Battle of Franklin (1864) Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin (1864).^[1] The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military 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
c = captured

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood, Commanding

Lee's Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Johnson's Division MG Edward Johnson	Deas's Brigade BG Zachariah C. Deas (w)	19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimrough 22nd Alabama: Maj Edward H. Armistead (mw) 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoelon B. Routh 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
	Manigault's Brigade BG Arthur M. Manigault (w) Ltc William L. Butler	24th Alabama: Col Thomas P. Shaw (w&c) 28th Alabama: Ltc William L. Butler 34th Alabama: Col John C. Carter 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker 19th South Carolina: Col Newton N. Davis (w)
	Sharp's Brigade BG Jacob H. Sharp	7th-9th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop (k) 10th-44th Mississippi & 9th Sharpshooter Btln.: Col William H. Sims (w) 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks (w)
	Brantley's Brigade BG William F. Brantley (w)	24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg 29th Mississippi: Maj George W. Reynolds (k) 30th Mississippi: Ltc James M. Johnson (w), Maj John K. Allen (missing) Dismounted Cavalry Company: Cpt D.W. Alexander
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Cummings's Brigade Col Elihu P. Watkins	34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Pettus's Brigade BG Edmund W. Pettus	20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott 31st Alabama 46th Alabama
Clayton's Division MG Henry D. Clayton, Sr.	Stovall's Brigade BG Marcellus A. Stovall	40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia
	Gibson's Brigade BG Randall L. Gibson	1st Louisiana 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter (c) 13th-20th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell 16th-25th Louisiana 19th Louisiana 30th Louisiana 4th Louisiana Battalion 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Battalion
	Holtzclaw's Brigade BG James T. Holtzclaw	18th Alabama 32nd Alabama 36th Alabama 38th Alabama 58th Alabama
Corps Artillery Col Robert F. Beckham (mw) Maj John W. Johnston	Courtney's Battalion Cpt James P. Douglas	Dent's Alabama Battery Douglas's Texas Battery Garrity's Alabama Battery
	Eldridge's Battalion Cpt Charles E. Fenner	Eufaula Alabama Battery Fenner's Louisiana Battery Stanford's Miss Battery
	Johnston's Battalion Maj John W. Johnston Cpt John B. Rowan	Corput's Georgia Battery Marshall's Tenn Battery Stephens's Light Artillery

Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Loring's Division MG William W. Loring	Featherston's Brigade BG Winfield S. Featherston	1st Mississippi 3rd Mississippi: Ltc Samuel M. Dyer (w) 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus D.L. Stephens (w) 33rd Mississippi 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Battalion
	Adams's Brigade BG John Adams (k) Col Robert Lowry	6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi: Col Michael Ferrell (w) 20th Mississippi: Col William N. Brown (w), Ltc Walter A. Rorer (mw), Maj Thomas B. Graham (w) 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi
	Scott's Brigade BG Thomas M. Scott (w) Col John Snodgrass	27th-35th-49th Alabama: Col Samuel S. Ives (w) 55th Alabama: Col John Snodgrass 57th Alabama: Col Columbus J.L. Cunningham (w) 12th Louisiana: Col Noel L. Nelson (k)
French's Division MG Samuel G. French	Ector's Brigade Col David Coleman	29th North Carolina 39th North Carolina 9th Texas 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
	Cockrell's Brigade BG Francis M. Cockrell (w) Col Peter C. Flournoy	1st-4th Missouri: Col Hugh A. Garland (k) 2nd-6th Missouri: Col Peter C. Flournoy, Ltc William F. Carter (w) 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Patrick Canniff (k) 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates (w)
	Sears's Brigade BG Claudius Sears	4th Mississippi: Col Thomas N. Adaire (w) 35th Mississippi 36th Mississippi: Col William W. Witherspoon (k) 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi: Maj Turpin D. Magee (w) 7th Mississippi Battalion
Walthall's Division MG Edward C. Walthall	Quarles's Brigade BG William A. Quarles (w) BG George D. Johnston	1st Alabama: Maj Samuel L. Knox (w&c) 42nd Tennessee: Col Isaac N. Hulme (w) 46th Tennessee: Maj Sylvester C. Cooper (w&c) 48th Tennessee 49th Tennessee: Ltc Thomas M. Atkins (w&c) 53rd Tennessee: Cpt James J. Rittenbury (w&c) 55th (Brown's) Tennessee: Maj Joseph E. McDonald (k)
	Cantey's Brigade BG Charles M. Shelley	17th Alabama: Col Virgil S. Murphy (missing) 26th Alabama: Ltc John S. Garvin (w) 29th Alabama: Cpt Alfred V. Gardner (w) 37th Mississippi
	Reynolds' Brigade BG Daniel H. Reynolds	4th Arkansas 9th Arkansas: Maj John C. Bratton (w) 25th Arkansas 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
Corps Artillery Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Truehart's Battalion	Lumsden's Alabama Battery Selden's Alabama Battery
	Myrick's Battalion (arrived early next morning)	Bouanchaud's Louisiana Battery Cowan's Miss Battery Darden's Miss Battery
	Storrs' Battalion	Guibor's Missouri Battery Hoskin's Miss Battery Kolb's Alabama Battery

