Battle of Stones River order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] during the campaign,^[2] the casualty returns^[3] and the reports.^[4]

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

Other

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

Army of Tennessee

See main article: Army of Tennessee. Gen Braxton Bragg, Commanding

Polk's Corps

See main article: First Corps, Army of Tennessee. LTG Leonidas Polk

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Cheatham's Division     MG Benjamin F. Cheatham	First (Donelson's) Brigade   BG Daniel S. Donelson	8th Tennessee: Col William L. Moore (k), Ltc John H. Anderson 16th Tennessee: Col John H. Savage 38th Tennessee: Col John C. Carter 51st Tennessee: Col John Chester 84th Tennessee: Col Sidney S. Stanton Carnes' (Tennessee) battery: Cpt William W. Carnes
	Second (Stewart's) Brigade   BG Alexander P. Stewart	4th-5th Tennessee: Col Otho F. Strahl 19th Tennessee: Col Francis M. Walker 24th Tennessee: Col Hugh L. W. Bratton (mw), Maj Samuel E. Shannon 31st-33rd Tennessee: Col Egbert E. Tansil Stanford's (Mississippi) battery: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford
	Third (Maney's) Brigade   BG George Maney	1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field 4th Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col James A. McMurry 6th-9th Tennessee: Col Charles S. Hurt, Maj John L. Harris Maney's company (Tennessee) Sharpshooters: Cpt Frank Maney Smith's (Mississippi) battery: Lt William B. Turner
	Fourth (Smith's) Brigade   Col Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.   BG Preston Smith^[5]	12th Tennessee: Maj Josiah N. Wyatt 13th Tennessee: Ltc William E. Morgan (mw), Cpt R. F. Lanier 29th Tennessee: Maj John B. Johnson 47th Tennessee: Cpt William M. Watkins 154th Senior Tennessee: Ltc Michael Magevney, Jr. 9th Texas: Col William H. Young Allin's (Tennessee) Sharpshooters: Lt J. R. J. Creighton (mw), Lt T. F. Pattison Scott's (Tennessee) battery: Cpt William L. Scott
Withers' Division     MG Jones M. Withers	First (Deas') Brigade   Col John Q. Loomis (w)   Col John G. Coltart	19th Alabama 22nd Alabama 25th Alabama 26th Alabama:^[6] Col John G. Coltart 39th Alabama 17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt Benjamin C. Yancey 1st Louisiana (Regulars): Ltc Frederick H. Farrar, Jr. (mw) Robertson's (Florida) battery: Cpt Felix H. Robertson
	Second (Chalmers') Brigade   BG James R. Chalmers (w)   Col Thomas W. White	7th Mississippi 9th Mississippi: Col Thomas W. White 10th Mississippi 41st Mississippi 9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt O. F. West Blythe's (Mississippi) regiment Garrity's (Alabama) battery
	Third (Walthall's) Brigade^[7]   BG J. Patton Anderson	45th Alabama: Col James G. Gilchrist 24th Mississippi: Ltc Robert P. McKelvaine 27th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Jones,^[8] Ltc James L. Autry (k), Cpt Edward R. Neilson (w) 29th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley (w), Ltc James B. Morgan 30th Mississippi: Ltc Junius I. Scales 39th North Carolina:^[9] Cpt Alfred W. Bell Barret's (Missouri) battery: Cpt O. W. Barret
	Fourth (Anderson's) Brigade   Col Arthur M. Manigault	24th Alabama 28th Alabama 34th Alabama 10th-19th South Carolina: Col Augustus J. Lythgoe (k) Waters' (Alabama) battery: Cpt David D. Waters

