Atlanta campaign order of battle: First 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.
This order of battle covers the period of May 7 - July 17, 1864. The period July 17 - September 8, 1864 is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen = [Full Full General (CSA)|General (CSA)|General]LTG = Lieutenant GeneralMG = Major GeneralBG = Brigadier GeneralCol = ColonelLtc = Lieutenant ColonelMaj = MajorCpt = CaptainLt = Lieutenant

Other

w = woundedk = killed

Army of Tennessee

Gen Joseph E. Johnston

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Cheatham's Division MG Benjamin F. Cheatham	Maney's Brigade BG George E. Maney Col Francis M. Walker	4th Confederate 1st-27th Tennessee 6th-9th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter 19th Tennessee : Col Francis M. Walker 41st Tennessee 50th Tennessee: Col Stephen H. Colms 24th Tennessee Battalion
Cheatham's Division MG Benjamin F. Cheatham	Strahl's Brigade BG Otho F. Strahl	4th-5th Tennessee 19th Tennessee 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson 31st Tennessee 33rd Tennessee 41st Tennessee : Col James D. Tillman
Cheatham's Division MG Benjamin F. Cheatham	Wright's Brigade Col John C. Carter	8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 38th Tennessee 51st-52nd Tennessee
Cheatham's Division MG Benjamin F. Cheatham	Vaughn's Brigade BG Alfred J. Vaughn Col Michael Magevney	11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins 29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col Michael Magevney
Cleburne's Division MG Patrick R. Cleburne	Polk's Brigade BG Lucius E. Polk	1st-15th Arkansas: Col J. W. Colquitt 5th Confederate : Cpt W. A. Brown 2nd Tennessee : Col W. D. Robison 35th Tennessee 48th Tennessee
Cleburne's Division MG Patrick R. Cleburne	Govan's Brigade BG Daniel C. Govan	2nd-24th Arkansas: Col Elisha Warfield 5th-13th Arkansas: Col John E. Murray 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith 8th-19th Arkansas: Col George F. Baucum 3rd Confederate (Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas): Cpt M. H. Dixon
Cleburne's Division MG Patrick R. Cleburne	Lowrey's Brigade BG Mark P. Lowrey	16th Alabama 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison 45th Mississippi
Cleburne's Division MG Patrick R. Cleburne	Granbury's Brigade BG Hiram B. Granbury BG James A. Smith	6th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry : Cpt R. Fisher 7th Texas: Cpt J. H. Collet 10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills 17th-18th Texas Cavalry : Cpt G. D. Manion 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col F. C. Wilkes
Bate's Division MG William B. Bate	Tyler's Brigade BG Thomas Benton Smith	37th Georgia 10th Tennessee 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser, Cpt Matthew Dwyer 20th Tennessee 30th Tennessee 4th Georgia Sharpshooters
Bate's Division MG William B. Bate	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
Bate's Division MG William B. Bate	Finley's Brigade BG Jesse J. Finley Col Angus D. McLean	1st-3rd Florida 1st Florida Cavalry -4th Florida Infantry 6th Florida: Col Angus D. McLean, Ltc. Benjamin B. Sample 7th Florida
Walker's Division MG William H. T. Walker	Mercer's Brigade BG Hugh W. Mercer	1st Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead 54th Georgia 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo 63rd Georgia
Walker's Division MG William H. T. Walker	Gist's Brigade BG States Rights Gist	46th Georgia 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
Walker's Division MG William H. T. Walker	Jackson's Brigade BG John K. Jackson	1st Confederate 5th Georgia 47th Georgia 65th Georgia 5th Mississippi 8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters
Walker's Division MG William H. T. Walker	Stevens' Brigade BG Clement H. Stevens	1st Confederate 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn 29th Georgia 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet 26th Georgia Battalion 1st Georgia Sharpshooters
Hardee's Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith	Hoxton's Battalion Maj Llewelyn Hoxton	Phelan's Battery Marion Light Artillery Turner's Battery
Hardee's Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith	Hotchkiss' Battalion Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss	Semple's Battery Key's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Thomas Key Goldwaite's Alabama Battery
Hardee's Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith	Martin's Battalion Maj Robert Martin	Howell's Battery Bledsoe's Battery Ferguson's Battery
Hardee's Corps Artillery Col Melancthon Smith	Cobb's Battalion Maj Robert Cobb	Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery 5th Company, Washington Light Artillery Johnston Light Artillery

