Vicksburg Confederate order of battle

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the campaign. [2] [3]

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Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Army of Vicksburg

LTG John C. Pemberton, Commanding

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Stevenson's Division


     MG Carter L. Stevenson

1st Brigade


   BG Seth M. Barton

  • 40th Georgia: Ltc Robert M. Young
  • 41st Georgia: Col William E. Curtiss
  • 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson
  • 43rd Georgia: Col Skidmore Harris (k), Cpt Mathadeas M. Grantham
  • 52nd Georgia: Maj John Jay Moore
  • Pettus Flying (Mississippi) Artillery: Lt Milton H. Trantham
  • Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery Co A (section/2 guns): Lt John Yoist
  • Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Co C (4 guns): Cpt Alexander Chust
2nd Brigade


   BG Alfred Cumming

  • 34th Georgia: Col James A. W. Johnson
  • 36th Georgia: Maj Charles E. Broyles
  • 39th Georgia: Ltc Joseph F. B. Jackson
  • 56th Georgia: Ltc John T. Slaughter
  • 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo
  • Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput
3rd Brigade


   BG Stephen D. Lee

  • 20th Alabama: Col Isham W. Garrott (k), [4] Col Edmund W. Pettus
  • 23rd Alabama: Col Franklin K. Beck
  • 30th Alabama: Cpt John C. Francis
  • 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington
  • 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer
  • Alabama Battery: Cpt James F. Waddell
4th Brigade


   Col Alexander W. Reynolds

  • 3rd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Newton J. Lillard
  • 39th Tennessee: [5] Col William M. Bradford
  • 43rd Tennessee: Col James W. Gillespie
  • 59th Tennessee: Col William L. Eakin
  • 3rd Maryland Battery: Cpt John B. Rowan
Waul's Texas Legion


   Col Thomas Neville Waul

  • 1st Battalion (Infantry): Maj Eugene S. Bolling
  • 2nd Battalion (Infantry): Ltc James Wrigley
  • Cavalry Battalion: Lt Thomas J. Cleveland
  • Artillery Company: Cpt John Q. Wall
Attached
  • 1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Richard S. Vandyke
  • Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery: [6] Lt James P. Wright
  • Signal Corps: Lt C. H. Barrot

Forney's Division


     MG John H. Forney

Hebert's Brigade


   BG Louis Hébert

Moore's Brigade


   BG John C. Moore

  • 37th Alabama: Col James F. Dowdell
  • 40th Alabama: Col John H. Higley
  • 42nd Alabama: Col John W. Portis
  • 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (6 companies): [7] Col William T. Withers
  • 35th Mississippi: Ltc Charles R. Jordan
  • 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert
  • 2nd Texas: Col Ashbel Smith
  • Co. D, 2nd Alabama Light Artillery Battalion: Cpt. Henry H. Sengstak
  • Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Company B: Cpt William A. Davidson

Smith's Division


     MG Martin L. Smith

Baldwin's Brigade


   BG William E. Baldwin

Vaughn's Brigade


   BG John C. Vaughn

Shoup's Brigade


   BG Francis A. Shoup

Mississippi State Troops [8]


   BG Jeptha V. Harris

  • 5th Regiment: Col Henry C. Robinson
  • 3rd Battalion: Ltc Thomas A. Burgin
Attached
  • 14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion: Maj Matthew S. Ward
  • Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Cpt James S. Smyth
  • Signal Corps: Cpt Max. T. Davidson

Bowen's Division


     MG John S. Bowen [9]

1st (Missouri) Brigade


   Col Francis Cockrell

2nd Brigade


   BG Martin E. Green (k) [10]
   Col Thomas P. Dockery

ArtilleryRiver Batteries [11]


   Col Edward Higgins

  • 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery (8 companies): [12] Ltc Daniel Beltzhoover
  • 8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion (3 companies): [13] Maj Frederick N. Ogden
  • 22nd (ex-23rd) Louisiana (4 companies): [14] Cpt Samuel Jones
  • 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (4 companies): [15] Col Andrew Jackson, Jr.
  • Tennessee Battery: [16] Cpt J.B. Caruthers
  • Tennessee Battery: [16] Cpt Thomas N. Johnston
  • Tennessee Battery: [16] Cpt J. Peyton Lynch
  • Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery (1st Mississippi Artillery, Battery L): Cpt Samuel C. Bains
Miscellaneous
  • 54th Alabama (detachment): Lt Joel P. Abney
  • City Guards: Cpt E.B. Martin
  • Signal Corps: Cpt C.A. King

Notes

  1. ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 326-328
  3. ↑ The commanders are given as indicated by the paroles.
  4. ↑ 17 June 1863; BG as of 28 May 1863}
  5. ↑ Paroled as the 31st Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and so known prior to June 1863.
  6. ↑ Assignment uncertain.
  7. ↑ Batteries A, C, D, E, G, and I. Battery L (Vaiden Artillery) reported in Higgins' command, and Batteries B, F, and K at Port Hudson, La.
  8. ↑ Under Vaughn's command.
  9. ↑ died of dysentery on 13 July 1863
  10. ↑ June 27, 1863
  11. ↑ The troops in this command paroled as of Moore's Brigade.
  12. ↑ Bond's, Bruce's, Butler's, Capers', Grayson's, Haynes', Lamon's, and Robertson's Companies.
  13. ↑ Barrow's, Grandpre's, and McCrory's Companies.
  14. ↑ P. A. Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's, and Theard's Companies.
  15. ↑ Dismukes', Neyland's, Norman's, and Parks' Companies.
  16. 1 2 3 Attached to 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery

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