Atlanta campaign order of battle: Second phase, Confederate

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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]

Contents

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.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood [2]

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Cheatham's Division
     BG George E. Maney

Maney's Brigade


   Col Francis M. Walker (k July 22)
   Col George C. Porter

Strahl's Brigade


   BG Otho F. Strahl (w July 22)
   Ltc James D. Tillman

Wright's Brigade


   BG John C. Carter

Vaughn's Brigade


   Col Michael Magevney

Cleburne's Division
     MG Patrick R. Cleburne

Govan's Brigade


   BG Daniel C. Govan

Lowrey's Brigade


   BG Mark P. Lowrey

  • 16th Alabama
  • 33rd Alabama
  • 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley (w&c July 22) Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
  • 5th Mississippi (from July 24)
  • 8th Mississippi (from July 24) [8] i: Col John C. Wilkinson (k July 22), Capt H.W. Crook (w July 22)
  • 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison (w July 22)
  • 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John D. Williams (c July 22), Cpt Thomas P. Connor
Smith's Brigade [9]


   BG James A. Smith (w July 22)
   Ltc Robert B. Young
   BG Hiram B. Granbury [10]

Bate's Division
     MG William B. Bate (w August 10)
     MG John C. Brown [12]

Tyler's Brigade


   BG Thomas Benton Smith

  • 37th Georgia
  • 2nd Tennessee (Provisional Army) [13]
  • 10th Tennessee
  • 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser (w July 22), Cpt Matthew Dwyer
  • 20th Tennessee
  • 30th Tennessee
  • 4th Georgia Sharpshooters
Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade


   BG Joseph Horace Lewis

Finley's Brigade


   Col Angus D. McLean
   Ltc Daniel Kenan [14]

Walker's Division [15]
     MG William H. T. Walker (k July 22)
     BG Hugh W. Mercer

Mercer's Brigade [16]


   BG Hugh W. Mercer
   Col William Barkuloo
   Ltc Morgan Rawls (w July 22)
   Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton
   Col Charles H. Olmstead [17]

  • 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead (w July 22), Maj Martin J. Ford
  • 54th Georgia: Ltc Morgan Rawls, Cpt Thomas W. Brantley
  • 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo, Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton
  • 63rd Georgia
Gist's Brigade [18]


   BG States Rights Gist (w July 22)
   Col James McCullough
   Col Ellison Capers [19]

  • 46th Georgia
  • 65th Georgia
  • 5th Mississippi (until July 24) [20]
  • 8th Mississippi (until July 24) [21]
  • 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough, Cpt John W. Boling
  • 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w July 22), Ltc Jesse S. Jones
  • 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
  • 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters
Stevens' Brigade [22]


   BG Clement H. Stevens (mw July 20)
   Col George A. Smith (w July 22)
   Col J. Cooper Nisbet (c July 22)
   Col William J. Winn
   BG Henry R. Jackson [23]

  • 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers)
  • 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn, Maj A.W. Smith
  • 29th Georgia
  • 30th Georgia
  • 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet, Cpt Thomas L. Langston
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters

Hardee's Corps Artillery
     Col Melancthon Smith

Palmer's Battalion


   Maj Joseph Palmer

  • Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery
  • Anderson's (Georgia) Battery
  • Havis' (Georgia) Battery
Hoxton's Battalion


   Maj Llewelyn Hoxton

  • Phelan's (Alabama) Battery
  • Marion (Florida) Light Artillery
  • Turner's (Mississippi) Battery
Hotchkiss' Battalion [24]


   Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss
   Cpt Thomas Key [25]

Martin's Battalion


   Maj Robert Martin

Cobb's Battalion


   Maj Robert Cobb

Lee's Corps

MG Carter L. Stevenson [26]
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham [27]
LTG Stephen D. Lee [28]

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Anderson's Division [29]
     MG Patton Anderson [30]

Deas' Brigade


   Col John G. Coltart
   BG Zachariah C. Deas [31]

  • 19th Alabama
  • 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart
  • 25th Alabama
  • 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton (w July 22), Cpt T. J. Branon
  • 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart, Cpt George W. Arnold
  • 17th Alabama Sharpshooters (until mid-August)
Manigault's Brigade


   BG Arthur Middleton Manigault

  • 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell
  • 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley
  • 19th South Carolina: Maj James L. White (w July 22), Cpt Elijah W. Horne
Brantley's Brigade


   Col Samuel Benton (mw July 22)
   Col William F. Brantley [32]

