The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War . The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4]
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Other [ ]
Army of Tennessee [ ]
Gen Braxton Bragg , Commanding
Polk's Corps [ ]
LTG Leonidas Polk
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Cheatham's Division
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
First (Donelson's) Brigade
BG Daniel S. Donelson
8th Tennessee: Col William L. Moore (k ), Ltc John H. Anderson
16th Tennessee: Col John H. Savage
38th Tennessee: Col John C. Carter
51st Tennessee: Col John Chester
84th Tennessee: Col Sidney S. Stanton
Carnes' (Tennessee) battery: Cpt William W. Carnes
Second (Stewart's) Brigade
BG Alexander P. Stewart
4th -5th Tennessee: Col Otho F. Strahl
19th Tennessee: Col Francis M. Walker
24th Tennessee : Col Hugh L. W. Bratton (mw ), Maj Samuel E. Shannon
31st -33rd Tennessee: Col Egbert E. Tansil
Stanford's (Mississippi) battery: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford
Third (Maney's) Brigade
BG George Maney
1st -27th Tennessee : Col Hume R. Field
4th Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col James A. McMurry
6th -9th Tennessee: Col Charles S. Hurt, Maj John L. Harris
Maney's company (Tennessee) Sharpshooters: Cpt Frank Maney
Smith's (Mississippi) battery: Lt William B. Turner
Fourth (Smith's) Brigade
Col Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.
BG Preston Smith [5]
Withers' Division
MG Jones M. Withers
First (Deas' ) Brigade
Col John Q. Loomis (w )
Col John G. Coltart
19th Alabama
22nd Alabama
25th Alabama
26th Alabama :[6] Col John G. Coltart
39th Alabama
17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt Benjamin C. Yancey
1st Louisiana (Regulars) : Ltc Frederick H. Farrar, Jr. (mw )
Robertson's (Florida) battery: Cpt Felix H. Robertson
Second (Chalmers') Brigade
BG James R. Chalmers (w )
Col Thomas W. White
7th Mississippi
9th Mississippi: Col Thomas W. White
10th Mississippi
41st Mississippi
9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt O. F. West
Blythe's (Mississippi) regiment
Garrity's (Alabama) battery
Third (Walthall's ) Brigade[7]
BG J. Patton Anderson
45th Alabama: Col James G. Gilchrist
24th Mississippi: Ltc Robert P. McKelvaine
27th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Jones,[8] Ltc James L. Autry (k ), Cpt Edward R. Neilson (w )
29th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley (w ), Ltc James B. Morgan
30th Mississippi: Ltc Junius I. Scales
39th North Carolina:[9] Cpt Alfred W. Bell
Barret's (Missouri) battery: Cpt O. W. Barret
Fourth (Anderson's) Brigade
Col Arthur M. Manigault
24th Alabama
28th Alabama
34th Alabama
10th -19th South Carolina: Col Augustus J. Lythgoe (k )
Waters' (Alabama) battery: Cpt David D. Waters
Hardee's Corps [ ]
LTG William J. Hardee
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Breckinridge's Division
MG John C. Breckinridge
First (Adams') Brigade
BG Daniel W. Adams (w )
Col Randall L. Gibson
32nd Alabama : Ltc Henry Maury (w ), Col Alexander McKinstry
13th-20th Louisiana: Col Randall L. Gibson , Maj Charles Guillet
16th-25th Louisiana: Col Stewart W. Fisk (k ), Maj Francis C. Zacharie
14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj John E. Austin
Washington Artillery , Fifth Company: Lt William C. D. Vaught
Second (Pillow's) Brigade[10]
Col Joseph B. Palmer
BG Gideon J. Pillow [11]
Third (Preston's) Brigade
BG William Preston
1st -3rd Florida: Col William Miller [12] (w )
4th Florida: Col William L. L. Bowen
60th North Carolina: Col Joseph A. McDowell
20th Tennessee : Col Thomas B. Smith (w ), Ltc Frank M. Lavender, Maj Fred Claybrooke
Wright's (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt E. Eldridge Wright (k ), Lt John W. Mebane (w )
Fourth (Hanson's ) Brigade
BG Roger W. Hanson (mw )
Col Robert P. Trabue
41st Alabama: Ltc Martin L. Stansel[12] (w )
2nd Kentucky : Maj James W. Hewitt (w ), Cpt James W. Moss
4th Kentucky : Col Robert P. Trabue, Cpt Thomas W. Thompson
6th Kentucky : Col Joseph H. Lewis
9th Kentucky : Col Thomas H. Hunt
Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery : Cpt Robert Cobb
Jackson's Brigade[13]
BG John K. Jackson
5th Georgia: Col William T. Black (k ), Maj Charles P. Daniel
2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj Jesse J. Cox
5th Mississippi : Ltc Walter L. Sykes (w )
8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson (w&c ), Ltc Aden McNeill
Pritchard's (Georgia) Battery
Lumsden's (Alabama) battery: Lt Harvey H. Cribbs
Cleburne's Division
MG Patrick R. Cleburne
First (Polk's) Brigade
BG Lucius E. Polk
Second (Liddell's) Brigade
BG St. John R. Liddell
2nd Arkansas : Col Daniel C. Govan
5th Arkansas : Ltc John E. Murray
6th -7th Arkansas : Col Samuel G. Smith (w ), Ltc F. J. Cameron (w ), Maj William F. Douglass
8th Arkansas : Col John H. Kelly (w ), Ltc George F. Baucum
Swett's (Mississippi) battery: Lt Harvey Shannon
