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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...

units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Shiloh

The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and...

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

Shiloh Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...

is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle.

Military rank

Gen = General
MG = Major General
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...
Maj = Major
Major (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 = Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A 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) = wounded
Wounded in action
Wounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....
(mw) = mortally wounded
(k) = killed in action
Killed in action
Killed 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) = captured
Prisoner of war
A 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...

Army of the Mississippi
Army of Mississippi
There were three organizations known as the Army of Mississippi in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. -Army of Mississippi :This army, at times known by the names Army of the West or Army of the...

Gen Albert S. 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...

(k)

Gen Pierre G.T. Beauregard

First Army Corps

MG Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Charles Clark Charles Clark (governor) Charles Clark was a Mississippi Democratic political figure, as well as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Clark was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1811... (w) BG Alexander P. Stewart	1st Brigade Col Robert. M. Russell	11th Louisiana: Col Samuel F. Marks (w), Ltc Robert H. Barrow 12th Tennessee: Ltc Tyree H. Bell, Maj Robert P. Caldwell 13th Tennessee: Col Alfred J. Vaughan, jr. Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr. Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr. was an American civil engineer, planter, soldier, and writer. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and fought mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict.After the war Vaughan resumed farming, was active in... 22nd Tennessee: Col Thomas J. Freeman (w) Tennessee Battery: Cpt Smith P. Bankhead
	2nd Brigade BG Alexander P. Stewart Alexander P. Stewart Alexander Peter Stewart was a career United States Army officer, college professor, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	13th Arkansas: Col James C. Tappan, Ltc A. D. Grayson (k), Maj James A. McNeely (w) 4th Tennessee: Col Rufus P. Neely, Ltc 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:... 5th Tennessee: Ltc Calvin D. Venable 33rd Tennessee: Col Alexander W. Campbell Mississippi Battery: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford
Second Division BG Benjamin F. Cheatham Benjamin 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... (w)	1st Brigade BG Bushrod R. Johnson (w) Col Preston Smith (w)	Blythe's Mississippi: Col A. K. Blythe (k), Ltc David L. Herron (k), Maj James Moore 2nd [Walker's] Tennessee: Col J. Knox Walker 15th Tennessee: Ltc Robert C. Tyler (w), Maj John F. Hearn 154th Tennessee (senior): Col Preston Smith Preston Smith (general) Preston Smith was a lawyer and soldier from the state of Tennessee who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during a night attack during the Battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia.-Biography:Preston Smith was born in Giles... , Ltc Marcus J. Wright Tennessee battery: Cpt Marshall T. Polk (w)
	2nd Brigade Col William H. Stephens Col George Maney	7th Kentucky 7th Kentucky Infantry The 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Col Charles Wickliffe (mw), Ltc William D. Lannom 1st Tennessee (battalion): Col George 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... , Maj Hume R. Field 6th Tennessee: Ltc Timothy P. Jones 9th Tennessee: Col Henry L. Douglass Mississippi Battery: Cpt Melancthon Smith
	Cavalry	1st Mississippi: Col Andrew J. Lindsay Mississippi and Alabama Battalion: Ltc Richard H. Brewer
	Unattached	47th Tennessee: Col Munson R. Hill

Second Army Corps

MG Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was...

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Alabama Cavalry: Cpt Robert W. Smith

