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Line 1: {{Short description\|Confederate forces at 1862 American Civil War battle}} ~~{{wikify-date\|July 2006}}~~ The following [[Confederate States Army]] units and commanders fought in the [[Battle of Shiloh]] of the [[American Civil War]]. The [[Shiloh Union order of battle\|Union order of battle]] is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle.<ref>''Official Records, Series I, Volume LII, Part 1, pages [https://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0109&node=waro0109%3A6&view=image&seq=34&size=100 26-29]''</ref><ref>Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.</ref> [[File:Shiloh, Confederate.png\|thumb\|500px\|Confederate Army of the Mississippi as organized during the Battle of Shiloh]] ==Abbreviations used== The following [[Confederate States Army]] units and commanders fought in the [[Battle of Shiloh]] of the [[American Civil War]]. The [[Shiloh Union order of battle\|Union order of battle]] is shown separately. ==~~Abbreviations~~=Military ~~Used~~rank=== * '''Gen''' = [[General (United States)\|General]] ~~===Military Rank===~~ * '''~~Gen~~MG''' = [[Major general (United States)\|Major General]] * '''~~LTG~~BG''' = [[~~Lieutenant~~Brigadier general (United States)\|Brigadier General]] * '''MGCol''' = [[~~Major~~Colonel ~~General~~(United States)\|Colonel]] * '''BGLtc''' = [[~~Brigadier~~Lieutenant ~~General~~colonel (United States)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] * '''~~Col~~Maj''' = [[~~Colonel~~Major (United States)\|Major]] * '''~~Ltc~~Cpt''' = [[~~Lieutenant~~Captain ~~Colonel~~(United States O-3)\|Captain]] * '''Maj''' = [[Major]] * '''Cpt''' = [[Captain]] * '''Lt''' = [[Lieutenant]] * '''Sgt''' = [[Sergeant]] ===Other=== * '''(w)''' = [[Wounded in action\|wounded]] * '''(mw)''' = [[mortally wounded]] * '''(k)''' = [[killed in action]] * '''(c)''' = [[prisoner of war\|captured]] ==[[Army of Mississippi]]== {{Main\|Army of Mississippi}} ~~Gen [[Albert Sidney Johnston\|Albert S. Johnston]] (mw)<br />~~ Gen [[Albert Sidney Johnston\|Albert S. Johnston]] ('''k''') ~~Gen [[P.G.T. Beauregard]]~~ <br> Gen [[P.G.T. Beauregard\|Pierre G. T. Beauregard]] ===First Army Corps=== MG [[Leonidas Polk]] Line 33 ⟶ 36: \|- \| rowspan=2 \| ~~1st~~First Division <br>     BG [[Charles Clark (governor)\|Charles Clark]] ('''w''') <br>     BG Alexander P. Stewart ~~BG Charles Clark~~ \| 1st Brigade <br>   Col R.Robert M. Russell \| * [[11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|11th Louisiana]]: Col Samuel F. Marks ('''w'''), Ltc Robert H. Barrow * 11th Louisiana * [[12th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|12th Tennessee]]: Ltc [[Tyree H. Bell]], Maj [[Robert P. Caldwell]] * 12th Tennessee * [[13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|13th Tennessee]]: Col [[Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr.\|Alfred J. Vaughan, jr.]] * 13th Tennessee * [[22nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|22nd Tennessee]]: Col Thomas J. Freeman ('''w'''), Ltc Francis M. Stewart ('''w'''), Maj Lipscomb P. McMurry * 22nd Tennessee * ~~Bankhead's~~Tennessee Battery: Cpt Smith P. Bankhead \|- \| 2nd Brigade Line 50 ⟶ 55: BG [[Alexander P. Stewart]] \| * [[13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment\|13th Arkansas]]: Col [[James C. Tappan]], Ltc A. D. Grayson ('''k'''), Maj James A. McNeely ('''w''') * 13th Arkansas * [[4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|4th