Siege of Corinth Confederate order of battle

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The following units [1] and commanders of the Confederate Army fought at the Siege of Corinth (29 Apr-30 May 1862) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the Official Records of the American Civil War as they appeared on June 30, 1862. [2]

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Department Number Two

Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Army of Tennessee

Gen Braxton Bragg

I Corps

MG Leonidas Polk

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles Clark [3]

BG James H. Trapier [4]

1st Brigade


   Col Robert M. Russell

2nd Brigade


   BG Alexander P. Stewart

Second Division
     BG Benjamin F. Cheatham

1st Brigade


   BG Daniel S. Donelson

  • 8th Tennessee
  • 15th Tennessee
  • 16th Tennessee
  • 51st Tennessee
  • Carnes' (Alabama) Battery
2nd Brigade


   BG George Maney

Detached Brigade


   BG Samuel B. Maxey

  • 41st Georgia
  • 24th Mississippi
  • 9th Texas
  • Eldridge Wright's (Tennessee) Battery

II Corps

MG Thomas C. Hindman until 2 June [5]
MG Samuel Jones [6]

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Other
First Division [7] [8]

   BG Daniel Ruggles

1st Brigade [8] [9]

   BG J. Patton Anderson

2nd Brigade [8]

   BG Alfred Mouton

3rd Brigade [8]

   BG Lucius M. Walker

3rd Brigade

   BG John C. Moore

Second Division [8]

   MG Jones M. Withers

BG James H. Trapier [14]

1st Brigade

   BG Franklin Gardner

2nd Brigade

   BG James R. Chalmers

3rd Brigade

   BG John K. Jackson

4th Brigade

   BG James H. Trapier
   Col Arthur M. Manigault

III Corps

MG William J. Hardee

BrigadeRegiments and Other
1st Brigade

   BG St. John R. Liddell

2nd Brigade

   BG Patrick Cleburne

3rd Brigade

   BG S. A. M. Wood

  • 16th Alabama
  • 32nd Mississippi
  • 33rd Mississippi
  • 44th Tennessee
  • Baxter's (Tennessee) Battery
4th Brigade

   BG John S. Marmaduke

5th Brigade

   Col Alexander T. Hawthorn

Reserve Corps

MG John C. Breckinridge [8]

BrigadeRegiments and Other
1st Brigade

   BG James M. Hawes

  • 31st Alabama
  • 4th Alabama Battalion
  • 4th Kentucky
  • 5th (9th) Kentucky
  • Bryne's Mississippi Battery
2nd Brigade

   BG Benjamin H. Helm

3rd Brigade:

   BG John S. Bowen

4th Brigade

   Col Walter S. Statham

  • 15th Mississippi
  • 22nd Mississippi
  • 19th Tennessee
  • 20th Tennessee
  • 28th Tennessee
  • 45th Tennessee
  • McClung's (Tennessee) Battery

Army of the West

MG Earl Van Dorn

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division
     BG Samuel Jones
     BG Lewis H. Little

1st Brigade


   BG Lewis H. Little [17]
   BG John C. Moore [18]

2nd Brigade

   BG Louis Hébert [19]
   Col John W. Whitfield

3rd Brigade

   BG Martin E. Green

  • 4th Missouri Infantry
  • Battalion Missouri Infantry
  • Battalion Missouri Cavalry (dismounted)
  • Confederate Rangers (dismounted)
  • Clark’s Battery: [20] Cpt Houston King
  • Kneisley′s (Missouri) Battery: Cpt James Kneisley

Second Division
     BG Sterling Price
     BG John P. McCown

1st Brigade


   BG Joseph L. Hogg (died May 16)
   BG William L. Cabell

2nd Brigade


   BG Thomas J. Churchill

Third Division
     BG Dabney H. Maury

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas P. Dockery

2nd Brigade


   BG John C. Moore

3rd Brigade


   Col Charles W. Phifer

Artillery Brigade

Clark′s Battalion


   Maj Meriwether Lewis Clark

  • Clarks′s (Missouri) Battery: Cpt Houston King
  • Kneisley′s (Missouri) Battery: [21] Cpt James Kneisley
  • Landis′s (Missouri) Battery: Cpt John C. Landis

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References

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. The War of the Rebellion, Series I, Volume X, Part 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1891. pp. 787–790. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. Ill on April 14th
  4. Had command on April 14th to unknown
  5. Eicher p.297
  6. Eicher p.325
  7. The War of the Rebellion:a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington. 1880–1901. pp. 809–811. hdl:2027/mdp.49015002426576.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle". cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  9. "17th Regiment Infantry". www.acadiansingray.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  10. Left after May 26th 1862, to Vicksburg
  11. 1 2 3 4 Joined after May 26th 1862
  12. Transferred to the Second Division by May 26th, 1862
  13. Joined after May 26th 1862, but before May 28th
  14. Had command on May 3rd
  15. Not to be confused with the other 26th Alabama(O'Neill's) that served in the Army of Northern Virginia and later Army of Tennessee. Coltart's 26th Alabama was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6, 1863.
  16. Joined in June 1862
  17. Eicher p.350
  18. Eicher p.395
  19. Eicher p.291
  20. transferred to Clark′s Brigade
  21. transferred to Green′s Brigade

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