Battle of Atlanta order of battle: Confederate


The following units and commanders fought in the Confederate Army of Tennessee during the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately. The orders of battle for the first and second phases of the campaign are listed separately as well.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen = GeneralLTG = Lieutenant GeneralMG = Major GeneralBG = Brigadier GeneralCol = ColonelLtc = Lieutenant ColonelMaj = MajorCpt = CaptainLt = Lieutenant

Other

' = wounded

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Bate's Division


MG William B. Bate
Orphan Brigade


BG Joseph H. Lewis

Bate's Division


MG William B. Bate
Florida Brigade


BG Jesse J. Finley

Bate's Division


MG William B. Bate
Tyler's Brigade


BG Thomas B. Smith

  • 37th Georgia: Ltc Joseph T. Smith
  • 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell
  • 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser, Cpt Matthew Dwyer
  • 20th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy
  • 30th Tennessee: Ltc James J. Turner
Walker's Division


MG William H.T. Walker


BG Hugh W. Mercer
Gist's Brigade


BG States Rights Gist


Col James McCullough

  • 46th Georgia: Maj Samuel J.C. Dunlop
  • 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
  • 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough, Cpt John W. Boling
  • 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers, Ltc Jesse S. Jones
Walker's Division


MG William H.T. Walker


BG Hugh W. Mercer
Mercer's Brigade


BG Hugh W. Mercer


Col William Barkuloo


Ltc Morgan Rawls


Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton

  • 1st Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead, Maj Martin J. Ford
  • 54th Georgia: Ltc Morgan Rawls, Cpt Thomas W. Brantley
  • 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo, Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton
  • 63rd Georgia: Maj Joseph V. H. Allen
Walker's Division


MG William H.T. Walker


BG Hugh W. Mercer
Stevens's Brigade


Col George A. Smith


Col J. Cooper Nisbet


Col William J. Winn

  • 1st Georgia: Cpt William J. Whitsitt
  • 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn, Maj A. W. Smith
  • 29th Georgia: Cpt John W. Turner
  • 30th Georgia: Ltc James S. Boynton
  • 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet, Cpt Thomas L. Langston
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Arthur Shaaf
Cleburne's Division


MG Patrick R. Cleburne
Govan's Brigade


BG Daniel C. Govan

  • 1st-15th Arkansas: Ltc William H. Martin, Cpt Felix G. Lusk
  • 2nd-24th Arkansas: Col Elisha Warfield, Ltc Eldridge G. Brasher, Maj Amzi T. Meek
  • 5th-13th Arkansas: Col John E. Murray, Col Peter V. Green
  • 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith Ltc Fester J. Cameron, Maj William F. Douglass, Cpt J. T. Robinson
  • 8th-19th Arkansas: Col George F. Baucum, Ltc Anderson Watkins, Ltc Augustus S. Hutchinson, Maj David H. Hamiter
  • 3rd Confederate: Cpt Mumford H. Dixon
Cleburne's Division


MG Patrick R. Cleburne
Granbury's Brigade


BG James A. Smith


Ltc Robert B. Young

  • 7th Texas: Cpt J. William Brown
  • 10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills, Ltc Robert B. Young, Cpt John A. Formwalt
  • 6th Texas-15th Texas Cavalry : Cpt Steven E. Rice, Lt Thomas L. Flynt
  • 17th-18th Texas Cavalry : Cpt George D. Manion, Cpt William H. Perry
  • 24th-25th Texas Cavalry : Maj William A. Taylor
  • 5th Confederate: Maj Richard J. Person, Cpt Aaron A. Cox
Cleburne's Division


MG Patrick R. Cleburne
Lowrey's Brigade


BG Mark P. Lowrey

  • 5th Mississippi: Ltc John B. Herring
  • 8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson, Capt H. W. Crook
  • 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison
  • 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John D. Williams, Cpt Thomas P. Connor
  • 16th Alabama: Ltc Frederick A. Ashford
  • 33rd Alabama: Ltc Robert F. Crittenden
  • 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
Cheatham's Division


BG George E. Maney
Maney's Brigade


Col Francis M. Walker

Cheatham's Division


BG George E. Maney
Strahl's Brigade


BG Otho F. Strahl


Ltc James D. Tillman

Cheatham's Division


BG George E. Maney
Vaughan's Brigade


Col Michael Magevney, Jr.