  • 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine
  • 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley, Ltc James M. Johnson
  • 34th Mississippi: Cpt T. S. Hubbard
Sharp's Brigade [33]


   BG Jacob H. Sharp [34]

Stevenson's Division
     MG Carter L. Stevenson

Brown's Brigade


   BG John C. Brown [37]
   Col Joseph B. Palmer [38] (w September 1)

  • 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers)
  • 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer
  • 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell
  • 32nd Tennessee
  • 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy
Cumming's Brigade


   BG Alfred Cumming

  • 34th Georgia
  • 36th Georgia
  • 39th Georgia
  • 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins
  • 2nd Georgia State: Col James Wilson
Reynold's Brigade


   Col Washington M. Hardy

Pettus' Brigade


   BG Edmund W. Pettus

  • 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
  • 23rd Alabama
  • 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley
  • 31st Alabama
  • 46th Alabama

Clayton's Division [39]
     MG Henry D. Clayton

Stovall's Brigade


   BG Marcellus A. Stovall

  • 40th Georgia
  • 41st Georgia
  • 42nd Georgia
  • 43rd Georgia
  • 52nd Georgia
  • 1st Georgia State: Ltc John M. Brown (mw July 22), Cpt Albert Howell
Holtzclaw's Brigade


   BG James T. Holtzclaw

Gibson's Brigade


   BG Randall L. Gibson

Baker's Brigade


   BG Alpheus Baker

  • 37th Alabama
  • 40th Alabama
  • 42nd Alabama
  • 54th Alabama

Lee's Corps Artillery
     Ltc James H. Hallonquist

William's Battalion


   Ltc Samuel C. Williams
   Cpt Reuben Kolb [42]

  • Barbour (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb
  • Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery
  • Nottoway (Virginia) Artillery
Courtney's Battalion


   Maj Alfred R. Courtney

Eldridge's Battalion


   Maj John W. Eldridge

  • Eufala (Alabama) Artillery
  • Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery
  • Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery
Johnston's Battalion


   Maj John W. Johnston
   Cpt John B. Rowan [43]

  • Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput
  • Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: John B. Rowan
  • Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery

[44]

Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart (w July 28)
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham [45]

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Loring's Division
     MG William W. Loring (w July 28)
     BG Winfield S. Featherston [46]

Featherston's Brigade


   BG Winfield S. Featherston
   Col Robert Lowry [47]
   Col Marcus Stephens [48]

Adams' Brigade


   BG John Adams

Scott's Brigade


   BG Thomas M. Scott

French's Division
     MG Samuel G. French

Ector's Brigade


   Col William H. Young

Cockrell's (First Missouri) Brigade


   Col Elijah Gates

Sears' Brigade


   Col William T.S. Barry
   BG Claudius W. Sears [50]

Walthall's Division
     MG Edward C. Walthall

Reynolds' Brigade


   BG Daniel H. Reynolds

Cantey's Brigade


   Col Edward A. O'Neal

Quarles' Brigade


   BG William A. Quarles

  • 1st Alabama
  • 42nd Tennessee
  • 48th Tennessee
  • 49th Tennessee
  • 53rd Tennessee
  • 56th (46th-55th) Tennessee

Stewart's Corps Artillery
     Ltc Samuel C. Williams

Myrick's Battalion [51]


   Maj John D. Myrick

Storrs' Battalion [52]


   Maj George S. Storrs

  • Ward's (Alabama) Battery
  • Hoskins' (Mississippi) Battery
  • Guibor's (Missouri) Battery
Preston's Battalion [53]


   Maj William C. Preston

  • Tarrant's (Alabama) Battery
  • Selden's (Alabama) Battery
  • Yates' (Mississippi) Battery
Waddell's Battalion


   Maj James F. Waddell
   Cpt Overton Barret [54]

Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Martin's Division
     MG William T. Martin

Allen's Brigade


   BG William Allen

  • 1st Alabama Cavalry
  • 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan
  • 4th Alabama Cavalry: Col Alfred A. Russell
  • 7th Alabama Cavalry
  • 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col Milton L. Kirkpatrick
  • 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion
Iverson's Brigade


   BG Alfred Iverson, Jr.

