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Army of the South

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston , commanding

Army Of Tennessee

Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Lee's Corps

Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill

Stevenson's Division

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson

Palmer's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer
::"Tennessee Consolidation" (3rd-18th Tennessee, 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee, 32nd Tennessee)
::58th North Carolina
::60th North Carolina
::54th Virginia
::63rd Virginia

Pettus's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus (W)
::20th Alabama
::23rd Alabama
::30th Alabama
::31st Alabama
::46th Alabama

Cumming's Brigade

:(Arrived on the battlefield March 20)
:Col. Robert J. Henderson
::34th Georgia
::36th Georgia
::39th Georgia
::56th Georgia

Clayton's Division

Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton

Stovall's Brigade

:Col. Henry C. Kellogg
::40th Georgia
::41st Georgia
::42nd Georgia
::43rd Georgia
::52nd Georgia

Jackson's Brigade

:Lt. Col. Osceola Kyle
::1st-66th Georgia
::25th Georgia
::29th-30th Georgia
::1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion

Baker's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Alpheus Baker
::22nd Alabama
::37th-40th-42nd Alabama
::54th Alabama

Hill's Division

Col. John G. Coltart

Deas's Brigade

:Col. Harry T. Toulmin
::19th Alabama
::22nd Alabama
::25th Alabama
::39th Alabama
::50th Alabama

Manigault's Brigade

:Lt. Col. John C. Carter
::10th South Carolina
::19th South Carolina

Stewart's Corps

Maj. Gen. William W. Loring

Loring's Division

Col. James Jackson

Lowry's Brigade

:Lt. Col. Robert J. Lawrence
::6th Mississippi
::14th Mississippi
::15th Mississippi
::20th Mississippi
::23rd Mississippi
::43rd Mississippi

Scott's Brigade

:Capt. John A. Dixon
::27th-35th-49th Alabama
::55th Alabama
::57th Alabama
::12th Louisiana

Featherston's Brigade

:Maj. Martin A. Oatis
::1st Mississippi
::3rd Mississippi
::22nd Mississippi
::31st Mississippi
::33rd Mississippi
::40th Mississippi
::1st Mississippi Battalion

Walthall's Division

Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

Reynolds's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds (W)
:Col. Henry C. Bunn (W)
:Lt. Col. Morton G. Galloway
::1st-2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
::4th Arkansas
::9th Arkansas
::25th Arkansas

Quarles's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. George D. Johnston
::1st Alabama
::25th Alabama
::42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee
::48th Tennessee

Cheatham's Corps

Maj. Gen. William B. Bate

Cleburne's Division

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith

Govan's Brigade

:Col. Peter V. Green
::1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas
::6th-7th Arkansas
::8th-19th Arkansas

Smith's Brigade

:Capt. J. R. Bonner
::1st Georgia (Volunteers)
::54th Georgia
::57th Georgia
::63rd Georgia

Granbury's Brigade

:(Arrived on the battlefield March 20)
:Maj. William A. Ryan
::5th Confederate
::35th Tennessee
::6th-15th Texas
::7th Texas
::10th Texas
::17th-18th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted)
::24th-25th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted)
::Nutt’s Louisiana Cavalry Company (Dismounted)

Lowrey's Brigade

:(Arrived on the battlefield March 21)
:Lt. Col. John F. Smith
::5th Regiment-3rd Battalion Mississippi
::8th-32nd Mississippi
::16th-33rd-45th Alabama

Bate's Division

Col. D. L. Kenan (W)

Tyler's Brigade

:Maj. W. H. Wilkinson (K)
::37th Georgia
::4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
::2nd-10th-20th Tennessee

Finley's Brigade

:Lt. Col. Eli Washburn
::1st-3rd Florida
::4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)
::6th-7th Florida

Brown's Division

(Arrived on the battlefield March 21)

Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley

Gist's Brigade

:Col. Hume R. Field
::6th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion
::46th Georgia
::65th Georgia
::2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
::16th South Carolina
::24th South Carolina

Maney's Brigade

:Lt. Col. Christopher C. McKinney
::4th Confederate-6th-9th-50th Tennessee
::1st-27th Tennessee
::8th-16th-28th Tennessee

Strahl's Brigade

:Col. James D. Tillman
::4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee
::19th-24th-41st Tennessee

Vaughan's Brigade

:Col. William P. Bishop
::11th-29th Tennessee
::12th-47th Tennessee
::13th-51st-52nd-54th Tennessee

