Battle of Jonesborough order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Jonesborough of the American Civil War on August 31-September 1, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

See also: Atlanta Campaign Confederate order of battle (second phase) and Atlanta Confederate order of battle.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of Tennessee

LTG William J. Hardee

Hardee's Corps

MG Patrick R. Cleburne

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others
Cheatham's Division

     BG George E. Maney[1]
     BG John C. Carter[2]

Maney's Brigade

   Col George C. Porter

Strahl's Brigade

   Col James D. Tillman

Ltc Samuel E. Shannon

Wright's Brigade

   BG John C. Carter

Gist's Brigade

   Col Ellison Capers

  • 46th Georgia
  • 65th Georgia
  • 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough, Cpt John W. Boling
  • 24th South Carolina: Ltc Jesse S. Jones
  • 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
  • 2nd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
Vaughn's Brigade   Col Michael Magevney
Cleburne's Division

   BG Mark P. Lowrey

Govan's Brigade

   BG Daniel C. Govan (c); Col Peter V. Green

Capt Mumford H. Dixon (c)

Mercer's Brigade

   Col Charles H. Olmstead

  • 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford
  • 54th Georgia: Ltc Morgan Rawls, Cpt Thomas W. Brantley
  • 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo, Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton
  • 63rd Georgia
Lowrey's Brigade

   Col John Weir

  • 16th Alabama
  • 33rd Alabama
  • 45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
  • 5th Mississippi & 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Col John Weir
  • 8th&32nd Mississippi: Cpt Andrew Moody
Granbury's Brigade

   BG Hiram B. Granbury

Bate's Division     MG John C. BrownTyler's Brigade

   BG Thomas Benton Smith

Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade

   BG Joseph Horace Lewis

Jackson's Brigade

   BG Henry R. Jackson

Finley's Brigade

   BG Jesse J. Finley (w)

   Ltc Daniel Kenan

Hardee's Corps Artillery

     Col Melancthon Smith

Palmer's Battalion

   Maj Joseph Palmer

  • Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery
  • Anderson's (Georgia) Battery
  • Havis' (Georgia) Battery
Hoxton's Battalion

   Maj Llewelyn Hoxton

  • Phelan's (Alabama) Battery
  • Marion (Florida) Light Artillery
  • Turner's (Mississippi) Battery
Hotchkiss' Battalion

   Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss

   Cpt Thomas Key

Martin's Battalion

   Maj Robert Martin

  • Howell's (Georgia) Battery
  • Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery
  • Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery
Cobb's Battalion

   Maj Robert Cobb

Lee's Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others
Anderson's Division

     MG Patton Anderson

Deas' Brigade

   BG Zachariah C. Deas

Manigault's Brigade

   BG Arthur Middleton Manigault

  • 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell
  • 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley
  • 19th South Carolina: Cpt Elijah W. Horne
Brantley's Brigade

   Col William F. Brantley

  • 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine
  • 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley, Ltc James M. Johnson
  • 34th Mississippi: Cpt T. S. Hubbard
Sharp's Brigade

   BG Jacob H. Sharp

Stevenson's Division

     MG Carter L. Stevenson

Brown's Brigade

   Col Joseph B. Palmer (w September 1)

  • 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers)
  • 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer
  • 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell
  • 32nd Tennessee
  • 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy
Cumming's Brigade

   BG Alfred Cumming

  • 34th Georgia
  • 36th Georgia
  • 39th Georgia
  • 56th Georgia: Col Elihu P. Watkins
  • 2nd Georgia State: Col James Wilson
Reynold's Brigade

   Col Washington M. Hardy

Pettus' Brigade

   BG Edmund W. Pettus

  • 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
  • 23rd Alabama
  • 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley
  • 31st Alabama
  • 46th Alabama
Clayton's Division

     MG Henry D. Clayton

Stovall's Brigade

   BG Marcellus A. Stovall

  • 40th Georgia
  • 41st Georgia
  • 42nd Georgia
  • 43rd Georgia
  • 52nd Georgia
  • 1st Georgia State: Cpt Albert Howell
Holtzclaw's Brigade

   BG James T. Holtzclaw

Gibson's Brigade

   BG Randall L. Gibson

  • 1st Louisiana (Regulars)
  • 4th Louisiana
  • 13th Louisiana: Col Francis L. Campbell
  • 16th-25th Louisiana
  • 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner
  • 20th Louisiana: Col Leon Von Zinken
  • 30th Louisiana
  • 4th Louisiana Battalion
  • 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters
Baker's Brigade

   BG Alpheus Baker

  • 37th Alabama
  • 40th Alabama
  • 42nd Alabama
  • 54th Alabama
Lee's Corps Artillery

     Ltc James H. Hallonquist

William's Battalion

   Ltc Samuel C. Williams

   Cpt Reuben Kolb

  • Barbour (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb
  • Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery
  • Nottoway (Virginia) Artillery
Courtney's Battalion

   Maj Alfred R. Courtney

  • Dent's (Alabama) Battery
  • Garrity's (Alabama) Battery
  • Douglas' (Texas) Battery
Eldridge's Battalion

   Maj John W. Eldridge

  • Eufala (Alabama) Artillery
  • Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery
  • Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery
Johnston's Battalion

   Maj John W. Johnston

   Cpt John B. Rowan

  • Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput
  • Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: John B. Rowan
  • Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery

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Notes and References

  1. Relieved for medical reasons, August 31
  2. Assumed command, September 1