Perryville Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- Gen = General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
- 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
Artillery
- 3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
- How = Howitzer
- Nap = M1857 Napoleon gun
- pdr = pound
- R = Rifled gun
- SB = Smoothbore gun
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
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Gen Braxton Bragg, Commanding
Escort:
- 3rd Tennessee Cavalry : Cpt W. C. Bacot
- 13th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Company I: Cpt William W. Lillard
Right Wing
MG Leonidas Polk
Escort:
- Orleans Light Horse Company: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
First Division 16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545 MG Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | 1st Brigade k-71, w-300, m-3 = 374 BG Daniel Smith Donelson |
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| First Division 16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545 MG Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | 2nd Brigade k-62, w-336, m-25 = 423 BG Alexander Peter Stewart |
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| First Division 16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545 MG Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | 3rd Brigade k-107, w-515, m-58 = 743 BG George Earl Maney |
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| First Division 16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545 MG Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | 4th Brigade k-2, w-2, m-1 = 5 BG Preston Smith |
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| First Division 16 guns, k-305, w-1153, m-87 = 1,545 MG Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | 1st Cavalry Brigade k-1, w-2, m-0 = 3 Col John Austin Wharton |
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Left Wing
9,000 men, 40 gunsMG William Joseph Hardee
Escort:
- Raum's Cavalry Company : Cpt William Cyrus Rippey Raum
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
Second Division 18 guns, k-109, w-406, m-70 = 585 BG James Patton Anderson | 1st Brigade k-47, w-190, m-2 = 239 BG John Calvin Brown |
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| Second Division 18 guns, k-109, w-406, m-70 = 585 BG James Patton Anderson | 2nd Brigade k-7, w-78, m-67 = 152 BG Daniel Weisiger Adams |
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| Second Division 18 guns, k-109, w-406, m-70 = 585 BG James Patton Anderson | 3rd Brigade k-13, w-13, m-0 = 26 Col Samuel Powel |
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| Second Division 18 guns, k-109, w-406, m-70 = 585 BG James Patton Anderson | 4th Brigade k-42, w-125, m-1 = 168 Col Thomas Marshall Jones |
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| Third Division 20 guns, k-113, w-709, m-10 = 832 MG Simon Bolivar Buckner | 1st Brigade k-15, w-57, m-0 = 72 BG St. John Richardson Liddell |
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| Third Division 20 guns, k-113, w-709, m-10 = 832 MG Simon Bolivar Buckner | 2nd Brigade k-25, w-325, m-0 = 350 BG Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
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| Third Division 20 guns, k-113, w-709, m-10 = 832 MG Simon Bolivar Buckner | 3rd Brigade k-32, w-164, m-9 = 205 BG Bushrod Rust Johnson |
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| Third Division 20 guns, k-113, w-709, m-10 = 832 MG Simon Bolivar Buckner | 4th Brigade k-41, w-163, m-1 = 205 BG Sterling Alexander Martin Wood Escort:
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| 2nd Cavalry Brigadek-3, w-1, m-0 = 3 Col Joseph Wheeler |
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