Atlanta Campaign Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta Campaign

Atlanta Campaign

The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, beginning in May...

of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Union order of battle

Atlanta Campaign Union order of battle

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.This order of battle covers the period of May 7 - June 27, 1864...

is listed separately.

This order of battle covers the period of May 7 - June 27, 1864.

Military rank

Gen = General
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
Maj = Major
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
Cpt = Captain

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee

William J. Hardee

William Joseph Hardee was a career U.S. Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and fighting in the Mexican-American War...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cheatham's Division MG Benjamin F. Cheatham Benjamin F. Cheatham Benjamin Franklin Cheatham , known also as Frank, was a Tennessee aristocrat, California gold miner, and a General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, serving in many battles of the Western Theater.-Early years:Cheatham was born in Nashville, Tennessee on a plantation...	Maney's Tennessee Brigade BG George E. Maney	4th C.S. 1st and 27th Tennessee 6th and 9th Tennessee 41st Tennessee 50th Tennessee
	Strahl's Tennessee Brigade BG Otho F. Strahl Otho F. Strahl Otho French Strahl was an attorney and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was one of a small number of Southern generals who were born in the North.-Biography:...	4th and 5th Tennessee 19th Tennessee 24th Tennessee 31st Tennessee 33rd Tennessee
	Wright's Tennessee Brigade Col John Carter	8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 38th Tennessee 51st and 52nd Tennessee
	Vaughn's Tennessee Brigade BG Alfred J. Vaughn Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr. Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr. was an American civil engineer, planter, soldier, and writer. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and fought mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict.After the war Vaughan resumed farming, was active in...	11th Tennessee 12th and 47th Tennessee 29th Tennessee 13th and 154th Tennessee

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cleburne's Division MG Patrick R. Cleburne	Polk's Brigade BG Lucius E. Polk Lucius E. Polk -References:* Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.-External links:*...	1st and 15th Arkansas 3rd C.S. 5th C.S. 2nd Tennessee 35th and 48th Tennessee
	Govan's Arkansas Brigade BG Daniel C. Govan	2nd and 24th Arkansas 5th and 13th Arkansas 6th and 7th Arkansas 8th and 19th Arkansas
	Lowrey's Brigade BG Mark P. Lowrey	16th Alabama 33rd Alabama 45th Alabama 32nd Mississippi 45th Mississippi
	Granbury's Texas Brigade BG Hiram B. Granbury Hiram B. Granbury Hiram Bronson Granbury was a lawyer and county judge in Texas before the American Civil War . He organized a volunteer company for the Confederate States Army after the outbreak of the Civil War and became its captain. He rose to the grade of brigadier general in the Confederate army...	6th and 15th Texas 7th Texas 10th Texas 17th and 18th Texas 24th and 25th Texas

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Bate's Division MG William B. Bate William B. Bate William Brimage Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death...	Smith's Brigade BG Thomas Benton Smith Thomas Benton Smith Thomas Benton Smith was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...	37th Georgia 4th Georgia Sharpshooters 20th Tennessee 30th Tennessee 15th and 37th Tennessee
	Lewis' Kentucky Brigade BG Joseph Horace Lewis Joseph Horace Lewis Joseph Horace Lewis was an American lawyer, military leader and politician. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in...	2nd Kentucky 2nd Kentucky Infantry The 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:... 4th Kentucky 4th Kentucky Infantry The 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:... 5th Kentucky 5th Kentucky Infantry The 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In 1863 it became part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:... 6th Kentucky 6th Kentucky Infantry The 6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:... 9th Kentucky 9th Kentucky Infantry The 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:...
	Finley's Florida Brigade BG Jesse J. Finley Jesse J. Finley Jesse Johnson Finley was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida and the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He was also a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....	1st and 3rd Florida Cavalry 1st and 4th Florida 6th Florida 7th Florida

