Atlanta campaign Confederate order of battle
Introduction The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.This order of battle covers the period of May 7 – July 17, 1864.The period July 17 – September 8, 1864 is listed separately.
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* '''k''' = killed
Army of Tennessee Gen Joseph E. Johnston===Hardee's Corps===LTG William J. Hardee Division Brigade Regiments and othersCheatham's Division    MG Benjamin F. Cheatham Maney's Brigade  BG George E. Maney  Col Francis M. Walker* 4th Confederate (Tennessee)* 1st-27th Tennessee* 6th-9th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter* 19th Tennessee (from mid-June): Col Francis M. Walker* 41st Tennessee (until mid-June)* 50th Tennessee: Col Stephen H. Colms* 24th Tennessee Battalion (until early July) Strahl's Brigade  BG Otho F. Strahl* 4th-5th Tennessee* 19th Tennessee (until mid-June)* 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson* 31st Tennessee* 33rd Tennessee* 41st Tennessee (from mid-June): Col James D. Tillman Wright's Brigade  Col John C. Carter* 8th Tennessee* 16th Tennessee* 28th Tennessee* 38th Tennessee* 51st-52nd Tennessee Vaughn's Brigade  BG Alfred J. Vaughn ('''w''' July 4)  Col Michael Magevney* 11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon* 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins* 29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice* 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col Michael MagevneyCleburne's Division    MG Patrick R. Cleburne Polk's Brigade  BG Lucius E. Polk* 1st-15th Arkansas: Col J. W. Colquitt* 5th Confederate (Tennessee): Cpt W. A. Brown* 2nd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col W. D. Robison* 35th Tennessee* 48th Tennessee Govan's Brigade  BG Daniel C. Govan* 2nd-24th Arkansas: Col Elisha Warfield * 5th-13th Arkansas: Col John E. Murray* 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith* 8th-19th Arkansas: Col George F. Baucum* 3rd Confederate (Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas): Cpt M. H. Dixon Lowrey's Brigade  BG Mark P. Lowrey* 16th Alabama* 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams* 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley* 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison* 45th Mississippi Granbury's Brigade  BG Hiram B. Granbury  BG James A. Smith* 6th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt R. Fisher* 7th Texas: Cpt J. H. Collet* 10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills* 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt G. D. Manion* 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col F. C. WilkesBate's Division    MG William B. Bate Tyler's Brigade  BG Thomas Benton Smith* 37th Georgia* 10th Tennessee (until mid-June)* 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser ('''w''' July 22), Cpt Matthew Dwyer* 20th Tennessee* 30th Tennessee* 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade  BG Joseph Horace Lewis* 2nd Kentucky: Col James W. Moss* 4th Kentucky* 5th Kentucky* 6th Kentucky: Col Martin H. Cofer* 9th Kentucky Finley's Brigade  BG Jesse J. Finley ('''w''' May 14)  Col Angus D. McLean* 1st-3rd Florida* 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)-4th Florida Infantry* 6th Florida: Col Angus D. McLean* 7th FloridaWalker's Division    MG William H. T. Walker Mercer's Brigade  BG Hugh W. Mercer* 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead* 54th Georgia* 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo* 63rd Georgia Gist's Brigade  BG States Rights Gist* 46th Georgia* 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough* 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers* 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters Jackson's Brigade  BG John K. Jackson* 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) (until mid-June)* 5th Georgia (until mid-June)* 47th Georgia* 65th Georgia* 5th Mississippi* 8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson* 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Stevens' Brigade  BG Clement H. Stevens* 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) (from mid-June)* 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn* 29th Georgia* 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry* 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet* 26th Georgia Battalion (until mid-June)* 1st Georgia SharpshootersHardee's Corps Artillery    Col Melancthon Smith Hoxton's Battalion  Maj Llewelyn Hoxton* Phelan's (Alabama) Battery* Marion (Florida) Light Artillery* Turner's (Mississippi) Battery Hotchkiss' Battalion  Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss* Semple's (Alabama) Battery* Key's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Thomas Key* Goldwaite's Alabama Battery  Martin's Battalion  Maj Robert Martin* Howell's (Georgia) Battery* Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery* Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery Cobb's Battalion  Maj Robert Cobb* Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery* 5th Company, Washington (Louisiana) Light Artillery* Johnston (Tennessee) Light Artillery===Hood's Corps===LTG John B. Hood Division Brigade Regiments and othersHindman's Division    MG Thomas C. Hindman ('''w''' July 4)    BG John C. Brown Deas' Brigade  BG