The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign 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]
This order of battle covers the second phase of the campaign, July 17 – September 8, 1864. The period May 1 – July 17, 1864 is listed separately.
Gen John B. Hood [2]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Cheatham's Division | Maney's Brigade
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Strahl's Brigade
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Wright's Brigade |
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Vaughn's Brigade
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Cleburne's Division | Govan's Brigade |
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Lowrey's Brigade |
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Smith's Brigade [9]
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Bate's Division | Tyler's Brigade |
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Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade |
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Finley's Brigade
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Walker's Division [15] | Mercer's Brigade [16]
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Gist's Brigade [18]
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Stevens' Brigade [22]
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Hardee's Corps Artillery | Palmer's Battalion
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Hoxton's Battalion
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Hotchkiss' Battalion [24]
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Martin's Battalion
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Cobb's Battalion
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MG Carter L. Stevenson [26]
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham [27]
LTG Stephen D. Lee [28]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Anderson's Division [29] | Deas' Brigade
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Manigault's Brigade |
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Brantley's Brigade
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Sharp's Brigade [33] |
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Stevenson's Division | Brown's Brigade
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Cumming's Brigade |
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Reynold's Brigade
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Pettus' Brigade |
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Clayton's Division [39] | Stovall's Brigade |
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Holtzclaw's Brigade |
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Gibson's Brigade |
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Baker's Brigade |
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Lee's Corps Artillery | William's Battalion
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Courtney's Battalion
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Eldridge's Battalion
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Johnston's Battalion
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LTG Alexander P. Stewart (w July 28)
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham [45]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Loring's Division | Featherston's Brigade
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Adams' Brigade
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Scott's Brigade |
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French's Division | Ector's Brigade
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Cockrell's (First Missouri) Brigade
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Sears' Brigade |
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Walthall's Division | Reynolds' Brigade |
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Cantey's Brigade
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Quarles' Brigade |
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Stewart's Corps Artillery | Myrick's Battalion [51]
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Storrs' Battalion [52]
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Preston's Battalion [53]
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Waddell's Battalion
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Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Martin's Division | Allen's Brigade |
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Iverson's Brigade |
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Kelly's Division | Anderson's Brigade |
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Dibrell's Brigade |
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Hannon's Brigade
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Williams' Brigade [56] |
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Humes' Division | Ashby's Brigade
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Harrison's Brigade |
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Jackson's Division | Armstrong's Brigade |
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Ross' Brigade | ||
Ferguson's Brigade [57] |
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Waties' Battalion
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Corps Artillery Reserve | Wheeler's Horse Artillery |
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The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign. [58]
Corps | April 30 | June 10 | June 30 | July 10 | July 31 | August 10 | August 31 |
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Hardee's Corps | 21,946 | 20,741 | 18,107 | 16,567 | 13,369 | 14,013 | 14,160 |
Hood's/Lee's Corps | 21,385 | 17,379 | 15,970 | 15,492 | 13,553 | 13,005 | 11,633 |
Polk's/Stewart's Corps | - [59] | 16,538 | 14,380 | 13,354 | 11,850 | 11,551 | 11,457 |
Cavalry Corps | 8,062 | 13,546 | 12,889 | 12,379 | 12,523 | 12,803 | 13,244 |
Total | 52,931 | 69,946 | 62,747 | 59,196 | 51,843 | 51,946 | 51,141 |
The Battle of Spring Hill was fought November 29, 1864, at Spring Hill, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, attacked a Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield as it retreated from Columbia through Spring Hill. Because of a series of command failures, the Confederates were unable to inflict serious damage on the Federals and could not prevent their safe passage north to Franklin during the night. The next day, Hood pursued Schofield and attacked his fortifications in the Battle of Franklin, resulting in severe Confederate casualties.
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.
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The 7th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of Confederate States Army infantry volunteers organized in 1861 that fought mostly in the Army of Tennessee during the American Civil War. The regiment was captured at Fort Donelson in 1862 and sent to Northern prison camps. After the survivors were exchanged and new recruits added, the regiment was reconstituted and fought at Raymond, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap in 1863. The unit served in the Atlanta Campaign and at Franklin, Nashville, Averasborough, and Bentonville in 1864–1865. The regiment's 65 survivors surrendered to William Tecumseh Sherman's Federal forces on 26 April 1865.
The 10th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of Confederate States Army infantry volunteers organized in October 1861 that fought during the American Civil War. The regiment was captured in its first major action at Arkansas Post in January 1863. After being exchanged three months later, the 10th Texas was consolidated with two other regiments and assigned to Patrick Cleburne's division. Subsequently, the consolidated regiment fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap in 1863. After becoming an independent regiment again, the 10th Texas fought in the Atlanta Campaign, and at Franklin and Nashville in 1864. After a second consolidation the troops fought at Averasborough and Bentonville in 1865. The regiment's soldiers surrendered to Federal forces on 26 April 1865.
The 24th and 25th Consolidated Texas Cavalry Regiment was a unit that originally consisted of two regiments of mounted volunteers that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. However, by the time the two regiments were consolidated, they fought as infantry. Both regiments organized as cavalry near Hempstead, Texas in April 1862 and were dismounted to fight as infantry in July 1862. The two regiments served in the same brigade and were captured at the Battle of Arkansas Post in January 1863. After being sent to Northern prison camps, the soldiers were exchanged in April 1863. Assigned to the Army of Tennessee, the two regiments were consolidated with two additional Texas cavalry regiments and in 1863 fought as infantry at Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. In 1864, the other two Texas regiments were detached and the consolidated 24th and 25th fought as a separate infantry unit in the Atlanta campaign, at Franklin, and at Nashville. For the Carolinas campaign, the 24th and 25th fought at Bentonville before being reconsolidated with other Texas regiments and surrendering in April 1865.
The 4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in May 1861, the regiment served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The unit fought at Shiloh and Baton Rouge in 1862 and at Jackson in 1863. A detachment served during the Siege of Port Hudson and was captured. In 1864, the regiment fought in the Atlanta campaign where it lost heavily at Jonesborough. At Nashville in December 1864 most of the men were captured. The survivors were consolidated with several other units and fought at Spanish Fort in April 1865. The remnant surrendered in May 1865.