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Walker's Division MG William H. T. Walker William H. T. Walker William Henry Talbot Walker was an American soldier. He was a career United States Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War, and also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War...	Mercer's Georgia Brigade BG Hugh W. Mercer Hugh W. Mercer Hugh Weedon Mercer was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Biography:...	1st Georgia 54th Georgia 57th Georgia 63rd Georgia
	Gist's Georgia Brigade BG States Rights Gist States Rights Gist States Rights Gist was a lawyer, a militia general in South Carolina, and a Confederate Army brigadier general who served during the American Civil War. A relative of several prominent South Carolinians, Gist rose to fame during the war but was killed before its end at the Battle of Franklin on...	8th Georgia Battalion 46th Georgia 16th South Carolina 24th South Carolina
	Jackson's Georgia Brigade BG John K. Jackson John K. Jackson John King Jackson was an American lawyer and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, mainly in Florida and the Western Theater of the conflict...	47th Georgia 65th Georgia 1st Georgia Sharpshooters 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters 5th Mississippi 8th Mississippi
	Stevens' Georgia Brigade BG Clement H. Stevens	1st Georgia Confederate 25th Georgia 29th Georgia 30th Georgia 66th Georgia

Hood's Corps

LTG John B. Hood

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Hindman's Division MG Thomas C. Hindman Thomas C. Hindman Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. was a lawyer, United States Representative from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, and a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....	Deas' Alabama Brigade BG Zachariah C. Deas Zachariah C. Deas Zachariah Cantey Deas was a prominent Southern United States cotton broker and soldier. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... Col John C. Coltart	19th Alabama 22nd Alabama 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th Alabama 17th Alabama Sharpshooters
	Manigault's Brigade BG Arthur Middleton Manigault Arthur Middleton Manigault -External links:...	24th Alabama 28th Alabama 34th Alabama 10th South Carolina 19th South Carolina
	Wathall's Mississippi Brigade BG Edward C. Walthall Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:... Col Samuel Benton	24th and 27th Mississippi 29th and 30th Mississippi 34th Mississippi
	Tucker's Mississippi Brigade BG William F. Tucker William F. Tucker William Feimster Tucker was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... Col Jacob H. Sharp Jacob H. Sharp Jacob Hunter Sharp was a Mississippi lawyer, newspaperman and politician, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...	7th Mississippi 9th Mississippi 10th Mississippi 41st Mississippi 44th Mississippi 9th Mississippi Sharpshooters

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson Carter L. Stevenson Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Jr. was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army in several antebellum wars and then in the Confederate States Army as a general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Stevenson was born to a prominent family in...	Brown's Tennessee Brigade BG John C. Brown John C. Brown John Calvin Brown was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the Governor of Tennessee from 1871 to 1875, the first Democrat to be elected to that position following the war.-Early life:...	3rd Tennessee 18th Tennessee 26th Tennessee 32nd Tennessee 45th and 23rd Tennessee
	Cumming's Georgia Brigade BG Alfred Cumming Alfred Cumming (general) Alfred Cumming was a brigadier general for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.-Early life:...	34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia 2nd Georgia State Line (from June 15)
	Reynold's Brigade BG Alexander W. Reynolds Alexander W. Reynolds Alexander Welch Reynolds was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War, primarily fighting in the Western Theater. After the conflict he served as a staff officer in the Egyptian Army.-Early life and career:Alexander W... (w May 27)	46th Alabama 58th North Carolina 60th North Carolina 54th Virginia 54th Virginia Infantry The 54th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Tennessee.... 63rd Virginia 63rd Virginia Infantry 63rd Virginia Infantry was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War.-Organization:It was organized May 24, 1862, with 10 companies, A to K, all enlisted for 3 years or the duration of the war. These companies were raised under an order from the Secretary of War, April 9, 1862 to Major...
	Pettus' Alabama Brigade BG Edmund W. Pettus	20th Alabama 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama 31st Alabama

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Stewart's Division MG Alexander P. Stewart Alexander P. Stewart Alexander Peter Stewart was a career United States Army officer, college professor, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	Stovall's Georgia Brigade BG Marcellus A. Stovall Col Abda Johnson	40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia 1st Georgia State Line
	Clayton's Alabama Brigade BG Henry D. Clayton Henry DeLamar Clayton (general) Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. was a prominent Alabama attorney, politician, Redeemer judge, and college president. He also served as a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.-Early life and...	18th Alabama 32nd and 58th Alabama 36th Alabama 38th Alabama
	Gibson's Louisiana Brigade BG Randall L. Gibson Randall L. Gibson -External links:*...	14th Battalion Louisiana Sharpshooters 1st Louisiana 13th Louisiana 16th and 25th Louisiana 19th Louisiana 20th Louisiana
	Bakers's Alabama Brigade BG Alpheus Baker Alpheus Baker Alpheus Baker was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in South Carolina, Baker was a schoolteacher and practiced law before moving to Alabama...	37th Alabama 40th Alabama 42nd Alabama 54th Alabama

Polk's Corps

LTG Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk...

