Atlanta campaign order of battle: Second phase, Confederate

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.Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 638-675

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 Gen = General LTG = Lieutenant General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant

Other w = wounded k = killed

Army of Tennessee Gen John B. HoodReplaced General Joseph E. Johnston as army commander, and promoted to temporary full general July 18 Chief of Staff: BG William Mackall,To July 24 BG Francis ShoupFrom July 25 Chief of Artillery: BG Francis Shoup,To July 25 Col Robert Beckham

Hardee's Corps LTG William J. Hardee

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersCheatham's Division

BG George E. Maney Maney's Brigade

Col Francis M. Walker (k July 22)   Col George C. Porter 4th Confederate (34th Tennessee) 1st-27th Tennessee 6th-9th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter 19th Tennessee 50th Tennessee: Col Stephen H. Colms Strahl's Brigade

BG Otho F. Strahl (w July 22)   Ltc James D. Tillman 4th-5th Tennessee 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson (w July 22), Ltc Samuel E. Shannon 31st Tennessee 33rd Tennessee 41st Tennessee: Ltc James D. Tillman, Maj T.G. Miller (w July 22), Cpt A.M. Keith Wright's Brigade

BG John C. Carter 8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 38th Tennessee: Ltc Andrew D. Gwynne (c July 22), Maj Hamilton W. Cotter 51st-52nd Tennessee Vaughn's Brigade

Col Michael Magevney 11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon 12th-47th Tennessee:Consolidated into a single regiment with the 13th and 154th during August Col William M. Watkins 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Maj William J. Crook 29th Tennessee: Col Horace RiceCleburne's Division

MG Patrick R. Cleburne Govan's Brigade

BG Daniel C. Govan 1st-15th Arkansas:Transferred from Polk's Brigade Ltc William H. Martin (w July 22), Cpt Felix G. Lusk 2nd-24th Arkansas: Col Elisha Warfield (w July 22), Ltc Eldridge G. Brasher (w July 22), Maj Amzi T. Meek 5th-13th Arkansas: Col John E. Murray (k July 22), Col Peter V. Green 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith (w July 22) Ltc Fester J. Cameron (w July 22), Maj William F. Douglass (w July 22), Cpt J.T. Robinson 8th-19th Arkansas: Col George F. Baucum (w July 22), Ltc Anderson Watkins (k July 22), Ltc Augustus S. Hutchinson (w July 22), Maj David H. Hamiter 3rd Confederate Lowrey's Brigade

BG Mark P. Lowrey 16th Alabama 33rd Alabama 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley (w&c July 22) Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie 5th Mississippi (from July 24) 8th Mississippi (from July 24)Consolidated with the 32nd Mississippi during August i: Col John C. Wilkinson (k July 22), Capt H.W. Crook (w July 22) 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison (w July 22) 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John D. Williams (c July 22), Cpt Thomas P. Connor Smith's Brigadealso known as Granbury's Brigade when Granbury resumed command

BG James A. Smith (w July 22)   Ltc Robert B. Young   BG Hiram B. Granburyfrom July 22 5th Confederate (Tennessee)Transferred from Polk's Brigade 6th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 7th Texas 10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills (w July 22), Ltc Robert B. Young, Cpt John A. Formwalt 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate (w August 10)     MG John C. BrownFrom mid-August Tyler's Brigade

BG Thomas Benton Smith 37th Georgia 2nd Tennessee (Provisional Army)Transferred from Polk's Brigade 10th Tennessee 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser (w July 22), Cpt Matthew Dwyer 20th Tennessee 30th Tennessee 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade

BG Joseph Horace Lewis 2nd Kentucky: Col James W. Moss 4th Kentucky 5th Kentucky 6th Kentucky: Col Martin H. Cofer 9th Kentucky Finley's Brigade

Col Angus D. McLean   Ltc Daniel KenanFrom August 1st-3rd Florida 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)-4th Florida Infantry 6th Florida: Ltc Daniel Kenan 7th FloridaWalker's DivisionBroken up July 24 and brigades reassigned to the other divisions of the corps

MG William H. T. Walker (k July 22)     BG Hugh W. Mercer Mercer's BrigadeTransferred to Cleburne's Division July 24

BG Hugh W. Mercer   Col William Barkuloo   Ltc Morgan Rawls (w July 22)   Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton   Col Charles H. OlmsteadFrom end of July 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead (w July 22), Maj Martin J. Ford 54th Georgia: Ltc Morgan Rawls, Cpt Thomas W. Brantley 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo, Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton 63rd Georgia Gist's BrigadeTransferred to Cheatham's Division July 24

BG States Rights Gist (w July 22)   Col James McCullough   Col Ellison Capersuntil the end of August 46th Georgia 65th Georgia 5th Mississippi (until July 24)Transferred to Lowrey's Brigade July 24 8th Mississippi (until July 24)Transferred to Lowrey's Brigade July 24 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough, Cpt John W. Boling 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w July 22), Ltc Jesse S. Jones 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Stevens' BrigadeTransferred to Bate's Division July 24, and subsequently renamed Jackson's Brigade

BG Clement H. Stevens (mw July 20)   Col George A. Smith (w July 22)   Col J. Cooper Nisbet (c July 22)   Col William J. Winn   BG Henry R. JacksonIn command July 29 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn, Maj A.W. Smith 29th Georgia 30th Georgia 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet, Cpt Thomas L. Langston 1st Georgia SharpshootersHardee's Corps Artillery