Tennessee]]: Col Rufus P. Neely, Ltc [[Otho F. Strahl]] * 4th Tennessee * [[5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|5th Tennessee]]: Ltc [[Calvin D. Venable]] * 5th Tennessee * [[33rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|33rd Tennessee]]: Col [[Alexander W. Campbell]] * 33rd Tennessee * ~~Stanford's~~Mississippi Battery: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford \|- \| rowspan=2 \| ~~2nd~~Second Division <br>    BG [[Benjamin F. Cheatham]] ('''w''') <br>    BG [[Bushrod R. Johnson]] ('''w''') \| 1st Brigade <br>    BG [[Bushrod R. Johnson]] <br>    Col Preston Smith ('''w''') \| * Blythe's Mississippi: ~~battalion~~Col A. K. (Blythe ('''k'''s), Ltc David L. Herron ('''k'''), Maj James Moore * 2nd (Walker's) Tennessee: Col [[Joseph Knox Walker\|J. Knox Walker]] * [[15th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|15th Tennessee]]: Ltc [[Robert C. Tyler]] ('''w'''), Maj John F. Hearn * 15th Tennessee * [[154th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|154th (Senior) Tennessee]]: Col [[Preston Smith (general)\|Preston Smith]], Ltc [[Marcus J. Wright]] * 154th Tennessee (senior) * Tennessee battery: Cpt Marshall T. Polk ('''w''') * Polk's battery \|- \| 2nd Brigade <br>   Col W.William H. Stephens <br>   Col George Maney<ref>Maney, who was senior to Stephens, arrived on the field later and took command. Stephens was injured when thrown from his horse, as he records in his report (''see: Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, page [https://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0010&node=waro0010%3A7&view=image&seq=470&size=100 452]'')</ref> \| * [[7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|7th Kentucky]]: Col Charles Wickliffe ('''mw'''), Ltc William D. Lannom * 1st Tennessee (battalion): Col [[George Maney]], Maj Hume R. Feild * [[6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|6th Tennessee]]: Ltc Timothy P. Jones, Col William H. Stephens * [[9th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|9th Tennessee]]: Col Henry L. Douglass * Mississippi Battery: Cpt [[Melancthon Smith (Confederate officer)\|Melancthon Smith]] \|- \| \| Cavalry \| * [[1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment\|1st Mississippi]]: Col Andrew J. Lindsay * Mississippi and Alabama Battalion: Ltc Richard H. Brewer \|- \| \| Unattached \| * [[47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|47th Tennessee]]: Col [[Munson Rufus Hill\|Munson R. Hill]]<ref>Arrived on April 7, 1862.</ref> * 7th Kentucky * 1st Tennessee * 6th Tennessee * 9th Tennessee * Smith's Battery \|} ===Second Army Corps=== MG [[Braxton Bragg]] Escort: * Alabama Cavalry: Cpt Robert W. Smith {\| class="wikitable" Line 89 ⟶ 114: ! Regiments and Others \|- \| rowspan=34 \| ~~1st~~First Division <br>     BG [[Daniel Ruggles]] \| 1st Brigade <br>   Col [[Randall L. Gibson]] \| * [[1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|1st Arkansas]]: Col [[James F. Fagan]] * 1st Arkansas * [[4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|4th Louisiana]]: Col [[Henry W. Allen]] ('''w'''), Ltc Samuel E. Hunter * 4th Louisiana * [[13th Louisiana Infantry Regiment\|13th Louisiana]]: Maj Anatole P. Avegno ('''mw'''), Cpt Stephen O'Leary ('''w'''), Cpt Edgar M. Dubroca * 13th Louisiana * [[19th Louisiana Infantry Regiment\|19th Louisiana]]: Col [[Benjamin Lewis Hodge\|Benjamin L. Hodge]], Ltc James M. Hollingsworth * 19th Louisiana * Bains' Battery \|- \| 2nd Brigade <br>   BG [[James Patton Anderson\|Patton Anderson]] \| * [[1st Florida Infantry\|1st Florida Battalion]]: Maj Thaddens A. McDonell ('''w'''), Cpt W. G. Poole, Cpt W. Capers Bird * 1st Florida Battalion * [[17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment\|17th Louisiana]]: Ltc Charles Jones ('''w''') * 17th Louisiana * [[20th Louisiana Infantry Regiment\|20th Louisiana]]: Col August Reichard * [[9th Texas Infantry Regiment\|9th Texas]]: Col Wright A. Stanley * 9th Texas * Confederate Guards Response Battalion (12th Louisiana Bn.): Maj Franklin H. Clack * [[Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion\|Washington Louisiana Artillery]], 5th Company: Cpt W. Irwin Hodgson * Hodgson's Battery \|- \| 3rd Brigade <br>   Col [[Preston Pond, Jr.]] \| * [[16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment\|16th Louisiana]]: Maj Daniel Gober * [[18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment\|18th Louisiana]]: Col [[Alfred Mouton]] ('''w'''), Ltc Alfred Roman * 18th Louisiana * Crescent (Louisiana) Regiment: Col Marshall J. Smith * Orleans Guard Battalion: Maj Leon Querouze ('''w''') * 38th Tennessee * [[38th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|38th Tennessee]]: Col [[Robert F. Looney]] * Ketchum's battery * Alabama Battery: Cpt William H. Ketchum \|- \| Cavalry \| * Alabama Battalion: Cpt Thomas F. Jenkins \|- \| rowspan=3 \| ~~2nd~~Second Division <br>     BG [[Jones M. Withers]] \| 1st Brigade <br>   BG A.[[Adley H. Gladden]] ('''mw''') <br>   Col Daniel W. Adams ('''w''') <br>   Col Zach C. Deas ('''w''') \| * 21st Alabama: Ltc Stewart W. Cayce, Maj Frederik Stewart * [[22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry\|22nd Alabama]]: Col [[Zach C. Deas]], Ltc John C. Marrast * 22nd Alabama * 25th Alabama: Col [[John Q. Loomis]] ('''w'''), Maj George D. Johnston * 23rd Alabama * [[50th Alabama Infantry Regiment\|26th (Coltart's) Alabama]]:<ref>Not to be confused with the other 26th Alabama(O'Neill's) that served in the Army of Northern Virginia and later Army of Tennessee. Coltart's 26th Alabama was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6, 1863.</ref> Col [[John G. Coltart]] ('''w'''), Ltc William D. Chadick * 26th Alabama * [[1st Louisiana Regulars\|1st Louisiana]]: Col [[Daniel W. Adams]], Maj Frederick H. Farrar, Jr. * 1st Louisiana * ~~Robertson's~~Alabama Battery: Cpt [[Felix H. Robertson]] * Gage's Battery \|- \| 2nd Brigade Line 144 ⟶ 176: BG [[James R. Chalmers]] \| * [[5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|5th Mississippi]]: Col Albert E. Fant * [[7th Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|7th Mississippi]]: Ltc Hamilton Mayson * [[9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|9th Mississippi]]: Ltc William A. Rankin ('''mw'''), Maj F. Eugene Whitfield * 9th Mississippi * [[10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|10th Mississippi]]: Col Robert A. Smith * [[52th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|52nd Tennessee]]: Col Benjamin J. Lea * 51st Tennessee * Alabama Battery: Cpt Charles P. Gage * 52nd Tennessee \|- \| 3rd Brigade <br>   BG J.