Atlanta Confederate order of battle
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The following units and commanders fought in the Confederate Army of Tennessee
during the Battle of Atlanta
on July 22, 1864. The Union order of battle
is listed separately.
Hardee's Corps
LTG William J. Hardee
Hood's Corps
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Army of Tennessee
The Army of Tennessee was the principal Confederate army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. It was formed in late 1862 and fought until the end of the war in 1865, participating in most of the significant battles in the Western Theater...
during the Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Atlanta
The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply center of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman overwhelmed...
on July 22, 1864. The Union order of battle
Atlanta Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Atlanta of the American Civil War.-Military Rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel* Maj = Major* Cpt = Captain...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = ColonelColonel (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant Colonel (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
- Maj = MajorMajor (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Other
- (w) = woundedWoundA wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured , or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion . In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.-Open:...
- (mw) = mortally woundedMortal WoundA mortal wound is a very severe and serious injury whether accidental or inflicted intentionally , which leads directly to the death of the victim. Death need not be instantaneous, but follows soon after...
- (k) = killedKilled in actionKilled in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
- (c) = capturedPrisoner of warA prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
Hardee's CorpsFirst Corps, Army of TennesseeThe First Corps, Army of Tennessee was a military unit that defended the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It was an army corps within the Army of Tennessee, officially created in November 1862 and continued in existence until its surrender in April 1865 in North Carolina...
LTG William J. HardeeWilliam J. Hardee
William Joseph Hardee was a career U.S. Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and fighting in the Mexican-American War...
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Bate's Division MG William B. Bate William B. Bate William Brimage Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death... |
Orphan Brigade Orphan Brigade The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during... BG Joseph H. Lewis |
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Florida Brigade
BG Jess J. Finley |
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Tyler's Brigade
BG Thomas B. Smith Thomas Benton Smith Thomas Benton Smith was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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Walker's Division MG William H.T. Walker (k) BG Hugh W. Mercer Hugh W. Mercer Hugh Weedon Mercer was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
Gist's Brigade BG States Rights Gist States Rights Gist States Rights Gist was a lawyer, a militia general in South Carolina, and a Confederate Army brigadier general who served during the American Civil War. A relative of several prominent South Carolinians, Gist rose to fame during the war but was killed before its end at the Battle of Franklin on... (w) Col James McCullough |
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Mercer's Brigade
BG Hugh W. Mercer Hugh W. Mercer Hugh Weedon Mercer was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Biography:... Col William Barkuloo Ltc Morgan Rawls (w) Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton |
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Stevens's Brigade
Col George A. Smith (w) Col J. Cooper Nisbet (c) Col William J. Winn |
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Cleburne's Division MG Patrick R. Cleburne Patrick Cleburne Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was an Irish American soldier, best known for his service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, where he rose to the rank of major general.... |
Govan's Brigade BG Daniel C. Govan Daniel Govan Daniel Chevilette Govan was an American miner, planter, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, prominent in campaigns and battles in the Western Theater.-Early life and career:... |
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Gransbury's Brigade
BG James A. Smith James Argyle Smith James Argyle Smith was an United States Army officer, and a graduate of West Point. He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, his works in the educational system in Mississippi, and in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.-Early life and career:James Smith was born and... (w) Ltc Robert B. Young |
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Lowrey's Brigade
BG Mark P. Lowry |
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Cheatham's Division BG George E. Maney George Maney George Earl Maney was an American soldier, politician, railroad executive and diplomat. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S... |
Maney's Brigade Col Francis M. Walker (k) |
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Strahl's Brigade
BG Otho F. Strahl Otho F. Strahl Otho French Strahl was an attorney and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was one of a small number of Southern generals who were born in the North.-Biography:... (w) Ltc James D. Tillman |
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Vaughan's Brigade
Col Michael Magevney, Jr. |
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Wright's Brigade
Col John C. Carter John C. Carter John Carpenter Carter was a Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Hood's CorpsSecond Corps, Army of TennesseeThe Second Corps, Army of Tennessee was a military formation in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Formation:The Corps was originally formed before the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 by combining Daniel Ruggles' Alabama Division and Braxton Bragg's Army of Pensacola. The Corps was...
MG Benjamin F. CheathamBenjamin F. Cheatham
Benjamin Franklin Cheatham , known also as Frank, was a Tennessee aristocrat, California gold miner, and a General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, serving in many battles of the Western Theater.-Early years:Cheatham was born in Nashville, Tennessee on a plantation...
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Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson Carter L. Stevenson Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Jr. was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army in several antebellum wars and then in the Confederate States Army as a general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Stevenson was born to a prominent family in... |
Brown's Brigade Col Joseph B. Palmer Joseph B. Palmer Joseph Benjamin Palmer was an American lawyer, legislator, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, during which he was wounded four times. After the conflict he resumed his law practice in Tennessee.-Early life and career:Joseph B. Palmer was born in 1825 in... |
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Cumming's Brigade
BG Alfred Cumming Alfred Cumming (general) Alfred Cumming was a brigadier general for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus Edmund Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus , was an American lawyer, soldier, and legislator. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, during which he was captured three times, as well as a U.S... |
• 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
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Reynold's Brigade
BG Alexander W. Reynolds Alexander W. Reynolds Alexander Welch Reynolds was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War, primarily fighting in the Western Theater. After the conflict he served as a staff officer in the Egyptian Army.-Early life and career:Alexander W... |
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Hindman's Division BG John C. Brown John C. Brown John Calvin Brown was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the Governor of Tennessee from 1871 to 1875, the first Democrat to be elected to that position following the war.-Early life:... |
Deas's Brigade Col John G. Coltart |
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Manigault's Brigade
BG Arthur M. Manigault |
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Tucker's Brigade
Col Jacob H. Sharp |
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Walthall's Brigade
Col Samuel Benton (mw) Col William F. Brantly |
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Clayton's Division MG Henry D. Clayton Henry DeLamar Clayton (general) Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. was a prominent Alabama attorney, politician, Redeemer judge, and college president. He also served as a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.-Early life and... |
Baker's Brigade Col John H. Higley |
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Holtzclaw's Brigade
Col Bushrod Jones |
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Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson Randall L. Gibson -External links:*... |
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Stovall's Brigade
Col Abda Johnson |
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Georgia State Militia
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1st Division, Georgia State Militia MG Gustavus W. Smith Gustavus Woodson Smith Gustavus Woodson Smith , more commonly known as G.W. Smith, was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican-American War, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and Mexico:Smith was born in Georgetown,... |
1st Brigade BG Reuben W. Carswell |
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2nd Brigade
BG Pleasant J. Phillips |
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3rd Brigade
BG Charles D. Anderson |
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4th Brigade
BG Henry K. McCay |
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Cavalry Corps
MG Joseph WheelerJoseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
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Martin's Division MG William T. Martin William T. Martin William Thompson Martin was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate States Army general of cavalry during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
Allen's Brigade BG William Wirt Allen William W. Allen William Wirt Allen was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He rose through the ranks to command the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Tennessee in the last days of the war.... |
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Iverson's Brigade
BG Alfred Iverson Alfred Iverson, Jr. Alfred Iverson, Jr. was a lawyer, an officer in the Mexican-American War, a U.S. Army cavalry officer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served in the 1862–63 campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia as a regimental and later brigade commander... |
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Ferguson's Brigade
BG Samuel W. Ferguson Samuel W. Ferguson Samuel Wragg Ferguson was a career United States Army officer, a cavalryman, and a graduate of West Point. He is best known as being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Sources
- Ecelbarger, Gary. The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta. St. Martin's Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-56399-8