Cheatham's Division


BG George E. Maney
Wright's Brigade


Col John C. Carter

  • 8th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson
  • 16th Tennessee: Cpt Benjamin Randals
  • 28th Tennessee: Ltc David C. Crook
  • 38th Tennessee: Ltc Andrew D. Gwynne, Maj Hamilton W. Cotter
  • 51st-52nd Tennessee: Ltc John W. Estes

Hood's Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Stevenson's Division


MG Carter L. Stevenson
Brown's Brigade


Col Joseph B. Palmer

  • 3rd Tennessee: Ltc Calvin J. Clack
  • 18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler
  • 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell
  • 32nd Tennessee: Cpt Thomas D. Deavenport
  • 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy
Stevenson's Division


MG Carter L. Stevenson
Cumming's Brigade


BG Alfred Cumming

  • 2nd Georgia State Troops: Col James Wilson
  • 34th Georgia: Maj John M. Jackson
  • 36th Georgia: Maj Charles E. Broyles
  • 39th Georgia: Cpt J. W. Cureton
  • 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins
Stevenson's Division


MG Carter L. Stevenson
Pettus's Brigade


BG Edmund W. Pettus

  • 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
  • 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb
  • 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley
  • 31st Alabama: Maj George W. Mattison
  • 46th Alabama: Maj George E. Brewer
Stevenson's Division


MG Carter L. Stevenson
Reynold's Brigade


BG Alexander W. Reynolds

  • 58th North Carolina: Cpt Alfred T. Stewart
  • 60th North Carolina: Col Washington M. Hardy
  • 54th Virginia: Ltc John J. Wade
  • 63rd Virginia: Cpt David O. Rush
Hindman's Division


BG John C. Brown
Deas's Brigade


Col John G. Coltart

  • 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough
  • 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart
  • 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Rouse
  • 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton, Cpt T. J. Branon
  • 50th Alabama: Cpt George W. Arnold
  • 17th Alabama Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt James F. Nabors
Hindman's Division


BG John C. Brown
Manigault's Brigade


BG Arthur Middleton Manigault

  • 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley
  • 19th South Carolina: Maj James L. White, Cpt Elijah W. Horne
  • 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis
  • 28th Alabama: Ltc William L. Butler
  • 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell
Hindman's Division


BG John C. Brown
Tucker's Brigade


Col Jacob H. Sharp

Hindman's Division


BG John C. Brown
Walthall's Brigade


Col Samuel Benton


Col William F. Brantley

  • 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine
  • 29th-30th Mississippi: Ltc James M. Johnson
  • 34th Mississippi: Cpt T. S. Hubbard
Clayton's Division


MG Henry D. Clayton
Baker's Brigade


Col John H. Higley

  • 37th Alabama: Ltc Alexander A. Greene
  • 40th Alabama: Maj Ezekiah S. Gulley
  • 42nd Alabama: Cpt Robert K. Wells
  • 54th Alabama: Ltc John A. Minter
Clayton's Division


MG Henry D. Clayton
Holtzclaw's Brigade


Col Bush Jones

Clayton's Division


MG Henry D. Clayton
Gibson's Brigade


BG Randall L. Gibson

  • 1st Louisiana Regulars: Cpt W. H. Sparks
  • 4th Louisiana:
  • 13th Louisiana: Col Francis L. Campbell
  • 16th-25th Louisiana: Ltc Robert H. Lindsay
  • 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner
  • 20th Louisiana: Col Leon Von Zinken
  • 30th Louisiana:
  • 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Duncan Buie
Clayton's Division


MG Henry D. Clayton
Stovall's Brigade


Col Abda Johnson

  • 1st Georgia State Line: Ltc John M. Brown, Cpt Albert Howell
  • 40th Georgia: Cpt John F. Groover
  • 41st Georgia: Maj Mark S. Nall
  • 42nd Georgia: Cpt Lovick P. Thomas
  • 43rd Georgia: Maj William C. Lester
  • 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury

Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Martin's Division


MG William T. Martin
Allen's Brigade


BG William Wirt Allen

  • 1st Alabama Cavalry: Ltc D. T. Blakely
  • 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan
  • 4th Alabama Cavalry: Col Alfred A. Russell
  • 7th Alabama Cavalry: Cpt George Mason
  • 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col M. L. Kirkpatrick
  • 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion: Cpt Warren S. Reese
Martin's Division


MG William T. Martin
Iverson's Brigade


BG Alfred Iverson

  • 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
Martin's Division


MG William T. Martin
Ferguson's Brigade


BG Samuel W. Ferguson

Georgia Militia

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

1st Division, Georgia Militia


MG Gustavus W. Smith
1st Brigade


BG Reuben W. Carswell

  • 1st Georgia Militia: Col Edward H. Pottle
  • 2nd Georgia Militia: Col James Stapleton
  • 3rd Georgia Militia: Col Q. M. Hill
1st Division, Georgia Militia


MG Gustavus W. Smith
2nd Brigade


BG Pleasant J. Philips

  • 4th Georgia Militia: Col James N. Mann
  • 5th Georgia Militia: Col S. S. Stafford
  • 6th Georgia Militia: Col J. W. Burney
1st Division, Georgia Militia


MG Gustavus W. Smith
3rd Brigade


BG Charles D. Anderson

  • 7th Georgia Militia: Col Abner Redding
  • 8th Georgia Militia: Col William B. Scott
  • 9th Georgia Militia: Col J. M. Hill
1st Division, Georgia Militia


MG Gustavus W. Smith
4th Brigade


BG Henry K. McCay

  • 10th Georgia Militia: Col C. M. Davis
  • 11th Georgia Militia: Col William T. Toole
  • 12th Georgia Militia: Col Richard Sims