Third (Johnson's) Brigade
BG Bushrod R. Johnson
17th Tennessee: Col Albert S. Marks (w ), Ltc Watt W. Floyd
23rd Tennessee : Ltc Richard H. Keeble
25th Tennessee: Col John M. Hughs (w ), Ltc Samuel Davis
37th Tennessee : Col Moses White (w ), Maj Joseph T. McReynolds (k ), Cpt Charles G. Jarnagin
44th Tennessee : Col John S. Fulton
Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery: Cpt Putnam Darden
Fourth (Wood's) Brigade
BG Sterling A. M. Wood
16th Alabama: Col William B. Wood (w )
33rd Alabama : Col Samuel Adams
3rd Confederate : Maj John F. Cameron
45th Mississippi: Ltc Richard Charlton
15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt A. T. Hawkins
Semple's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Henry C. Semple[14]
McCown's Division[15]
MG John P. McCown
First (Ector's) Brigade
BG Mathew D. Ector
Second (Rains's) Brigade
BG James E. Rains (k )
Col Robert B. Vance
3rd Georgia Battalion: Ltc Marcellus A. Stovall
9th Georgia Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Smith
29th North Carolina: Col Robert B. Vance
11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon (w ), Ltc William Thedford
Eufaula (Alabama) Light Artillery: Lt William A. McDuffie
Third (McNair's) Brigade
BG Evander McNair [17]
Col Robert W. Harper
Cavalry [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Cavalry[18]
BG Joseph Wheeler [19]
Wheeler's Brigade
BG Joseph Wheeler
1st Alabama : Col William W. Allen (w )
3rd Alabama: Maj Francis Y. Gaines, Cpt Tyirie H. Mauldin
51st Alabama: Col John T. Morgan , Ltc James D. Webb (w )
8th Confederate: Col William B. Wade
1st Tennessee: Col James E. Carter
Douglass' (Tennessee) Battalion: Maj DeWitt C. Douglass
Holman's (Tennessee) Battalion: Maj Daniel W. Holman
Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery : Cpt Jannedens H. Wiggins
Buford's Brigade
BG Abraham Buford
3rd Kentucky : Col J. Russell Butler
5th Kentucky: Col D. H. Smith
6th Kentucky: Col John W. Grigsby
Pegram's Brigade[20]
BG John Pegram
1st Georgia
1st Louisiana
Wharton's Brigade
BG John A. Wharton
14th Alabama Battalion: Ltc James C. Malone
1st Confederate: Col John T. Cox[21]
3rd Confederate: Ltc William N. Estes
2nd Georgia: Ltc James E. Dunlop, Maj Francis M. Ison
3rd Georgia (detachment): Maj Robert Thompson
2nd Tennessee:[22] Col Henry M. Ashby
4th Tennessee: Col Baxter Smith
Davis' (Tennessee) Battalion: Maj John R. Davis
8th Texas : Col Thomas Harrison [23]
Murray's (Tennessee) regiment: Maj William S. Bledsoe
Escort company: Cpt Paul F. Anderson
McCown's escort company: Cpt L. T. Hardy
White's (Tennessee) battery: Cpt Benjamin F. White, Jr.
Artillery [ ]
Battalions
Batteries
Artillery[24]
Notes [ ]
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 658-661
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 676-681
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 1093-1099
^ Assumed command January 2, 1863 (see: Vaughan's report )
^ Not to be confused with the other 26th Alabama(O'Neill's) that served in the Army of Northern Virginia and later Army of Tennessee. Coltart's 26th Alabama was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6 1863.
^ Brigadier General Walthall was absent on sick leave (see: Anderson's report )
^ Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Autry on December 30, 1862 (see: Anderson's report )
^ Joined Brigade December 31st, 1862; transferred, January 2, 1863 to Anderson's Brigade
^ 32nd Tennessee was on detached service near Wartrace, Tennessee (see: Palmer's and Pillow's reports )
^ Assumed command January 2, 1863 (see: Breckinridge's and Pillow's report )
^ a b c Wounded but did not relinquish the command
^ Temporarily assigned to Breckinridge's Division
^ Served with Hanson's Brigade, Breckinridge's Division until January 1, 1863 (see: Cleburne's and Semple's report )
^ Of Smith's Corps, served with Hardee's Corps
^ This regiment appears subsequently on Texas register as the 32nd Texas Cavalry (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, page 936/footnote )
^ Turned over command to Colonel Harper on account of sickness on December 31, 1862 (see: McCown's and McNair's report )
^ Forrest's and Morgan's commands on detached service
^ Chief of Cavalry
^ Probably incomplete
^ Commanded 1st Confederate, Davis' (Tennessee) Battalion, 14th Alabama Battalion and Murray's (Tennessee) regiment (see: Wharton's report )
^ transferred, January 1, 1863 to Pegram's Brigade (see: Wharton's report )
^ Commanded 8th Texas, 3rd Confederate and 2nd Georgia (see: Wharton's report )
^ Byrne's battery mentioned in Breckenridge's report. The others do not appear to have been engaged in the campaign. Baxter's battery reported as at Shelbyville, December 31, and Gibson's was ordered, December 1, 1862, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to be fitted for the field
References [ ]
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion : a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.