Col Melancthon Smith Palmer's Battalion

Maj Joseph Palmer Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery Anderson's (Georgia) Battery Havis' (Georgia) Battery Hoxton's Battalion

Maj Llewelyn Hoxton Phelan's (Alabama) Battery Marion (Florida) Light Artillery Turner's (Mississippi) Battery Hotchkiss' BattalionUsually assigned to Cleburne's Division

Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss   Cpt Thomas Keyfrom mid-August Semple's (Alabama) Battery Key's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Thomas Key Warren (Mississippi) Light Artillery Martin's Battalion

Maj Robert Martin Howell's (Georgia) Battery Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery Cobb's Battalion

Maj Robert Cobb Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery 5th Company, Washington (Louisiana) Light Artillery Johnston (Tennessee) Light Artillery

Lee's Corps MG Carter L. StevensonIn command July 18 to July 19 MG Benjamin F. CheathamIn command July 19 to July 26 LTG Stephen D. LeeIn command from July 26

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersAnderson's DivisionFormerly Hindman's Division

MG Patton AndersonFrom July 29 Deas' Brigade

Col John G. Coltart   BG Zachariah C. DeasResumed command in August 19th Alabama 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart 25th Alabama 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton (w July 22), Cpt T. J. Branon 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart, Cpt George W. Arnold 17th Alabama Sharpshooters (until mid-August) Manigault's Brigade

BG Arthur Middleton Manigault 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis 28th Alabama 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley 19th South Carolina: Maj James L. White (w July 22), Cpt Elijah W. Horne Brantley's Brigade

Col Samuel Benton (mw July 22)   Col William F. BrantleyPromoted Brigadier General July 26 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley, Ltc James M. Johnson 34th Mississippi: Cpt T. S. Hubbard Sharp's BrigadeFormerly Tucker's Brigade

BG Jacob H. SharpPromoted Brigadier General July 24 7th Mississippi:Consolidated with the 9th Col William H. Bishop 9th Mississippi 10th MississippiConsolidated with the 44th 41st Mississippi: Col J. Byrd Williams 44th Mississippi 9th Mississippi SharpshootersStevenson's Division

MG Carter L. Stevenson Brown's Brigade

BG John C. BrownPromoted Major General and assigned to command of Bate's Division mid-August   Col Joseph B. PalmerFrom mid-August (w September 1) 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers) 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell 32nd Tennessee 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy Cumming's Brigade

BG Alfred Cumming 34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins 2nd Georgia State: Col James Wilson Reynold's Brigade

Col Washington M. Hardy 58th North Carolina 60th North Carolina 54th Virginia 63rd Virginia Pettus' Brigade

BG Edmund W. Pettus 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley 31st Alabama 46th AlabamaClayton's DivisionFormerly Stewart's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton Stovall's Brigade

BG Marcellus A. Stovall 40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia 1st Georgia State: Ltc John M. Brown (mw July 22), Cpt Albert Howell Holtzclaw's Brigade

BG James T. Holtzclaw 18th Alabama 32nd-58th Alabama 36th Alabama 38th Alabama: Maj Shep Ruffin (w July 22), Lt John C. Dumas Gibson's Brigade

BG Randall L. Gibson 1st Louisiana (Regulars) 4th LouisianaTransferred from Quarles' Brigade 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Leon Von Zinken 16th-25th Louisiana 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner 30th LouisianaTransferred from Quarles' Brigade 4th Louisiana Battalion 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Baker's Brigade

BG Alpheus Baker 37th Alabama 40th Alabama 42nd Alabama 54th AlabamaLee's Corps Artillery

Ltc James H. Hallonquist William's Battalion

Ltc Samuel C. Williams   Cpt Reuben Kolbfrom late July Barbour (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery Nottoway (Virginia) Artillery Courtney's Battalion

Maj Alfred R. Courtney Dent's (Alabama) Battery Garrity's (Alabama) Battery Douglas's Texas Battery Eldridge's Battalion

Maj John W. Eldridge Eufala (Alabama) Artillery Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery Johnston's Battalion

Maj John W. Johnston   Cpt John B. Rowanfrom mid-August Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: John B. Rowan Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery Formerly Hood's Corps

Stewart's Corps LTG Alexander P. Stewart (w July 28) MG Benjamin F. CheathamIn command from July 29 until mid-August

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersLoring's Division

MG William W. Loring (w July 28)     BG Winfield S. FeatherstonIn command from July 28 Featherston's Brigade

BG Winfield S. Featherston   Col Robert LowryFrom July 28 until mid-August   Col Marcus StephensFrom mid-August 1st MississippiOnly appears on return for July 31, possibly a typo for 1st Miss. Sharpshooters 3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus Stephens 33rd Mississippi: Col Jabez Drake 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Adams' Brigade

BG John Adams 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi Scott's Brigade

BG Thomas M. Scott 27th-35th-49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th LouisianaFrench's Division

MG Samuel G. French Ector's Brigade

Col William H. Young 29th North Carolina 39th North Carolina 9th Texas 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) Cockrell's (First Missouri) Brigade

Col Elijah Gates 1st-4th Missouri 2nd-6th Missouri 3rd-5th Missouri 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted) Sears' Brigade

Col William T.S. Barry   BG Claudius W. SearsResumed command late August 4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi: Col William T.S. Barry 36th Mississippi