Confederate Order of Battle

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)

Last updated: July 29, 2025

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