Nashville Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The order of battle has been compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign[2] and reports.[3] The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Gen John B. Hood, Commanding
Lee’s Corps
LTG Stephen D. Lee
Chief of Artillery
Maj John W. Johnston
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Johnson’s Division
MG Edward Johnson (c) |
Deas' Brigade
BG Zachariah C. Deas
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- 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough
- 22nd Alabama: Cpt Hugh W. Henry
- 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Rouse
- 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton
- 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
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Sharp's Brigade
BG Jacob H. Sharp
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- 7th-9th Mississippi: Maj Henry Pope
- 10th-44th-9th Sharpshooters Battalion Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Bell
- 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks
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Manigault's Brigade
Ltc William L. Butler
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- 24th Alabama: Cpt Thomas J. Kimbell
- 28th Alabama: Cpt William M. Nabors
- 34th Alabama: Ltc John C. Carter
- 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker
- 19th South Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Getzen
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Brantly's Brigade
BG William F. Brantley
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- 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
- 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
- 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt Robert W. Williamson
- Alexander's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt David W. Alexander
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Courtney's Artillery Battalion
Cpt James P. Douglas
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- Dent's (Alabama) battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent
- Douglas' (Texas) battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin
- Garrity's (Alabama) battery: Lt Henry F. Carrell
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Stevenson’s Division
MG Carter L. Stevenson |
Cumming's Brigade
Col Elihu P. Watkins
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- 34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones
- 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles
- 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton
- 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman
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Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus
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- 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
- 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb
- 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott
- 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington
- 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer
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Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade
Col Joseph B. Palmer
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Clayton’s Division
MG Henry D. Clayton |
Stovall's Brigade
BG Marcellus A. Stovall
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- 40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson
- 41st Georgia: Cpt Jared E. Stallings
- 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson
- 43rd Georgia: Col Henry C. Kellogg
- 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury
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Holtzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw
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Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson
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- 1st Louisiana: Cpt James C. Stafford
- 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter
- 13th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell
- 16th Louisiana: Ltc Robert H. Lindsey
- 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy
- 20th Louisiana: Cpt Alexander Dresel
- 25th Louisiana: Col Francis C. Zacharie
- 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet
- 4th Louisiana Battalion: Cpt T. Alexander Bisland
- 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Lt Andrew T. Martin
|
Eldridge's Artillery Battalion
Cpt Charles E. Fenner
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- Eufaula (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie
- Fenner's (Louisiana) battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius
- Stanford's (Mississippi) battery: Lt James S. McCall
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Corps Artillery |
Johnston's Battalion
Cpt John B. Rowan
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- Corput's (Georgia) battery: Lt William S. Hoge
- Marshall's (Tennessee) battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall
- Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Lt William L. Ritter
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Stewart’s Corps
LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Loring’s Division
MG William W. Loring |
Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston
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- 1st Mississippi: Cpt Owen D. Hughes
- 3rd Mississippi: Cpt O. H. Johnston
- 22nd Mississippi: Maj Martin A. Oatis
- 31st Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Collins
- 33rd Mississippi: Cpt Thomas L. Cooper
- 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert
- 1st Mississippi Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler
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Adams' Brigade
Col Robert Lowry
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- 6th Mississippi: Ltc Thomas J. Borden
- 14th Mississippi: Col Washington L. Doss
- 15th Mississippi: Ltc James R. Binford
- 20th Mississippi: Maj Thomas B. Graham
- 23rd Mississippi: Maj George W. B. Garrett
- 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison
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Scott's Brigade
Col John Snodgrass
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- 55th Alabama: Maj James B. Dickey
- 57th Alabama: Maj J. Horatio Wiley
- 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Ltc John D. Weeden
- 12th Louisiana: Cpt James T. Davi
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Myrick's Artillery Battalion |
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French’s Division
MG Samuel G. French (absent, sick)
temporarily attached to Walthall’s Division
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Sears' Brigade
BG Claudius W. Sears
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- 4th Mississippi
- 35th Mississippi
- 36th Mississippi
- 39th Mississippi
- 46th Mississippi
- 7th Mississippi Battalion
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Ector's Brigade
Col David Coleman
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- 29th North Carolina: Maj Ezekiel H. Hampton
- 39th North Carolina: Cpt James G. Crawford
- 9th Texas: Maj James H. McReynolds
- 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Cullen R. Earp
- 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Robert H. Harkey
- 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William E. Estes
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Cockrell's Brigade (on detached duty on the Duck River)
Col Peter C. Flournoy
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- 1st-4th Missouri: Cpt James H. Wickersham
- 2nd-6th Missouri: Ltc Stephen Cooper
- 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Benjamin E. Guthrie
- 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Lt Charles B. Cleveland
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Storrs' Artillery Battalion |
- Guibor's (Missouri) battery
- Hoskins' (Mississippi) battery
- Kolb's (Alabama) battery
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Walthall’s Division
MG Edward C. Walthall |
Quarles' Brigade
BG George D. Johnston
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- 1st Alabama: Lt Charles M. McRae
- 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee: Cpt Austin M. Duncan
- 48th Tennessee: Col William M. Voorhies
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Cantey's Brigade
BG Charles M. Shelley
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- 17th Alabama: Cpt John Bolling, Jr.
