Battle of Nashville order of battle: Confederate

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

• Gen = General
• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant
• Sgt = Sergeant

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	18th Alabama: Ltc Peter F. Hunley 32nd-58th Alabama: Col Bushrod Jones 36th Alabama: Cpt Nathan M. Carpenter 38th Alabama: Cpt Charles E. Bussey
	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

• McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004.
• Nashville page, Civil War Home site