United States: The Union and Confederate Forces at the Battle of Chicamauga, 19th-20th September, 1863
v.1.0 March 17, 2002

Source:Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Chickamauga 18-20 September 1863:

Dr. William Glenn Robertson, Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Shanahan, Lieutenant Colonel John I. Boxberger and Major George E. Knapp. Published by Combat Studies Institute U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027-6900  http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/CSIPUBS/Robertson2/chickamauga1.htm#appendixa

 Order of Battle: Army of Tennessee (Confederates)

Union forces

 

Organization of the Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg, CSA, 19-20 September 1863

Headquarters

Escort

Capt. Guy Dreux

Dreux's Company Louisiana Cavalry, Lt. O. De Buis

Holloway's Company Alabama Cavalry, Capt. E. M. Holloway

RIGHT WING

Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk

Escort

Greenleaf's Company Louisiana Cavalry, Capt. Leeds Greenleaf

CHEATHAM'S DIVISION (of Polk's Corps)

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham

Escort

Company G, 2d Georgia Cavalry, Capt. Thomas M. Merritt

Jackson's Brigade

Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson

1st Georgia (Confederate), 2d Battalion, Maj. James Clark Gordon

5th Georgia, Col. Charles P. Daniel

2d Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. Richard H. Whiteley

5th Mississippi, Lt. Col. W. L. Sykes, Maj. John B. Herring

8th Mississippi, Col. John C. Wilkinson

Smith's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Preston Smith

Col. Alfred J. Vaughn Jr.

11th Tennessee, Col. George W. Gordon

12th Tennessee/47th Tennessee, Col. William M. Watkins

18th Tennessee/154th Tennessee, Col. A. J. Vaughn Jr., Lt. Col. R. W. Pitman

29th Tennessee, Col. Horace Rice

Dawson's (battalion) Sharpshooters (composed of two companies from the 11th Tennessee, two from the 12th and 47th Tennessee [consolidated], and one from the 154th Senior Tennessee), Maj. J. W. Dawson, Maj. William Green, Maj. James Purl

Maney's Brigade

Brig. Gen. George Maney

1st Tennessee/27th Tennessee, Col. Hume R. Feild

4th Tennessee (Provisional Army), Col. James A. McMurry, Lt. Col. Robert N. Lewis, Maj. Oliver A. Bradshaw, Capt. Joseph Bostick

6th Tennessee/9th Tennessee, Col. George C. Porter

24th Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. Frank Maney

Wright's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Marcus J. Wright

8th Tennessee, Col. John H. Anderson

16th Tennessee, Col. D. M. Donnell

28th Tennessee, Col. Sidney S. Stanton

38th Tennessee and Maj. Thomas B. Murrays (Tennessee) Battalion,Col. John C. Carter

51st Tennessee/52d Tennessee, Lt. Col. John G. Hall

Strahl's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl

4th Tennessee /5th Tennessee, Col. Jonathan J. Lamb

19th Tennessee, Col. Francis M. Walker

24th Tennessee, Col. John A. Wilson

31st Tennessee, Col. Egbert E. Tansil

33d Tennessee, Col. Warner P. Jones

Artillery

Maj. Melancthon Smith

Carnes'(Tennessee) Battery, Capt. William W. Carnes

Scogin's (Georgia) Battery, Capt. John Scogin

Scott's (Tennessee) Battery, Lt. John H. Marsh, Lt. A. T. Watson, Capt.William L. Scott

Smith's (Mississippi) Battery, Lt. William B. Turner

Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery, Capt Thomas J. Stanford

HILL'S CORPS

Lt. Gen. Daniel H. Hill

CLEBURNE'S DIVISION

Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne

Escort

Sanders' Company Tennessee Cavalry, Capt. C. F. Sanders

Wood's Brigade

Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood

16th Alabama, Maj. John H. McGaughy, Capt. Frederick A. Ashford

33d Alabama, Col. Samuel Adams

45th Alabama, Col. E. B. Breedlove

18th Alabama Battalion, Maj. John H. Gibson, Col. Samuel Adams (33d Alabama)

32d Mississippi/45th Mississippi, Col. M. P. Lowrey

15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. A. T. Hawkins, Capt. Daniel Coleman

Polk's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk

1st Arkansas, Col. John W. Colquitt

3d Confederate/5th Confederate, Col. J. A. Smith

2d Tennessee, Col. William D. Robison

35th Tennessee, Col. Benjamin J. Hill

48th Tennessee, Col. George H. Nixon

Deshler's Brigade

Brig. Gen. James Deshler

Col. Roger Q. Mills

19th Arkansas/24th Arkansas, Lt. Col. A. S. Hutchison

6th Texas Infantry/10th Texas Infantry/15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), Col. Roger Q. Mills, Lt. Col. T. Scott Anderson

