The following Confederate Army units and commanders[1] fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War . The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Artillery [ ]
3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
How = Howitzer
Nap = M1857 Napoleon gun
pdr = pound (projectile weight)
R = Rifled gun
SB = Smoothbore gun
Other [ ]
w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed
Army of the Mississippi [ ]
16,000 men, 56 guns (k-532, w-2652, m-236 = 3,420)
Gen Braxton Bragg , Commanding
Escort:
3rd Tennessee Cavalry (4 companies): Cpt W. C. Bacot
k-1, w-0, m-0 = 1
13th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Company I: Cpt William W. Lillard
Right Wing [ ]
7,000 men, 16 guns (k-306, w-1153, m-87 = 1,546)
MG Leonidas Polk
Escort:
Orleans Light Horse Company: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545
MG Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
1st Brigadek-71, w-300, m-3 = 374
BG Daniel Smith Donelson
2nd Brigadek-62, w-336, m-25 = 423
BG Alexander Peter Stewart
3rd Brigadek-107, w-515, m-58 = 743
BG George Earl Maney
41st Georgia: Col Charles Addison McDaniel (mw )
1st Tennessee : Col Hume R. Field
6th Tennessee : Col George Camp Porter
9th Tennessee : Ltc John W. Buford (w )
27th Tennessee : Ltc William Frierson (w ), Maj Alexander C. Allen
Turner's Battery (aka Smith's Battery) (Mississippi) [2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr iron SB]: Lt William B. Turner
4th Brigadek-2, w-2, m-1 = 5
BG Preston Smith
1st Cavalry Brigadek-1, w-2, m-0 = 3
Col John Austin Wharton
2nd Georgia Cavalry (5 companies): Ltc Arthur Hood
1st Kentucky Cavalry (Companies C, D, I, & K): Cpt Thomas A. Ireland
4th Tennessee Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Baxter Smith
Davis' Cavalry Battalion (4 companies) (Tennessee): Maj John R. Davis
8th Texas Cavalry (aka Terry's Texas Rangers): Ltc Thomas Harrison
Left Wing [ ]
9,000 men, 40 guns (k-225, w-1499, m-149 = 1,873)
MG William Joseph Hardee
Escort:
Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Cpt William Cyrus Rippey Raum
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division18 guns, k-109, w-406, m-70 = 585
BG James Patton Anderson
1st Brigadek-47, w-190, m-2 = 239
BG John Calvin Brown (w )
1st Florida : Col William Miller
3rd Florida : Col Daniel B. Bird
41st Mississippi: Col William Feimster Tucker (w )
14th Georgia Battalion Light Artillery, Battery "A" [3 12-pdr How, 3 6-pdr SB]: Cpt Joseph Palmer
2nd Brigadek-7, w-78, m-67 = 152
BG Daniel Weisiger Adams
13th Louisiana: Col Randall Lee Gibson
Austin's Battalion, Sharpshooters (aka 14th Battalion): Maj John Edward Austin
16th Louisiana: Col Daniel C. Gober
20th Louisiana: Col August Reichard
25th Louisiana: Col Stewart W. Fisk
5th Company, Washington Artillery (Louisiana) [2 6-pdr SB, 2 3" R, 2 12-pdr How] : Cpt Cuthbert Harrison Slocomb
3rd Brigadek-13, w-13, m-0 = 26
Col Samuel Powel
45th Alabama: Col James Graham Gilchrist
1st Arkansas : Col John W. Colquitt
24th Mississippi: Col William Frances Dowd
29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice
Barret's Battery (Missouri) [2 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt Overton W. Barret
4th Brigadek-42, w-125, m-1 = 168
Col Thomas Marshall Jones
27th Mississippi: Ltc James Lockhart Autry
30th Mississippi: Col George G. Falls Neill
34th Mississippi: Col Samuel Benton (w )
2nd Alabama Battalion Light Artillery, Battery "F" [4 12-pdr Nap]: Cpt Charles L. Lumsden
Third Division20 guns, k-113, w-709, m-10 = 832
MG Simon Bolivar Buckner
1st Brigadek-15, w-57, m-0 = 72
BG St. John Richardson Liddell
2nd Arkansas : Col Daniel Govan
5th Arkansas : Col Lucius P. Featherston
6th Arkansas : Col Alexander Travis Hawthorn
7th Arkansas : Col David A. Gillispie
8th Arkansas : Col John Herbert Kelly
Swett's Battery (Mississippi) [4 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: 2Lt Thomas Havern
2nd Brigadek-25, w-325, m-0 = 350
BG Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
3rd Brigadek-32, w-164, m-9 = 205
BG Bushrod Rust Johnson
5th Confederate (8 companies): Col James A. Smith
17th Tennessee: Col Albert Smith Marks
23rd Tennessee (8 companies): Ltc Richard Hudson Keeble
25th Tennessee: Col John M. Hughes
37th Tennessee : Col Moses White
44th Tennessee : Col John S. Fulton
Darden's Battery (Mississippi) [2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr SB]: Cpt Putnam Darden
4th Brigadek-41, w-163, m-1 = 205
BG Sterling Alexander Martin Wood (w )
Escort:
3rd Georgia Cavalry (Companies G & F): Cpt Reuben L. Hill
16th Alabama: Col William Basis Wood
33rd Alabama : Col Samuel Adams (w ), Ltc Robert F. Crittenden
3rd Confederate : Ltc Henry Virtner Keep
15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters (Companies A & B): Maj A. T. Hawkins
32nd Mississippi: Col Mark Perrin Lowrey (w )
33rd Mississippi: Ltc Richard Charlton
Semple's Battery (Alabama) [4 12-pdr Nap, 2 6-pdr M1841 R]: Cpt Henry Churchill Semple
2nd Cavalry Brigadek-3, w-1, m-0 = 3
Col Joseph Wheeler
1st Alabama Cavalry: Col William Wirt Allen (w )
3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan
1st CS Cavalry: Ltc Charles S. Robertson
6th CS Cavalry: Ltc James Pell
8th CS Cavalry: Col William B. Wade
2nd Georgia Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Caleb A. Whaley
Smith's Cavalry Battalion (Georgia): Col John R. Hart
1st Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, E, F, & H): Maj John William Caldwell
6th Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, & D): Col J. Warren Grigsby
9th Tennessee Cavalry: Col James D. Bennett
12th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Thomas W. Adrian
Calvert's Battery (Arkansas) [1 section; 2 12-pdr How]: 2Lt Sylvanus G. Hanley
See also [ ]
American Civil War portal
United States portal
Notes [ ]
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
References [ ]
Holman, Kurt. Perryville Order of Battle: Forces Present at Perryville, October 8, 1862 (Revised July 1, 2012) unpublished paper, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site .
Noe, Kenneth W., Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky), 2001. ISBN 978-0-8131-2209-0
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