CONFEDERATE FORCES ENGAGED IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR ATLANTA
Army of Tennessee Major General Joseph E. Johnston (Commanded from May 6 - July 18) Major General John Bell Hood (Commanded July 18) Chief of Staff – Brigadier General William W. Mackall Chief of Artillery – Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup (Chief of Staff from July 21) Chief of Artillery – Colonel Robert F. Beckham (From July 21) Chief Engineer – Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Presstman Chief Engineer – Major General Martin L. Smith (From July 20) Medical Director – Surgeon-Major A.J. Foard Chief Ordnance Officer – Captain W. D. Humprhies Chief Ordnance Officer – Lieutenant Colonel James M. Kennard (From July 29) HARDEE'S CORPS Lt. General William J. Hardee Major General Patrick R. Cleburne (Commanded August 30 and 31 at Battle of Jonesboro) CHEATHAM'S DIVISION Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham Brig. General George E. Maney(Commanded from July 19 to 25) Brigadier General John C. Carter (Commanded from August 31) Maney’s Tennessee Brigade Brig. General George E. Maney Colonel Geroge C. Porter Colonel Francis M. Walker (Commanded from July 10) Units 1st & 27th Tennessee – Colonel Hume R. Field (Wounded June 27 at Battle of Kennesaw Mountain) 4th Confederate – Lieutenant Colonel Oliver A. Bradshaw 6th & 9th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel John W. Buford 41st Tennessee – Colonel James D. Tillman 50th Tennessee – Colonel Stehpen H. Coms Strahl’s Tennessee Brigade Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl Colonel Andrew J. Kellar (Commanded from August 31) Units 4th & 5th Tennessee – Colonel Johnathan J. Lamb (Wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 19th Tennessee – Colonel Francis M. Walker (Killed July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 24th Tennessee – Colonel John A. Wilson 31st Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel Fountain E. P. Stafford 33rd Tennessee – Colonel Warner P. Jones (Killed May 14 at Battle of Resaca) Wright’s Tennessee Brigade Colonel John C. Carter Units 8th Tennessee – Colonel John H. Anderson 16th Tennessee – Major Benjamin Randals 28th Tennessee – Colonel Sidney S. Stanton 38th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel Andrew D. Gwynne 51st & 52 Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel John W. Estes Vaughn’s Tennessee Brigade Brigadier General Alfred J. Vaughn (Wounded July 7th near Vining’s Station) Colonel Michael Mageveny (Commanded from July 4) Colonel George W. Grdon (Commanded from August 4) Units 11th Tennessee - Colonel George W. Gordon 12th & 47th Tennessee Colonel William M. Watkins 29th Tennessee – Colonel Horace Rice 13th & 154th – Tennessee- Colonel Michael Magenvey CLEBURNE'S DIVISION Major General Patrick R. Cleburne Brigadier General Mark P. Lowrey (Commanded August 30 and 31 at Jonesboro) Polk’s Brigade (Broken up July 24) Brigadier General Lucius Polk (Wounded June 17 near Mud Creek) Units 1st & 15th Arkansas (To Govan’s Brigade July 27) – Lieutenant Colonel William H. Martin (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 5th Confederate (To James A. Smith’s Brigade July 24) – Major Richard J. Person (Captured July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 2nd Tennessee (To Tyler’s Brigade July 24) – Colonel William D. Robison 35th & 48th Tennessee (To Quarles Brigade July 24) – Captain Henry G. Evans Govan’s Arkansas Brigade Brigadier General Daniel C. Govan (Captured September 1 at Jonesboro and later exchanged for General George Stoneman) 2nd & 24th Arkansas – Colonel E. Warfield (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 5th & 13th Arkansas – Colonel John E. Murray (Killed July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 6th & 7th Arkansas – Colonel Samuel G. Smith (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 8th & 19th Arkansas – Colonel Geroge F. Baucum (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 3rd Confederate – Captain M. H. Dixon