Battle of Nashville order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The order of battle has been compiled from the army organization^[1] during the campaign^[2] and reports.^[3] 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
• Sgt = Sergeant

Other

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

Army of Tennessee

See main article: Army of Tennessee. Gen John B. Hood, Commanding

Cheatham’s Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Chief of Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Brown's Division     BG Mark P. Lowrey	Gist's Brigade   Ltc Zachariah L. Watters	46th Georgia: Cpt Malcolm Gillis 65th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion: Cpt William W. Grant 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt William H. Brown 16th South Carolina: Cpt John W. Boling 24th South Carolina: Cpt William C. Griffith
	Strahl's Brigade   Col Andrew J. Kellar	4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee: Ltc Luke W. Finlay 19th-24th-41st Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy
	Maney's Brigade   Col Hume R. Field	4th (Provision Army)-6th-9th-50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease 1st-27th Tennessee: Ltc John L. House 8th-16th-28th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson
	Vaughan's Brigade   Col William M. Watkins	11th-29th Tennessee: Maj John E. Binns 12th-47th Tennessee: Cpt Charles N. Wade 13th-51st-52nd-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col. Michael Magevney, Jr. (c), Maj John T. Williamson
	Artillery Battalion	Perry's (Florida) battery Phelan's (Alabama) battery Turner's (Mississippi) battery
Cleburne's Division     BG James A. Smith	Smith's Brigade (attached to Forrest's command at Murfreesboro)   Col Charles H. Olmstead	1st Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford 54th Georgia: Cpt George W. Moody 57th Georgia: Cpt Lucius C. Bryan 63rd Georgia: Cpt Elijah J. Craven
	Govan's Brigade   BG Daniel C. Govan (w)   Col Peter V. Green (w)	1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas: Col Peter V. Green 6th-7th Arkansas: Ltc Peter Snyder 8th-19th Arkansas: Maj David H. Hamiter
	Lowrey's Brigade   Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie	16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie 5th Regiment-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Woodward 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody
	Granbury's Brigade   Cpt Edward T. Broughton	5th Confederate: Lt William E. Smith 35th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill 6th-15th Texas: Cpt Benjamin R. Tyus 7th Texas: Cpt Orren P. Forrest 10th Texas: Cpt Reuben D. Kennedy 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Felix L. McKnight 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt John F. Matthews 5th Florida Calvary Battalion (dismounted): Ltc Benjamin B. Sample (W) Nutt's (Louisiana) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt Leroy M. Nutt
Bate's Division     MG William B. Bate	Tyler's Brigade   BG Thomas B. Smith (w&c)	37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy (k), Maj Henry C. Lucas
	Finley's Brigade   Maj Jacob A. Lash (mw&c)   Maj Glover A. Ball	1st-3rd Florida: Cpt Matthew H. Strain 6th Florida: Cpt Angus McMillan 7th Florida: Cpt Robert B. Smith 1st Florida Cavalry-4th Florida Infantry: Cpt George R. Langford
	Jackson's Brigade   BG Henry R. Jackson (c)	1st Georgia (Confederate)-66th Georgia: Ltc James C. Gordon 25th Georgia: Cpt Joseph E. Fulton 29th-30th Georgia: Col William D. Mitchell 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Lt R. Cuyler King
	Cobb's Artillery Battalion   Cpt Rene T. Beauregard	Slocomb's (Louisiana) Battery Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery Mebane's (Tennessee) Battery
Corps artillery	Hotchkiss's Battalion	Bledsoe's (Missouri) battery Goldthwaite's (Alabama) battery Key's (Arkansas) battery

Lee’s Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee

Chief of Artillery
Maj John W. Johnston

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Johnson's Division     MG Edward Johnson (c)	Deas' Brigade   BG Zachariah C. Deas	19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough 22nd Alabama: Cpt Hugh W. Henry 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Rouse 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
	Sharp's Brigade   BG Jacob H. Sharp	7th-9th Mississippi: Maj Henry Pope 10th-44th-9th Sharpshooters Battalion Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Bell 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks
	Manigault's Brigade   Ltc William L. Butler	24th Alabama: Cpt Thomas J. Kimbell 28th Alabama: Cpt William M. Nabors 34th Alabama: Ltc John C. Carter 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker 19th South Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Getzen
	Brantley's Brigade   BG William F. Brantley	24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt Robert W. Williamson Alexander's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt David W. Alexander
	Courtney's Artillery Battalion   Cpt James P. Douglas	Dent's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent Douglas's Texas Battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin Garrity's (Alabama) Battery: Lt Henry F. Carrell
Stevenson's Division     MG Carter L. Stevenson	Cumming's Brigade   Col Elihu P. Watkins	34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman
	Pettus's Brigade   BG Edmund W. Pettus	20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer
	Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade   Col Joseph B. Palmer	60th North Carolina: Maj James T. Huff 3rd-18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy 32nd Tennessee: Col John P. McGuire 54th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William G. Anderson 63rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc Connally H. Lynch
Clayton's Division     MG Henry D. Clayton	Stovall's Brigade   BG Marcellus A. Stovall	40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson 41st Georgia: Cpt Jared E. Stallings 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Col Henry C. Kellogg 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury
	Holtzclaw's Brigade   BG James T. Holtzclaw	18th Alabama: Ltc Peter F. Hunley 32nd-58th Alabama: Col Bushrod Jones 36th Alabama: Cpt Nathan M. Carpenter 38th Alabama: Cpt Charles E. Bussey
	Gibson's Brigade   BG Randall L. Gibson	1st Louisiana Regulars: Cpt James C. Stafford 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Francis L. Campbell 16th-25th Louisiana: Col Francis C. Zacharie 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet 4th Louisiana Battalion: Cpt T. Alexander Bisland 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Lt Andrew T. Martin
	Eldridge's Artillery Battalion   Cpt Charles E. Fenner	Eufaula (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery: Lt James S. McCall
Corps Artillery	Johnston's Battalion   Cpt John B. Rowan	Corput's (Georgia) Battery: Lt William S. Hoge Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Lt William L. Ritter

