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Battle of Champion Hill order of battle: Confederate

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The following Confederate Army units[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization,[2] returns of casualties[3] and reports.[4]

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • k = killed
  • c = captured

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

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LTG John C. Pemberton

  • Chief of Engineers: Maj Samuel H. Lockett
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Loring's Division
     MG William W. Loring

1st Brigade


   BG Lloyd Tilghman (k)
   Col A. E. Reynolds

  • 1st Confederate Infantry Battalion: Ltc G. H. Forney
  • 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry
  • 23rd Mississippi: Col J. M. Wells
  • 26th Mississippi: Col A. E. Reynolds, Maj T. F. Parker
  • Company C, 14th Mississippi Artillery Battalion (4 guns): Lt J. Culbertson
  • Company D, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (4 guns): Cpt J. L. Wofford
  • Company G, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (6 guns): Cpt J. J. Cowan
2nd Brigade


   BG Abraham Buford

3rd Brigade


   BG Winfield S. Featherston

  • 3rd Mississippi: Col T. A. Mellon
  • 22nd Mississippi: Col F. Schaller
  • 31st Mississippi: Col J. A. Orr
  • 33rd Mississippi: Col D. W. Hurst
  • 1st Mississippi Sharpshooter Battalion: Maj W. A. Rayburn
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Stevenson's Division
     MG Carter L. Stevenson

1st Brigade


   BG Seth M. Barton

  • 40th Georgia: Ltc Robert M. Young
  • 41st Georgia: Col William E. Curtiss
  • 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson
  • 43rd Georgia: Col Skidmore Harris (k), Cpt Mathadeas M. Grantham
  • 52nd Georgia: Col C. D. Phillips (c), Maj John J. Moore
  • Cherokee Georgia Artillery (4 guns): Cpt Max van den Corput
2nd Brigade


   BG Stephen D. Lee

  • 20th Alabama: Col Isham W. Garrott
  • 23rd Alabama: Col Franklin K. Beck
  • 30th Alabama: Col C. M. Shelley
  • 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington
  • 46th Alabama: Col M. L. Woods (c), Cpt George E. Brewer
  • Waddell's Alabama Battery (6 guns): Cpt James F. Waddell
3rd Brigade


   BG Alfred Cumming

  • 34th Georgia: Col J. A. W. Johnson
  • 36th Georgia: Col J. A. Glenn
  • 39th Georgia: Col J. T. McConnell (w), Ltc Joseph F. B. Jackson
  • 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins (w), Ltc John T. Slaughter
  • 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo
4th Brigade


   Col Alexander W. Reynolds

  • 3rd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Newton J. Lillard
  • 31st Tennessee: Col William M. Bradford
  • 43rd Tennessee: Col James W. Gillespie
  • 59th Tennessee: Col William L. Eakin
  • 3rd Maryland Artillery (6 guns): Cpt F. O. Claiborne
Artillery


   Maj Joseph W. Anderson (k)

Bowen's Division
     BG John S. Bowen

1st Brigade


   BG Francis M. Cockrell

2nd Brigade


   BG Martin E. Green

Cavalry

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 3, pages 703-707 (April 1863) and The Battle of Champion Hill website (Order of Battle)
  3. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, page 728
  4. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 725-726 and The Battle of Champion Hill website (Official Reports)

References

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