The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign[2] and reports.[3] The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Gen John B. Hood, Commanding
Lee’s Corps
LTG Stephen D. Lee
Chief of Artillery
Maj John W. Johnston
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
|
Johnson’s Division
MG Edward Johnson (c)
|
Deas' Brigade
BG Zachariah C. Deas
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- 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
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| Sharp's Brigade
BG Jacob H. Sharp
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- 7th-9th Mississippi: Maj Henry Pope
- 10th-44th-9th Sharpshooters Battalion Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Bell
- 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks
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| Manigault's Brigade
Ltc William L. Butler
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- 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
|
| Brantly's Brigade
BG William F. Brantley
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- 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
- 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
- 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt Robert W. Williamson
- Alexander's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt David W. Alexander
|
| Courtney's Artillery Battalion
Cpt James P. Douglas
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- Dent's (Alabama) battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent
- Douglas' (Texas) battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin
- Garrity's (Alabama) battery: Lt Henry F. Carrell
|
|
Stevenson’s Division
MG Carter L. Stevenson
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Cumming's Brigade
Col Elihu P. Watkins
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- 34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones
- 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles
- 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton
- 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman
|
| 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
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| Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade
Col Joseph B. Palmer
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|
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Clayton’s Division
MG Henry D. Clayton
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Stovall's Brigade
BG Marcellus A. Stovall
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- 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
|
| Holtzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw
|
|
| Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson
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- 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
|
| Eldridge's Artillery Battalion
Cpt Charles E. Fenner
|
- Eufaula (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie
- Fenner's (Louisiana) battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius
- Stanford's (Mississippi) battery: Lt James S. McCall
|
|
Corps Artillery
|
Johnston's Battalion
Cpt John B. Rowan
|
- Corput's (Georgia) battery: Lt William S. Hoge
- Marshall's (Tennessee) battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall
- Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Lt William L. Ritter
|
Stewart’s Corps
LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments 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
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| 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
|
| Scott's Brigade
Col John Snodgrass
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- 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
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| Myrick's Artillery Battalion |
|
|
French’s Division
MG Samuel G. French (absent, sick)
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
|
| Ector's Brigade
Col David Coleman
|
- 29th North Carolina: Maj Ezekiel H. Hampton
- 39th North Carolina: Cpt James G. Crawford
- 9th Texas: Maj James H. McReynolds
- 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Cullen R. Earp
- 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Robert H. Harkey
- 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William E. Estes
|
Cockrell's Brigade
(on detached duty on the Duck River)
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 Regiment-3rd Battalion Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Lt Charles B. Cleveland
|
| Storrs' Artillery Battalion |
- Guibor's (Missouri) battery
- Hoskins' (Mississippi) battery
- Kolb's (Alabama) battery
|
|
Walthall’s Division
MG Edward C. Walthall
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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
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| Cantey's Brigade
BG Charles M. Shelley
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- 17th Alabama: Cpt John Bolling, Jr.
- 26th Alabama: Cpt Daniel M. Gideon
- 29th Alabama: Cpt Samuel Abernethy
- 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral
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| Reynolds' Brigade
BG Daniel H. Reynolds
|
|
| Trueheart's Artillery Battalion
Cpt James H. Yates
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- Lumsden's (Alabama) battery
- Selden's (Alabama) battery
- Tarrant's (Alabama) battery
|
Cheatham’s Corps
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Chief of Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments 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
|
| Strahl's Brigade
Col Andrew J. Kellar
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- 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee: Ltc Luke W. Finlay
- 19th-24th-41st Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy
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| Maney's Brigade
Col Hume R. Field
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- 4th (Provision Army)-6th-9th-50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease
- 1st-27th Tennessee: Ltc John L. House
- 8th-16th-28th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson
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| Vaughan's Brigade
Col William M. Watkins
|
|
| Artillery Battalion |
- Perry's (Florida) battery
- Phelan's (Alabama) battery
- Turner's (Mississippi) battery
|
|
Cleburne’s Division
BG James A. Smith
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Smith's Brigade
(attached to Forrest's command at Murfreesboro)
Col Charles H. Olmstead
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- 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
|
| Govan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan (w)
Col Peter V. Green (w)
|
|
| Lowrey's Brigade
Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
|
- 16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
- Fifth Mississippi-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Woodward
- 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody
|
| Granbury's Brigade
Cpt Edward T. Broughton
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- 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 (dismounted): Cpt Felix L. McKnight
- 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt John F. Matthews
- Nutt's (Louisiana) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt Leroy M. Nutt
|
|
Bate’s Division
MG William B. Bate
|
Tyler's Brigade
BG Thomas B. Smith (w&c)
|
- 37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders
- 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell
- 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy (k), Maj Henry C. Lucas
|
| Finley's Brigade
Maj Jacob A. Lash (mw&c)
Maj Glover A. Ball
|
|
| Jackson's Brigade
BG Henry R. Jackson (c)
|
- 1st Georgia (Confederate)-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
|
| Cobb's Artillery Battalion
Cpt Rene T. Beauregard
|
- Slocomb’s (Louisiana) Battery
- Ferguson’s (South Carolina) Battery
- Mebane’s (Tennessee) Battery
|
|
Corps artillery
|
Hotchkiss's Battalion |
|
Cavalry Corps
MG Nathan B. Forrest
(Detached; at Murfreesboro with Jackson's and Buford's Divisions.)
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
|
Chalmers' Division
BG James R. Chalmers
|
Rucker's Brigade
Col Edmund W. Rucker (w&c)
Ltc Raleigh R. White
|
- 7th Alabama Cavalry
- 5th Mississippi Cavalry
- 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's Old Regiment)
- 7th Tennessee Cavalry
- 12th Tennessee Cavalry
- 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White
- 15th Tennessee Cavalry
|
| Biffle's Brigade
Col Jacob B. Biffle
|
- 4th Tennessee Cavalry
- 9th Tennessee Cavalry
- 10th Tennessee Cavalry
|
|
Buford's Division
(Detached; at Murfreesboro)
BG Abraham Buford
|
Bell's Brigade
Col Tyree H. Bell
|
|
| Crossland's Brigade
Col Edward Crossland
|
|
|
Jackson's Division
(Detached; at Murfreesboro)
BG William H. Jackson
|
Armstrong's Brigade
BG Frank C. Armstrong
|
- 1st Mississippi Cavalry
- 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
- 28th Mississippi Cavalry
- Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment (2nd Partisan Rangers)
|
| 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
|
Notes
- ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 664-669 (December 10, 1864)
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 31-32
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