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 from November 20, 1863[1] and the reports.[2]
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
- Cpl = Corporal
Other[]
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Tennessee[]
Gen Braxton Bragg
Escort:
- 1st Louisiana (Regulars)
- 1st Louisiana Cavalry
Hardee's Corps[]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Cheatham's Division
|
Jackson's Brigade
BG John K. Jackson
|
|
| Moore's Brigade |
| |
| Walthall's Brigade
BG Edward C. Walthall (w) |
| |
| Wright's Brigade[3]
BG Marcus J. Wright
|
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Maj Melancthon Smith |
| |
|
Hindman's Division
|
Anderson's Brigade |
|
| Manigault's Brigade |
| |
| Deas' Brigade
BG Zach C. Deas |
| |
| Vaughan's Brigade
BG Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr. |
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Maj Alfred R. Courtney |
| |
|
Buckner's Division[4]
|
Johnson's Brigade
Col John S. Fulton |
|
| Gracie's Brigade |
| |
| Reynolds' Brigade |
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Maj Samuel C. Williams |
| |
|
Walker's Division
|
Maney's Brigade
BG George Maney (w) |
|
| Gist's Brigade[5] |
| |
| Wilson's Brigade[6] |
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Maj Robert Martin |
|
Breckinridge's Corps[]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Cleburne's Division
|
Liddell's Brigade
Col Daniel C. Govan |
|
| Smith's Brigade
BG James A. Smith (w)
|
| |
| Polk's Brigade |
| |
| Lowrey's Brigade
BG Mark P. Lowrey |
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss
|
| |
|
Stewart's Division
|
Adams' Brigade |
|
| Strahl's Brigade |
| |
| Clayton's Brigade[8] | ||
| Stovall's Brigade |
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Cpt Henry C. Semple |
| |
|
Breckinridge's Division
| ||
| Lewis' Brigade |
| |
| Bate's Brigade
Col Robert C. Tyler (w)
|
| |
| Florida (Finley's) Brigade |
| |
| Artillery Battalion
Cpt Cuthbert H. Slocomb |
| |
|
Stevenson's Division
|
Brown's Brigade
BG John C. Brown |
|
| Cumming's Brigade |
| |
| Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus |
| |
| Artillery Battalion[9]
Cpt William W. Carnes[10] |
|
Wheeler's Cavalry Corps[]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Wharton's Division
|
First Brigade
Col Thomas Harrison |
|
| Second Brigade |
| |
|
Martin's Division
|
First Brigade |
|
| Second Brigade
Col James J. Morrison |
| |
|
Armstrong's Division
|
First Brigade |
|
| Second Brigade
Col Charles H. Tyler |
| |
|
Kelly's Division
|
First Brigade
Col William B. Wade |
|
| Second Brigade
Col John W. Grigsby |
| |
| Artillery |
|
Reserve Artillery[]
| Battalions | Batteries |
|---|---|
| Robertson's Battalion[12]
Maj Felix H. Robertson |
|
Notes[]
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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 T. 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[]
- 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.
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