Fort Donelson Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson

Battle of Fort Donelson

The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The success elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S...

of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Military Rank

BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Colonel (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 Colonel
Lieutenant 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...

Army of Central Kentucky

General Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston served as a general in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army...

Not present at battle

Fort Donelson

BG Bushrod Johnson

Bushrod Johnson

Bushrod Rust Johnson was a teacher, university chancellor, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was one of a handful of Confederate generals who were born and raised in the North.-Early life:...

Feb 9

BG Gideon J. Pillow Feb 9-13

BG John B. Floyd

John B. Floyd

John Buchanan Floyd was the 31st Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of War, and the Confederate general in the American Civil War who lost the crucial Battle of Fort Donelson.-Early life:...

Feb 13-16

BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr. Feb 16

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Right Wing BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr.	2nd Brigade (attached to 3rd Brigade)	2nd Kentucky 2nd Kentucky Infantry The 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:... 14th Mississippi 41st Tennessee
Right Wing BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr.	3rd Brigade Col 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:...	3rd Tennessee 18th Tennessee 32nd Tennessee
Left Wing BG Gideon J. Pillow BG Bushrod Johnson Bushrod Johnson Bushrod Rust Johnson was a teacher, university chancellor, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was one of a handful of Confederate generals who were born and raised in the North.-Early life:...	1st Brigade Col Adolphus Heiman	27th Alabama 10th Tennessee 42nd Tennessee 48th Tennessee 53rd Tennessee
	2nd Brigade Col Thomas J. Davidson Col John M. Simonton Col John Gregg John Gregg (CSA) John Gregg was an American judge, politician, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Siege of Petersburg.-Early life and career:...	8th Kentucky 8th Kentucky Infantry The 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 1st Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 7th Texas
	3rd Brigade Col Joseph Drake	26th Alabama 15th Arkansas 15th Arkansas Infantry The 15th Arkansas Infantry was a regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was first formed by Colonel Patrick Ronayne Cleburne in Camden, Arkansas. The regiment consisted primarily of recruits from Ouachita County, Hempstead County, Columbia County, Union County... 4th Mississippi
	4th Brigade (Fort Donelson Garrison) Col John W. Head	30th Tennessee 49th Tennessee 50th Tennessee 1st Tennessee Stankiewicz's Battery
	5th Brigade Col Gabriel C. Wharton Gabriel C. Wharton Gabriel Colvin Wharton was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work....	51st Virginia Infantry 51st Virginia Infantry The 51st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in Tennessee and western Virginia with help of william Elkins.... 56th Virginia Infantry 56th Virginia Infantry The 54th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....
	6th Brigade Col John McCausland John McCausland John McCausland, Jr. was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the razing of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War....	20th Mississippi 36th Virginia Infantry 36th Virginia Infantry The 36th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in western Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.... 50th Virginia Infantry 50th Virginia Infantry The 50th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia and in Tennessee....
	7th Brigade Col William E. Baldwin	26th Mississippi 26th Tennessee
Attached Units	Cavalry Brigade Lt Col Nathan B. Forrest	3rd Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 1st Kentucky Cavalry, Company D 1st Kentucky Cavalry, Company G 1st Kentucky Cavalry, Company K Melton's Kentucky Cavalry Company 11th Tennessee Cavalry, Company E 11th Tennessee Cavalry, Company F
Attached Units	Artillery Lt Col Milton Haynes	Culbertson's Tennessee Battery French's Virginia Battery Graves' Kentucky Battery Green's Kentucky Battery Guy's Virginia Battery Jackson's Virginia Battery Maney's Tennessee Battery Parker's Battery Porter's Tennessee Battery Ross' Tennessee Battery

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