Perryville Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville

Battle of Perryville

The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive during the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi won a...

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

Perryville Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...

is listed separately.

Military rank

Gen = 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
Lt = 1st Lieutenant
2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant

Artillery

3" R = 3 inch caliber Ordinance Rifle
How = Howitzer
Nap = M1857 Napoleon Gun
pdr = pound
Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...

(projectile
Projectile
A projectile is any object projected into space by the exertion of a force. Although a thrown baseball is technically a projectile too, the term more commonly refers to a weapon....

weight)
R = Rifled Gun
SB = Smoothbore Gun

Army of the Mississippi
Army of Mississippi
There were three organizations known as the Army of Mississippi in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. -Army of Mississippi :This army, at times known by the names Army of the West or Army of the...

56 guns, k-532, w-2652, m-236 = 3,420

Gen Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was...

Escort:

3rd Tennessee Cavalry (4 companies): Cpt W. C. Bacot

k-1, w-0, m-0 = 1

13th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Company I: Cpt William W. Lillard

Right Wing

16 guns, k-306, w-1153, m-87 = 1,546

MG 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...

Escort:

Orleans Light Horse Company: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division 16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545 MG Benjamin Franklin 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...	1st Brigade k-71, w-300, m-3 = 374 BG Daniel Smith Donelson Daniel Smith Donelson Daniel Smith Donelson was a Tennessee politician and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Early life:...	8th Tennessee: Col William Lawson Moore 15th Tennessee: Col Robert Charles Tyler Robert C. Tyler Brigadier General Robert Charles Tyler was a Confederate General. He is generally credited with being born in MD, although some claim he was born in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He served as an officer on William Walker's filibustering army... 16th Tennessee: Col John Houston Savage John Houston Savage John Houston Savage was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in McMinnville, Tennessee on October 9, 1815. He attended the common schools and served as a private in the Seminole War. He studied... (w) 38th Tennessee: Col John Carpenter Carter (w) 51st Tennessee (Consolidated): Col John Chester Carnes' Battery (aka The Steuben Artillery) (Tennessee) [4 6-pdr SB]: Cpt William Watts Carnes
	2nd Brigade k-62, w-336, m-25 = 423 BG Alexander Peter 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:...	4th Tennessee: Col Otho French 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:... 5th Tennessee & 46th Tennessee, Company L: Col Calvin D. Venable (w) 24th Tennessee: Ltc Hugh L. W. Bratton 31st Tennessee: Col Egbert E. Tansil 33rd Tennessee: Col Warner P. Jones Stanford's Battery (Mississippi) [4 3" R]: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford
	3rd Brigade k-107, w-515, m-58 = 743 BG George Earl Maney George Maney George Earl Maney was an American soldier, politician, railroad executive and diplomat. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S...	41st Georgia: Col Charles A. McDaniel (mw) 1st Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field 6th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter 9th Tennessee: Ltc John W. Buford (w) 27th Tennessee: Ltc William Frierson (w), Maj A. C. Allen Turner's Battery (aka Smith's Battery) (Mississippi) [2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr iron SB]: Lt William B. Turner
	4th Brigade k-2, w-2, m-1 = 5 BG Preston Smith Preston Smith (general) Preston Smith was a lawyer and soldier from the state of Tennessee who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during a night attack during the Battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia.-Biography:Preston Smith was born in Giles...	12th Tennessee: Col Tyree Harris Bell 13th Tennessee: Col Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr. 47th Tennessee: Col Munson R. Hill 154th Tennessee (Senior): Col Michael Magevney, Jr. 9th Texas: Col William H. Young Scott's Battery (aka Blankhead's Battery) (Tennessee) [2 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt William L. Scott
	1st Cavalry Brigade k-1, w-2, m-0 = 3 Col John Austin Wharton	2nd Georgia Cavalry (5 companies): Ltc Arthur Hood 1st Kentucky Cavalry (Companies C, D, I, & K): Cpt Thomas A. Ireland 4th Tennessee Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Baxter Smith Davis' Cavalry Battalion (4 companies) (Tennessee): Maj John R. Davis 8th Texas Cavalry Terry's Texas Rangers The 8th Texas Cavalry, , popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, was a group of Texas volunteers for the Confederate States Army assembled by Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861... (aka Terry's Texas Rangers): Ltc Thomas Harrison

Left Wing

40 guns, k-225, w-1499, m-149 = 1,873

MG William Joseph 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...

