Knoxville campaign order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 31, 1863, under the command of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet. Engagements of this campaign include the Battle of Dandridge and the Battle of Bean's Station. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.^[1] The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• 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
• c = captured

Longstreet's Command

LTG James Longstreet^[2]

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
McLaws' Division     MG Lafayette McLaws		2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance 7th South Carolina: Col D. Wyatt Aiken 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan 15th South Carolina: Col Joseph F. Gist 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice
	Wofford's Brigade^[3]   Col Solon Z. Ruff (k)^[4]   Ltc N.L. Hutchins Jr.	16th Georgia: Col James S. Gholston 18th Georgia: Cpt J.A. Crawford 24th Georgia: Col Robert McMillan Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Luther J. Glenn 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters: Ltc N.L. Hutchins Jr.
	Humphreys' Brigade   BG Benjamin Humphreys	13th Mississippi: Col Kennon McElroy (k),^[5] Ltc A.G. O'Brien 17th Mississippi: Col William D. Holder 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Griffin 21st Mississippi: Col D.N. Moody
	Bryan's Brigade   BG Goode Bryan	10th Georgia: Col John B. Weems 50th Georgia: Col Peter A.S. McGlashan 51st Georgia: Col Edward Ball 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
Hood's Division     BG Micah Jenkins	Jenkins' Brigade   Col John Bratton	1st South Carolina: Ltc Daniel Livingston 2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col Thomas Thomson 5th South Carolina: Col Ashbury Coward 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion: Col Martin W. Gary Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Col Joseph A. Walker
	Law's Brigade   BG Evander Law	4th Alabama: Col Pinckney D. Bowles 15th Alabama: Col William C. Oates 44th Alabama: Col William F. Perry 47th Alabama: Col Michael J. Bugler 48th Alabama: Col James L. Sheffield
	Robertson's Brigade   BG Jerome B. Robertson	3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning 1st Texas: Col A.T. Rainey 4th Texas: Col J.C.G. Key 5th Texas: Col R.M. Powell
	Anderson's Brigade   BG George T. Anderson	7th Georgia: Col W.W. White 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers 9th Georgia: Col Benjamin Beck 11th Georgia: Col Francis Little 59th Georgia: Col Jack Brown
	Benning's Brigade   BG Henry Benning	2nd Georgia: Col Edgar M. Butt 15th Georgia: Col Dudley M. Du Bose 17th Georgia: Col Wesley C. Hodges 20th Georgia: Col J.D. Waddell
Buckner's Division     BG Bushrod Johnson	Johnson's Brigade   Col John Fulton	17th & 23rd Tennessee: Col R.H. Keeble 25th & 44th Tennessee: Col John Fulton 63rd Tennessee: Ltc Abraham Fulkerson
	Gracie's Brigade   BG Archibald Gracie III	41st Alabama: Col Martin L. Stansel 43rd Alabama: Col Young M. Moody 1st & 2nd Battalion, Hilliard' Legion: Col John Sanford 2nd & 4th Battalion, Hilliard's Legion: Col Bolling Hall Jr.
Artillery	Alexander's Battalion   Col Edward P. Alexander   Maj Frank Huger	Fickling's (South Carolina) battery: Cpt William W. Fickling Jordan's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan Madison Louisiana Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody Parker's (Virginia) battery: Cpt William W. Parker Taylor's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Osmond B. Taylor Woolfolk's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.

Cavalry Corps

MG William T. Martin^[6]

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG John T. Morgan	1st Brigade   Col Alfred Russell	1st Alabama: Col William A. Allen 3rd Alabama: Col James Hagan 4th Alabama: Col Alfred Russell 7th Alabama: Col James C. Malone Jr. 51st Alabama: Maj James T. Dye
		1st Georgia: Ltc Samuel Davitte 2nd Georgia: Ltc F.M. Ison 3rd Georgia: Col R. Thompson 4th Georgia (Avery's): Ltc William C. Cook 6th Georgia: Col John R. Hart
	Artillery	White's (Tennessee) Battery: Lt Arthur Pue Jr. Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery: Lt J.P. Bryant
Second Division     BG Frank Armstrong	1st Brigade   Col Jacob B. Biffle	4th Tennessee: Col Peril C. Haynes 8th Tennessee: Col George G. Dibrell 9th Tennessee: Col Jacob B. Biffle 10th Tennessee: Ltc Nicholas N. Cox 11th Tennessee: Col Daniel W. Holman
	2nd Brigade   Col Thomas Harrison	3rd Arkansas: Col A.W. Hobson 8th Texas: Col Thomas Harrison 11th Texas: Col G.R. Reeves
	Artillery	Huggins' (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt A.L. Huggins

References

• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.
• Antietam on the Web website
• National Park Service - Civil War Battle Summaries website

Notes and References

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 451-454 (Organization of the Troops in East Tennessee under command of Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, C. S. Army, November 30, 1863) and Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 3, pages 890-892 (Organization of the forces in East Tennessee, commanded by Lient. Gen. James Longstreet, C. S. Army, December 31, 1863)
2. On January 4th, Longstreet was notified that he was commander of the Department of East Tennessee. Until that time, he headed his command as "Forces in East Tennessee". The later engagements in East Tennessee (Mossey Creek, Dandridge, Bean's Station) were fought with Longstreet officially commanding the Department of East Tennessee. For shorthand, Longstreet's force is simply referred to as his command. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, page 468
3. Wofford was on leave because of the recent death of his daughter.
4. Ruff was killed at the Battle of Fort Sanders on November 29th, 1863. Antietam on the Web website
5. McElroy was killed at the Battle of Fort Sanders on November 29th, 1863
6. http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/tn027.htm National Park Service - Civil War Battle Summaries