Lowrey’s Brigade Brigadier General Mark P. Lowrey Colonel John Weir (Commanded from August 31) Units 16th Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel Frederick A. Ashford 33rd Alabama – Colonel Samuel Adams (Killed July 21 at Legget’s Hill) 45th Alabama – Colonel Harris D. Lampley (Wounded and Captured July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) Granbury’s Texas Brigade Brigadier Gen Hiram M. Granbury Brigadier General James A Smith (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) Units 6th & 15th Texas Cavalry – Captain Rhoads Fisher (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 7th Texas – Captain C.F. Talley 10th Texas – Colonel Roger Q. Mills (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta and replaced by Colonel William Grace, who was killed at Battle of Jonesboro August 31) 17th & 18th Texas Cavalry – Captain George D. Manion 24th & 25th Texas Cavalry – Lieutenant Colonel William M. Neyland (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) BATE'S DIVISION Major General William B. Bate (Wounded August 10 near Utoy Creek) Major General John C. Brown (Commanded from August 11) Smith’s Brigade Brigadier General Thomas R. Smith Units 37th Georgia – Colonel Joseph T. Smith 4th Georgia Sharpshooters – Major Theodore D. Caswell 20th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel William M. Shy 30th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel James J. Turner 15th & 37th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel James J. Turner Lewis’ Kentucky Orphan Brigade Brigadier General Joseph H. Lewis Units 2nd Kentucky – Colonel James W. Moss (Wounded and captured August 31 at Jonesboro) 4th Kentucky – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Thompson5th Kentucky – Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Hawkins 6th Kentucky – Colonel Martin H. Cofer 9th Kentuck – Colonel John W. Caldwell Finley’s Florida Brigade Brigadier General Jesse J. Finley (Wounded August 31 at Jonesboro) Colonel Robert Bullock Units 1st & 3rd Florida Cavalry – Major Glover A. Ball 1st & 4th Florida – Lieutenant Colonel Edward Badger 6th Florida – Colonel Angus D. McLean (Killed May 28 at Battle of Dallas) 7th Florida – Colonel Robert Bullock WALKER'S DIVISION (Broken up July 24) Major General William H.T. Walker (Killed July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) Brigadier General Hugh W. Mercer (Commanded from July 22 to 24) Mercer’s Georgia Brigade (Transferred from Savannah May 5 and to Cleburne’s Division July 24) Brigadier General Hugh Mercer (Transferred from Savannah July 24) Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls (Assumed command and wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) Lieutenant Colonel Cincinnatus S. Guyton (Commanded from July 22 to July 24) Colonel William Barkuloo (Commanded from July 24 to August 2) Colonel Charles Olmstead (Commanded from August 2) Units 1st Georgia – Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Olmstead 54th Georgia – Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 57th Georgia – Lieutenant Colonel Cincinnatus S. Guyton 63rd Georgia – Colonel George A. Gordon Gist’s Brigade (Transferred from Cheatham’s Division July 24) Brigadier General States Rights Gist (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta ) Colonel James McCullough (Commanded from July 22) Units 8th Georgia Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah L. Watters 46th Georgia – Major Samuel J. C. Dunlap 16th South Carolina – Colonel James McCullough 24th South Carolina – Colonel Ellison Capers Jackson’s Brigade (Transferred to Cheatham’s Division July 24) Brigadier General John R. Jackson Units 47th Georgia (Transferred to Savannah July 24) 65th Georgia – Cap. William G. Foster 5th Mississippi (Transferred to Savannah July 24) – Colonel John Weir 8th Mississippi – Colonel John C. Wilkinson (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters – Major Richard H. Whiteley Stevens’ Georgia Brigade Brigadier General Clement H. Stevens (Killed July 20 