17th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)/18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)124th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)/25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), Col. F. C. Wilkes, Lt. Col. John T. Coit, Maj. William A. Taylor

Artillery

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss

Capt. Henry C. Semple

Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery, Lt. Thomas J. Key

Douglas' (Texas) Battery, Capt. James P. Douglas

Semple's (Alabama) Battery, Capt. Henry C. Semple, Lt. R. W. Goldthwaite

BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION

Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge

Escort

Foules' Company Mississippi Cavalry, Capt. H. L. Foules

Helm's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm

Col. Joseph H. Lewis

41st Alabama, Col. Martin L. Stansel

2d Kentucky, Lt. Col. James W. Hewitt, Lt. Col. James W. Moss

4th Kentucky, Col. Joseph P. Nuckols, Maj. Thomas W. Thompson

6th Kentucky, Col. Joseph H. Lewis, Lt. Col. Martin H. Cofer

9th Kentucky, Col. John W. Caldwell, Lt. Col. John C. Wickliffe

Adams' Brigade

Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams

Col. Randall L Gibson

32d Alabama, Maj. John C. Kimbell

13th Louisiana/20th Louisiana, Col. Randall L. Gibson, Col. Leon von Zinken, Capt. E. M. Dubroca

16th Louisiana/26th Louisiana, Col. Daniel Gober

19th Louisiana, Lt. Col. Richard W. Turner, Maj. Loudon Butler, Capt. H. A. Kennedy

14th Louisiana Battalion, Maj. J. E. Austin

Stovall's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall

1st Florida/3d Florida, Col. William S. Dilworth

4th Florida, Col. W. L. L. Bowen

47th Georgia, Capt. William S. Phillips, Capt. Joseph S. Cone

60th North Carolina, Lt. Col. James M. Ray, Capt. James Thomas Weaver

Artillery

Maj. Rice E. Graves

Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery, Capt. Robert Cobb

Graves'(Kentucky) Battery, Lt. S. M. Spencer

Mebane's (Tennessee) Battery, Capt. John W. Mebane

Slocomb's (Louisiana) Battery, Capt. C. H. Slocomb

RESERVE CORPS

Maj. Gen. William H. T. Walker

WALKER'S DIVISION

Brig. Gen. States R. Gist

Gist's Brigade

Brig. Gen. States R. Gist

Col. Peyton H. Colquitt

Lt. Col. Leroy Napier

46th Georgia, Col. Peyton H. Colquitt, Maj. A. M. Speer

8th Georgia Battalion, Lt. Col. Leroy Napier, Maj. Z. L. Watters

16th South Carolina (not engaged, at Rome), Col. James McCullough

24th South Carolina, Col. Clement H. Stevens, Lt. Col. Ellison Capers

Ector's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector

Stone's (Alabama) Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. T. O. Stone

Pound's (Mississippi) Battalion Sharpshooters, Capt. M. Pound

29th North Carolina, Col. William B. Creasman

9th Texas, Col. William H. Young

10th Texas Cavalry (serving as infantry), Lt. Col. C. R. Earp,

14th Texas Cavalry (serving as infantry), Col. J. L. Camp

32d Texas Cavalry (serving as infantry), Col. Julius A. Andrews

Wilson's Brigade

Col. Claudius C. Wilson

26th Georgia, Lt. Col. A. J. Williams

29th Georgia, Lt. George R. McRae

30th Georgia, Lt. Col. James S. Boynton

1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. Arthur Shaaff

4th Louisiana Battalion, Lt. Col. John McEnery

Artillery

Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery (not engaged, at Rome), Lt. R. T. Beauregard

Howell's (Georgia) Battery (formerly Martin's), Capt. Evan P. Howell

LIDDELL'S DIVISION

Brig. Gen. St. John R. Liddell

Liddell's Brigade

Col. Daniel C. Govan

2d Arkansas/15th Arkansas, Lt. Col. Reuben F. Harvey, Capt. A. T. Meek

5th Arkansas/13th Arkansas, Col. L. Featherston, Lt Col. John E. Murray

6th Arkansas/7th Arkansas, Col. D. A. Gillespie, Lt. Col. Peter Snyder

8th Arkansas, Lt. Col. George F. Baucum, Maj. A. Watkins

1st Louisiana (Regulars), Lt. Col. George F. Baucum (8th Arkansas), Maj. A. Watkins (8th Arkansas)