Escort:

Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Cpt William Cyrus Rippey Raum

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division 18 guns, k-109, w-406, m-70 = 585 BG James Patton Anderson James Patton Anderson James Patton Anderson was an American physician, lawyer, and politician, most notably serving as a United States Congressman from the Washington Territory, a Mississippi state legislator, and a delegate at the Florida state secession convention to withdraw from the United States.He also served in...	1st Brigade k-47, w-190, m-2 = 239 BG John Calvin 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:... (w)	1st Florida: Col William Miller 3rd Florida: Col Daniel B. Bird 41st Mississippi: Col William Feinster Tucker (w) 14th Georgia Battalion Light Artillery, Battery "A" [3 12-pdr How, 3 6-pdr SB]: Cpt Joseph Palmer
	2nd Brigade k-7, w-78, m-67 = 152 BG Daniel Weisiger Adams Daniel Weisiger Adams Daniel Weisiger Adams was a noted lawyer and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	13th Louisiana: Col Randall Lee Gibson Randall L. Gibson -External links:*... Austin's Battalion, Sharpshooters (aka 14th Battalion): Maj John Edward Austin 16th Louisiana: Col Daniel C. Gober 20th Louisiana: Col August Reichard 25th Louisiana: Col Stewart W. Fisk 5th Company, Washington Artillery 141st Field Artillery Regiment (United States) The 141st Field Artillery Regiment is a United States artillery regiment.-History:The 141st Field Artillery is an historic American military unit that is currently part of the Louisiana Army National Guard headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana... (Louisiana) [2 6-pdr SB, 2 3" R, 2 12-pdr How] : Cpt Cuthbert H. Slocomb
	3rd Brigade k-13, w-13, m-0 = 26 Col Samuel Powel	45th Alabama: Col James Graham Gilchrist 1st Arkansas 1st Arkansas Infantry The 1st Arkansas Infantry was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. There were three regiments known as "1st Arkansas" during the war... : Col John W. Colquitt 24th Mississippi: Col William F. Dowd 29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice Barret's Battery (Missouri) [2 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt Overton W. Barret
	4th Brigade k-42, w-125, m-1 = 168 Col Thomas Marshall Jones	27th Mississippi: Ltc James Lockhart Autry 30th Mississippi: Col George G. Falls Neill 34th Mississippi: Col Samuel Benton (w) 2nd Alabama Battalion Light Artillery, Battery "F" [4 12-pdr Nap]: Cpt Charles L. Lumsden
Third Division 20 guns, k-113, w-709 , m-10 = 832 MG Simon Bolivar Buckner Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. Simon Bolivar Buckner fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later served as the 30th Governor of Kentucky....	1st Brigade k-15, w-57, m-0 = 72 BG St. John Richardson Liddell St. John Richardson Liddell St. John Richardson Liddell was a prominent Louisiana planter who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was an outspoken proponent of Southern emancipation of slaves...	2nd Arkansas: Col John Gratiot 5th Arkansas 5th Arkansas Infantry The 5th Arkansas Infantry, also called the Fighting Fifth was a Confederate Army infantry regiment organized in Arkansas to serve for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.-Organization:... : Col Lucius P. Featherston 6th Arkansas 6th Arkansas Infantry 6th Arkansas Infantry was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. Organized mainly from Volunteer Companies raised in the southern half of Arkansas, the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service, and virtually the entire war serving in Confederate... : Col Alexander Travis Hawthorn Alexander Travis Hawthorn Alexander Travis Hawthorn was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... 7th Arkansas 7th Arkansas Infantry The 7th Arkansas Infantry, nicknamed The Fighting 7th was a regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.The 7th Arkansas Infantry was formed by newly appointed Confederate Colonel... : Col D. A. Gillispie 8th Arkansas: Col John Herbert Kelly Swett's Battery (Mississippi) [4 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: 2Lt Tom Havern