at Battle of Peachtree Creek) Colonel James Cooper Nisbet (Captured July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) Brigadier General Henry Rootes Jackson (Commanded from July 29) Units 1st Georgia Confederates – Colonel George A. Smith 25th Georgia – Colonel William J. Winn 29th Georgia – Major John J. Owen 30th Georgia – Lieutenant Colonel James S. Boynton (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) HOOD'S ARMY CORPS Lieutenant General John B. Hood Major General Carter l. Stevenson (Commanded July 18) Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham (Commanded July 19 to 25) Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee (Commanded from July 27) HINDMAN'S DIVISION Major General Thomas C. Hindman (Sustained eye injury July 3 near Smyrna) Brigadier General John C. Brown (Commanded from July 11 and wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) Major General Patton Anderson (Commanded from July 29 and wounded August 31 at Battle of Jonesboro) Major General Edward Johnson (Commanded from August 31) Deas’s Alabama Brigade Brigadier General Zachariah C. Deas (Sick from late May to August 6) Colonel John C. Coltart (Commanded from June 30 to July 26 and wounded July 28 at battle of Ezra Church) Brigadier General George D. Johnston (Commanded from July 26 and wounded July 28 at battle of Ezra Church) Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Toulmin (Commanded from July 28) Units 19th Alabama – Colonel George R. Kimbrough 22nd Alabama – Colonel Benjamin R. Hart (Killed July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 25th Alabama – Colonel George D. Johnston (Wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 39th Alabama – Colonel William C. Clifton (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 50th Alabama – Colonel John G. Coltart (Wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 17th Alabama Sharpshooters – Capt. James F. Nabers Manigault’s Brigade Brigadier General Arthur M. Manigault Units 24th Alabama – Colonel Newton N. Davis 28th Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel William L. Butler 34th Alabama – Colonel Julius C. B. Mitchell 10th South Carolina – Colonel James Pressley (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 19th South Carolina – Major James L. White (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) Walthall’s Mississippi Brigade Brigadier General Edward C. Walthall (Assumed command of a division in Loring’s (Polk’s) Corps June 6) Colonel Samuel Benton (Commanded from June 5, wounded July 22 at battle of Atlanta) Colonel William F. Brantley (Commanded from July 22) Units 24th & 27th Mississippi – Colonel Robert P. McKelvaine (Wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 29th & 30th Mississippi – Colonel William F. Brantley 34th Mississippi – Colonel Samuel Benton (Wounded July 22 at battle of Atlanta) Tucker’s Mississippi Brigade Brigadier General William F. Tucker (Wounded May 14 at Resaca) Colonel Jacob H. Sharp (Commanded from May 14) Units 7th Mississippi- Colonel William H. Bishop 9th Mississippi – Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Johns 10th Mississippi – Lieutenant Colonel George B. Myers 41st Mississippi – Colonel J. Byrd Williams (Killed Augus 31 at Battle of Jonesboro) 9th Mississippi Sharpshooters – Major William C. Richards STEVENSON'S DIVISION Major General Carter L. Stevenson (Wounded August 31 at battle of Jonesboro) Brown’s Tennessee Brigade Brigadier General John C. Brown (Took command of Hindman’s Division July 11) Colonel Joseph C. Palmer (Commanded from July 11) Units 3rd Tennessee – Colonel Calvin H. Walker (Killed June 22 at Battle of Kolb’s Farm) 18th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel William R. Butler 26th Tennessee – Colonel Richard M. Saffell 32nd Tennessee – Colonel Edward C. Cook (Killed June 22 at Battle of Kolb’s Farm) 45th & 23rd Tennessee – Colonel Anderson Searcy Cumming’s Georgia Brigade Brigadier General Alfred Cumming (Wounded August at Battle of Jonesboro) Units 2nd Georgia State Line (Joined brigade June 15) 34th Georgia – Major John M. Jackson 36th Georgia – Major Charles E. Broyles 39th Georgia – Lieutenant Colonel J.F.B. Jackson 56th Georgia – Colonel Elihu P. Watkins (Wounded June 22 at Battle of Kolb’s Farm) Reynold’s Brigade Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds (Wounded may 25 at Battle of New Hope Church) Units 58th North Carolina – Major Thomas J. Dula 60th North Carolina – Colonel Wachington M. hardy 54th Virginia – Colonel Robert C. Trigg 63rd Virginia – Capt. Connally H. Lynch Pettus’ Alabama Brigade Brigadier General Edmund W. Pettus Units 20th Alabama – Colonel James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama - Colonel Franklin R. Beck (Killed May 14 at Battle of Resaca) 30th Alabama – Colonel Charles M. Shelly 31st Alabama – Colonel Daniel R. Hundley 46th Alabama – Capt. George E. Brewer STEWART'S DIVISION Major General Alexander P. Stewart (Commanded until July 7, when placed in command of Polk’s old corps) Major General Henry D. Clayton (Commanded from July 7) Stovall’s Georgia Brigade Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall (Sick May 15 to June 1 and absent much of July & August, but commanded on August 31 at Jonesboro) Colonel Abda Johnson (Commanded May 15 to June 1) Colonel Robert J. Henderson (Commanded from August 12 to 31) Units 1st Georgia State Line (Joined brigade May 26) 40th Georgia – Colonel Abda Johnson 41st Georgia – Major Mark S. Nall (Killed August 31 at Battle of Jonesboro) 42nd Georgia – Colonel Robert J. Henderson (Wounded May 15 at Battle of Resaca) 43rd Georgia – Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Kellog (Wounded May 25 at Battle of New Hope Church) 52nd Georgia – Capt. John R. Russell Clayton’s Alabama Brigade Brigadier General Henry D. Clayton (Commanded until July 7, when assumed command of Stewart’s old corps) Brigadier General James T. Holtzclaw (Commanded from July 10) Colonel Bushrod Jones (Commanded from July 22) Units 18th Alabama – Colonel Peter F. Hunley 32nd & 58th Alabama – Colonel Bushrod Jones 36th Alabama – Colonel Lewis T. Woodruff (Killed May 25 at Battle of new hope Church) 38th Alabama – Colonel A.R. Lankford (Killed May 15 at Battle of Resaca) Gibson’s Louisiana Brigade Brigadier General Randall L. Gibson Units 1st Louisiana – Major S. S. Batchelor 13th Louisiana – Lieutenant Colonel Francis L. Campbell 16th & 25th Louisiana – Colonel Joseph C. Lewis (Killed August 31 at Battle of Jonesboro) 14th Battalion Louisiana Sharpshooters – Major John E. Austin 19th Louisiana – Colonel Richard W. Turner 20th Louisiana – Colonel Leon von Zinken Baker’s Alabama Brigade Brigadier General Alpheus Baker Units 37th Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel Alexander A. Greene (Wounded July 22 at Battle of Atlanta) 40th Alabama – Colonel John H. Higley 42nd Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Lanier (Wounded May 26 near New Hope Church) 54th Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel John A. Minter POLK'S ARMY CORPS Major General Leonidas K. Polk (Killed June 14 at Pine Mountain) Major General William W. Loring (Commanded June 14 to July 7) Major General Alexander P. Stewart (Commanded from July 7 and wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham (Commanded from July 28) ESCORT Orleans Louisiana Light Horse Cavalry – Capt. Leeds Greenleaf LORING'S DIVISION (Joined Army of Tennessee May 11) Major General William W. Loring Brigadier General Winfield S. Featherston (Commanded from June 14 to July 7) Featherston’s Mississippi Brigade Brigadier General Winfield Featherston Units 3rd Mississippi – Colonel Thomas A Mellon (Wounded July 20 at Battle of Peachtree Creek) 22nd Mississippi – Major Martin A Oatis (Wounded July 20 at Battle of Peachtree Creek) 31st Mississippi – Colonel Marcus D. L. Stephens 40th Mississippi – Lieutenant Colonel George P. Wallace (Wounded July 20 at Battle of Peachtree Creek) 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters – Major James M. Stigler Adam’s Mississippi Brigade Brigadier General John