Order of Battle - Confederate

ORGANIZATION OF CONFEDERATE FORCES

Major General George B. Crittenden

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FIRST BRIGADE

Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer

15th Mississippi Infantry – Lieut. Colonel Edward C. Walthall

19th Tennessee Infantry – Colonel David H. Cummings

20th Tennessee Infantry – Colonel Joel A. Battle

25th Tennessee Infantry – Colonel Sidney S. Stanton

Rutledge’s Tennessee Battery (4 guns) – Lieutenant Eugene F. Falconnet


SECOND BRIGADE

Brigadier General William H. Carroll

16th Alabama – Colonel William B. Wood

17th Tennessee – Lieut. Colonel T. C. H. Miller

28th Tennessee – Colonel John P. Murray

29th Tennessee – Colonel Samuel Powel

37th Tennessee Infantry Regiment – Colonel Moses White **

McClung’s Tennessee Battery (2 guns) – Captain Hugh L. McClung

** Crossed river on January 19th, engaged at Moulden’s Hill.

CAVALRY

Branner’s 4th Tennessee Battalion – Lieut. Colonel Benjamin M. Branner

McClellan’s 5th Tennessee Battalion – Lieut. Colonel George R. McClellan

Independent Companies – Captain Willis S. Bledsoe and Captain Q. C. Sanders

Brazelton’s 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion (2 companies) **


REMAINED AT MILL SPRINGS, KY

McKenzie’s 13th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion (1 company)

McNairy’s 1st Tennessee Cavalry Battalion – Lieut. Colonel Frank N. McNairy

Monsarrat’s Tennessee Artillery Battalion (6 Guns) – Lieutenant Ed Baxter ***

*** Moved two guns across the river on January 19th.

 
A screen shot of a page from the Official Records of the Civil War
A listing of the regiments by commander and state located at Beech Grove, Ky for the week of January 7, 1862.

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Felix K. Zollicoffer's command at Beech Grove

Last updated: April 29, 2024

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