Walthall's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

24th Mississippi, Lt. Col. R. P. MicKelvaine, Maj. W. C. Staples, Capt. B. F. Toomer, Capt. J. D. Smith

27th Mississippi, Col. James A. Campbell

29th Mississippi, Col. William F. Brantly

30th Mississippi, Col. Junius I. Scales, Lt. Col. Hugh A. Reynolds, Maj. James M. Johnson

34th Mississippi, Maj. William G. Pegrarn, Capt. H. J. Bowen, Lt. Col. Hugh A. Reynolds (30th Mississippi)

Artillery

Capt. Charles Swett

Fowler's (Alabama) Battery, Capt. William H. Fowler

Warren Light Artillery (Mississippi Battery), Lt. H. Shannon

LEFT WING

Lt. Gen. James Longstreet

HINDMAN'S DIVISION (of Polk's Corps)

Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman

Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson

>Escort

Lenoir's Company Alabama Cavalry, Capt. T. M. Lenoir

Anderson's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson

Col. J. H. Sharp

7th Mississippi, Col. W. H. Bishop

9th Mississippi, Maj. T. H. Lynam

10th Mississippi, Lt. Col. James Barr

41st Mississippi, Col. W. F. Tucker

44th Mississippi, Col. J. H. Sharp, Lt. Col. R. G. Kelsey

9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. W. C. Richards

Garrity's (Alabama) Battery, Capt. James Garrity

Deas' Brigade

Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas

19th Alabama, Col. Samuel K. McSpadden

22d Alabama, Lt. Col. John WeedGn, Capt. Harry T. Toulmin

25th Alabama, Col. George D. Johnston

39th Alabama, Col. Whitfield Clark

50th Alabama, Col. J. G. Coltart

17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters, Capt. James F. Nabers

Dent's (Alabama) Battery (formerly Robertson's), Capt. S. H. Dent

Manigaules Brigade

Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Manigault

24th Alabama, Col. N. N. Davis

28th Alabama, Col. John C. Reid

34th Alabama, Maj. John N. Slaughter

10th South Carolina/19th South Carolina, Col. James F. Pressley

Waters' (Alabama) Battery, Lt. Charles W. Watkins

BUCKNER'S CORPS

Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner

Escort

Clark's Company Tennessee Cavalry, Capt. J. W. Clark

STEWART'S DIVISION

Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Johnson's Brigade

(Part of Johnson's Provisional Division)

Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson

Col. John S. Fulton

l7th Tennessee, Lt. Col. Watt W. Floyd

23d Tennessee, Col. R. H. Keeble

25th Tennessee, Lt. Col. R. B. Snowden

44th Tennessee, Lt. Col. John L. McEwen Jr., Maj. G. M. Crawford

Bate's Brigade

Brig. Gen. William B. Bate

58th Alabama, Col. Bushrod Jones

37th Georgia, Col. A. F. Rudler, Lt. Col. Joseph T. Smith

4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Maj. T. D. Caswell, Capt. B. M. Turner, Lt Joel Towers

15th Tennessee/37th Tennessee, Col. R. C. Tyler, Lt. Col. R. Dudley Frayser, Capt. R. M. Tankesley

20th Tennessee, Col. Thomas B. Smith, Maj. W. M. Shy

Brown's Brigade

Brig. Gen. John C. Brown

Col. Edmund C. Cook

18th Tennessee, Col. Joseph B. Palmer, Lt. Col. William R. Butler, Capt. Gideon H. Lowe

26th Tennessee, Col. John M. Lillard, Maj. Richard M. Saffell

32d Tennessee, Col. Edmund C. Cook, Capt. Calaway G. Tucker

45th Tennessee, Col. Anderson Searcy

23d Tennessee Battalion, Maj. Tazewell W. Newman, Capt. W. P. Simpson

Clayton's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Henry D. Clayton

18th Alabama, Col. J. T. Holtzclaw, Lt. Col. R. F. Inge, Maj. P. F. Hunley

36th Alabama, Col. Lewis T. Woodruff

38th Alabama, Lt. Col. A. R. Lankford

Artillery

Maj. J. Wesley Eldridge

lst Arkansas Battery, Capt. John T. Humphreys

T. H. Dawson's (Georgia) Battery, Lt. R. W. Anderson

Eufaula Artillery (Alabama Battery), Capt. McDonald Oliver

Company E, 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion (Billington W. York's Battery), Lt. William S. Everett

PRESTON'S DIVISION

Brig. Gen. William Preston

Gracie's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie Jr.