Hood's Corps

LTG John B. Hood

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Hindman's Division MG Thomas C. Hindman BG John C. Brown	Deas' Brigade BG Zachariah C. Deas Col John G. Coltart	19th Alabama 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart 17th Alabama Sharpshooters
Hindman's Division MG Thomas C. Hindman BG John C. Brown	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
Hindman's Division MG Thomas C. Hindman BG John C. Brown	Walthall's Brigade BG Edward C. Walthall Col Samuel Benton	24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley 34th Mississippi: Col Samuel Benton, Cpt T. S. Hubbard
Hindman's Division MG Thomas C. Hindman BG John C. Brown	Tucker's Brigade BG William F. Tucker Col Jacob H. Sharp	7th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop 9th Mississippi 10th Mississippi 41st Mississippi: Col J. Byrd Williams 44th Mississippi: Col Jacob H. Sharp 9th Mississippi Sharpshooters
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Brown's Brigade BG John C. Brown Col Joseph B. Palmer	3rd Tennessee 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell 32nd Tennessee 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Cumming's Brigade BG Alfred Cumming	34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins 2nd Georgia State : Col James Wilson
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Reynold's Brigade BG Alexander W. Reynolds Col Washington M. Hardy	58th North Carolina 60th North Carolina: Col Washington M. Hardy 54th Virginia 63rd Virginia
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	Pettus' Brigade BG Edmund W. Pettus	20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley 31st Alabama 46th Alabama
Stewart's Division MG Alexander P. Stewart MG Henry D. Clayton	Stovall's Brigade BG Marcellus A. Stovall	40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia Capt. Homer Howard 52nd Georgia 1st Georgia State
Stewart's Division MG Alexander P. Stewart MG Henry D. Clayton	Clayton's Brigade BG Henry D. Clayton BG James T. Holtzclaw	18th Alabama 32nd-58th Alabama 36th Alabama Col. Lewis Thompson Woodruff 38th Alabama
Stewart's Division MG Alexander P. Stewart MG Henry D. Clayton	Gibson's Brigade BG Randall L. Gibson	1st Louisiana (Regulars) 13th-20th Louisiana Consolidated: Col Leon Von Zinken 16th-25th Louisiana Consolidated 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner 4th Louisiana Battalion 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters
Stewart's Division MG Alexander P. Stewart MG Henry D. Clayton	Baker's Brigade BG Alpheus Baker	37th Alabama 40th Alabama 42nd Alabama 54th Alabama
Hood's Corps Artillery Col Robert F. Beckham	Courtney's Battalion Maj Alfred R. Courtney	Dent's Battery Garrity's Battery Douglas's Texas Battery
Hood's Corps Artillery Col Robert F. Beckham	Eldridge's Battalion Maj John W. Eldridge	Eufala Artillery Fenner's Battery Stanford's Battery
Hood's Corps Artillery Col Robert F. Beckham	Johnston's Battalion Maj John W. Johnston	Cherokee Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput Stephens Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Rowan Marshall's Battery

Polk's Corps (Army of Mississippi)

LTG Leonidas Polk
MG William W. Loring
LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Loring's Division MG William W. Loring BG Winfield S. Featherston	Featherston's Brigade BG Winfield S. Featherston	3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus Stephens 33rd Mississippi: Col Jabez Drake 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters
Loring's Division MG William W. Loring BG Winfield S. Featherston	Adams' Brigade BG John Adams	6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi
Loring's Division MG William W. Loring BG Winfield S. Featherston	Scott's Brigade BG Thomas M. Scott	27th Alabama 35th Alabama 49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th Louisiana
French's Division MG Samuel G. French	Ector's Brigade BG Matthew D. Ector	29th North Carolina 39th North Carolina 9th Texas: Col William Hugh Young 10th Texas Cavalry 14th Texas Cavalry 32nd Texas Cavalry
French's Division MG Samuel G. French	Cockrell's Brigade BG Francis M. Cockrell	1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) 3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry : Col Elijah Gates
French's Division MG Samuel G. French	Sears' Brigade BG Claudius W. Sears Col William T.S. Barry	4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi: Col William T.S. Barry 36th Mississippi 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi 7th Mississippi Battalion
Walthall's Division BG James Cantey BG Edward C. Walthall	Reynolds' Brigade BG Daniel H. Reynolds	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles 4th Arkansas 9th Arkansas 25th Arkansas
Walthall's Division BG James Cantey BG Edward C. Walthall	Cantey's Brigade BG James Cantey Col Virgil Murphey	1st Alabama 17th Alabama: Col Virgil Murphey 26th Alabama :Col Edward A. O'Neal 29th Alabama 37th Mississippi
Walthall's Division BG James Cantey BG Edward C. Walthall	Quarles' Brigade BG William A. Quarles	1st Alabama 4th Louisiana 30th Louisiana 42nd Tennessee 48th Tennessee 49th Tennessee 53rd Tennessee 56th Tennessee
Polk's Corps Artillery Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Myrick's Battalion Maj John D. Myrick	Bouanchaud's (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud Cowan's Battery; Cpt James J. Cowan Barry's Lookout Battery; Cpt Robert L. Barry
Polk's Corps Artillery Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Storrs' Battalion Maj George S. Storrs	Ward's Battery Hoskins' Battery Guibor's Battery
Polk's Corps Artillery Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Preston's Battalion Maj William C. Preston	Tarrant's Battery Selden's Battery Yates' Battery