[[John K. Jackson]] \| * [[17th Regiment Alabama Infantry\|17th Alabama]]: Ltc Robert C. Fariss * 17th Alabama * [[18th Alabama Infantry\|18th Alabama]]: Col [[Eli Sims Shorter\|Eli S. Shorter]] * 18th Alabama * [[19th Regiment Alabama Infantry\|19th Alabama]]: Col [[Joseph Wheeler]] * 19th Alabama * [[2nd Texas Infantry Regiment\|2nd Texas]]: Col [[John Creed Moore\|John C. Moore]], Ltc William P. Rogers, Maj Hall G. Runnels * Alabama battalion * Georgia Battery: Cpt Isadore P. Girardey * Arkansas battalion * 2nd Texas * Girardey's Battery * The 47th Tennessee, Colonel Hill, arrived on the field on the 7th; the Alabama and Arkansas battalions of the Third Brigade, Withers' division, not in the battle. \|} ===Third Army Corps=== MG [[William J. Hardee]] ('''w''') {\| class="wikitable" Line 174 ⟶ 203: \| 1st Brigade <br>   BG [[Thomas C. Hindman]]<ref>Commanded his own and the 3rd Brigade.</ref> <br>   Col [[Robert G. Shaver]] \| * [[2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|2nd Arkansas]]: Col [[Daniel C. Govan]], Maj Reuben F. Harvey * 2nd Arkansas * [[6th Arkansas Infantry\|6th Arkansas]]: Col [[Alexander T. Hawthorn]] ('''w''') * 5th Arkansas * [[7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment\|7th Arkansas]]: Ltc John M. Dean ('''k'''), Maj James T. Martin * 6th Arkansas * [[18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Marmaduke's)\|3rd Confederate]]: Col [[John S. Marmaduke]] * 7th Arkansas * Mississippi Battery: Cpt Charles Swett * 3rd Confederate * Miller's Battery * Swett's Battery \|- \| 2nd Brigade Line 188 ⟶ 217: BG [[Patrick Cleburne]] \| * [[15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Josey's)\|15th Arkansas]]: Ltc Archibald K. Patton ('''k''') * 15th Arkansas * [[6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|6th Mississippi]]: Col John J. Thornton ('''w'''), Maj [[Robert Lowry (governor)\|Robert Lowry]] ('''w'''), Cpt W. A. Harper * 6th Mississippi * 2nd (Bate's) Tennessee: Col [[William B. Bate]] ('''w'''), Ltc David L. Goodall * 5th [35th] Tennessee * [[35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|35th (5th Provisional) Tennessee]]: Col [[Benjamin J. Hill]] * 23rd Tennessee * [[23rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|23rd Tennessee]]: Ltc James F. Neill ('''w''') * 24th Tennessee * [[24th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|24th Tennessee]]: Ltc Thomas H. Peebles * [[Trigg's Arkansas Battery]]: Cpt John T. Trigg * [[Helena Artillery\|Helena (Arkansas) Artillery]]: Cpt John H. Calvert \|- \| 3rd Brigade <br>   BG [[S.A.M. Wood\|Sterling A. M. Wood]] ('''w''') <br>   \| Col William K. Patterson<ref>Temporarily</ref> * 7th Alabama * 16th Alabama * 8th Arkansas * 9th Arkansas Battalion * 3rd Mississippi Battalion * 27th Tennessee * 44th Tennessee * 55th Tennessee * Harper's battery \|- ~~\| Shoup's artillery battalion~~ \| * 16th Alabama: Ltc John W. Harris * Watson Battery * [[8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment\|8th Arkansas]]: Col William K. Patterson * [[9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion]]: Maj [[John H. Kelly]] * 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Maj Aaron B. Hardcastle * [[27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|27th Tennessee]]: Col Christopher H. Williams ('''k'''), Ltc Blackburn H. Brown ('''w'''), Maj Samuel T. Love ('''mw''') * [[44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|44th Tennessee]]: Col Coleman A. McDaniel * [[55th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|55th (McKoin's) Tennessee]]:<ref>Sometimes mistaken for the 55th (Brown's) Tennessee Infantry.