(k June 14)

MG William W. Loring

William W. Loring

William Wing Loring was a soldier from North Carolina who served in the armies of the United States, the Confederacy, and Egypt.-Early life:...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Loring's Division MG William W. Loring William W. Loring William Wing Loring was a soldier from North Carolina who served in the armies of the United States, the Confederacy, and Egypt.-Early life:... BG Winfield S. Featherston Winfield S. Featherston Winfield Scott Featherston "Old Swet" was an antebellum two-term U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was later a state politician and a circuit court judge.-Early life and career:Winfield S...	Featherston's Mississippi Brigade BG Winfield S. Featherston	3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi 33rd Mississippi 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters
	Adams' Mississippi Brigade BG John Adams	6th Mississippi 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi
	Scott's Brigade BG Thomas M. Scott Thomas M. Scott Thomas Moore Scott was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He saw active service in several battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. He was a planter before and after the war....	27th Alabama 35th Alabama 49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th Louisiana

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
French's Division MG Samuel G. French	Ector's Brigade BG Matthew D. Ector	29th North Carolina 39th North Carolina 9th Texas 10th Texas Cavalry 14th Texas Cavalry 32nd Texas Cavalry
	Cockrell's Missouri Brigade BG Francis M. Cockrell Col Elijah Gates Elijah Gates Elijah Gates was an American politician from Missouri.-Early and personal life:...	1st and 4th Missouri 2nd and 6th Missouri 3rd and 5th Missouri 1st and 3rd Missouri Cavalry
	Sears' Mississippi Brigade BG Claudius W. Sears Claudius W. Sears Claudius Wistar Sears was an United States Army officer, an educator, and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.... Col William S. Barry	7th Mississippi Battalion 4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi 36th Mississippi 46th Mississippi

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Walthall's Division MG Edward C. Walthall Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:...	Reynold's Arkansas Brigade BG Daniel H. Reynolds	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles 4th Arkansas Mounted Rifles 9th Arkansas Mounted Rifles 25th Arkansas Mounted Rifles
	Cantey's Brigade BG James Cantey James Cantey James Cantey , was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a lawyer, planter, state legislator in South Carolina and officer in the Mexican-American War before the war and a planter in Alabama both before and after the war.-Early life:James Cantey was born...	17th Alabama 26th Alabama 37th Mississippi
	Quarles' Brigade BG William A. Quarles	1st Alabama 4th Alabama 30th Louisiana 42nd Tennessee 46th and 55th Tennessee 48th Tennessee 49th Tennessee 53rd Tennessee

Artillery

BG Francis A. Shoup

Francis A. Shoup

Francis Asbury Shoup was a lawyer from Indianapolis, Indiana, who decided to become a brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Pre-war:...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Hardee's Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith	Hoxton's Battalion Maj Llewelyn Hoxton	Phelan's Alabama Battery Perry's Florida Battery Turner's Mississippi Battery
	Hotchkiss' Battalion Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss	Goldwaite's Alabama Battery Key's Arkansas Battery Shannon's Mississippi Battery
	Martin's Battalion Maj Robert Martin	Howell's Georgia Battery Bledsoe's Missouri Battery Beauregard's South Carolina Battery
	Cobb's Battalion Maj Robert Cobb	Gracey's Kentucky Battery Slocomb's Washington Louisiana Battery Mebane's Tennessee Battery
	Palmer's Battalion Maj Joseph Palmer	Lumsden's Alabama Battery Anderson's Georgia Battery Havis' Georgia Battery

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Hood's Corps Artillery Col Robert F. Beckham	Courtney's Battalion Maj Alfred R. Courtney	Dent's Alabama Battery Garrity's Alabama Battery Douglas' Texas Battery
	Eldridge's Battalion Maj John W. Eldridge	Oliver's Eufala Alabama Battery Fenner's Louisiana Battery Stanford's Mississippi Battery
	Johnston's Battalion Maj John W. Johnston	Corput's Cherokee Georgia Battery Rowan's Georgia Light Battery Marshall's Tennessee Battery
	Williams' Battalion Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Kolb's Barbour Alabama Battery Darden's Jefferson Mississippi Battery Jefress' Virginia Battery