Zachariah C. Deas  Col John G. Coltart* 19th Alabama* 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart* 25th Alabama* 39th Alabama* 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart* 17th Alabama Sharpshooters Manigault's Brigade  BG Arthur Middleton Manigault* 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis* 28th Alabama* 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell* 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley* 19th South Carolina Walthall's Brigade  BG Edward C. Walthall ('''w''' May 15)  Col Samuel Benton* 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine* 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley* 34th Mississippi: Col Samuel Benton, Cpt T. S. Hubbard Tucker's Brigade  BG William F. Tucker ('''w''' May)  Col Jacob H. Sharp* 7th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop* 9th Mississippi* 10th Mississippi* 41st Mississippi: Col J. Byrd Williams* 44th Mississippi: Col Jacob H. Sharp* 9th Mississippi SharpshootersStevenson's Division    MG Carter L. Stevenson Brown's Brigade  BG John C. Brown  Col Joseph B. Palmer* 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers)* 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer* 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell* 32nd Tennessee* 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy Cumming's Brigade  BG Alfred Cumming* 34th Georgia* 36th Georgia* 39th Georgia* 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins* 2nd Georgia State (from mid-June): Col James Wilson Reynold's Brigade  BG Alexander W. Reynolds ('''w''' May 27)  Col Washington M. Hardy* 58th North Carolina* 60th North Carolina: Col Washington M. Hardy* 54th Virginia* 63rd Virginia Pettus' Brigade  BG Edmund W. Pettus* 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman* 23rd Alabama* 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley* 31st Alabama* 46th AlabamaStewart's Division    MG Alexander P. Stewart    MG Henry D. Clayton Stovall's Brigade  BG Marcellus A. Stovall* 40th Georgia* 41st Georgia* 42nd Georgia* 43rd Georgia Capt. Homer Howard* 52nd Georgia* 1st Georgia State (from mid-June) Clayton's Brigade  BG Henry D. Clayton  BG James T. Holtzclaw* 18th Alabama* 32nd-58th Alabama* 36th Alabama* 38th Alabama Gibson's Brigade  BG Randall L. Gibson* 1st Louisiana (Regulars)* 13th-20th Louisiana Consolidated: Col Leon Von Zinken* 16th-25th Louisiana Consolidated * 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner* 4th Louisiana Battalion* 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Baker's Brigade  BG Alpheus Baker* 37th Alabama* 40th Alabama* 42nd Alabama* 54th Alabama (from mid-June)Hood's Corps Artillery    Col Robert F. Beckham Courtney's Battalion  Maj Alfred R. Courtney* Dent's (Alabama) Battery* Garrity's (Alabama) Battery* Douglas's Texas Battery Eldridge's Battalion  Maj John W. Eldridge* Eufala (Alabama) Artillery* Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery* Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery Johnston's Battalion  Maj John W. Johnston* Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput* Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Rowan* Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery===Polk's Corps (Army of Mississippi)===LTG Leonidas Polk ('''k''' June 14)MG William W. LoringLTG Alexander P. Stewart Division Brigade Regiments and othersLoring's Division    MG William W. Loring    BG Winfield S. Featherston Featherston's Brigade  BG Winfield S. Featherston* 3rd Mississippi* 22nd Mississippi* 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus Stephens* 33rd Mississippi: Col Jabez Drake* 40th Mississippi* 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Adams' Brigade  BG John Adams* 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry* 14th Mississippi* 15th Mississippi* 20th Mississippi* 23rd Mississippi* 43rd Mississippi Scott's Brigade  BG Thomas M. Scott* 27th Alabama* 35th Alabama* 49th Alabama* 55th Alabama* 57th Alabama* 12th LouisianaFrench's Division    MG Samuel G. French Ector's Brigade  BG Matthew D. Ector ('''w''' July 27)* 29th North Carolina* 39th North Carolina* 9th Texas: Col William Hugh Young ('''w''')* 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)* 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)* 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) Cockrell's Brigade  BG Francis M. Cockrell* 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated)* 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated)* 3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated)* 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates Sears' Brigade  BG Claudius W. Sears ('''w''' May 19)  Col William T.S. Barry* 4th Mississippi* 35th Mississippi: Col William T.S. Barry* 36th Mississippi* 39th Mississippi* 46th Mississippi* 7th Mississippi BattalionWalthall's Division    BG James Cantey    BG Edward C. Walthall Reynolds' Brigade  BG Daniel H. Reynolds* 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)* 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)* 4th Arkansas* 9th Arkansas* 25th Arkansas Cantey's Brigade   BG James Cantey  Col Virgil Murphey* 1st Alabama (from early June to mid-June)* 17th Alabama: Col Virgil Murphey* 26th Alabama (from early June):Col Edward A. O'Neal* 29th Alabama* 37th Mississippi Quarles' Brigade  