↑ P. A. Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's, and Theard's Companies.
↑ Dismukes', Neyland's, Norman's, and Parks' Companies; Caruthers', Johnston's, and Lynch's Companies attached.

References

U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
Civil War Home: Organization of the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, May 19–July 4, 1863. -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Siege of Vicksburg: Confederate order of battle).
National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Troops in the Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg).
National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg -- General summary of Casualties, March 29–July 4).