Battle of Chickasaw Bayou order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

LTG John C. Pemberton

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Military District     MG Martin Luther Smith	Barton's Brigade  BG Seth Barton	40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson (w) 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Ltc Hiram P. Bell (w) 52nd Georgia: Col Charles D. Phillips
	Vaughn's Brigade  BG John C. Vaughn	60th Tennessee: Col John H. Crawford 61st Tennessee: Col John A. Rowan 62nd Tennessee:
	Gregg's Brigade  BG John Gregg	1st Tennessee: 3rd Tennessee: Col Calvin J. Clack 10th Tennessee: 30th Tennessee: Col James J. Turner 41st Tennessee: 50th Tennessee: 51st Tennessee:
Provisional Division     BG Stephen Dill Lee     MG Dabney Herndon Maury	Provisional Brigade  Col William T. Withers	17th Louisiana: Col Robert Richardson 26th Louisiana: Col Winchester Hall 30th Mississippi: 46th Mississippi (detachment): 1st Mississippi Light Artillery: Maj Matthew S. Ward
	Provisional Brigade  Col Allen Thomas	29th Louisiana: Ltc J. Octave Landry 46th Mississippi: Ltc William K. Easterling
	Provisional Brigade  Col Edward Higgins	22nd Louisiana: Col Edward Higgins
	Note: Unit organization into the three provisional brigades is mostly unclear.	37th Alabama: 40th Alabama: Col Augustus A. Coleman 1st Louisiana: Col Samuel R. Harrison 31st Louisiana: Col Charles H. Morrison 3rd Battalion Mississippi State Troops: 3rd Mississippi 4th Mississippi: Col Pierre S. Layton 35th Mississippi: Mississippi Battery: Cpt Robert Bowman Mississippi Battery (section): Lt Frank Johnston Mississippi Battery: Cpt Newit J. Drew, Lt W. J. Duncan 2nd Texas Cavalry: Ltc William C. Timmins (w) Johnson's (Mississippi) Company Cavalry: Hill's (Mississippi) Company Cavalry:

See also

• Mississippi in the American Civil War

References

• Bearss, Edwin C. The Campaign for Vicksburg 3 vol. (Dayton, OH: Morningside), 1985-1986.
• Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume 3 (New York: The Century Company), 1884.
• Winschel, Terrence C. Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign (Mason City, IA: Savas Pub. Co.), 1999.