BG William A. Quarles* 1st Alabama* 4th Louisiana* 30th Louisiana* 42nd Tennessee* 48th Tennessee* 49th Tennessee* 53rd Tennessee* 56th (46th-55th) TennesseePolk's Corps Artillery    Ltc Samuel C. Williams Myrick's Battalion  Maj John D. Myrick* Bouanchaud's (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud* Cowan's (Mississippi) Battery; Cpt James J. Cowan* Barry's Lookout (Tennessee) Battery; Cpt Robert L. Barry Storrs' Battalion  Maj George S. Storrs* Ward's (Alabama) Battery* Hoskins' (Mississippi) Battery* Guibor's (Missouri) Battery Preston's Battalion  Maj William C. Preston ('''k''' July 20)* Tarrant's (Alabama) Battery* Selden's (Alabama) Battery* Yates' (Mississippi) Battery===Artillery Reserve===Chief of Artillery: BG Francis A. Shoup Division Brigade Regiments and othersArtillery Reserve    Ltc James H. Hallonquist Palmer's Battalion  Maj Joseph Palmer* Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery* Anderson's (Georgia) Battery* Havis' (Georgia) Battery Williams' Battalion  Ltc Samuel C. Williams* Barbour (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb* Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery: Cpt Put Darden* Nottoway (Virginia) Artillery Waddell's Battalion  Maj James F. Waddell* Bellamy's (Alabama) Battery* Emery's (Alabama) Battery* Barret's (Missouri) Battery: Cpt Overton Barret===Cavalry Corps===MG Joseph Wheeler Division Brigade Regiments and othersMartin's Division    MG William T. Martin Morgan's Brigade  BG John T. Morgan  BG William Allen (from mid-June)* 1st Alabama Cavalry* 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan* 4th Alabama Cavalry: Col Alfred A. Russell* 7th Alabama Cavalry* 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col Milton L. Kirkpatrick* 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion (from mid-June) Iverson's Brigade  BG Alfred Iverson, Jr.* 1st Georgia Cavalry: Col Samuel W. Davitte* 2nd Georgia Cavalry: Col Charles C. Crews* 3rd Georgia Cavalry: Col Robert Thompson* 4th Georgia Cavalry: Col Isaac W. Avery* 6th Georgia Cavalry: Col John R. HartKelly's Division    BG John H. Kelly Allen's Brigade  BG William Allen (until mid-June)  Col Robert H. Anderson (from mid-June)* 3rd Confederate Cavalry* 8th Confederate Cavalry* 10th Confederate Cavalry* 12th Confederate Cavalry* 5th Georgia Cavalry (from mid-June): Col Robert H. Anderson Dibrell's Brigade  Col George G. Dibrell* 4th (McLemore's) Tennessee Cavalry* 8th Tennessee Cavalry* 9th Tennessee Cavalry* 10th Tennessee Cavalry* 11th Tennessee Cavalry (until mid-June)Humes' Division    BG William Y.C. Humes Humes' Brigade  Col James T. Wheeler  Col Henry M. Ashby (from mid-June)* 1st (6th) Tennessee Cavalry: Col James T. Wheeler* 2nd (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry: Col Henry M. Ashby* 4th (Murray's) Tennessee Cavalry (until mid-June)* 5th Tennessee Cavalry* 9th Tennessee Cavalry Grigsby's Brigade  Col J. Warren Grigsby  BG John S. Williams (from mid-June)* 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry* 2nd Kentucky Cavalry* 9th Kentucky Cavalry* 2nd (Dortch's) Kentucky Cavalry Battalion* Hamilton's Tennessee Cavalry Battalion* Allison's Tennessee Squadron Harrison's Brigade  Col Thomas H. Harrison* 3rd Arkansas Cavalry* 4th (Murray's) Tennessee Cavalry (from mid-June)* 8th Texas Cavalry* 11th Texas Cavalry Hannon's Brigade  Col Moses W. Hannon* 53rd Alabama Cavalry* 24th Alabama Cavalry BattalionJackson's Division    BG William Hicks Jackson Armstrong's Brigade  BG Frank C. Armstrong* 6th Alabama Cavalry (until mid-June)* 1st Mississippi Cavalry* 2nd Mississippi Cavalry* 28th Mississippi Cavalry* Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry Ross' Brigade  BG Lawrence Sullivan Ross* 3rd Texas Cavalry* 6th Texas Cavalry* 9th Texas Cavalry* 27th Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Legion) Ferguson's Brigade  BG Samuel W. Ferguson* 2nd Alabama Cavalry* 56th Alabama Cavalry: Col William Boyles* 9th Mississippi Cavalry: Col Horace H. Miller* Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry: Col Robert O. Perrin* 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion Waties' Battalion  Cpt John Waties* Columbus (Georgia) Artillery* King's (Missouri) Battery* Waties' (South Carolina) BatteryCorps Artillery Reserve Wheeler's Horse Artillery  Ltc Felix H. Robertson* Wiggin's (Arkansas) Battery: Lt J.P. Bryant* Ferrell's (Georgia) Battery (1 section)* Huggin's (Tennessee) Battery (from mid-June)* Huwald's (Tennessee) Battery* White's (Tennessee) Battery
Strengths The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign. Corps April 30 June 10 June 30 July 10 July 31 August 10 August 31 Hardee's Corps 21,946 20,741 18,107 16,567 13,369 14,013 14,160 Hood's/Lee's Corps 21,385 17,379 15,970 15,492 13,553 13,005 11,633 Polk's/Stewart's Corps -  16,538 14,380 13,354 11,850 11,551 11,457 Cavalry Corps 8,062 13,546 12,889 12,379 12,523 12,803 13,244 Total 52,931 69,946 62,747 59,196 51,843 51,946 51,141
Notes
References * U.S. War Department,  ''The War of the Rebellion'': ''a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies''. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. * Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). ''Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain'' (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008.