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Daniel Ruggles Daniel Ruggles Daniel Ruggles was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a division at the Battle of Shiloh.-Biography:Ruggles was born in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1810...	1st Brigade Col Randall L. Gibson Randall L. Gibson -External links:*...	1st Arkansas 1st Arkansas Infantry The 1st Arkansas Infantry was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. There were three regiments known as "1st Arkansas" during the war... : Col James F. Fagan 4th Louisiana: Col Henry W. Allen (w), Ltc Samuel E. Hunter 13th Louisiana: Maj Anatole P. Avegno (mw), Cpt Stephen O'Leary (w), Cpt Edgar M. Dubroca 19th Louisiana: Col Benjamin L. Hodge, Ltc James M. Hollingsworth
	2nd Brigade BG Patton Anderson	1st Florida Battalion: Maj Thaddens A. McDonell (w), Cpt W. G. Poole, Cpt W. Capers Bird 17th Louisiana: Ltc Charles Jones (w) 20th Louisiana: Col August Reichard 9th Texas: Col Wright A. Stanley Confederate Guards Response Battalion: Maj Franklin H. Clack Washington Louisiana Artillery, 5th Company: Cpt W. Irwin Hodgson
	3rd Brigade Col Preston Pond, Jr.	16th Louisiana: Maj Daniel Gober 18th Louisiana: Col Alfred Mouton (w), Ltc Alfred Roman Crescent (Louisiana) Regiment: Col Marshall J. Smith Orleans Guard Battalion: Maj Leon Querouze (w) 38th Tennessee: Col Robert F. Looney Alabama Battery: Cpt William H. Ketchum
	Cavalry	Alabama Battalion: Cpt Thomas F. Jenkins
Second Division BG Jones M. Withers Jones M. Withers Jones Mitchell Withers was a United States Army officer who fought during the Mexican–American War and later served as a Confederate major general during the American Civil War...	1st Brigade BG Adley H. Gladden Adley H. Gladden Adley Hogan Gladden was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He impressed General Braxton Bragg after defending Pensacola from Union bombardment. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh.... (mw) Col Daniel W. Adams (w) Col Zach C. Deas (w)	21st Alabama: Ltc Stewart W. Cayce, Maj Frederik Stewart 22nd Alabama: Col Zach C. Deas, Ltc John C. Marrast 23rd Alabama: Col John Q. Loomis (mw), Maj George D. Johnston 26th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart (mw), Ltc William D. Chadick 1st Louisiana: Col Daniel W. Adams, Maj Frederick H. Farrar, Jr. Alabama Battery: Cpt Felix H. Robertson
	2nd Brigade BG James R. Chalmers	5th Mississippi: Col Albert E. Fant 7th Mississippi: Ltc Hamilton Mayson 9th Mississippi: Ltc William A. Rankin (mw) 10th Mississippi: Col Robert A. Smith 52nd Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Lea Alabama Battery: Cpt Charles P. Gage
	3rd Brigade BG John K. Jackson John K. Jackson John King Jackson was an American lawyer and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, mainly in Florida and the Western Theater of the conflict...	17th Alabama 17th Regiment Alabama Infantry The 17th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 18th Alabama was mustered in at Montgomery, Alabama in August 1861.... : Ltc Robert C. Fariss 18th Alabama: Col Eli S. Shorter 19th Alabama: Col Joseph Wheeler Joseph 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... 2nd Texas: Col John C. Moore John Creed Moore John Creed Moore 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 and his works in the educational system in Texas.... , Ltc William P. Rogers, Maj Hall G. Runnels Georgia Battery: Cpt Isadore P. Girardey

Third Army Corps

MG William J. Hardee

William 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...

(w)

Brigades	Regiments and batteries
1st Brigade BG Thomas C. Hindman Thomas C. Hindman Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. was a lawyer, United States Representative from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, and a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.... Col R. G. Shaver	2nd Arkansas: Col Daniel C. Govan, Maj Reuben F. Harvey 6th Arkansas 6th Arkansas Infantry 6th Arkansas Infantry was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. Organized mainly from Volunteer Companies raised in the southern half of Arkansas, the regiment was among the first transferred to Confederate Service, and virtually the entire war serving in Confederate... : Col Alexander T. Hawthorn 7th Arkansas: Ltc John M. Dean (k), Maj James T. Martin 3rd Confederate: Col John S. Marmaduke Mississippi Battery: Cpt Charles Swett
2nd Brigade BG Patrick 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....	15th Arkansas: Ltc Archibald K. Patton (k) 6th Mississippi: Col John J. Thornton (w), Cpt W. A. Harper 2nd [Bate's] Tennessee: Col 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... (w), Ltc David L. Goodall 5th [35th] Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill 23rd Tennessee: Ltc James F. Neill (w) 24th Tennessee: Ltc Thomas H. Peebles Arkansas Battery: Cpt John T. Trigg Arkansas Battery: Cpt J. H. Calvert
3rd Brigade BG Sterling A. M. Wood Col William K. Patterson	16th Alabama: Ltc John W. Harris 8th Arkansas: Col William K. Patterson 9th [14th] Arkansas (battalion): Maj John H. Kelly John H. Kelly John Herbert Kelly was a career United States Army officer. During the American Civil War, he was the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate States Army at the time of his promotion and one of the youngest generals to die during the war at the age of 24... 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Maj Aaron B. Hardcastle 27th Tennessee: Col Christopher H. Williams (k), Maj Samuel T. Love (mw) 44th Tennessee: Col Coleman A. McDaniel 55th Tennessee: Col James L. McKoin Mississippi Battery: Cpt William L. Harper (w), Lt Putnam Darden Georgia Dragoons (company): Cpt Isaac W. Avery