- 26th Alabama: Cpt Daniel M. Gideon
- 29th Alabama: Cpt Samuel Abernethy
- 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral
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Reynolds' Brigade
BG Daniel H. Reynolds
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Trueheart's Artillery Battalion
Cpt James H. Yates
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- Lumsden's (Alabama) battery
- Selden's (Alabama) battery
- Tarrant's (Alabama) battery
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Cheatham’s Corps
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Chief of Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Brown’s Division
BG Mark P. Lowrey |
Gist’s Brigade
Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
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- 46th Georgia: Cpt Malcolm Gillis
- 65th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion: Cpt William W. Grant
- 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt William H. Brown
- 16th South Carolina: Cpt John W. Boling
- 24th South Carolina: Cpt William C. Griffith
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Strahl's Brigade
Col Andrew J. Kellar
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- 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee: Ltc Luke W. Finlay
- 19th-24th-41st Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy
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Maney's Brigade
Col Hume R. Field
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- 4th (Provision Army)-6th-9th-50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease
- 1st-27th Tennessee: Ltc John L. House
- 8th-16th-28th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson
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Vaughan's Brigade
Col William M. Watkins
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Artillery Battalion |
- Perry's (Florida) battery
- Phelan's (Alabama) battery
- Turner's (Mississippi) battery
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Cleburne’s Division
BG James A. Smith |
Smith's Brigade (attached to Forrest's command at Murfreesboro)
Col Charles H. Olmstead
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- 1st Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford
- 54th Georgia: Cpt George W. Moody
- 57th Georgia: Cpt Lucius C. Bryan
- 63rd Georgia: Cpt Elijah J. Craven
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Govan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan (w)
Col Peter V. Green (w)
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Lowrey's Brigade
Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
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- 16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
- 5th Regiment-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Woodward
- 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody
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Granbury's Brigade
Cpt Edward T. Broughton
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- 5th Confederate: Lt William E. Smith
- 35th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill
- 6th-15th Texas: Cpt Benjamin R. Tyus
- 7th Texas: Cpt Orren P. Forrest
- 10th Texas: Cpt Reuben D. Kennedy
- 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Felix L. McKnight
- 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt John F. Matthews
- Nutt's (Louisiana) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt Leroy M. Nutt
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Bate’s Division
MG William B. Bate |
Tyler's Brigade
BG Thomas B. Smith (w&c)
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- 37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders
- 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell
- 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy (k), Maj Henry C. Lucas
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Finley's Brigade
Maj Jacob A. Lash (mw&c)
Maj Glover A. Ball
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Jackson's Brigade
BG Henry R. Jackson (c)
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- 1st Georgia (Confederate)-66th Georgia: Ltc James C. Gordon
- 25th Georgia: Cpt Joseph E. Fulton
- 29th-30th Georgia: Col William D. Mitchell
- 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Lt R. Cuyler King
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Cobb's Artillery Battalion
Cpt Rene T. Beauregard
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- Slocomb’s (Louisiana) Battery
- Ferguson’s (South Carolina) Battery
- Mebane’s (Tennessee) Battery
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Corps artillery |
Hotchkiss's Battalion |
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Cavalry Corps
MG Nathan B. Forrest
(Detached; at Murfreesboro with Jackson's and Buford's Divisions.)
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Chalmers' Division
BG James R. Chalmers |
Rucker's Brigade
Col Edmund W. Rucker (w&c)
Ltc Raleigh R. White
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- 7th Alabama Cavalry
- 5th Mississippi Cavalry
- 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's Old Regiment)
- 7th Tennessee Cavalry
- 12th Tennessee Cavalry
- 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White
- 15th Tennessee Cavalry
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Biffle's Brigade
Col Jacob B. Biffle
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- 4th Tennessee Cavalry
- 9th Tennessee Cavalry
- 10th Tennessee Cavalry
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Buford's Division (Detached; at Murfreesboro)
BG Abraham Buford |
Bell's Brigade
Col Tyree H. Bell
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Crossland's Brigade
Col Edward Crossland
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Jackson's Division (Detached; at Murfreesboro)
BG William H. Jackson |
Armstrong's Brigade
BG Frank C. Armstrong
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- 1st Mississippi Cavalry
- 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
- 28th Mississippi Cavalry
- Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment (2nd Partisan Rangers)
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Ross's Brigade
BG Lawrence S. Ross
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- 3rd Texas Cavalry
- 6th Texas Cavalry
- 9th Texas Cavalry
- 27th Texas Cavalry
- 1st Texas Legion
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Artillery |
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- Morton's Tennessee Battery
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Notes
- ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 664-669 (December 10, 1864)
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 31-32
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