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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.
[1]
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
Other
Army of Tennessee
Gen
Joseph E. Johnston
Hardee's Corps
LTG
William J. Hardee
Hood's Corps
LTG
John B. Hood
Polk's Corps (Army of Mississippi)
LTG
Leonidas Polk (k June 14)
MG
William W. Loring
[22]
LTG
Alexander P. Stewart
[23]
Artillery Reserve
Chief of Artillery: BG
Francis A. Shoup
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
Artillery Reserve
Ltc James H. Hallonquist
Palmer's Battalion
Maj Joseph Palmer
Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery
Anderson's (Georgia) Battery
[39]
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 others
Martin's Division
MG
William T. Martin
Morgan's Brigade
[40]
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. Hart
Kelly's Division
BG
John H. Kelly
Allen's Brigade
[41]
BG
William Allen (until mid-June)
[42]
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
[43]
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)
[44]
5th Tennessee Cavalry
9th Tennessee Cavalry
Grigsby's Brigade
[45]
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
Hannon's Brigade
[46]
Col
Moses W. Hannon
Jackson's Division
[47]
BG
William Hicks Jackson
Armstrong's Brigade
BG
Frank C. Armstrong
6th Alabama Cavalry (until mid-June)
[48]
1st Mississippi Cavalry
2nd Mississippi Cavalry
28th Mississippi Cavalry
Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry
Ross' Brigade
BG
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Ferguson's Brigade
BG
Samuel W. Ferguson
Waties' Battalion
Cpt John Waties
Columbus (Georgia) Artillery
King's (Missouri) Battery
Waties' (South Carolina) Battery
Corps 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.
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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
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[50]
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
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3,
pages 638-675
^ From early July
^ 19th and 41st Tennessee swapped places mid-June
^ From early July
^ Detached to provost-marshal-general duty. Consolidated with 45th Tennessee mid-June
^ Known as Smith's Brigade from mid-June
^ from mid-June
^ Joined mid-June
^ Broken up early July, remaining units transferred to Gist's and Lowrey's brigades. 47th Georgia consolidated with 65th Georgia
^ Transferred to Steven's Brigade
^ Usually assigned to Cleburne's Division
^ Temporarily in command during July
^ From mid-June
^ From mid-June
^ From mid-June
^ During July while Brown is in command of Hindman's division
^ Known as Clayton's Division from July 7
^ Took command of Polk's Corps from July 7
^ From July 7, promoted to Major General on that date
^ Known as Holtzclaw's Brigade from July 7
^ From July 7, promoted to Brigadier General on that date
^ from June 14 to July 7
^ From July 7
^ Resumed command July 7
^ From June 14 until July 7
^ Brigade commander while Featherston in temporary command of the division not known, but likely either Col Stephens or Col Drake
^ Known as Cantey's Division in May and mid-June
^ Temporarily during May and early June
^ from mid-June
^ Originally an independent brigade reporting to army command, subsequently combined into a division with Reynolds' brigade
^ Temporarily in command of the division until mid-June, then resumed command of his brigade
^ Temporarily in command of the brigade during May and June, while Cantey in command of the division
^ Transferred to Quarles' Brigade mid-June
^ Joined mid-June
^ Transferred from Cantey' Brigade mid-June
^ Usually assigned to Loring's Division
^ Usually assigned to French's Division
^ Usually assigned to Cantey's Division
^ Transferred to Georgia state troops mid-June, returned early July
^ Known as Allen's Brigade from mid-June
^ Known as Anderson's Brigade from mid-June
^ Transferred to Martin's Division and took command of Morgan's Brigade mid-June
^ Known as Ashby's Brigade from mid-June
^ Transferred to Harrison's Brigade mid-June
^ Known as Williams' Brigade from mid-June. Transferred to Kelly's Division early July.
^ Transferred to Kelly's Division mid-June
^ Attached to Polk's Corps/Army of Mississippi
^ Temporarily attached from Clanton's Brigade during May and June
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3,
pages 675-683
^ Not present
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.
ISBN
978-0-7006-1569-8