	2nd Brigade k-25, w-325, m-0 = 350 BG Patrick Ronayne Cleburne	13th Arkansas/15th Arkansas 15th Arkansas Infantry The 15th Arkansas Infantry was a regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was first formed by Colonel Patrick Ronayne Cleburne in Camden, Arkansas. The regiment consisted primarily of recruits from Ouachita County, Hempstead County, Columbia County, Union County... : Col Lucius Eugene 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:*... (w) 2nd Tennessee: Cpt Charles P. Moore 35th Tennessee: Col Benjmain Jefferson Hill 48th Tennessee: Col George Henry Nixon Calvert's Battery (Arkansas) [1 section; 2 6-pdr SB]: 2Lt Thomas J. Key
	3rd Brigade k-32, w-164, m-9 = 205 BG Bushrod Rust Johnson	5th CS (8 companies): Col James A. Smith 17th Tennessee: Col Albert S. Marks Albert S. Marks Albert Smith Marks was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1879 to 1881. He was a Democrat. A former Confederate military officer who had lost a leg in the American Civil War and Chancery Court judge, he did not seek re-election and after his term resumed his practice as an... 23rd Tennessee (8 companies): Ltc Richard Hudson Keeble 25th Tennessee: Col John M. Hughes 37th Tennessee: Col Moses White 44th Tennessee: Col John S. Fulton Darden's Battery (Mississippi) [2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr SB]: Cpt Putnam Darden
	4th Brigade k-41, w-163, m-1 = 205 BG Sterling Alexander Martin Wood (w) Escort: 3rd Georgia Cavalry (Companies G & F): Cpt Reuben L. Hill	16th Alabama: Col William Basis Wood 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams (w), Ltc Robert F. Crittenden 3rd CS: Ltc Henry Virtner Keep 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters (Companies A & B): Maj A. T. Hawkins 32nd Mississippi: Col Mark Perrin Lowrey Mark Perrin Lowrey Mark Perrin Lowrey was a Southern Baptist preacher otherwise known as the "Preacher General". He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, for his works in the Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention, and for founding the Blue Mountain College.-Early life and... (w) 45th Mississippi: Col Aaron Bascom Hardcastle Semple's Battery (Alabama) [4 12-pdr Nap, 2 6-pdr M1841 SB] : Cpt Henry Churchill Semple
	2nd Cavalry Brigade k-3, w-0, m-0 = 3 Col 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...	1st Alabama Cavalry: Col William Wirt Allen (w) 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan 6th CS Cavalry: Ltc James Pell 8th CS Cavalry: Col William B. Wade 2nd Georgia Cavalry (5 companies): Maj C. A. Whaley Smith's Cavalry Battalion (Georgia): Col John R. Hart 1st Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, E, F, & H): Maj John W. Caldwell 6th Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, & D): Col J. Warren Grigsby 9th Tennessee Cavalry: Col James D. Bennett 12th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc T. W. Adrian Calvert's Battery (Arkansas) [1 section; 2 12-pdr How]: 2Lt Sylvanus G. Hanley

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Military rank

Artillery

Army of the MississippiArmy of MississippiThere were three organizations known as the Army of Mississippi in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. -Army of Mississippi :This army, at times known by the names Army of the West or Army of the...

Right Wing

Left Wing

Army of the Mississippi
Army of Mississippi
There were three organizations known as the Army of Mississippi in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. -Army of Mississippi :This army, at times known by the names Army of the West or Army of the...