Confederate order of battle at the Second Battle of Corinth explained

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle[1] and reports.[2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of West Tennessee

See main article: Confederate Army of West Tennessee. MG Earl Van Dorn

Price's Corps (Army of the West)

MG Sterling Price

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First Division
    BG Louis Hébert
    (reported himself as sick morning of October 4)
    BG Martin E. Green
First Brigade
  Col Elijah Gates
Second Brigade
  Col W. Bruce Colbert
Third Brigade
  BG Martin E. Green
  Col William H. Moore (mw)
Fourth Brigade
  Col John D. Martin (mw)
  Col Robert McLain (w)
Maury's Division
    BG Dabney H. Maury
Moore's Brigade
  BG John C. Moore
Cabell's Brigade(temporarily attached to Green's division on October 5)
  
  BG William L. Cabell (w)
Phifer's Brigade
  BG Charles W. Phifer
Cavalry Brigade
  BG Frank C. Armstrong
Reserve Artillery
  Cpt William E. Burnet
  • Hoxton's (Tennessee) Battery - Lt Thomas F. Tobin (c)
  • Sengstak's (Alabama) Battery - Cpt Henry H. Sengstak

District of the Mississippi

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First Division
    MG Mansfield Lovell
First Brigade
  BG Albert Rust
Second Brigade
  BG John Villepigue[3]
Third Brigade
  BG John S. Bowen
Cavalry Brigade
  Col William H. Jackson

References

Notes and References

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, pages 374-375
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, page 154
  3. Smith also listed the 1st Confederate, 2nd Louisiana Zouave, 12th Louisiana, and McClung's Battery.
  4. temporary, served as Inspector-General to BG Villepigue