Wauhatchie Confederate order of battle

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The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie of the American Civil War on the Confederate side. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] and the reports.[2]

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain

Other[]

Army of Tennessee[]

Longstreet's Corps[]

LTG James Longstreet

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hood's Division
     BG Micah Jenkins

Jenkins' Brigade


   Col John Bratton

  • 1st South Carolina: Col Franklin W. Kilpatrick (k)
  • 2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col Thomas Thomson
  • 5th South Carolina: Col Asbury Coward
  • 6th South Carolina: Maj John M. White
  • Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion: Col Martin W. Gary
  • Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
Robertson's Brigade


   BG Jerome B. Robertson

  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 1st Texas
  • 4th Texas
  • 5th Texas
Law's Brigade


   BG Evander M. Law[3]
   Col James L. Sheffield

  • 4th Alabama: Ltc Laurence H. Scruggs
  • 15th Alabama: Col William C. Oates (w)
  • 44th Alabama: Col William F. Perry
  • 47th Alabama
  • 48th Alabama: Col James L. Sheffield, Cpt Thomas J. Eubanks (mw)
Benning's Brigade


   BG Henry L. Benning

  • 2nd Georgia
  • 15th Georgia
  • 17th Georgia
  • 20th Georgia

Notes[]

  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, page 223
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 952-953
  3. ^ Law commanded Robertson's Brigade and his own (see: Law's report)

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.
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