Battle of Bentonville order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units^[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Key

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed

Army of the South

See main article: Army of the South. The Army of the South was commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston.

Army of Tennessee

See main article: Army of Tennessee. The Army of Tennessee was commanded by Lieutenant General Alexander P. Stewart.

Lee's Corps

Major General D. H. Hill commanded Lee's Corps during the Battle of Bentonville.

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Stevenson's Division	Major General Carter L. Stevenson
Palmer's Brigade	Brigadier General Joseph B. Palmer	Tennessee Contingent 3rd-18th Tennessee 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy 32nd Tennessee: Ltc John P. McGuire 58th North Carolina: Cpt George W.F. Harper 60th North Carolina 54th Virginia Infantry 63rd Virginia Infantry
Pettus's Brigade	Brigadier General Edmund W. Pettus (w)	20th Alabama 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama 31st Alabama 46th Alabama
Cumming's Brigade(Arrived on the battlefield March 20)	Colonel Robert J. Henderson	34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia
Clayton's Division	Major General Henry D. Clayton
Stovall's Brigade	Colonel Henry C. Kellogg	40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia: Maj L.P. Thomas 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia
Jackson's Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel Osceola Kyle	1st-66th Georgia 25th Georgia 29th-30th Georgia 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
Baker's Brigade	Brigadier General Alpheus Baker	22nd Alabama 37th-40th-42nd Alabama 54th Alabama
Hill's Division	Colonel John G. Coltart
Deas's Brigade	Colonel Harry T. Toulmin	19th Alabama 22nd Alabama 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th Alabama
Manigault's Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel John C. Carter	10th South Carolina 19th South Carolina 24th Alabama 28th Alabama 34th Alabama

Stewart's Corps

MG William W. Loring (became ill March 20)^[2]
MG Edward C. Walthall

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Loring's Division	Colonel James Jackson
Lowry's Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Lawrence	6th Mississippi 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi
Scott's Brigade	Captain John A. Dixon	27th-35th-49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th Louisiana
Featherston's Brigade	Major Martin A. Oatis	1st Mississippi 3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi 33rd Mississippi 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Battalion
Walthall's Division	Major General Edward C. Walthall
Reynolds's Brigade	Brigadier General Daniel H. Reynolds (w) Colonel Henry G. Bunn (w) Lieutant Colonel Morton G. Galloway	1st-2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Ltc Morton G. Galloway 4th Arkansas: Col Henry C. Bunn 9th Arkansas 25th Arkansas
Quarles's Brigade	Brigadier General George Doherty Johnston	1st Alabama 25th Alabama 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee 48th Tennessee

Cheatham's Corps

MG William B. Bate

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Cleburne's Division	Brigadier General James Argyle Smith
Govan's Brigade	Colonel Peter V. Green	1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas 6th-7th Arkansas 8th-19th Arkansas
Smith's Brigade	Captain John R. Bonner	1st Georgia (Volunteers) 54th Georgia 57th Georgia 63rd Georgia
Granbury's Brigade(Arrived on the battlefield March 20)	Lieutenant Colonel William A. Ryan	5th Confederate 35th Tennessee 6th-15th Texas 7th Texas 10th Texas 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion (Dismounted): Ltc Benjamin B.Sample (k). 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) Nutt's Louisiana Cavalry Company (Dismounted)
Lowrey's Brigade(Arrived on the battlefield March 21)	Lieutenant Colonel John F. Smith	5th Regiment-3rd Battalion Mississippi 8th-32nd Mississippi 16th-33rd-45th Alabama
Bate's Division	Colonel D. L. Kenan (w)
Tyler's Brigade	Major William H. Wilkinson (k)	37th Georgia 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters 2nd-10th-20th Tennessee
Finley's Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel Edward Mashburn	1st-3rd Florida 4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted) 6th-7th Florida
Brown's Division	Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley (Arrived on the battlefield March 21)
Gist's Brigade	Colonel Hume R. Field	6th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion 46th Georgia 65th Georgia 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion 16th South Carolina 24th South Carolina
Maney's Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel Christopher C. McKinney	4th Confederate-6th-9th-50th Tennessee 1st-27th Tennessee 8th-16th-28th Tennessee
Strahl's Brigade	Colonel James D. Tillman	4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee 19th-24th-41st Tennessee
Vaughan's Brigade	Colonel William P. Bishop	11th-29th Tennessee 12th-47th Tennessee 13th-51st-52nd-54th Tennessee

