Battle of Perryville order of battle: Confederate
Appearance
The following Confederate Army units and commanders[1] fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- Gen = General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
- 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
Artillery
[edit]- 3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
- How = Howitzer
- Nap = M1857 Napoleon gun
- pdr = pound (projectile weight)
- R = Rifled gun
- SB = Smoothbore gun
Other
[edit]- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of Mississippi
[edit]16,000 men, 56 guns (k-532, w-2652, m-236 = 3,420)
Gen Braxton Bragg, Commanding
Escort:
- 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (4 companies): Cpt W. C. Bacot
k-1, w-0, m-0 = 1
- 13th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Company I: Cpt William W. Lillard
Right Wing
[edit]7,000 men, 16 guns (k-306, w-1153, m-87 = 1,546)
Escort:
- Orleans Light Horse Company: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade k-71, w-300, m-3 = 374 |
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2nd Brigade k-62, w-336, m-25 = 423 |
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3rd Brigade k-107, w-515, m-58 = 743 |
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4th Brigade k-2, w-2, m-1 = 5 |
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1st Cavalry Brigade k-1, w-2, m-0 = 3 |
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Left Wing
[edit]9,000 men, 40 guns (k-225, w-1499, m-149 = 1,873)
Escort:
- Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Cpt William Cyrus Rippey Raum
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade k-47, w-190, m-2 = 239
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2nd Brigade k-7, w-78, m-67 = 152 |
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3rd Brigade k-13, w-13, m-0 = 26
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4th Brigade k-42, w-125, m-1 = 168
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Third Division |
1st Brigade k-15, w-57, m-0 = 72 |
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2nd Brigade k-25, w-325, m-0 = 350 |
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3rd Brigade k-32, w-164, m-9 = 205 |
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4th Brigade k-41, w-163, m-1 = 205
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2nd Cavalry Brigade k-3, w-1, m-0 = 3
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
References
[edit]- Holman, Kurt. Perryville Order of Battle: Forces Present at Perryville, October 8, 1862 (Revised July 1, 2012) unpublished paper, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
- Noe, Kenneth W., Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky), 2001. ISBN 978-0-8131-2209-0