43d Alabama, Col. Young M. Moody

1st Alabama Battalion (Hilliard's Legion), Lt. Col. John H. Holt, Capt. George W. Huguley

2d Alabama Battalion (Hilliard's Legion), Lt. Col. Bolling Hall Jr., Capt. W. D. Walden

4th Alabama Battalion (artillery battalion, Hilliard's Legion, serving as infantry), Maj. John D. McLennan

63d Tennessee, Lt. Col. Abraham Fulkerson, Maj. John A. Aiken

Trigg's Brigade

Col. Robert C. Trigg

1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted), Col. G. Troup Maxwell

6th Florida, Col. J. J. Finley

7th Florida, Col. Robert Bullock

54th Virginia, Lt. Col. John J. Wade

3d Brigade

Col. John H. Kelly

65th Georgia, Col, R. H. Moore

5th Kentucky, Col. Hiram Hawkins

58th North Carolina, Col. John B. Palmer

63d Virginia, Maj. James M. French

Artillery Battalion

Maj. A. Leyden

Jeffress' (Virginia) Battery, Captain William C. Jeffress

Peeples (Georgia) Battery, Capt. Tyler M. Peeples

Wolihin's (Georgia) Battery, Capt. Andrew M. Wolihin

RESERVE CORPS ARTILLERY

Maj. Samuel C. Williams

Baxter's (Tennessee) Battery, Capt. Edmund D. Baxter

Darden's (Mississippi) Battery, Capt. Putnam Darden

Kolb's (Alabama) Battery, Capt. R. F. Kolb

McCants' (Florida) Battery, Capt. Robert P. McCants

JOHNSON'S DIVISION

(This division was a provisional organization embracing Johnson's and, part of the time, Robertson's, Gregg's, and McNaies Brigades. On 19 September, the division was attached to Longstreet's Corps under Maj. Gen. John B. Hood.)

Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson.

Gregg's Brigade

Brig. Gen. John Gregg

Col. Cyrus A. Sugg

3d Tennessee, Col. Calvin H. Walker

10th Tennessee, Col. William Grace

30th Tennessee, Lt. Col. James J. Turner, Capt. Charles S. Douglass

41st Tennessee, Lt. Col. James D. Tillman

50th Tennessee, Col. Cyrus A. Sugg, Lt. Col. Thomas W. Beaumont, Maj. Christopher W. Robertson, Col. Calvin H. Walker (3d Tennessee)

1st Tennessee Battalion, Maj, Stephen H. Colms, Maj. Christopher W. Robertson (50th Tennessee)

7th Texas, Col. H. B. Granbury, Maj. K. M. Vanzandt

Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery, Lt. R. L. Wood

McNair's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Evander McNair

Col. David Coleman

1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted), Col. Robert W. Harper

2d ArkansasMounted Rifles (dismounted), Col. James A. Williamson

25th Arkansas, Lt. Col. Eli Hufstedler

4th/31st Arkansas and 4th Arkansas Battalion (consolidated), Maj. J. A. Ross

39th North Carolina, Col. David Coleman

Culpeper's (South Carolina) Battery, Capt. James F. Culpeper

LONGSTREET'S CORPS

(The Army of Northern Virginia. Its organization was taken from. returns of that army for 31 August 1863. Pickett's Division was left in Virginia.)

Maj. Gen. John B. Hood

McLAWS' DIVISION

Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

Kershaw's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw

2d South Carolina, Lt. Col. Franklin Gaillard

3d South Carolina, Col. James D. Nance

7th South Carolina, Lt. Col. Elbert Bland, Maj. John S. Hard, Capt. E. J. Goggans

8th South Carolina, Col. John W. Henagan

15th South Carolina, Col. Joseph F. Gist

3d South Carolina Battalion, Capt. Joshua M. Townsend

Humphreys' Brigade

Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys

13th Mississippi, Lt. Col. Kennon McElroy

17th Mississippi, Lt. Col. John C. Fiser

18th Mississippi, Capt. W. F. Hubbard

21st Mississippi, Lt. Col. D. N. Moody

HOOD'S DIVISION

Maj. Gen. John B. Hood

Brig. Gen. E. McIver Law

Law's Brigade

Brig. Gen. E. McIver Law

Col. James L. Sheffield

Col. William F. Perry

4th Alabama, Col. Pinckney D. Bowles

15th Alabama, Col. W. C. Oates

44th Alabama, Col. William F. Perry

47th Alabama, Maj. James M. Campbell

48th Alabama, Lt. Col. William M. Hardwick

Robertson's Brigade

(Served part of the time in Johnson's Provisional Division.)