Stewart’s Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Chief of Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Loring's Division     MG William W. Loring	Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston	1st Mississippi: Cpt Owen D. Hughes 3rd Mississippi: Cpt O. H. Johnston 22nd Mississippi: Maj Martin A. Oatis 31st Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Collins 33rd Mississippi: Cpt Thomas L. Cooper 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert 1st Mississippi Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler
	Adams' Brigade   Col Robert Lowry	6th Mississippi: Ltc Thomas J. Borden 14th Mississippi: Col Washington L. Doss 15th Mississippi: Ltc James R. Binford 20th Mississippi: Maj Thomas B. Graham 23rd Mississippi: Maj George W. B. Garrett 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison
	Scott's Brigade   Col John Snodgrass	55th Alabama: Maj James B. Dickey 57th Alabama: Maj J. Horatio Wiley 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Ltc John D. Weeden 12th Louisiana: Cpt James T. Davis
	Myrick's Artillery Battalion	Bouanchaud's (Louisiana) battery Cowan's (Mississippi) battery Darden's (Mississippi) battery
French's Division   MG Samuel G. French (absent, sick) temporarily attached to Walthall's Division	Sears' Brigade   BG Claudius W. Sears (w)	4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi 36th Mississippi 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi 7th Mississippi Battalion
	Ector's Brigade   Col David Coleman	29th North Carolina: Maj Ezekiel H. Hampton 39th North Carolina: Cpt James G. Crawford 9th Texas: Maj James H. McReynolds 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Cullin R. Earp 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Robert H. Harkey 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William E. Estes
	Cockrell's Brigade (on detached duty on the Duck River)   Col Peter C. Flournoy	1st-4th Missouri: Cpt James H. Wickersham 2nd-6th Missouri: Ltc Stephen Cooper 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Benjamin E. Guthrie 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Lt Charles B. Cleveland
	Storrs' Artillery Battalion	Guibor's (Missouri) battery Hoskins' (Mississippi) battery Kolb's (Alabama) battery
Walthall's Division     MG Edward C. Walthall	Quarles' Brigade   BG George D. Johnston	1st Alabama: Lt Charles M. McRae 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee: Cpt Austin M. Duncan 48th Tennessee: Col William M. Voorhies
	Cantey's Brigade   BG Charles M. Shelley	17th Alabama: Cpt John Bolling, Jr. 26th Alabama: Cpt Daniel M. Gideon 29th Alabama: Cpt Samuel Abernethy 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral
	Reynolds' Brigade   BG Daniel H. Reynolds	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Cpt Ronert P. Parks 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Maj James P. Eagle 4th Arkansas: Maj Jesse A. Ross 9th Arkansas: Cpt William L. Phifer 25th Arkansas: Lt Thomas J. Edwards
	Trueheart's Artillery Battalion   Cpt James H. Yates	Lumsden's (Alabama) battery Selden's (Alabama) battery Tarrant's (Alabama) battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Nathan B. Forrest
(Detached; at Murfreesboro with Jackson's and Buford's Divisions.)

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Chalmers' Division     BG James R. Chalmers	Rucker's Brigade   Col Edmund W. Rucker (w&c)   Ltc Raleigh R. White	7th Alabama Cavalry 5th Mississippi Cavalry 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's Old Regiment) 7th Tennessee Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White 15th Tennessee Cavalry
	Biffle's Brigade   Col Jacob B. Biffle	4th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee Cavalry
Buford's Division (Detached; at Murfreesboro)     BG Abraham Buford	Bell's Brigade   Col Tyree H. Bell	2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's) 19th Tennessee Cavalry 20th Tennessee Cavalry 21st Tennessee Cavalry Nixon's Tennessee, Cavalry Regiment
	Crossland's Brigade   Col Edward Crossland	3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 12th Kentucky Cavalry Huey's Kentucky Battalion
Jackson's Division (Detached; at Murfreesboro)     BG William H. Jackson	Armstrong's Brigade   BG Frank C. Armstrong	1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment (2nd Partisan Rangers)
	Ross's Brigade   BG Lawrence S. Ross	3rd Texas Cavalry 6th Texas Cavalry 9th Texas Cavalry 27th Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Legion)
Artillery		Morton's Tennessee Battery

Notes

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 664-669 (December 10, 1864)
3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 31-32

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.
• McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004.
• Nashville page, Civil War Home site