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The following
Confederate Army units
[1] and commanders fought in the
Battle of Champion Hill of the
American Civil War . The
Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization,
[2] returns of casualties
[3] and reports.
[4]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
w = wounded
k = killed
c = captured
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
LTG
John C. Pemberton
Chief of Engineers: Maj Samuel H. Lockett
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Loring's Division
MG
William W. Loring
1st Brigade
BG
Lloyd Tilghman (k )
Col A. E. Reynolds
1st Confederate Infantry Battalion: Ltc G. H. Forney
6th Mississippi : Col
Robert Lowry
23rd Mississippi: Col J. M. Wells
26th Mississippi: Col A. E. Reynolds, Maj T. F. Parker
Company C, 14th Mississippi Artillery Battalion (4 guns): Lt J. Culbertson
Company D, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (4 guns): Cpt J. L. Wofford
Company G, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (6 guns): Cpt J. J. Cowan
2nd Brigade
BG
Abraham Buford
3rd Brigade
BG
Winfield S. Featherston
3rd Mississippi: Col T. A. Mellon
22nd Mississippi: Col F. Schaller
31st Mississippi: Col J. A. Orr
33rd Mississippi: Col D. W. Hurst
1st Mississippi Sharpshooter Battalion: Maj W. A. Rayburn
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Stevenson's Division
MG
Carter L. Stevenson
1st Brigade
BG
Seth M. Barton
40th Georgia: Ltc Robert M. Young
41st Georgia: Col William E. Curtiss
42nd Georgia: Col
Robert J. Henderson
43rd Georgia : Col Skidmore Harris (k ), Cpt Mathadeas M. Grantham
52nd Georgia: Col C. D. Phillips (c ), Maj John J. Moore
Cherokee Georgia Artillery (4 guns): Cpt
Max van den Corput
2nd Brigade
BG
Stephen D. Lee
20th Alabama: Col
Isham W. Garrott
23rd Alabama: Col Franklin K. Beck
30th Alabama: Col C. M. Shelley
31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington
46th Alabama: Col M. L. Woods (c ), Cpt George E. Brewer
Waddell's Alabama Battery (6 guns): Cpt James F. Waddell
3rd Brigade
BG
Alfred Cumming
34th Georgia: Col J. A. W. Johnson
36th Georgia: Col J. A. Glenn
39th Georgia: Col J. T. McConnell (w ), Ltc Joseph F. B. Jackson
56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins (w ), Ltc John T. Slaughter
57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo
4th Brigade
Col
Alexander W. Reynolds
3rd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Newton J. Lillard
31st Tennessee: Col William M. Bradford
43rd Tennessee: Col James W. Gillespie
59th Tennessee: Col William L. Eakin
3rd Maryland Artillery (6 guns): Cpt F. O. Claiborne
Artillery
Maj Joseph W. Anderson (k )
Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery (2 guns): Cpt J. W. Johnston
Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (4 guns): Cpt S. J. Ridley (k ), Cpt W. T. Ratliff
Bowen's Division
BG
John S. Bowen
1st Brigade
BG
Francis M. Cockrell
2nd Brigade
BG
Martin E. Green
Cavalry
Adams' Mississippi Cavalry: Col
Wirt Adams
20th Mississippi Mounted Infantry: Ltc W. N. Brown
See also
Notes
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 3,
pages 703-707 (April 1863) and
The Battle of Champion Hill website (Order of Battle)
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2,
page 728
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2,
pages 725-726 and
The Battle of Champion Hill website (Official Reports)
References