Adams Units 6th Mississippi – Colonel Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi – Lieutenant Colonel Washington L. Doss 15th Mississippi – Colonel Michael Farrell 20th Mississippi – Colonel William N. Brown 23rd Mississippi – Colonel Joseph M. Wells 43rd Mississippi – Colonel Richard Harrison Scott’s Brigade Brigadier General Thomas M. Scott Units 27th Alabama – Colonel James Jackson 35th Alabama – Colonel Samuel S. Ives 49th Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel John D. Weeden 55th Alabama – Colonel John Snodgrass 57th Alabama – Col Charles J. L. Cunningham 12th Louisiana – Colonel Noel L. Nelson FRENCH'S DIVISION (Joined Army of Tennessee May 18) Major General Samuel G. French Ector’s Brigade Brigadier General Mathew D. Ector (Wounded June 2 near Lost Mountain and July 27 during Siege of Atlanta) Brigadier General William H. Young (Commanded from July 27) Units 29th North Carolina – Colonel Bacchus S. Proffit 39th North Carolina – Colonel David Coleman 9th Texas – Colonel William H. Young 10th Texas Cavalry – Colonel C.R. Earp 14th Texas Cavalry – Colonel Joyhn L. Camp 32nd Texas Cavalry – Colonel Julius A. Andrews Cockrell’s Missouri Brigade Brigadier General Francis M. Cockrell (Wounded June 19 near Kennesaw Mountain and resumed commanded August 8) Colonel Elijah Gates (Commanded from June 6, wounded June 17 near the Latimer House and wounded August 23 in fortifications of Atlanta, near Jennings’ House) Units 1st & 4th Missouri – Colonel A.C. Riley (Killed May 25 at Battle of New Hope Church and replaced by Colonel Hugh Garland) 2nd & 6th Missouri – Colonel Peter C. Fluorney 3rd & 5th Missouri – Colonel James McCowan 1st & 3rd Missouri Cavalry – Colonel Elijah Gates Sears’ Mississippi Brigade Brigadier General Claudius W. Sears Colonel William S. Barry (Commanded from June 10) Units 4th Mississippi – Colonel Thomas N. Adaire 35th Mississippi – Colonel Reuben H. Shotwell 36th Mississippi – Colonel William W. Witherspoon 46th Mississippi – Colonel William H. Clark 7th Mississippi Battalion – Capt. W. A. Trotter WALTHALL'S DIVISION (From the Dept. of the Gulf as Cantey’s Division May 9 and became Walthall’s Division June 6.) Major General Edward C. Walthall (Commanded new division from June 6.) Reynolds’ Arkansa Brigade Brigadier Gen Daniel H. Reynolds Units 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles – Colonel Lee M. Ramsaur 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles – Colonel James A. Williamson 4th Arkansas Mounted Rifles – Colonel Henry G. Bunn (Wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 9th Arkansas Mounted Rifles – Colonel Isaac L. Dunlop 25th Arkansas Mounted Rifles – Colonel Charles J. Turnbull Cantey’s Brigade Brigadier General James Cantey Colonel Edward A O’Neal (Commanded from June 27) Units 17th Alabama – Colonel Virgil S. Murphy 26th Alabama – Major David F. Bryan 29th Alabama – Colonel John F. Conoley 37th Mississippi – Colonel Orlando S. Holland Quarles Brigade (Joined Army of Tennessee May 24) Brigadier General William A. Quarles Units 1st Alabama – Major Samuel L. Knox (Wounded July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) 4th Alabama – Colonel Samuel E. Hunter 30th Louisiana – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Shields (Killed July 28 at Battle of Ezra Church) ARTILLERY Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup (Commanded until July 21) Colonel Robert F. Beckham (Commanded from July 21) HARDEE'S CORPS ARTILLERY Colonel Melancthon Smith HOXTON'S BATTALION (8 Napoleans & 4 – 12 pounder howitzers) Major Llewelyn Hoxton Units Alabama Battery – Capt. John Phelan (Wounded May 15 at Battle of Resaca) Florida Battery – Capt. Thomas J. Perry Mississippi Battery – Capt. William B. Turner HOTCHKISS'S BATTALION (8 Napoleans & 4 – 12 pounder howitzers) Major Thomas R. Hotchkiss (Wounded July 21 near Leggett’s Hill) Capt. Thomas J. Key (Commanded from July 21) MARTIN'S BATTALION (6 Napoleans & 6 – 12 pounder howitzers) Major Robert Martin Units Missouri Battery – Capt. Hiram M. Bledsoe