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Battle of Nashville order of battle: Confederate

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

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

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood, commanding

Lee’s Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Johnson’s Division
     MG Edward Johnson

Deas' Brigade


   BG Zachariah C. Deas

  • 19th Alabama: Ltc Geo. R. Kimbrough
  • 22nd Alabama: Cpt H. 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 Regiment-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
Brantly's Brigade

BG William F. Brantley

  • 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
  • 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
  • 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt R. W. Williamson
  • Dismounted Cavalry: Cpt D. W. Alexander
Courtney's Artillery Battalion


   Cpt James P. Douglas

  • Dent's (Alabama) battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent
  • Douglas' (Texas) battery: Lt Ben. 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

Gibson's Brigade


   BG Randall L. Gibson

  • 1st Louisiana: Cpt J. C. Stafford
  • 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter
  • 13th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell
  • 16th Louisiana: Ltc Robert H. Lindsey
  • 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy
  • 20th Louisiana: Cpt Alexander Dresel
  • 25th Louisiana: Col Francis C. Zacharie
  • 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet
  • 4th Louisiana Battalion: Cpt T.A. Bisland
  • 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Lt A. T. Martin
Eldridge's Artillery Battalion


   Cpt Charles E. Fenner

  • Eufaula (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie
  • Fenner's (Louisiana) battery: Lt W. T. Cluverius
  • Stanford's (Mississippi) battery: Lt James S. McCall

Corps Artillery
     Maj John W. Johnston

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

Division 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 T. 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. Davi
Myrick's Artillery Battalion


   Ltc S.C. Williams

  • Bouanchaud's (Louisiana) battery
  • Cowan's (Mississippi) battery
  • Darden's (Mississippi) battery

French’s Division
(temporarily attached to Walthall’s Division)
     MG Samuel G. French

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 C. R. Earp
  • 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Robert H. Harkey
  • 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William E. Estes
Cockrell's Brigade


   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 Regiment-3rd Battalion Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Lt C. B. Cleveland
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 D. 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 R. P. Parks
  • 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Maj James P. Eagle
  • 4th Arkansas: Maj Jesse A. Ross
  • 9th Arkansas: Cpt W. L. Phifer
  • 25th Arkansas: Lt T. J. Edwards
Artillery Battalion
  • Lumsden's (Alabama) battery
  • Selden's (Alabama) battery
  • Tarrant's (Alabama) battery

Cheatham’s Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Chief of Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cheatham’s Division

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 W. 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 (P. A.) -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 C. N. Wade
  • 13th-51st-52nd-154th Tennessee: 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


   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

  • 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


   BG Mark P. Lowrey

  • 16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
  • 5th Mississippi-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt F. M. Woodward
  • 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody
Granbury's Brigade


   Cpt E. T. Broughton

  • 5th Confederate: Lt William E. Smith
  • 35th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill
  • 6th-15th Texas: Cpt Benjamin R. Tyus
  • 7th Texas: Cpt O. P. Forrest
  • 10th Texas: Cpt R. D. Kennedy
  • 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt F. L. McKnight
  • 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt John F. Matthews
  • Nutt's (Louisiana) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt L. M. Nutt

Bate’s Division
     MG William B. Bate

Tyler's Brigade


   BG Thomas B. Smith

  • 37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders
  • 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell
  • 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy
Finley's Brigade


   Maj Jacob A. Lash

  • 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

  • 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. C. King
Artillery Battalion


   Cpt R.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
Cobb's Battalion
  • Ferguson's (South Carolina) battery
  • Phillips' [Mebane's] (Tennessee) battery
  • S1ocomb's (Louisiana) battery

Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry Division
     BG James R. Chalmers

Rucker’s Brigade


   Col E.W. Rucker
   Ltc R.R. White

  • 7th Alabama
  • 5th Mississippi
  • 7th Tennessee
  • 14th Tennessee
  • 15th Tennessee
  • 26th Tennessee Battalion
Biffle’s Brigade


   Col J.B. Biffle

  • 4th Tennessee
  • 9th Tennessee
  • 10th Tennessee

References