Shiloh Confederate order of battle


The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen Albert S. Johnston
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard

First Army Corps

MG Leonidas Polk
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Charles Clark

BG Alexander P. Stewart		1st Brigade

Col Robert M. Russell
  • 11th Louisiana: Col Samuel F. Marks, Ltc Robert H. Barrow
  • 12th Tennessee: Ltc Tyree H. Bell, Maj Robert P. Caldwell
  • 13th Tennessee: Col Alfred J. Vaughan, jr.
  • 22nd Tennessee: Col Thomas J. Freeman, Ltc Francis M. Stewart, Maj Lipscomb P. McMurry
  • Tennessee Battery: Cpt Smith P. Bankhead
First Division

BG Charles Clark

BG Alexander P. Stewart		2nd Brigade

BG Alexander P. Stewart
  • 13th Arkansas: Col James C. Tappan, Ltc A. D. Grayson, Maj James A. McNeely
  • 4th Tennessee: Col Rufus P. Neely, Ltc Otho F. Strahl
  • 5th Tennessee: Ltc Calvin D. Venable
  • 33rd Tennessee: Col Alexander W. Campbell
  • Mississippi Battery: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford
Second Division

BG Benjamin F. Cheatham

BG Bushrod R. Johnson 		1st Brigade

BG Bushrod R. Johnson

Col Preston Smith
  • Blythe's Mississippi: Col A. K. Blythe, Ltc David L. Herron, Maj James Moore
  • 2nd Tennessee: Col J. Knox Walker
  • 15th Tennessee: Ltc Robert C. Tyler, Maj John F. Hearn
  • 154th Tennessee: Col Preston Smith, Ltc Marcus J. Wright
  • Tennessee battery: Cpt Marshall T. Polk
Second Division

BG Benjamin F. Cheatham

BG Bushrod R. Johnson 		2nd Brigade

Col William H. Stephens

Col George Maney
  • 7th Kentucky: Col Charles Wickliffe, Ltc William D. Lannom
  • 1st Tennessee : Col George Maney, Maj Hume R. Feild
  • 6th Tennessee: Ltc Timothy P. Jones, Col William H. Stephens
  • 9th Tennessee: Col Henry L. Douglass
  • Mississippi Battery: Cpt Melancthon Smith
Cavalry
  • 1st Mississippi: Col Andrew J. Lindsay
  • Mississippi and Alabama Battalion: Ltc Richard H. Brewer
    • Unattached
  • 47th Tennessee: Col Munson R. Hill

    • Second Army Corps

    MG Braxton Bragg
    Escort:
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division

    BG Daniel Ruggles    		1st Brigade

    Col Randall L. Gibson
    • 1st Arkansas: Col James F. Fagan
    • 4th Louisiana: Col Henry W. Allen, Ltc Samuel E. Hunter
    • 13th Louisiana: Maj Anatole P. Avegno, Cpt Stephen O'Leary, Cpt Edgar M. Dubroca
    • 19th Louisiana: Col Benjamin L. Hodge, Ltc James M. Hollingsworth
    First Division

    BG Daniel Ruggles    		2nd Brigade

    BG Patton Anderson
    • 1st Florida Battalion: Maj Thaddens A. McDonell, Cpt W. G. Poole, Cpt W. Capers Bird
    • 17th Louisiana: Ltc Charles Jones
    • 20th Louisiana: Col August Reichard
    • 9th Texas: Col Wright A. Stanley
    • Confederate Guards Response Battalion: Maj Franklin H. Clack
    • Washington Louisiana Artillery, 5th Company: Cpt W. Irwin Hodgson
    First Division

    BG Daniel Ruggles    		3rd Brigade

    Col Preston Pond, Jr.
    • 16th Louisiana: Maj Daniel Gober
    • 18th Louisiana: Col Alfred Mouton, Ltc Alfred Roman
    • Crescent Regiment: Col Marshall J. Smith
    • Orleans Guard Battalion: Maj Leon Querouze
    • 38th Tennessee: Col Robert F. Looney
    • Alabama Battery: Cpt William H. Ketchum
    First Division

    BG Daniel Ruggles    		Cavalry
    • Alabama Battalion: Cpt Thomas F. Jenkins
    Second Division

    BG Jones M. Withers    		1st Brigade

    BG Adley H. Gladden

    Col Daniel W. Adams

    Col Zach C. Deas
    • 21st Alabama: Ltc Stewart W. Cayce, Maj Frederik Stewart
    • 22nd Alabama: Col Zach C. Deas, Ltc John C. Marrast
    • 25th Alabama: Col John Q. Loomis, Maj George D. Johnston
    • 26th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart, Ltc William D. Chadick
    • 1st Louisiana: Col Daniel W. Adams, Maj Frederick H. Farrar, Jr.
    • Alabama Battery: Cpt Felix H. Robertson
    Second Division