South Carolina Battery - Lieutenant Rene Beauregard Georgia Battery – Capt. Evan P. Howell COBB'S BATTALION (8 Napoleans & 4 – 12 pounder howitzers) Major Robert Cobb Units Kentucky Battery – Capt. Frank P. Gracey Tennessee Battery – Capt. John W. Mebane (Killed May 27 near new Hope Church) Washington Louisiana Battery – Capt. Cuthbert H. Slocumb PALMER'S BATTALION (8 Napoleans & 4 – 3”ordnance rifles) Major Joseph Palmer Units Alabama Battery – Capt. Charles L. Lumsden Georgia Battery – Capt. Ruel W. Anderson Georgia Battery – Capt. Minor W. Havis HOOD'S (LEE'S) CORPS ARTILLERY Colonel Robert F. Beckham Lieutenant Colonel James H. Hallonquist (Commanded from July 21) COURTNEY'S BATTALION (4 Napoleans, 4 – 12 pounder howitzers, & 4 – 3” ordnance rifles) Major Alred R. Courtney Units Alabama Battery – Capt. James Garrity Alabama Battery – Capt. Staunton H. Dent Texas Battery – Capt. James P. Douglas ELDRIDGE'S BATTALION (6 Napoleans, 2 – 12 pounder howitzers & 4 – 3” ordnance rifles) Major John W. Eldridge Units Eufaula Alabama Battery – Capt. McDonald Oliver Louisiana Battery – Capt. Charles E. Fenner Mississippi Battery – Captain Thomas J. Stanford (Killed May 15 at Battle of Resaca) JOHNSTON'S BATTALION (12 Napoleans) Major John W. Johnston (Wounded May 14 at Resaca) Capt. Maximillian Van Den Corput (Commanded from May 14) Units Cherokee Georgia battery – Capt. Maximillian Van Den Corput Georgia Light Battery – Capt. John B. Rowan Tennessee Battery – Capt. Lucius G. Marshall WILLIAMS' BATTALION (Transferred to Stewart’s Corps July 23) (4 Napoleans, 4 – 12 pounder howitzers & 4 – 3” ordnance rifles) Lieutenant Colonel Samuel C. Williams Capt. Reuben F. Kolb (Commanded from July 31) Units Barbour Alabama Battery – Capt. Reuben F. Kolb Jefferson Mississippi Battery – Capt. Putnam Darden Virginia Battery – Capt. William C. Jeffress POLK'S CORPS ARTILLERY Lieutenant Colonel Samuel C. Williams (Commanded from July 23) MYRICK'S BATTALION (12 Napoleans) Major John D. Myrick Units Mississippi Battery – Capt. James J. Cowan Lookout Tennessee Battery – Capt. Robert L. Barry Pointe Coupee Louisiana Battery – Capt. Alcide Bouanchard STORRS' BATTALION (10 Napoleans & 2 – 3” ordnance rifles) Major George S. Storrs Units Alabama Battery – Capt. John J. Ward (Wounded July 27 in fortifications of Atlanta) Mississippi Battery – Capt. James A. Hoskins Missouri Battery – Capt. Henry Guibor PRESTON'S BATTALION (8 Napoleans)Major William C. Preston (Killed July 20 at Battle of Peachtree Creek) Major Daniel Truehart (Commanded from July 20) Units Alabama Battery – Capt. Edward Tarrant (Commanded from May 24) Selden’s Alabama Battery – Lieutenant Charles W. Lovelace (Wounded July 20 at Battle of Peachtree Creek) WADDELL'S BATTALION (10 – 12 pounder howitzers & 2 – 12 pounder Blakely rifles) Major James F. Waddell (Sick after July 31) Cap. Overton W. Barrett (Commanded from July 31) Units Alabama Battery – Capt. Winslow D. Emery Alabama Battery – Capt. Richard H. Bellamy Missouri Battery – Captain Overton W. Barrett (Replaced July 31 by Lieutenant William Brown) CAVALRY CORPS Major General Joseph Wheeler MARTIN'S DIVISION (Joined Army of Tennessee May 9) Allen’s Alabama Brigade Brigadier General William Wirt Allen Units 1st Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel D.T. Blakey 3rd Alabama – Colonel James Hagan 4th Alabama – Colonel Alfred A. Russell 7th Alabama – Capt. George Mason 51st Alabama – Colonel M. L. Kirkpatrick 12th Alabama Battalion – Capt. Warren S. Reese Iverson’s Brigade Brigadier General Alfred Iverson Units 1st – Colonel Samuel W. Davitte 2nd Georgia – Colonel Charles C. Crews 3rd Georgia – Colonel Robert Thompson 4th Georgia – Colonel Isaac W. Avery (Wounded May 26 near New Hope Church) 6th Georgia – Colonel John R. Hart KELLY'S DIVISION Brigadier General John H. Kelly Anderson’s Brigade Brigadier General Robert H. Anderson (Wounded July 30 at Battle of Brown’s Mill) Units3rd Confederate – Lieutenant Colonel John McCaskill 8th Confederate – Lieutenant Colonel John S. Prather 10th Confederate – Capt. W. J. Vason 12th Confederate – Capt. Charles H. Conner 5th Confederate – Colonel Edward Bird Dibrell’s Tennessee Brigade Colonel George G. Dibrell Units 4th Tennessee – Colonel William S. McLemore 8th Tennessee – Capt. Jefferson Leftwich 9th Tennessee – Colonel Jacob B. Biffle 10th Tennessee – Colonel William E. DeMoss 11th Tennessee – Colonel Daniel W. Holman William’s Brigade Brigadier General John S. Williams Units 2nd Kentucky – Major Thomas W. Lewis 3rd Kentucky – Colonel J.R. Butler 9th Kentucky – Colonel William C. P. Breckinridge 2nd Kentucky Battalion – Capt. John B. Dortch Allison’s Tennessee Squadron – Capt. J.S. Reese Hamilton’s Tennessee Battalion – Major Joseph Shaw Hannon’s Alabama Brigade Colonel Moses W. Hannon Units 53rd Alabama – Lieutenant Colonel John F. Gaines 24th Alabama Battalion – Major Robert B. Snodgras HUMES' DIVISION Brigadier General William Y. C. Humes Ashby’s Tennessee Brigade Colonel Henry M. Ashby Units 1st Tennessee (Formerly 6th Tennessee) – Colonel James T. Wheeler 2nd Tennessee – Capt. John H. Kuhn 5th Tennessee – Colonel George W. McKenzie 9th Tennessee – Major James H. Akin Harrison’s Brigade Colonel Thomas H. Harrison Units 3rd Arkansas – Colonel Anson W. Hobson 4th Tennessee – Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Anderson 8th Texas – Lieutenant Colonel Gustave Cook 11th Texas – Colonel George H. Reeves JACKSON'S DIVISION (Joined Army of Tennessee May 17) Brigadier General William H. (Red)Jackson Armstrong’s Mississippi Brigade Brigadier General Frank C. Armstrong Units 1st Mississippi – Colonel R. A. Pinson 2nd Mississippi – Major John J. Perry 28th Mississippi – Colonel Peter B. Starke Ballentine’s Mississippi Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William L. Maxwell Ross’ Texas Brigade Brigadier General Lawrence (Sul) Ross Units 1st Texas Legion – Colonel Edwin R. Hawkins 3rd Texas Legion – Colonel Jiles S. Boggess 6th Texas Legion – Colonel Peter F. Ross 9th Texas Legion – Colonel Dudley W. Jones Ferguson’s Brigade Brigadier General Samuel W. Ferguson Units 2nd Alabama – Colonel Robert G. Earle (Killed May 18 at Bamsley Gardens) 56th Alabama – Colonel William Boyles 9th Mississippi – Colonel Horace H. Miller WHEELER'S HORSE ARTILLERY (8 – 12 pounder howitzers & 8 – 3” ordnance rifles) Lieutenant Colonel Felix H. Robertson Units Georgia Battery (1 section) – Lieutenant Nathan Davis Huwald’s Tennessee Battery – Lieutenant D. Breck Ramsey Tennessee Battery – Capt. Almaria L. Huggins Tennessee Battery – Capt. Benjamin F. White Arkansas Battery – Lieutenant J. Wylie Callaway JACKSON'S DIVISION HORSE ARTILLERY (8 – 3” ordnance rifles) Capt. John Waties Units Columbus Georgia Battery – Capt. Edward Croft Missouri Battery – Capt. Houston King South Carolina Battery – Lieutenant R. B. Waddell FIRST DIVISION GEORGIA MILITIA (Assigned to Army of Tennessee by Gorgia Governor Joseph E. Brown on June 1) Major General Gustavus W. Smith 1st Brigade Brigadier General Reuben W. Carswell Units 1st Regiment – Colonel Edward H. Pottle 2nd Regiment – Colonel James Stapleton 3rd Regiment – Colonel Q.M. Hill 2nd Brigade Brigadier General Pleasant J. Phillips Units 4th Regiment – Colonel James N. Mann 5th Regiment – Colonel S. S. Stafford 6th Regiment – Colonel J. W. Burney 3rd Brigade Brigadier General Charles D. Anderson Units 7th Regiment – Colonel Abner Redding 8th Regiment – Colonel S.S. Stafford 9th Regiment – Colonel J.M. Hill 4th Brigade Brigadier General Henry Kent McCay Units 10th Regiment – Colonel C.M. Davis 11th Regiment – Colonel William T. Toole 12th Regiment – Colonel Richard Sims Miscellaneous Units Youngblood’s Battalion of Government Mechanics (Columbus, Georgia) Major E.H. Youngblood(Attached to Reynolds’ Brigade of Walthall’s Division at Battle of Ezra Church) Samuel J. Gholson’s Mississippi Brigade Colonel John McGuirk(Assigned to Reynolds’ Brigade of Walthall’s Division at Battle of Ezra Church and to Granbury’s Brigade of Cleburne’s Division at Battle of Jonesboro) |
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