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Polk's Corps Artillery Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Myrick's Battalion Maj John D. Myrick	Bouanchaud's Louisiana Battery Cowan's Mississippi Battery Barry's Lookout Tennessee Battery
	Storrs' Battalion Maj George S. Storrs	Ward's Alabama Battery Hoskins' Mississippi Battery Guibor's Missouri Battery
	Preston's Battalion Maj William C. Preston	Tarrant's Alabama Battery Lovelace's Selma Alabama Battery Barrett's Missouri Battery
	Waddell's Battalion Maj James F. Waddell	Bellamy's Alabama Battery Emery's Alabama Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler

Joseph Wheeler

Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Martin's Division MG William T. Martin William T. Martin William Thompson Martin was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate States Army general of cavalry during the American Civil War.-Biography:...	Allen's Alabama Brigade BG William Wirt Allen	12th Alabama Battalion Cavalry 1st Alabama Cavalry 3rd Alabama Cavalry 4th Alabama Cavalry 7th Alabama Cavalry 51st Alabama Cavalry
	Iverson's Brigade BG Alfred Iverson, Jr. Alfred Iverson, Jr. Alfred Iverson, Jr. was a lawyer, an officer in the Mexican-American War, a U.S. Army cavalry officer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served in the 1862–63 campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia as a regimental and later brigade commander...	1st Georgia Cavalry 2nd Georgia Cavalry 3rd Georgia Cavalry 4th Georgia Cavalry 6th Georgia Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Kelly's Division BG John H. Kelly John H. Kelly John Herbert Kelly was a career United States Army officer. During the American Civil War, he was the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army at the time of his promotion and one of the youngest generals to die during the war at the age of 24...	Anderson's Brigade BG Robert H. Anderson	3rd C.S. Cavalry 8th C.S. Cavalry 10th C.S. Cavalry 12th C.S. Cavalry 5th Georgia Cavalry
	Dibrell's Tennessee Brigade Col George G. Dibrell	4th Tennessee Cavalry 8th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee Cavalry 11th Tennessee Cavalry
	Williams' Brigade BG John Stuart Williams John Stuart Williams John Stuart Williams was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.-Early life and career:...	2nd Kentucky Battalion Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Kentucky Cavalry Hamilton's Tennessee Battalion Cavalry Allison's Tennessee Squadron
	Hannon's Alabama Brigade Col Moses W. Hannon	24th Alabama Battalion Cavalry 53rd Alabama Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Humes' Division BG William Y.C. Humes William Y.C. Humes William Young Conn Humes was an American educator, lawyer, and soldier. He served as a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and fought mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict. Afterward Humes resumed practicing law until his death.-Early...	Ashby's Tennessee Brigade Col Henry M. Ashby	1st Tennessee Cavalry (formerly 6th Tennessee Cavalry) 2nd Tennessee Cavalry 5th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry
	Harrison's Brigade Col Thomas H. Harrison	3rd Arkansas Cavalry 4th Tennessee Cavalry 8th Texas Cavalry 11th Texas Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Jackson's Division BG William Hicks Jackson William Hicks Jackson William Hicks "Red" Jackson was a cotton planter, horse breeder, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	Armstrong's Mississippi Brigade BG Frank C. Armstrong	1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry
	Ross' Texas Brigade BG Lawrence Sullivan Ross Lawrence Sullivan Ross Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross was the 19th Governor of Texas , a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and a president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.Ross was raised in the Republic of Texas, which was later annexed to...	1st Texas Legion 3rd Texas Legion 6th Texas Legion 9th Texas Legion
	Ferguson's Brigade BG Samuel W. Ferguson Samuel W. Ferguson Samuel Wragg Ferguson was a career United States Army officer, a cavalryman, and a graduate of West Point. He is best known as being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War.-Early life and career:...	2nd Alabama Cavalry 56th Alabama Cavalry 9th Mississippi Cavalry 11th Mississippi Cavalry 12th Mississippi Battalion Cavalry
	Jackson's Division Artillery Cpt John Waites	Croft's Columbus Georgia Battery King's Missouri Battery Waddell's South Carolina Battery
	Wheeler's Horse Artillery Ltc Felix H. Robertson	Callaway's Arkansas Battery Davis' Georgia Battery (1 section) Huggin's Tennessee Battery Huwald's Tennessee Battery White's Tennessee Battery

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