</ref> Col James L. McKoin * Mississippi Battery: Cpt William L. Harper ('''w'''), Lt Putnam Darden * Georgia Dragoons (company): Cpt Isaac W. Avery \|} Line 222 ⟶ 252: \| 1st Brigade <br>   Col R.Robert P. Trabue \| * 4th Alabama Battalion: Maj James M. Clifton * 31st Alabama: Ltc Montgomery Gilbreath * [[3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|3rd Kentucky]]: Ltc [[Benjamin Anderson (soldier)\|Benjamin Anderson]] ('''w''') * 15th Arkansas * [[4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|4th Kentucky]]: Ltc Andrew R. Hynes ('''w''') * 3rd Kentucky * [[5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|5th Kentucky]]: Col Thomas H. Hunt * 4th Kentucky * [[6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate)\|6th Kentucky]]: Col [[Joseph Horace Lewis\|Joseph H. Lewis]] * 5th Kentucky * Tennessee Battalion: Ltc James M. Crews * [[Byrne's battery\|Kentucky Battery]]: Cpt Edward P. Byrne * [[1st Kentucky Artillery\|Kentucky Battery]]: Cpt Robert Cobb * Kentucky Cavalry (squadron): Cpt [[John Hunt Morgan\|John H. Morgan]] \|- \| 2nd Brigade <br>   BG [[John S. Bowen]] ('''w''') <br>   Col [[John Donelson Martin\|John D. Martin]] \| * [[9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment\|9th Arkansas]]: Col Isaac L. Dunlop * 9th Arkansas * [[10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment\|10th Arkansas]]: Col Thomas D. Merrick * [[1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters\|2nd Confederate]]: Col John D. Martin, Maj Thomas H. Mangum * 2nd Confederate * [[1st Missouri Infantry (Confederate)\|1st Missouri]]: Col Lucius L. Rich ('''mw''') * 1st Missouri * Mississippi Battery: Cpt Alfred Hudson * Hudson's battery \|- \| 3rd Brigade <br>   Col WWalter S. Statham \| * [[15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|15th Mississippi]]: Maj [[William F. Brantley]] ('''w'''), Cpt Lamkin S. Terry * 15th Mississippi * [[22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment\|22nd Mississippi]]: Col Frank Schaller ('''w'''), Ltc Charles S. Nelms ('''mw'''), Maj James S. Prestidge * 22nd Mississippi * [[19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|19th Tennessee]]: Col David H. Cummings * [[20th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|20th Tennessee]]: Col [[Joel A. Battle]] ('''w&c'''), Ltc Moscow B. Carter * 20th Tennessee * [[28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|28th Tennessee]]: Col John P. Murray * [[45th Tennessee Infantry Regiment\|45th Tennessee]]: Ltc Ephraim F. Lytle * Tennessee Battery: Cpt Arthur M. Rutledge * Rutledge's battery \|} ===Unattached=== {\| class="wikitable" ! '''Brigades''' ! '''Regiments and batteries''' \|- \| Cavalry ~~\| Tennessee Battalion, (Crews')~~ \| * Tennessee Regiment: Col [[Nathan Bedford Forrest\|Nathan B. Forrest]] ('''w''') * Byrne's battery * [[1st Regiment Alabama Volunteer Cavalry (Confederate)\|Alabama Regiment]]: Col [[James Holt Clanton\|James H. Clanton]] * [[1st Kentucky Artillery\|Lyon's (Cobb's) battery]] * [[8th Texas Cavalry\|Texas Regiment]]: Col [[John A. Wharton]] ('''w''') \|- \| Artillery \| * [[3rd Arkansas Light Artillery\|Jackson (Arkansas) Light Artillery]]: Cpt George T. Hubbard * Tennessee Battery: Cpt Hugh L. W. McClung \|} ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== * U.S. War Department, [https://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html ''The War of the Rebellion'']: ''a Compilation of the [[Official Records of the American Civil War\|Official Records]] of the Union and Confederate Armies'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiloh Confederate Order Of Battle}} [[Category:American Civil War orders of battle]] [[Category:Battle of Shiloh]]