  • 1st Georgia Cavalry: Col Samuel W. Davitte
  • 2nd Georgia Cavalry: Col Charles C. Crews
  • 3rd Georgia Cavalry: Col Robert Thompson
  • 4th Georgia Cavalry: Col Isaac W. Avery
  • 6th Georgia Cavalry: Col John R. Hart

Kelly's Division
     BG John H. Kelly

Anderson's Brigade


   BG Robert H. Anderson [55]

  • 3rd Confederate Cavalry
  • 8th Confederate Cavalry
  • 10th Confederate Cavalry
  • 12th Confederate Cavalry
  • 5th Georgia Cavalry
Dibrell's Brigade


   Col George G. Dibrell

  • 4th (McLemore's) Tennessee Cavalry
  • 8th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 10th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 11th Tennessee Cavalry
Hannon's Brigade


   Col Moses W. Hannon

Williams' Brigade [56]


   BG John S. Williams

  • 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
  • 9th Kentucky Cavalry
  • 2nd (Dortch's) Kentucky Cavalry Battalion
  • Hamilton's Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
  • Allison's Tennessee Squadron

Humes' Division
     BG William Y.C. Humes

Ashby's Brigade


   Col Henry M. Ashby (from mid-June)

  • 1st (6th) Tennessee Cavalry: Col James T. Wheeler
  • 2nd (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry
  • 5th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
Harrison's Brigade


   Col Thomas H. Harrison

Jackson's Division
     BG William Hicks Jackson

Armstrong's Brigade


   BG Frank C. Armstrong

Ross' Brigade


   BG Lawrence Sullivan Ross

Ferguson's Brigade [57]


   BG Samuel W. Ferguson

Waties' Battalion


   Cpt John Waties

  • Columbus (Georgia) Artillery
  • King's (Missouri) Battery
  • Waties' (South Carolina) Battery

Corps Artillery Reserve

Wheeler's Horse Artillery


   Ltc Felix H. Robertson

  • Wiggin's (Arkansas) Battery: Lt J.P. Bryant
  • Ferrell's (Georgia) Battery (1 section)
  • Huggin's (Tennessee) Battery
  • Huwald's (Tennessee) Battery
  • White's (Tennessee) Battery

Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign. [58]

CorpsApril 30June 10June 30July 10July 31August 10August 31
Hardee's Corps21,94620,74118,10716,56713,36914,01314,160
Hood's/Lee's Corps21,38517,37915,97015,49213,55313,00511,633
Polk's/Stewart's Corps- [59] 16,53814,38013,35411,85011,55111,457
Cavalry Corps8,06213,54612,88912,37912,52312,80313,244
Total52,93169,94662,74759,19651,84351,94651,141

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 638-675
  2. Replaced General Joseph E. Johnston as army commander, and promoted to temporary full general July 18
  3. To July 24
  4. From July 25
  5. To July 25
  6. Consolidated into a single regiment with the 13th and 154th during August
  7. Transferred from Polk's Brigade
  8. Consolidated with the 32nd Mississippi during August
  9. also known as Granbury's Brigade when Granbury resumed command
  10. from July 22
  11. Transferred from Polk's Brigade
  12. From mid-August
  13. Transferred from Polk's Brigade
  14. From August
  15. Broken up July 24 and brigades reassigned to the other divisions of the corps
  16. Transferred to Cleburne's Division July 24
  17. From end of July
  18. Transferred to Cheatham's Division July 24
  19. until the end of August
  20. Transferred to Lowrey's Brigade July 24
  21. Transferred to Lowrey's Brigade July 24
  22. Transferred to Bate's Division July 24, and subsequently renamed Jackson's Brigade
  23. In command July 29
  24. Usually assigned to Cleburne's Division
  25. from mid-August
  26. In command July 18 to July 19
  27. In command July 19 to July 26
  28. In command from July 26
  29. Formerly Hindman's Division
  30. From July 29
  31. Resumed command in August
  32. Promoted Brigadier General July 26
  33. Formerly Tucker's Brigade
  34. Promoted Brigadier General July 24
  35. Consolidated with the 9th
  36. Consolidated with the 44th
  37. Promoted Major General and assigned to command of Bate's Division mid-August
  38. From mid-August
  39. Formerly Stewart's Division
  40. Transferred from Quarles' Brigade
  41. Transferred from Quarles' Brigade
  42. from late July
  43. from mid-August
  44. Formerly Hood's Corps
  45. In command from July 29 until mid-August
  46. In command from July 28
  47. From July 28 until mid-August
  48. From mid-August
  49. Only appears on return for July 31, possibly a typo for 1st Miss. Sharpshooters
  50. Resumed command late August
  51. Usually assigned to Loring's Division
  52. Usually assigned to French's Division
  53. Usually assigned to Walthall's Division
  54. From mid-August
  55. Promoted Brigadier General on July 26
  56. Occasionally attached to Humes' Division
  57. Last appears on return of July 10, status unknown after this point
  58. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 675-683
  59. Not present

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