Hardee's Corps

See main article: Second Corps, Army of Tennessee. LTG William J. Hardee

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Breckinridge's Division     MG John C. Breckinridge	First (Adams') Brigade   BG Daniel W. Adams (w)   Col Randall L. Gibson	32nd Alabama: Ltc Henry Maury (w), Col Alexander McKinstry 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Randall L. Gibson, Maj Charles Guillet 16th-25th Louisiana: Col Stewart W. Fisk (k), Maj Francis C. Zacharie 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj John E. Austin Washington Artillery, Fifth Company: Lt William C. D. Vaught
	Second (Pillow's) Brigade^[10]   Col Joseph B. Palmer   BG Gideon J. Pillow^[11]	18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler, Col Joseph B. Palmer^[12] (w) 26th Tennessee: Col John M. Lillard 28th Tennessee: Col Preston D. Cunningham (k) 45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy Moses' (Georgia) battery: Lt Ruel W. Anderson
	Third (Preston's) Brigade   BG William Preston	1st-3rd Florida: Col William Miller (w) 4th Florida: Col William L. L. Bowen 60th North Carolina: Col Joseph A. McDowell 20th Tennessee: Col Thomas B. Smith (w), Ltc Frank M. Lavender, Maj Fred Claybrooke Wright's (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt E. Eldridge Wright (k), Lt John W. Mebane (w)
	Fourth (Hanson's) Brigade   BG Roger W. Hanson (mw)   Col Robert P. Trabue	41st Alabama: Ltc Martin L. Stansel (w) 2nd Kentucky: Maj James W. Hewitt (w), Cpt James W. Moss 4th Kentucky: Col Robert P. Trabue, Cpt Thomas W. Thompson 6th Kentucky: Col Joseph H. Lewis 9th Kentucky: Col Thomas H. Hunt Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery: Cpt Robert Cobb
	Jackson's Brigade^[13]   BG John K. Jackson	5th Georgia: Col William T. Black (k), Maj Charles P. Daniel 2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj Jesse J. Cox 5th Mississippi: Ltc Walter L. Sykes (w) 8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson (w&c), Ltc Aden McNeill Pritchard's (Georgia) Battery Lumsden's (Alabama) battery: Lt Harvey H. Cribbs
Cleburne's Division     MG Patrick R. Cleburne	First (Polk's) Brigade   BG Lucius E. Polk	1st Arkansas: Col John W. Colquitt 13th-15th Arkansas: Maj Charles H. Carlton (w), Maj Robert A. Duncan (w) 5th Confederate: Col James A. Smith 2nd Tennessee: Col William D. Robison 5th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill Helena (Arkansas) Artillery: Lt Thomas J. Key
	Second (Liddell's) Brigade   BG St. John R. Liddell	2nd Arkansas: Col Daniel C. Govan 5th Arkansas: Ltc John E. Murray 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith (w), Ltc F. J. Cameron (w), Maj William F. Douglass 8th Arkansas: Col John H. Kelly (w), Ltc George F. Baucum Swett's (Mississippi) battery: Lt Harvey Shannon
	Third (Johnson's) Brigade   BG Bushrod R. Johnson	17th Tennessee: Col Albert S. Marks (w), Ltc Watt W. Floyd 23rd Tennessee: Ltc Richard H. Keeble 25th Tennessee: Col John M. Hughs (w), Ltc Samuel Davis 37th Tennessee: Col Moses White (w), Maj Joseph T. McReynolds (k), Cpt Charles G. Jarnagin 44th Tennessee: Col John S. Fulton Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery: Cpt Putnam Darden
	Fourth (Wood's) Brigade   BG Sterling A. M. Wood	16th Alabama: Col William B. Wood (w) 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams 3rd Confederate: Maj John F. Cameron 45th Mississippi: Ltc Richard Charlton 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt A. T. Hawkins Semple's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Henry C. Semple^[14]
McCown's Division^[15]     MG John P. McCown	First (Ector's) Brigade   BG Mathew D. Ector	10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Matthew F. Locke 11th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col John C. Burks (mw), Ltc Joseph M. Bounds 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col John L. Camp 32nd (15th) Texas Cavalry (dismounted):^[16] Col Julius A. Andrews Douglas's Texas Battery: Cpt James P. Douglas
	Second (Rains's) Brigade   BG James E. Rains (k)   Col Robert B. Vance	3rd Georgia Battalion: Ltc Marcellus A. Stovall 9th Georgia Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Smith 29th North Carolina: Col Robert B. Vance 11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon (w), Ltc William Thedford Eufaula (Alabama) Light Artillery: Lt William A. McDuffie
	Third (McNair's) Brigade   BG Evander McNair^[17]   Col Robert W. Harper	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Col Robert W. Harper, Maj Lee M. Ramsaur (w) 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Ltc James A. Williamson 4th Arkansas: Col Henry G. Bunn 30th (25th) Arkansas: Maj James J. Franklin (w&c), Cpt William A. Cotter 4th Arkansas Battalion: Maj Jesse A. Ross Humphreys' (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt John T. Humphreys

