BENTONVILLE CONFEDERATE ORDER OF BATTLE

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Contents

Abbreviations Used

Military Rank

Other

Army of the South

Lee's Corps

Stewart's Corps

Cheatham's Corps

Cavalry Command

Wheeler's Corps

References

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

★ 'mw' = mortally wounded

★ 'k' = killed

Army of the South

Gen Joseph E. Johnston, commanding
===Army of Tennessee===
LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Lee's Corps

MG D. H. Hill

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Stevenson's Division     MG Carter L. Stevenson	Palmer's Brigade   BG 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   BG 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     MG Henry D. Clayton	Stovall's Brigade   Col Henry C. Kellogg	★ 40th Georgia ★ 41st Georgia ★ 42nd Georgia ★ 43rd Georgia ★ 52nd Georgia
	Jackson's Brigade   Ltc Osceola Kyle	★ 1st-66th Georgia ★ 25th Georgia ★ 29th-30th Georgia ★ 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
	Baker's Brigade   BG 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   Ltc John C. Carter	★ 10th South Carolina ★ 19th South Carolina ★ 24th Alabama ★ 28th Alabama ★ 34th Alabama

Stewart's Corps

MG William W. Loring

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Loring's Division   Col James Jackson	Lowry's Brigade     Ltc Robert J. Lawrence	★ 6th Mississippi ★ 14th Mississippi ★ 15th Mississippi ★ 20th Mississippi ★ 23rd Mississippi ★ 43rd Mississippi
	Scott's Brigade   Cpt 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     MG Edward C. Walthall	Reynolds's Brigade   BG Daniel H. Reynolds (w)   Col Henry C. Bunn (w)   Ltc Morton G. Galloway	★ 1st-2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) ★ 4th Arkansas ★ 9th Arkansas ★ 25th Arkansas
	Quarles's Brigade   BG George D. Johnston	★ 1st Alabama ★ 25th Alabama ★ 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee ★ 48th Tennessee

Cheatham's Corps

MG William B. Bate

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cleburne's Division     BG 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   Cpt 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)   Ltc 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   Ltc Eli Washburn	★ 1st-3rd Florida ★ 4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted) ★ 6th-7th Florida
Brown's Division (Arrived on the battlefield March 21)     BG 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   Ltc 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

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Hoke's Division (From the Army of Northern Virginia)     MG 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   BG William W. Kirkland	★ 17th North Carolina ★ 42nd North Carolina ★ 66th North Carolina
	Hagood's Brigade   BG 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
	North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade   Col John H. Nethercutt	★ 1st North Carolina JR ★ 2nd North Carolina JR ★ 3rd North Carolina JR ★ 20th North Carolina JR Battalion
	Artillery   Ltc 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===
LTG William J. Hardee

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Taliaferro's Division     BG William B. Taliaferro	Elliott's Brigade   BG 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   MG Lafayette McLaws	Conner's Brigade   BG 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   BG 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

LTG Wade Hampton III

'Division'	'Brigades'	'Regiments and batteries'
Butler's Division (From the Army of Northern Virginia)     MG M. C. Butler (w)     BG 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   BG Evander M. Law   BG 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

MG Joseph Wheeler

(Army of Tennessee)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Humes' Division     Col Henry M. Ashby	T. Harrison's Brigade   Col Baxter Smith	★ 3rd Arkansas ★ 4th Tennessee ★ 8th Texas ★ 11th Texas
	Ashby's Brigade   Ltc James H. Lewis	★ 1st Tennessee ★ 2nd Tennessee ★ 5th Tennessee ★ 9th Tennessee
Allen's Division     BG William W. Allen	Hagan's Brigade   Col D. G. White	★ 1st Alabama ★ 3rd Alabama ★ 51st Alabama
	Anderson's Brigade   BG 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

References

★ Bentonville State Historic Site website

★ Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr. ''Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston''. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.