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DeutschChattanooga campaign order of battle: Confederate
The following units and commanders fought in the Chattanooga–Ringgold campaign of the American Civil War on the Confederate side. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] on November 20, 1863[2] and the reports.[3]
Abbreviations used
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Sgt = Sergeant
- Cpl = Corporal
Other
[edit]- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Tennessee
[edit]Gen Braxton Bragg
Escort:
Hardee's Corps
[edit]| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
| Cheatham's Division | Jackson's Brigade BG John K. Jackson |
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| Moore's Brigade |
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| Walthall's Brigade BG Edward C. Walthall (w) |
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| Wright's Brigade[4] BG Marcus J. Wright |
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| Artillery Battalion Maj Melancthon Smith |
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| Hindman's Division | Anderson's Brigade |
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| Manigault's Brigade |
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| Deas' Brigade BG Zach C. Deas |
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| Vaughan's Brigade |
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| Artillery Battalion Maj Alfred R. Courtney |
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| Buckner's Division[5] | Johnson's Brigade Col John S. Fulton |
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| Gracie's Brigade |
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| Reynolds' Brigade |
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| Artillery Battalion Maj Samuel C. Williams |
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| Walker's Division | Maney's Brigade BG George Maney (w) |
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| Gist's Brigade[6] |
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| Wilson's Brigade[7] |
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| Artillery Battalion Maj Robert Martin |
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Breckinridge's Corps
[edit]| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
| Cleburne's Division | Liddell's Brigade Col Daniel C. Govan |
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| Smith's Brigade BG James A. Smith (w) |
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| Polk's Brigade |
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| Lowrey's Brigade |
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| Artillery Battalion Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss |
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| Stewart's Division | Adams' Brigade |
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| Strahl's Brigade |
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| Clayton's Brigade[9] | ||
| Stovall's Brigade |
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| Artillery Battalion Cpt Henry C. Semple |
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| Breckinridge's Division | ||
| Lewis' Brigade |
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| Bate's Brigade Col Robert C. Tyler (w) |
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| Florida (Finley's) Brigade[11] |
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| Artillery Battalion Cpt Cuthbert H. Slocomb |
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| Stevenson's Division | Brown's Brigade BG John C. Brown |
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| Cumming's Brigade |
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| Pettus's Brigade |
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| Artillery Battalion[12] Cpt William W. Carnes[13] |
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Wheeler's Cavalry Corps
[edit]| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
| Wharton's Division | First Brigade Col Thomas Harrison |
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| Second Brigade |
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| Martin's Division | First Brigade |
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| Second Brigade |
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| Armstrong's Division | First Brigade |
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| Second Brigade Col Charles H. Tyler |
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| Kelly's Division | First Brigade Col William B. Wade |
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| Second Brigade Col John W. Grigsby |
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| Artillery |
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Reserve artillery
[edit]| Battalions | Batteries |
|---|---|
| Robertson's Battalion[15] |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 657-664
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 808-812
- ^ The 38th Tennessee was left at Charleston, Tennessee (see: Wright's report)
- ^ Detached November 22 for operations in East Tennessee. Reynolds' brigade and the artillery were recalled
- ^ Brigade commander unknown [citation needed]
- ^ Col James C. Nisbet from the 66th Georgia was probably in command[citation needed]
- ^ So many non-commissioned officers and men had been killed and disabled in the battery that Col Granbury was forced to make a detail from the infantry to work the guns (see: Cleburne's report)
- ^ The 32nd Alabama and 58th Alabama were consolidated just prior to the Battle of Missionary Ridge (see: Peter Cozzens, The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga, page 412)
- ^ Made up of dismounted cavalry troopers returning from Morgan's Raid.
- ^ Organized on November 12
- ^ According to Stevenson's return from November 20, 1863 his artillery battalion consisted of Carnes's, Corput's and Rowan's batteries and the 20th Alabama Battalion viz: Company A, Cpt Winslow D. Emery; Company B, Richard H. Bellamy and Company C, Cpt Thomas J. Key
- ^ Peter Cozzens, The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga, page 413
- ^ Army organization from November 20, 1863 shows that the First Brigade of Wharton's Division, Martin's Division, Armstrong's Division (the 5th Tennessee excepted) and all the Artillery (excepted Huwald's Battery) was detached under Wheeler's command
- ^ Sengstak's (Alabama) Battery, assigned November 19, not accounted for
References
[edit]- Cozzens, Peter. The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-252-06595-8.
- 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.