Artillery Reserve

Chief of Artillery: BG Francis A. Shoup

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Artillery Reserve Ltc James H. Hallonquist	Palmer's Battalion Maj Joseph Palmer	Lumsden's Battery Anderson's Battery Havis' Battery
Artillery Reserve Ltc James H. Hallonquist	Williams' Battalion Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Barbour Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb Jefferson Artillery: Cpt Put Darden Nottoway Artillery
Artillery Reserve Ltc James H. Hallonquist	Waddell's Battalion Maj James F. Waddell	Bellamy's Battery Emery's Battery Barret's Battery: Cpt Overton Barret

Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Martin's Division MG William T. Martin	Morgan's Brigade BG John T. Morgan BG William Allen	1st Alabama Cavalry 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan 4th Alabama Cavalry: Col Alfred A. Russell 7th Alabama Cavalry 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col Milton L. Kirkpatrick 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion
Martin's Division MG William T. Martin	Iverson's Brigade BG Alfred Iverson, Jr.	1st Georgia Cavalry: Col Samuel W. Davitte 2nd Georgia Cavalry: Col Charles C. Crews 3rd Georgia Cavalry: Col Robert Thompson 4th Georgia Cavalry: Col Isaac W. Avery 6th Georgia Cavalry: Col John R. Hart
Kelly's Division BG John H. Kelly	Allen's Brigade BG William Allen Col Robert H. Anderson	3rd Confederate Cavalry 8th Confederate Cavalry 10th Confederate Cavalry 12th Confederate Cavalry 5th Georgia Cavalry : Col Robert H. Anderson
Kelly's Division BG John H. Kelly	Dibrell's Brigade Col George G. Dibrell	4th Tennessee Cavalry 8th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee Cavalry 11th Tennessee Cavalry
Humes' Division BG William Y.C. Humes	Humes' Brigade Col James T. Wheeler Col Henry M. Ashby	1st Tennessee Cavalry: Col James T. Wheeler 2nd Tennessee Cavalry: Col Henry M. Ashby 4th Tennessee Cavalry 5th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry
Humes' Division BG William Y.C. Humes	Grigsby's Brigade Col J. Warren Grigsby BG John S. Williams	1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Kentucky Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Battalion Hamilton's Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Allison's Tennessee Squadron
Humes' Division BG William Y.C. Humes	Harrison's Brigade Col Thomas H. Harrison	3rd Arkansas Cavalry 4th Tennessee Cavalry 8th Texas Cavalry 11th Texas Cavalry
Humes' Division BG William Y.C. Humes	Hannon's Brigade Col Moses W. Hannon	53rd Alabama Cavalry 24th Alabama Cavalry Battalion
Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson	Armstrong's Brigade BG Frank C. Armstrong	6th Alabama Cavalry 1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry
Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson	Ross' Brigade BG Lawrence S. Ross	3rd Texas Cavalry 6th Texas Cavalry 9th Texas Cavalry 27th Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Legion)
Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson	Ferguson's Brigade BG Samuel W. Ferguson	2nd Alabama Cavalry: Col Richard G. Earle, Ltc John N. Carpenter 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers: Col William Boyles 9th Mississippi Cavalry: Col Horace H. Miller Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry: Col Robert O. Perrin 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion
Jackson's Division BG William H. Jackson	Waties' Battalion Cpt John Waties	Columbus Artillery King's Battery Waties' Battery
Corps Artillery Reserve	Wheeler's Horse Artillery Ltc Felix H. Robertson	Wiggin's (Arkansas) Battery: Lt J.P. Bryant Ferrell's Battery Huggin's Battery Huwald's Battery White's Battery

Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign.

Corps	April 30	June 10	June 30	July 10	July 31	August 10	August 31
Hardee's Corps	21,946	20,741	18,107	16,567	13,369	14,013	14,160
Hood's/Lee's Corps	21,385	17,379	15,970	15,492	13,553	13,005	11,633
Polk's/Stewart's Corps	-	16,538	14,380	13,354	11,850	11,551	11,457
Cavalry Corps	8,062	13,546	12,889	12,379	12,523	12,803	13,244
Total	52,931	69,946	62,747	59,196	51,843	51,946	51,141