Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Confederate explained
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle.[1] [2]
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Military rank
Other
Army of Mississippi
See main article: Army of Mississippi. Gen Albert S. Johnston (k)
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard
First Army Corps
MG Leonidas Polk
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First Division BG Charles Clark (w) BG Alexander P. Stewart | 1st Brigade Col Robert M. Russell |
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2nd Brigade BG Alexander P. Stewart |
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Second Division BG Benjamin F. Cheatham (w) BG Bushrod R. Johnson (w) | 1st Brigade BG Bushrod R. Johnson Col Preston Smith (w) |
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2nd Brigade Col William H. Stephens Col George Maney[3] | - 7th Kentucky: Col Charles Wickliffe (mw), Ltc William D. Lannom
- 1st Tennessee (battalion): Col George Maney, Maj Hume R. Feild
- 6th Tennessee: Ltc Timothy P. Jones, Col William H. Stephens
- 9th Tennessee: Col Henry L. Douglass
- Mississippi Battery: Cpt Melancthon Smith
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| Cavalry | - 1st Mississippi: Col Andrew J. Lindsay
- Mississippi and Alabama Battalion: Ltc Richard H. Brewer
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Second Army Corps
MG Braxton Bragg
Escort:
- Alabama Cavalry: Cpt Robert W. Smith
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First Division BG Daniel Ruggles | 1st Brigade Col Randall L. Gibson |
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2nd Brigade BG Patton Anderson | - 1st Florida Battalion: Maj Thaddens A. McDonell (w), Cpt W. G. Poole, Cpt W. Capers Bird
- 17th Louisiana: Ltc Charles Jones (w)
- 20th Louisiana: Col August Reichard
- 9th Texas: Col Wright A. Stanley
- Confederate Guards Response Battalion (12th Louisiana Bn.): Maj Franklin H. Clack
- Washington Louisiana Artillery, 5th Company: Cpt W. Irwin Hodgson
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3rd Brigade Col Preston Pond, Jr. |
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Cavalry | - Alabama Battalion: Cpt Thomas F. Jenkins
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Second Division BG Jones M. Withers | 1st Brigade BG Adley H. Gladden (mw) Col Daniel W. Adams (w) Col Zach C. Deas (w) | - 21st Alabama: Ltc Stewart W. Cayce, Maj Frederik Stewart
- 22nd Alabama: Col Zach C. Deas, Ltc John C. Marrast
- 25th Alabama: Col John Q. Loomis (w), Maj George D. Johnston
- 26th (Coltart's) Alabama:[5] Col John G. Coltart (w), Ltc William D. Chadick
- 1st Louisiana: Col Daniel W. Adams, Maj Frederick H. Farrar, Jr.
- Alabama Battery: Cpt Felix H. Robertson
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2nd Brigade BG James R. Chalmers |
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3rd Brigade BG John K. Jackson | - 17th Alabama: Ltc Robert C. Fariss
- 18th Alabama: Col Eli S. Shorter
- 19th Alabama: Col Joseph Wheeler
- 2nd Texas: Col John C. Moore, Ltc William P. Rogers, Maj Hall G. Runnels
- Georgia Battery: Cpt Isadore P. Girardey
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Third Army Corps
MG William J. Hardee (w)
Reserve Corps
BG John C. Breckinridge
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1st Brigade Col Robert P. Trabue | - 4th Alabama Battalion: Maj James M. Clifton
- 31st Alabama: Ltc Montgomery Gilbreath
- 3rd Kentucky: Ltc Benjamin Anderson (w)
- 4th Kentucky: Ltc Andrew R. Hynes (w)
- 5th Kentucky: Col Thomas H. Hunt
- 6th Kentucky: Col Joseph H. Lewis
- Tennessee Battalion: Ltc James M. Crews
- Kentucky Battery: Cpt Edward P. Byrne
- Kentucky Battery: Cpt Robert Cobb
- Kentucky Cavalry (squadron): Cpt John H. Morgan
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2nd Brigade BG John S. Bowen (w) Col John D. Martin | - 9th Arkansas: Col Isaac L. Dunlop
- 10th Arkansas: Col Thomas D. Merrick
- 2nd Confederate: Col John D. Martin, Maj Thomas H. Mangum
- 1st Missouri: Col Lucius L. Rich (mw)
- Mississippi Battery: Cpt Alfred Hudson
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3rd Brigade Col Walter S. Statham |
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Unattached
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Cavalry |
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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.
Notes and References
- Official Records, Series I, Volume LII, Part 1, pages 26-29
- Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- Maney, who was senior to Stephens, arrived on the field later and took command. Stephens was injured when thrown from his horse, as he records in his report (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, page 452)
- Arrived on April 7, 1862.
- Not to be confused with the other 26th Alabama(O'Neill's) that served in the Army of Northern Virginia and later Army of Tennessee. Coltart's 26th Alabama was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6 1863.
- Commanded his own and the 3rd Brigade.
- Temporarily
- Sometimes mistaken for the 55th (Brown's) Tennessee Infantry.