Department of North Carolina

Gen Braxton Bragg

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Hoke's Division	Major General Robert F. Hoke
Clingman's Brigade	Colonel William S. Devane (w)	8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina: Ltc Edward Beatty Mallett (k)
Kirkland's Brigade	Brigadier General William W. Kirkland	17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North Carolina
Hagood's Brigade	Brigadier General Johnson Hagood	3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery (6 companies) Contingent of Lt. Col. James H. Rion: 11th South Carolina 21st South Carolina 25th South Carolina 27th South Carolina 7th South Carolina Battalion Contingent of Lt. Col. John D. Taylor (w): 2nd Regiment-1st Battalion North Carolina Artillery Adams's Battery (Company D, 13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery) Contingent of Maj. William A. Holland: 40th North Carolina
Colquitt's Brigade	Colonel Charles T. Zachary	6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th Georgia
North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade	Colonel John H. Nethercutt	1st North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col Charles W. Broadfoot 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves 20th North Carolina Battalion, Junior Reserves
Artillery	Lieutenant Colonel Joseph B. Starr	1st North Carolina Artillery (1 company) 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies) Company B (Atkins' Battery): Cpt George Atkins Company E: (Dickson's Battery) 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies) Company A: Cpt Andrew J. Ellis Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr. Company C: Lt Alfred Darden Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery

Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida

LTG William J. Hardee

• Chief of Staff: Ltc T. Benton Roy
• Engineer: Ltc William D. Pickett

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Taliaferro's Division	Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro
Elliott's Brigade	Brigadier General Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w)	22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion 2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery 19th South Carolina Militia
Rhett's Brigade	Colonel William Butler	1st South Carolina Regulars 1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery 15th South Carolina Battalion
McLaws's Division	Major General Lafayette McLaws
Conner's Brigade	Brigadier General John D. Kennedy	2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina 15th South Carolina 20th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion
Fiser's Brigade	Colonel John C. Fiser	1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 2nd Georgia Reserve 27th Georgia Battalion-Cobb Guards
Harrison's Brigade	Colonel George P. Harrison	5th Georgia 32nd Georgia 47th Georgia
Hardy's Brigade	Colonel Washington Hardy	50th North Carolina: Col George W. Wortham 77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves) 10th North Carolina Battalion, Heavy Artillery
Blanchard's Brigade	Brigadier General Albert G. Blanchard	1st South Carolina Reserve Battalion 2nd South Carolina Reserve Battalion 6th South Carolina Reserve Battalion 7th South Carolina Reserve Battalion Kay's Company, South Carolina Reserve
Battalion Artillery	Major A. Burnet Rhett	LeGardeur's Battery H. M. Stuart's Battery (Beaufort Light Artillery)

Cavalry Command

LTG Wade Hampton III

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Butler's Division	Major General M. C. Butler (w) Brigadier General Evander M. Law
Young's Brigade	Colonel Gilbert J. Wright	7th Georgia 10th Georgia 20th Georgia Battalion-Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips's (Georgia) Legion
Butler's Brigade	Brigadier General Evander M. Law Brigadier General Thomas M. Logan	4th South Carolina 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina
Horse Artillery	Captain William E. Earle Captain Edwin L. Halsey	Earle's South Carolina Battery Hart's (Halsey's) South Carolina Battery

Wheeler's Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler
(Army of Tennessee)

Unit	Commander	Regiments and others
Humes' Division	Colonel Henry M. Ashby
T. Harrison's Brigade	Colonel Baxter Smith	3rd Arkansas 4th Tennessee 8th Texas: Ltc Gustave Cook (w), Maj William R. Jarmon (w), Cpt John F. Matthews 11th Texas
Ashby's Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel James H. Lewis	1st Tennessee 2nd Tennessee 5th Tennessee 9th Tennessee
Allen's Division	Brigadier General William W. Allen
Hagan's Brigade	Colonel David G. White	1st Alabama 3rd Alabama 51st Alabama
Anderson's Brigade	Brigadier General Robert H. Anderson	3rd Confederate 8th Confederate 10th Confederate 5th Georgia
Dibrell's Division	Brigadier General George G. Dibrell
Dibrell's Brigade	Colonel William S. McLemore	4th Tennessee (Murrey's) 13th Tennessee Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison's Tennessee Squadron)
Breckinridge's Brigade	Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge	1st (3rd) Kentucky 2nd Kentucky 9th Kentucky

Sources

• Bentonville State Historic Site website
• Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1996. .
• Hughes, Jr., Nathaniel Cheairs Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.

Notes and References

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Hughes, p. 172.