Nashville Confederate order of battle


The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the campaign and reports. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen John B. Hood, Commanding

Lee’s Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee
Chief of Artillery

Maj John W. Johnston
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson 		Deas' Brigade

BG Zachariah C. Deas
  • 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough
  • 22nd Alabama: Cpt Hugh W. Henry
  • 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Rouse
  • 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton
  • 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson 		Sharp's Brigade

BG Jacob H. Sharp
  • 7th-9th Mississippi: Maj Henry Pope
  • 10th-44th-9th Sharpshooters Battalion Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Bell
  • 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson 		Manigault's Brigade

Ltc William L. Butler
  • 24th Alabama: Cpt Thomas J. Kimbell
  • 28th Alabama: Cpt William M. Nabors
  • 34th Alabama: Ltc John C. Carter
  • 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker
  • 19th South Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Getzen
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson 		Brantley's Brigade

BG William F. Brantley
  • 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
  • 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
  • 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt Robert W. Williamson
  • Alexander's Cavalry Company : Cpt David W. Alexander
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson 		Courtney's Artillery Battalion

Cpt James P. Douglas
  • Dent's Battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent
  • Douglas's Texas Battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin
  • Garrity's Battery: Lt Henry F. Carrell
Stevenson's Division

MG Carter L. Stevenson		Cumming's Brigade

Col Elihu P. Watkins
  • 34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones
  • 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles
  • 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton
  • 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman
Stevenson's Division

MG Carter L. Stevenson		Pettus's Brigade

BG Edmund W. Pettus
  • 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
  • 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb
  • 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott
  • 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington
  • 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer
Stevenson's Division

MG Carter L. Stevenson		Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade

Col Joseph B. Palmer
  • 60th North Carolina: Maj James T. Huff
  • 3rd-18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler
  • 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy
  • 32nd Tennessee: Col John P. McGuire
  • 54th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William G. Anderson
  • 63rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc Connally H. Lynch
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton		Stovall's Brigade

BG Marcellus A. Stovall
  • 40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson
  • 41st Georgia: Cpt Jared E. Stallings
  • 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson
  • 43rd Georgia: Col Henry C. Kellogg
  • 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton		Holtzclaw's Brigade

BG James T. Holtzclaw
  • 18th Alabama: Ltc Peter F. Hunley
  • 32nd-58th Alabama: Col Bushrod Jones
  • 36th Alabama: Cpt Nathan M. Carpenter
  • 38th Alabama: Cpt Charles E. Bussey
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton		Gibson's Brigade

BG Randall L. Gibson
  • 1st Louisiana: Cpt James C. Stafford
  • 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter
  • 13th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell
  • 16th Louisiana: Ltc Robert H. Lindsey
  • 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy
  • 20th Louisiana: Cpt Alexander Dresel
  • 25th Louisiana: Col Francis C. Zacharie
  • 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet
  • 4th Louisiana Battalion: Cpt T. Alexander Bisland
  • 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Lt Andrew T. Martin
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton		Eldridge's Artillery Battalion

Cpt Charles E. Fenner
  • Eufaula Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie
  • Fenner's Battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius
  • Stanford's Battery: Lt James S. McCall
Corps ArtilleryJohnston's Battalion

Cpt John B. Rowan
  • Corput's Battery: Lt William S. Hoge
  • Marshall's Battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall
  • Stephens Light Artillery: Lt William L. Ritter

Stewart’s Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring		Featherston's Brigade

BG Winfield S. Featherston
  • 1st Mississippi: Cpt Owen D. Hughes
  • 3rd Mississippi: Cpt O. H. Johnston
  • 22nd Mississippi: Maj Martin A. Oatis
  • 31st Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Collins
  • 33rd Mississippi: Cpt Thomas L. Cooper
  • 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert
  • 1st Mississippi Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler
Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring		Adams' Brigade

Col Robert Lowry
  • 6th Mississippi: Ltc Thomas J. Borden
  • 14th Mississippi: Col Washington L. Doss
  • 15th Mississippi: Ltc James R. Binford
  • 20th Mississippi: Maj Thomas B. Graham
  • 23rd Mississippi: Maj George W. B. Garrett
  • 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison
Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring		Scott's Brigade

Col John Snodgrass
  • 55th Alabama: Maj James B. Dickey
  • 57th Alabama: Maj J. Horatio Wiley
  • 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Ltc John D. Weeden
  • 12th Louisiana: Cpt James T. Davi
Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring		Myrick's Artillery Battalion
  • Bouanchaud's battery
  • Cowan's battery
  • Darden's battery
French's Division

MG Samuel G. French

temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
Sears' Brigade

BG Claudius W. Sears
  • 4th Mississippi
  • 35th Mississippi
  • 36th Mississippi
  • 39th Mississippi
  • 46th Mississippi
  • 7th Mississippi Battalion
French's Division

MG Samuel G. French

temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
Ector's Brigade

Col David Coleman
French's Division

MG Samuel G. French

temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
Cockrell's Brigade


Col Peter C. Flournoy
  • 1st-4th Missouri: Cpt James H. Wickersham
  • 2nd-6th Missouri: Ltc Stephen Cooper
  • 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Benjamin E. Guthrie
  • 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry : Lt Charles B. Cleveland
French's Division

MG Samuel G. French

temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
Storrs' Artillery Battalion
  • Guibor's battery
  • Hoskins' battery
  • Kolb's battery
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall		Quarles' Brigade

BG George D. Johnston
  • 1st Alabama: Lt Charles M. McRae
  • 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee: Cpt Austin M. Duncan
  • 48th Tennessee: Col William M. Voorhies
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall		Cantey's Brigade