    BG Jones M. Withers    		2nd Brigade

    BG James R. Chalmers
    • 5th Mississippi: Col Albert E. Fant
    • 7th Mississippi: Ltc Hamilton Mayson
    • 9th Mississippi: Ltc William A. Rankin, Maj F. Eugene Whitfield
    • 10th Mississippi: Col Robert A. Smith
    • 52nd Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Lea
    • Alabama Battery: Cpt Charles P. Gage
    Second Division

    BG Jones M. Withers    		3rd Brigade

    BG John K. Jackson
    • 17th Alabama: Ltc Robert C. Fariss
    • 18th Alabama: Col Eli S. Shorter
    • 19th Alabama: Col Joseph Wheeler
    • 2nd Texas: Col John C. Moore, Ltc William P. Rogers, Maj Hall G. Runnels
    • Georgia Battery: Cpt Isadore P. Girardey

    Third Army Corps

    MG William J. Hardee
    BrigadesRegiments and batteries
    1st Brigade

    BG Thomas C. Hindman

    Col Robert G. Shaver
    • 2nd Arkansas: Col Daniel C. Govan, Maj Reuben F. Harvey
    • 6th Arkansas: Col Alexander T. Hawthorn
    • 7th Arkansas: Ltc John M. Dean, Maj James T. Martin
    • 3rd Confederate: Col John S. Marmaduke
    • Mississippi Battery: Cpt Charles Swett
    2nd Brigade
    BG Patrick Cleburne
    • 15th Arkansas: Ltc Archibald K. Patton
    • 6th Mississippi: Col John J. Thornton, Maj Robert Lowry, Cpt W. A. Harper
    • 2nd Tennessee: Col William B. Bate, Ltc David L. Goodall
    • 35th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill
    • 23rd Tennessee: Ltc James F. Neill
    • 24th Tennessee: Ltc Thomas H. Peebles
    • Trigg's Arkansas Battery: Cpt John T. Trigg
    • Helena Artillery: Cpt John H. Calvert
    3rd Brigade
    BG Sterling A. M. Wood

    Col William K. Patterson
    • 16th Alabama: Ltc John W. Harris
    • 8th Arkansas: Col William K. Patterson
    • 9th Arkansas Infantry Battalion: Maj John H. Kelly
    • 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Maj Aaron B. Hardcastle
    • 27th Tennessee: Col Christopher H. Williams, Ltc Blackburn H. Brown, Maj Samuel T. Love
    • 44th Tennessee: Col Coleman A. McDaniel
    • 55th Tennessee: Col James L. McKoin
    • Mississippi Battery: Cpt William L. Harper, Lt Putnam Darden
    • Georgia Dragoons : Cpt Isaac W. Avery

    Reserve Corps

    BG John C. Breckinridge
    BrigadesRegiments and batteries
    1st Brigade

    Col Robert P. Trabue
    • 4th Alabama Battalion: Maj James M. Clifton
    • 31st Alabama: Ltc Montgomery Gilbreath
    • 3rd Kentucky: Ltc Benjamin Anderson
    • 4th Kentucky: Ltc Andrew R. Hynes
    • 5th Kentucky: Col Thomas H. Hunt
    • 6th Kentucky: Col Joseph H. Lewis
    • Tennessee Battalion: Ltc James M. Crews
    • Kentucky Battery: Cpt Edward P. Byrne
    • Kentucky Battery: Cpt Robert Cobb
    • Kentucky Cavalry : Cpt John H. Morgan
    2nd Brigade
    BG John S. Bowen

    Col John D. Martin
    • 9th Arkansas: Col Isaac L. Dunlop
    • 10th Arkansas: Col Thomas D. Merrick
    • 2nd Confederate: Col John D. Martin, Maj Thomas H. Mangum
    • 1st Missouri: Col Lucius L. Rich
    • Mississippi Battery: Cpt Alfred Hudson
    3rd Brigade
    Col Winfield S. Statham
    • 15th Mississippi: Maj William F. Brantley, Cpt Lamkin S. Terry
    • 22nd Mississippi: Col Frank Schaller, Ltc Charles S. Nelms, Maj James S. Prestidge
    • 19th Tennessee: Col David H. Cummings
    • 20th Tennessee: Col Joel A. Battle, Ltc Moscow B. Carter
    • 28th Tennessee: Col John P. Murray
    • 45th Tennessee: Ltc Ephraim F. Lytle
    • Tennessee Battery: Cpt Arthur M. Rutledge

    Unattached

    BrigadesRegiments and batteries
    Cavalry
    • Tennessee Regiment: Col Nathan B. Forrest
    • Alabama Regiment: Col James H. Clanton
    • Texas Regiment: Col John A. Wharton
    Artillery
  • Jackson Light Artillery: Cpt George T. Hubbard
  • Tennessee Battery: Cpt Hugh L. W. McClung