Department Of North Carolina

Gen. Braxton Bragg

Hoke's Division

(From the Army Of Northern Virginia )

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke

Clingman's Brigade

:Col. William S. Devane (W)
::8th North Carolina
::31st North Carolina
::51st North Carolina
::61st North Carolina

Kirkland's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland
::17th North Carolina
::42nd North Carolina
::66th North Carolina

Hagood's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood
:::3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery (6 companies)
::Contingent of Lt. Col. James H. Rion:
:::11th South Carolina
:::21st South Carolina
:::25th South Carolina
:::27th South Carolina
:::7th South Carolina Battalion
::Contingent of Lt. Col. John D. Taylor (W):
:::2nd Regiment-1st Battalion North Carolina Artillery
:::Adams's Battery (Company D, 13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery)
::Contingent of Maj. William A. Holland:
:::40th North Carolina

Colquitt's Brigade

:Col. Charles T. Zachry
::6th Georgia
::19th Georgia
::23rd Georgia
::27th Georgia
::28th Georgia


:Col. John H. Nethercutt
::1st North Carolina JR
::2nd North Carolina JR
::3rd North Carolina JR
::20th North Carolina JR Battalion

Artillery

:Lt. Col. Joseph B. Starr
::1st North Carolina Artillery (1 company)
::13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies)
::3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies
::Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery

Department Of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida

Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee

Taliaferro's Division

Brig. Gen. William B. Taliaferro

Elliott's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Stephen Elliott Jr. (W)
::22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion
::28th Georgia Artillery Battalion
::2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery
::19th South Carolina Militia

Rhett's Brigade

:Col. William Butler
::1st South Carolina Regulars
::1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery
::15th South Carolina Battalion

McLaws's Division

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

Conner's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. John D. Kennedy
::2nd South Carolina
::3rd South Carolina
::7th South Carolina
::8th South Carolina
::15th South Carolina
::20th South Carolina
::3rd South Carolina Battalion

Fiser's Brigade

:Col. John C. Fiser
::1st Georgia Regulars
::2nd Georgia Reserve
::27th Georgia Battalion-Cobb Guards

Harrison's Brigade

:Col. George P. Harrison
::5th Georgia
::32nd Georgia
::47th Georgia

Hardy's Brigade

:Col. Washington Hardy
::50th North Carolina
::77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves)
::10th North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion

Blanchard's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Albert G. Blanchard
::1st South Carolina Reserve Battalion
::2nd South Carolina Reserve Battalion
::6th South Carolina Reserve Battalion
::7th South Carolina Reserve Battalion
::Kay's Company, South Carolina Reserve

Battalion Artillery

:Maj. A. Burnet Rhett
::LeGardeur's Battery
::H. M. Stuart's Battery (Beaufort Light Artillery)

Cavalry Command

Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton III

Butler's Division

(From the Army of Northern Virginia)

Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler (W)

Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law

Young's Brigade

:Col. Gilbert J. Wright
::7th Georgia
::10th Georgia
::20th Georgia Battalion-Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion
::Cobb's Georgia Legion
::Phillips's Georgia Legion

Butler's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law
:Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Logan
::4th South Carolina
::5th South Carolina
::6th South Carolina

Horse Artillery

::Earle's South Carolina Battery
::Hart's (Halsey's) South Carolina Battery

Wheeler's Corps

Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler

(Army of Tennessee)

Humes's Division

Col. Henry M. Ashby

T. Harrison's Brigade

:Col. Baxter Smith
::3rd Arkansas
::4th Tennessee
::8th Texas
::11th Texas

Ashby's Brigade

:Lt. Col. James H. Lewis
::1st Tennessee
::2nd Tennessee
::5th Tennessee
::9th Tennessee

Allen's Division

Brig. Gen. William W. Allen

Hagan's Brigade

:Col. D. G. White
::1st Alabama
::3rd Alabama
::51st Alabama

Anderson's Brigade

:Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson
::3rd Confederate
::8th Confederate
::10th Confederate
::5th Georgia

Dibrell's Division

Col. George G. Dibrell

Dibrell's Brigade

:Col. William S. McLemore
::4th Tennessee (Murrey's)
::13th Tennessee
::Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison’s Tennessee Squadron)

Breckinridge's Brigade

:Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge
::1st Kentucky
::2nd Kentucky
::9th Kentucky


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