Cavalry

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Cavalry^[18]     BG Joseph Wheeler^[19]	Wheeler's Brigade   BG Joseph Wheeler	1st Alabama: Col William W. Allen (w) 3rd Alabama: Maj Francis Y. Gaines, Cpt Tyirie H. Mauldin 51st Alabama: Col John T. Morgan, Ltc James D. Webb (w) 8th Confederate: Col William B. Wade 1st Tennessee: Col James E. Carter Douglass' (Tennessee) Battalion: Maj DeWitt C. Douglass Holman's (Tennessee) Battalion: Maj Daniel W. Holman Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Jannedens H. Wiggins
	Buford's Brigade   BG Abraham Buford	3rd Kentucky: Col J. Russell Butler 5th Kentucky: Col D. H. Smith 6th Kentucky: Col John W. Grigsby
	Pegram's Brigade^[20]   BG John Pegram	1st Georgia 1st Louisiana
	Wharton's Brigade   BG John A. Wharton	14th Alabama Battalion: Ltc James C. Malone 1st Confederate: Col John T. Cox^[21] 3rd Confederate: Ltc William N. Estes 2nd Georgia: Ltc James E. Dunlop, Maj Francis M. Ison 3rd Georgia (detachment): Maj Robert Thompson 2nd Tennessee:^[22] Col Henry M. Ashby 4th Tennessee: Col Baxter Smith Davis' (Tennessee) Battalion: Maj John R. Davis 8th Texas: Col Thomas Harrison^[23] Murray's (Tennessee) regiment: Maj William S. Bledsoe Escort company: Cpt Paul F. Anderson McCown's escort company: Cpt L. T. Hardy White's (Tennessee) battery: Cpt Benjamin F. White, Jr.

Artillery

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

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 658-661
3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 676-681
4. Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 1093-1099
5. Assumed command January 2, 1863 (see: Vaughan's report)
6. 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.
7. Brigadier General Walthall was absent on sick leave (see: Anderson's report)
8. Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Autry on December 30, 1862 (see: Anderson's report)
9. Joined Brigade December 31st, 1862; transferred, January 2, 1863 to Anderson's Brigade
10. 32nd Tennessee was on detached service near Wartrace, Tennessee (see: Palmer's and Pillow's reports)
11. Assumed command January 2, 1863 (see: Breckinridge's and Pillow's report)
12. Wounded but did not relinquish the command
13. Temporarily assigned to Breckinridge's Division
14. Served with Hanson's Brigade, Breckinridge's Division until January 1, 1863 (see: Cleburne's and Semple's report)
15. Of Smith's Corps, served with Hardee's Corps
16. This regiment appears subsequently on Texas register as the 32nd Texas Cavalry (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, page 936/footnote)
17. Turned over command to Colonel Harper on account of sickness on December 31, 1862 (see: McCown's and McNair's report)
18. [Nathan Bedford Forrest|Forrest's]
19. Chief of Cavalry
20. Probably incomplete
21. Commanded 1st Confederate, Davis' (Tennessee) Battalion, 14th Alabama Battalion and Murray's (Tennessee) regiment (see: Wharton's report)
22. transferred, January 1, 1863 to Pegram's Brigade (see: Wharton's report)
23. Commanded 8th Texas, 3rd Confederate and 2nd Georgia (see: Wharton's report)
24. Byrne's battery mentioned in Breckenridge's report. The others do not appear to have been engaged in the campaign. Baxter's battery reported as at Shelbyville, December 31, and Gibson's was ordered, December 1, 1862, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to be fitted for the field