BG Charles M. Shelley
  • 17th Alabama: Cpt John Bolling, Jr.
  • 26th Alabama: Cpt Daniel M. Gideon
  • 29th Alabama: Cpt Samuel Abernethy
  • 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall		Reynolds' Brigade

BG Daniel H. Reynolds
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall		Trueheart's Artillery Battalion

Cpt James H. Yates
  • Lumsden's battery
  • Selden's battery
  • Tarrant's battery

Cheatham’s Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Chief of Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Brown's Division

BG Mark P. Lowrey		Gist's Brigade

Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
  • 46th Georgia: Cpt Malcolm Gillis
  • 65th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion: Cpt William W. Grant
  • 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt William H. Brown
  • 16th South Carolina: Cpt John W. Boling
  • 24th South Carolina: Cpt William C. Griffith
Brown's Division

BG Mark P. Lowrey		Strahl's Brigade

Col Andrew J. Kellar
  • 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee: Ltc Luke W. Finlay
  • 19th-24th-41st Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy
Brown's Division

BG Mark P. Lowrey		Maney's Brigade

Col Hume R. Field
  • 4th -6th-9th-50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease
  • 1st-27th Tennessee: Ltc John L. House
  • 8th-16th-28th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson
Brown's Division

BG Mark P. Lowrey		Vaughan's Brigade

Col William M. Watkins
  • 11th-29th Tennessee: Maj John E. Binns
  • 12th-47th Tennessee: Cpt Charles N. Wade
  • 13th-51st-52nd-154th Tennessee: Col. Michael Magevney, Jr., Maj John T. Williamson
Brown's Division

BG Mark P. Lowrey		Artillery Battalion
  • Perry's battery
  • Phelan's battery
  • Turner's battery
Cleburne's Division

BG James A. Smith		Smith's Brigade


Col Charles H. Olmstead
  • 1st Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford
  • 54th Georgia: Cpt George W. Moody
  • 57th Georgia: Cpt Lucius C. Bryan
  • 63rd Georgia: Cpt Elijah J. Craven
Cleburne's Division

BG James A. Smith		Govan's Brigade

BG Daniel C. Govan

Col Peter V. Green
  • 1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas: Col Peter V. Green
  • 6th-7th Arkansas: Ltc Peter Snyder
  • 8th-19th Arkansas: Maj David H. Hamiter
Cleburne's Division

BG James A. Smith		Lowrey's Brigade

Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
  • 16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
  • 5th Regiment-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Woodward
  • 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody
Cleburne's Division

BG James A. Smith		Granbury's Brigade

Cpt Edward T. Broughton
  • 5th Confederate: Lt William E. Smith
  • 35th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill
  • 6th-15th Texas: Cpt Benjamin R. Tyus
  • 7th Texas: Cpt Orren P. Forrest
  • 10th Texas: Cpt Reuben D. Kennedy
  • 17th-18th Texas Cavalry : Cpt Felix L. McKnight
  • 24th-25th Texas Cavalry : Cpt John F. Matthews
  • Nutt's Cavalry Company : Cpt Leroy M. Nutt
Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate		Tyler's Brigade

BG Thomas B. Smith
  • 37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders
  • 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell
  • 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy, Maj Henry C. Lucas
Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate		Finley's Brigade

Maj Jacob A. Lash

Maj Glover A. Ball
  • 1st-3rd Florida: Cpt Matthew H. Strain
  • 6th Florida: Cpt Angus McMillan
  • 7th Florida: Cpt Robert B. Smith
  • 1st Florida Cavalry-4th Florida Infantry: Cpt George R. Langford
Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate		Jackson's Brigade

BG Henry R. Jackson
  • 1st Georgia -66th Georgia: Ltc James C. Gordon
  • 25th Georgia: Cpt Joseph E. Fulton
  • 29th-30th Georgia: Col William D. Mitchell
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Lt R. Cuyler King
Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate		Cobb's Artillery Battalion

Cpt Rene T. Beauregard
  • Slocomb's Battery
  • Ferguson's Battery
  • Mebane's Battery
Corps artilleryHotchkiss's Battalion
  • Bledsoe's battery
  • Goldthwaite's battery
  • Key's battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Nathan B. Forrest

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Chalmers' Division

BG James R. Chalmers		Rucker's Brigade

Col Edmund W. Rucker

Ltc Raleigh R. White
  • 7th Alabama Cavalry
  • 5th Mississippi Cavalry
  • 3rd Tennessee Cavalry
  • 7th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White
  • 15th Tennessee Cavalry
Chalmers' Division

BG James R. Chalmers		Biffle's Brigade

Col Jacob B. Biffle
  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 10th Tennessee Cavalry
Buford's Division


BG Abraham Buford		Bell's Brigade

Col Tyree H. Bell
  • 2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry
  • 19th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 20th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 21st Tennessee Cavalry
  • Nixon's Tennessee, Cavalry Regiment
Buford's Division


BG Abraham Buford		Crossland's Brigade

Col Edward Crossland
Jackson's Division


BG William H. Jackson		Armstrong's Brigade

BG Frank C. Armstrong
  • 1st Mississippi Cavalry
  • 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
  • 28th Mississippi Cavalry
  • Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment
Jackson's Division


BG William H. Jackson		Ross's Brigade

BG Lawrence S. Ross
  • 3rd Texas Cavalry
  • 6th Texas Cavalry
  • 9th Texas Cavalry
  • 27th Texas Cavalry
  • 1st Texas Legion
Artillery
  • Morton's Tennessee Battery