Brig. Gen. Jerome B. Robertson

Col. Van H. Manning

3d Arkansas, Col. Van H. Manning

1st Texas, Capt. R. J. Harding

4th Texas, Lt. Col. John P. Bane, Capt. R. H. Bassett

5th Texas, Maj. J. C. Rogers, Capt. J. S. Cleveland, Capt, T. T. Clay

Benning's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning

2d Georgia, Lt. Col. William S. Shepherd, Maj. W. W. Charlton

15th Georgia, Col. Dudley M. Du Bose, Maj. P. J. Shannon

17th Georgia, Lt. Col. Charles W. Matthews

20th Georgia, Col. J. D. Waddell

RESERVE ARTILLERY

Maj. Felix H. Robertson

Barret's (Missouri) Battery, Capt, Overton W. Barret

Le Gardeur's (Lotusiana) Battery (not mentioned in the reports but in Reserve Artillery on 31 August, and Captain Le Gardeur, etc., relieved from duty in Army of Tennessee on 1 November 1863), Capt. G. Le Gardeur Jr.

Havis' (Georgia) Battery, Capt. M. W. Havis

Lumsden'a (Alabama) Battery, Capt, Charles L. Lumsden

Massenburg's (Georgia) Battery, Capt. T. L. Massenburg

CAVALRY

Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler

WHARTON'S DIVISION

Brig. Gen. John A. Wharton

1st Brigade

Col. C. C. Crews

Malone's (Alabama) Regiment, Col. J. C. Malone Jr.

2d Georgia, Lt. Col. F. M. Ison

3d Georgia, Col. R. Thompson

4th Georgia, Col. Isaac W. Avery

2d Brigade

Col. Thomas Harrison

3d Confederate, Col. W. N. Estes

3d Kentucky, Lt. Col. J. W. Griffith

4th Tennessee, Lt. Col. Paul F. Anderson

8th Texas, Lt. Col. Gustave Cook

11th Texas, Col. G. R. Reeves

White's (Tennessee) Battery, Capt. B. F. White Jr.

MARTIN'S DIVISION

Brig. Gen. William T. Martin

1st Brigade

Col. John T. Morgan

1st Alabama, Lt. Col. D. T. Blakey

3d Alabama, Lt. Col. T. H. Mauldin

51st Alabama, Lt. Col. M. L. Kirkpatrick

8th Confederate, Lt. Col. John S. Prather

2d Brigade

Col. A. A. Russell

4th Alabama (Russell's Regiment), Lt. Col. J. M. Hambrick

1st Confederate, Capt. C. H. Conner

J. H. Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery, Lt. J. P. Bryant

FORREST'S CORPS

Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest

Escort

Jackson's Company Tennessee Cavalry, Capt. J. C. Jackson

ARMSTRONG'S DIVISION

Brig, Gen. Frank C. Armstrong

 

Armstrong's Brigade [Col. James T. Wheeler]

3d Arkansas, Col. A. W. Hobson

2d Kentucky, Lt. Col. Thomas G. Woodward

6th Tennessee Battalion, Lt. Col. James H. Lewis

18th Tennessee Battalion, Maj. Charles McDonald

Forrest's Brigade [Col. George G. Dibrell]

4th Tennessee, Col. William S. McLemore

8th Tennessee, Capt. Hamilton McGinnis

9th Tennessee, Col. Jacob B. Biffle

10th Tennessee, Col. Nicholas Nickleby Cox

11th Tennessee, Col. Daniel Wilson Holman

Shaw's Battalion, O. P. Hamilton's Battalion, and R. D. Allison's Squadron (consolidated), Maj. Joseph Shaw

Huggins' (Tennessee) Battery (formerly Freeman's), Capt A. L. Huggins

Morton's (Tennessee) Battery, Capt. John W. Morton Jr.

 

PEGRAM'S DIVISION

Davidson's Brigade [Brig. Gen. H. B. Davidson]

1st Georgia [Col. J. J. Morrison]

6th Georgia  [Col. John R. Hart]

6th North Carolina [Col. George N. Folk]

Rucker's (1st Tennessee) Legion

Col. E. W. Rucker (12th Tennessee Battalion, Maj. G. W. Day and 16th Tennessee Battalion Capt. John Q. Arnold (captain Company B 12th Battalion])

Huwald's (Tennessee) Battery [Capt. Gustave A. Huwald]

 

Scott's Brigade [Col. John S. Scott]

10th Confederate, Col. C. T. Goode

Detachment of John H. Morgan's command, Lt. Col. R. M. Martin

1st Louisiana, Lt. Col. James O. Nixon

2d Tennessee, Col. H. M, Ashby

5th Tennessee, Col. George W. McKenzie

N. T. N. Robinson's (Louisiana) Battery (one section), Lt. Winslow Robinson

 

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