Reserve Corps

BG John C. Breckinridge

John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...

Brigades	Regiments and batteries
1st Brigade Col Robert P. Trabue	4th Alabama Battalion: Maj James M. Clifton 31st Alabama: Ltc Montgomery Gilbreath 3rd Kentucky 3rd Kentucky Infantry The 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade through August 1862.-Service:... : Ltc Benjamin Anderson (w) 4th Kentucky 4th Kentucky Infantry The 4th 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:... : Ltc Andrew R. Hynes (w) 5th Kentucky 5th Kentucky Infantry The 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In 1863 it became part of the First Kentucky Brigade.-Service:... : Col Thomas H. Hunt 6th Kentucky 6th Kentucky Infantry The 6th 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:... : Col Joseph H. Lewis Tennessee Battalion: Ltc James M. Crews Kentucky Battery Byrne's battery Byrne's Battery was a light artillery battery in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. It fought exclusively in the Western Theater and suffered among the highest casualties of Confederate batteries at the Battle of Stones River.... : Cpt Edward P. Byrne Kentucky Battery 1st Kentucky Artillery The 1st Kentucky Artillery was an artillery battery that was a member of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Cpt Robert Cobb Kentucky Cavalry (squadron): Cpt John H. Morgan John Hunt Morgan John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War.Morgan is best known for Morgan's Raid when, in 1863, he and his men rode over 1,000 miles covering a region from Tennessee, up through Kentucky, into Indiana and on to southern Ohio...
2nd Brigade BG John S. Bowen John S. Bowen John Stevens Bowen was a career United States Army officer and a general in the Confederate States Army, a commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. He is often said to have died just as his abilities were gaining attention.-Early life:Bowen was born in Bowen's Creek, Georgia... (w) Col John D. Martin	9th Arkansas: Col Isaac L. Dunlop 10th Arkansas: Col Thomas D. Merrick 2nd Confederate: Col John D. Martin, Maj Thomas H. Mangum 1st Missouri: Col Lucius L. Rich Mississippi Battery: Cpt Alfred Hudson
3rd Brigade Col Winfield S. Statham	15th Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 19th Tennessee 19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment The 19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, or Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 19th Tennessee fought in every major battle and campaign of the Army of Tennessee except the Battle of Perryville.... : Col David H. Cummings 20th Tennessee: Col Joel A. Battle (c) 28th Tennessee 45th Tennessee: Ltc Ephraim F. Lytle Tennessee Battery: Cpt Arthur M. Rutledge

Unattached

Brigades	Regiments and batteries
Cavalry	Tennessee Regiment: Col Nathan B. Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self-educated, innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading southern advocate in the postwar years... (w) Alabama Regiment: Col James H. Clanton James Holt Clanton James Holt Clanton was an American soldier, lawyer, and legislator. He enlisted in the United States Army for service during the Mexican–American War, and later was a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War... Texas Regiment: Col John A. Wharton John A. Wharton John Austin Wharton was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is considered one of the Confederacy's best tactical cavalry commanders.-Early life:... (w)
Artillery	Arkansas Battery: Cpt George T. Hubbard Tennessee Battery: Cpt Hugh L. W. McClung

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