Cheatham's Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cleburne's Division MG Patrick Cleburne (k) BG James A. Smith	Lowrey's Brigade BG Mark P. Lowrey	16th Alabama: Col Frederick A. Ashford (k) 33rd Alabama: Col Robert F. Crittenden (missing) 45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie (w) 5th Mississippi: Col John Weir (w) 8th Mississippi 32nd Mississippi: Col William H.H. Tison (w) 3rd Mississippi Battalion
	Govan's Brigade BG Daniel C. Govan	1st-15th Arkansas: Cpt Mordecai P. Garrett (k) 2nd-24th Arkansas: Maj Alexander T. Meek (k) 5th-13th Arkansas 6th-7th Arkansas 8th-19th Arkansas 3rd Confederate: Cpt Mumford H. Dixon (missing)
	Granbury's Brigade BG Hiram B. Granbury (k) Cpt E.T. Broughton	5th Confederate: Cpt Aaron A. Cox (missing) 35th Tennessee 6th-15th Texas: Maj Rhoads Fisher (missing) 7th Texas: Cpt E.T. Broughton, Cpt James W. Brown (missing) 10th Texas: Ltc Robert B. Young (k) 17th-18th-24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William A. Taylor (missing) Nutt's Louisiana Cavalry (dismounted)
	Smith's Brigade (on detached duty) BG James A. Smith Col Charles H. Olmstead	54th Georgia 57th Georgia 63rd Georgia 1st Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead
Brown's (Cheatham's Old) Division MG John C. Brown (w) BG Mark P. Lowrey	Gist's Brigade BG States Rights Gist (k) Ltc Zachariah L. Watters	46th Georgia: Maj Samuel J.C. Dunlop (w), Cpt Malcolm Gillis 65th Georgia 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion 16th South Carolina: Maj B. Burgh Smith 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w), Cpt William C. Griffith
	Maney's Brigade BG John C. Carter (mw) Col Hume R. Field	1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field 4th (34th) Tennessee (provisional) 6th-9th Tennessee 8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 50th Tennessee
	Strahl's Brigade BG Otho F. Strahl (k) Col Andrew J. Kellar	4th-5th Tennessee: Col Andrew J. Kellar 19th Tennessee 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson (w) 31st Tennessee: Ltc Fountain E.P. Stafford (k) 33d Tennessee 38th Tennessee 41st Tennessee
	Vaughan's Brigade BG George W. Gordon (w&c) Col William M. Watkins	11th Tennessee 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col Michael Magevney (w) 29th Tennessee 51st-52nd Tennessee
Bate's Division MG William B. Bate	Tyler's Brigade BG Thomas B. Smith	37th Georgia 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion 2nd Tennessee 10th Tennessee 20th Tennessee 37th Tennessee
	Finley's Brigade Col Robert Bullock Maj Jacob A. Lash	1st-3rd Florida 4th Florida & 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Edward Badger (w), Maj Jacob A. Lash 6th Florida 7th Florida
	Jackson's Brigade BG Henry R. Jackson	1st Georgia Confederate: Col George A. Smith (k) 25th Georgia 29th Georgia 30th Georgia 66th Georgia: Ltc Algernon S. Hamilton (w) 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith	Hoxton's Battalion Ltc Llewellyn G. Hoxton	Phelan's Alabama Battery Perry's Florida Battery Turner's Miss Battery
	Hotchkiss's Battalion	Goldthwaite's Alabama Battery Key's Arkansas Battery Bledsoe's Missouri Battery
	Cobb's Battalion	Slocumb's Louisiana Battery: Lt Joseph E. Chalaron Ferguson's South Carolina Battery Phillip's (Mabane's) Tennessee Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Nathan B. Forrest

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Chalmers' Division BG James R. Chalmers	Rucker's Brigade Col Edmund W. Rucker	7th Alabama Cavalry 5th Mississippi Cavalry 7th Tennessee Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White 15th Tennessee Cavalry Forrest's (3rd) Tennessee Regiment: Col David C. Kelley
Chalmers' Division BG James R. Chalmers	Biffle's Brigade Col Jacob B. Biffle	4th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee Cavalry
Buford's Division BG Abraham Buford	Bell's Brigade Col Tyree H. Bell	2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's) 19th Tennessee Cavalry 20th Tennessee Cavalry 21st Tennessee Cavalry: Col Andrew N. Wilson (w) Nixon's (22nd) Tennessee Regiment
Buford's Division BG Abraham Buford	Crossland's Brigade Col Edward Crossland	3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 12th Kentucky Cavalry Huey's Kentucky Battalion
Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson	Armstrong's Brigade BG Frank C. Armstrong	1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment
Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson	Ross's Brigade BG Lawrence S. Ross	3rd Texas Cavalry: Ltc Jiles S. Boggess 6th Texas Cavalry: Col Jack Wharton 9th Texas Cavalry: Col Dudley W. Jones 1st Texas Legion (27th Cavalry): Col Edwin R. Hawkins
	Artillery	Morton's Tennessee Battery: Cpt John W. Morton

Notes

↑ Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or campaign.

References

Battle of Franklin: Confederate Order of Battle (Civil War Trust)
Johnson's Division - Night attack at Franklin Battlefield Marker
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; Series I, Volume XLV

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.