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.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen = General
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Army of the South

Gen Joseph E. Johnston, commanding

Army of Tennessee

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Lee's Corps

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Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Palmer's Brigade BG 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 BG Edmund W. Pettus (w)	20th Alabama 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama 31st Alabama 46th Alabama
	Cumming's Brigade (Arrived on the battlefield March 20) Col Robert J. Henderson	34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia
Clayton's Division MG Henry D. Clayton	Stovall's Brigade Col Henry C. Kellogg	40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia: Maj L.P. Thomas 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia
	Jackson's Brigade Ltc Osceola Kyle	1st-66th Georgia 25th Georgia 29th-30th Georgia 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
	Baker's Brigade BG Alpheus Baker	22nd Alabama 37th-40th-42nd Alabama 54th Alabama
Hill's Division Col John G. Coltart	Deas's Brigade Col Harry T. Toulmin	19th Alabama 22nd Alabama 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th Alabama
Hill's Division Col John G. Coltart	Manigault's Brigade Ltc 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

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

Cheatham's Corps

MG William B. Bate

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Cleburne's Division BG James Argyle Smith	Govan's Brigade Col Peter V. Green	1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas 6th-7th Arkansas 8th-19th Arkansas
	Smith's Brigade Cpt John R. Bonner	1st Georgia (Volunteers) 54th Georgia 57th Georgia 63rd Georgia
	Granbury's Brigade (Arrived on the battlefield March 20) Ltc William A. Ryan	5th Confederate 35th Tennessee 6th-15th Texas 7th Texas 10th Texas 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) 5th Florida Calvary 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) Ltc John F. Smith	5th Regiment-3rd Battalion Mississippi 8th-32nd Mississippi 16th-33rd-45th Alabama
Bate's Division Col D. L. Kenan (w)	Tyler's Brigade Maj William H. Wilkinson (k)	37th Georgia 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters 2nd-10th-20th Tennessee
Bate's Division Col D. L. Kenan (w)	Finley's Brigade Ltc Edward Mashburn	1st-3rd Florida 4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted) 6th-7th Florida
Brown's Division (Arrived on the battlefield March 21) BG Roswell S. Ripley	Gist's Brigade Col 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 Ltc Christopher C. McKinney	4th Confederate-6th-9th-50th Tennessee 1st-27th Tennessee 8th-16th-28th Tennessee
	Strahl's Brigade Col James D. Tillman	4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee 19th-24th-41st Tennessee
	Vaughan's Brigade Col William P. Bishop	11th-29th Tennessee 12th-47th Tennessee 13th-51st-52nd-54th Tennessee

Department of North Carolina

Gen Braxton Bragg

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Hoke's Division (From the Army of Northern Virginia) MG Robert F. Hoke	Clingman's Brigade Col William S. Devane (w)	8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina: Ltc Edward Beatty Mallett (k)
	Kirkland's Brigade BG William W. Kirkland	17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North Carolina
	Hagood's Brigade BG 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 Col Charles T. Zachary	6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th Georgia
	North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade Col 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 Ltc 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

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Taliaferro's Division BG William B. Taliaferro	Elliott's Brigade BG Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w)	22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion 2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery 19th South Carolina Militia
Taliaferro's Division BG William B. Taliaferro	Rhett's Brigade Col William Butler	1st South Carolina Regulars 1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery 15th South Carolina Battalion
McLaws's Division MG Lafayette McLaws	Conner's Brigade BG 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 Col John C. Fiser	1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 2nd Georgia Reserve 27th Georgia Battalion-Cobb Guards
	Harrison's Brigade Col George P. Harrison	5th Georgia 32nd Georgia 47th Georgia
	Hardy's Brigade Col Washington Hardy	50th North Carolina: Col George W. Wortham 77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves) 10th North Carolina Battalion, Heavy Artillery
	Blanchard's Brigade BG 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 Maj A. Burnet Rhett	LeGardeur's Battery H. M. Stuart's Battery (Beaufort Light Artillery)

Cavalry Command

LTG Wade Hampton III

Division	Brigades	Regiments and batteries
Butler's Division (From the Army of Northern Virginia) MG M. C. Butler (w) BG Evander M. Law	Young's Brigade Col 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 BG Evander M. Law BG Thomas M. Logan	4th South Carolina 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina
	Horse Artillery	Earle's South Carolina Battery: Cpt William E. Earle Hart's (Halsey's) South Carolina Battery: Cpt Edwin L. Halsey

Wheeler's Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler
(Army of Tennessee)

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Humes' Division Col Henry M. Ashby	T. Harrison's Brigade Col Baxter Smith	3rd Arkansas 4th Tennessee 8th Texas: Ltc Gustave Cook (w), Maj William R. Jarmon (w), Cpt John F. Matthews 11th Texas
Humes' Division Col Henry M. Ashby	Ashby's Brigade Ltc James H. Lewis	1st Tennessee 2nd Tennessee 5th Tennessee 9th Tennessee
Allen's Division BG William W. Allen	Hagan's Brigade Col David G. White	1st Alabama 3rd Alabama 51st Alabama
Allen's Division BG William W. Allen	Anderson's Brigade BG Robert H. Anderson	3rd Confederate 8th Confederate 10th Confederate 5th Georgia
Dibrell's Division BG George G. Dibrell	Dibrell's Brigade Col William S. McLemore	4th Tennessee (Murrey's) 13th Tennessee Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison's Tennessee Squadron)
Dibrell's Division BG George G. Dibrell	Breckinridge's Brigade Col 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

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