Atlanta_Campaign_Confederate_order_of_battle_(second_phase)

Atlanta campaign order of battle: Second phase, Confederate

Atlanta campaign order of battle: Second phase, Confederate

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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1]

This order of battle covers the second phase of the campaign, July 17 – September 8, 1864. The period May 1 – July 17, 1864 is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • k = killed

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood[2]

  • Chief of Staff: BG William Mackall,[3] BG Francis Shoup[4]
  • Chief of Artillery: BG Francis Shoup,[5] Col Robert Beckham

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee

More information Division, Brigade ...

Lee's Corps

MG Carter L. Stevenson[26]
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham[27]
LTG Stephen D. Lee[28]

More information Division, Brigade ...

[44]

Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart (w July 28)
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham[45]

More information Division, Brigade ...

Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler

More information Division, Brigade ...

Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign.[58]

More information Corps, April 30 ...

Notes

  1. [1]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 638-675
  2. [2]
    Replaced General Joseph E. Johnston as army commander, and promoted to temporary full general July 18
  3. [3]
    To July 24
  4. [4]
    From July 25
  5. [5]
    To July 25
  6. [6]
    Consolidated into a single regiment with the 13th and 154th during August
  7. [7]
    Transferred from Polk's Brigade
  8. [8]
    Consolidated with the 32nd Mississippi during August
  9. [9]
    also known as Granbury's Brigade when Granbury resumed command
  10. [10]
    from July 22
  11. [11]
    Transferred from Polk's Brigade
  12. [12]
    From mid-August
  13. [13]
    Transferred from Polk's Brigade
  14. [14]
    From August
  15. [15]
    Broken up July 24 and brigades reassigned to the other divisions of the corps
  16. [16]
    Transferred to Cleburne's Division July 24
  17. [17]
    From end of July
  18. [18]
    Transferred to Cheatham's Division July 24
  19. [19]
    until the end of August
  20. [20]
    Transferred to Lowrey's Brigade July 24
  21. [21]
    Transferred to Lowrey's Brigade July 24
  22. [22]
    Transferred to Bate's Division July 24, and subsequently renamed Jackson's Brigade
  23. [23]
    In command July 29
  24. [24]
    Usually assigned to Cleburne's Division
  25. [25]
    from mid-August
  26. [26]
    In command July 18 to July 19
  27. [27]
    In command July 19 to July 26
  28. [28]
    In command from July 26
  29. [29]
    Formerly Hindman's Division
  30. [30]
    From July 29
  31. [31]
    Resumed command in August
  32. [32]
    Promoted Brigadier General July 26
  33. [33]
    Formerly Tucker's Brigade
  34. [34]
    Promoted Brigadier General July 24
  35. [35]
    Consolidated with the 9th
  36. [36]
    Consolidated with the 44th
  37. [37]
    Promoted Major General and assigned to command of Bate's Division mid-August
  38. [38]
    From mid-August
  39. [39]
    Formerly Stewart's Division
  40. [40]
    Transferred from Quarles' Brigade
  41. [41]
    Transferred from Quarles' Brigade
  42. [42]
    from late July
  43. [43]
    from mid-August
  44. [44]
    Formerly Hood's Corps
  45. [45]
    In command from July 29 until mid-August
  46. [46]
    In command from July 28
  47. [47]
    From July 28 until mid-August
  48. [48]
    From mid-August
  49. [49]
    Only appears on return for July 31, possibly a typo for 1st Miss. Sharpshooters
  50. [50]
    Resumed command late August
  51. [51]
    Usually assigned to Loring's Division
  52. [52]
    Usually assigned to French's Division
  53. [53]
    Usually assigned to Walthall's Division
  54. [54]
    From mid-August
  55. [55]
    Promoted Brigadier General on July 26
  56. [56]
    Occasionally attached to Humes' Division
  57. [57]
    Last appears on return of July 10, status unknown after this point
  58. [58]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 675-683
  59. [59]
    Not present

References

  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
  • Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008. ISBN 978-0-7006-1569-8
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