Carolinas campaign order of battle: Confederate explained

The following units and commanders fought in the Carolinas 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.^[1]

Background

The Confederate forces in the Carolinas campaign underwent a reorganization from April 8 to 10, 1865, which is shown below. For the Confederate order of battle previous to this reorganization, see the Bentonville Confederate order of battle.

Military rank abbreviations used

• Gen = General
• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major

Army of Tennessee

See main article: Army of Tennessee. Gen Joseph E. Johnston
Escort

• Holloway's (Alabama) Cavalry Company: Capt E. M. Holloway

Second in command
Gen P.G.T. Beauregard
Escort

• Jeff. Davis Legion (Mississippi), Company A: Lt R. E. Conner

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee
Escort and Scouts

• Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Capt William C. Raum
• Stono Scouts Company (South Carolina): Capt John B.L. Walpole, Lt Paul T. Gervais

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Brown's Division     MG John C. Brown	Smith's Brigade   BG James A. Smith	1st Florida Consolidated (comprised 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th Infantry and 1st Cavalry): Ltc Elisha Mashburn 1st Georgia Consolidated (comprised 1st, 57th, and 63rd Regiments): Col Charles H. Olmstead 54th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 37th and 54th Infantry Regiments and 4th Sharpshooters Battalion): Col Theodore D. Caswell
	Govan's Brigade   BG Daniel C. Govan	1st Arkansas Consolidated (comprised 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th, and 24th Arkansas Regiments, and 3rd Confederate): Col Edward A. Howell 1st Texas Consolidated (comprised 6th, 7th, 10th, and 15th Infantry, and 17th, 18th, 24th, and 25th Cavalry (dismounted) Regiments): Ltc William A. Ryan
Hoke's Division     MG Robert F. Hoke	Clingman's Brigade   BG Thomas L. Clingman	8th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Charles W. Knight 36th - 40th North Carolina Infantry: Lt Selby Hardenburgh 51st North Carolina Infantry: Capt James W. Lippitt 61st North Carolina Infantry: Capt Augustus D. Lippitt, Col William L. Devane
	Colquitt's Brigade   BG Alfred H. Colquitt	6th Georgia Infantry: Maj James M. Culpepper 19th Georgia Infantry: Maj William Hamilton 23rd Georgia Infantry: Col Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia Infantry: Col Charles T. Zachry 28th Georgia Infantry: Ltc William P. Crawford
	Hagood's Brigade   Ltc James H. Rion   Col Robert F. Graham	11th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Benjamin F. Wyman 21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham, Capt J.A.W. Thomas 25th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Edward R. Lesesne 27th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Thomas Y. Simons 7th South Carolina Battalion: Capt William Clyburn, Ltc James H. Rion
	Kirkland's Brigade   BG William W. Kirkland	17th North Carolina Infantry: Capt Stuart L. Johnston 42nd North Carolina Infantry: Col John E. Brown 50th North Carolina Infantry: Col George Wortham 66th North Carolina/10th North Carolina Battalion: Col John H. Nethercutt
	First North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade   Col Frank S. Armistead	1st North Carolina Junior Reserves: Ltc Charles W. Broadfoot 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col John H. Anderson 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col John W. Hinsdale 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves Battalion: Capt J.L. Eaves
Cheatham's Division     MG Benjamin F. Cheatham     MG William B. Bate	Palmer's Brigade   BG Joseph B. Palmer	1st Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Regiments, and 24th Battalion): Ltc Oliver A. Bradshaw 2nd Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, and 154th Regiments): Ltc George W. Pease 3rd Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 35th, 38th, and 41st Regiments): Col James D. Tillman 4th Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 30th, 32nd, 37th, and 45th Regiments, and 23rd Battalion): Col Anderson Searcy
	Gist's Brigade   Col William G. Foster	46th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Abe Miles 65th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 65th Regiment, and 2nd and 8th Battalions): Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 16th - 24th South Carolina Consolidated: Maj B. Burgh Smith
Artillery     Col Ambrosio J. Gonzales	Artillery Battalion   Maj Basil C. Manly	Bridges's Battery (Louisiana): Capt William M. Bridges Atkins's Battery (North Carolina): Capt George B. Atkins Walter's Battery (South Carolina): Capt George H. Walter Zimmerman's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Zimmerman Paris's Battery (Virginia): Lt Thomas M. Tucker
	Reserve Artillery Battalion   Ltc Del Kemper	Guerard's Battery (Georgia): Capt John M. Guerard Lumpkin's Battery (Georgia): Capt Edward P. Lumpkin 1st Missouri Battery: Capt Aaron W. Harris Charles's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Charles DePass's Battery (South Carolina): Lt A.A. Gilbert C.E. Kanapaux's Battery (South Carolina): Capt Charles E. Kanapaux, Lt Thomas J. Sistrunk Palmetto Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Frederick C. Schulz Wagener's Battery (German Artillery, Companies A and C, South Carolina): Capt Frederick W. Wagener Huggins's Battery (Tennessee): Capt Almaria L. Huggins

Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

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Loring's Division     MG William W. Loring	Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Consolidated (comprised 1st and 2nd Mounted Rifles (dismounted), and 4th, 9th, and 25th Infantry Regiments): Col Henry G. Bunn 3rd Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 3rd, 31st, and 40th Infantry): Col James M. Stigler 22nd Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 1st, 22nd, and 33rd Regiments, and 1st Battalion): Col Martin A. Oatis 37th Mississippi Battalion: Maj Q.C. Heidelberg
	Lowry's Brigade   BG Robert Lowry	29th Alabama Infantry: Maj Henry B. Turner 12th Louisiana Infantry: Ltc E.M. Graham 14th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 5th, 14th, and 43rd Regiments): Col Robert J. Lawrence 15th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 6th, 15th, 23rd, and 26th Regiments): Ltc Thomas B. Graham
	Shelley's Brigade   BG Charles M. Shelley	1st Alabama Consolidated (comprised 1st, 16th, 26th, 33rd, and 45th (eight companies) Regiments): Col Robert H. Abercrombie 17th Alabama: Ltc Edward P. Holcombe 27th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 27th, 35th, 49th, 55th, and 57th Regiments): Col Edward McAlexander 45th Alabama Infantry (companies C and H): Lt G.P. Bledsoe
Anderson's Division     MG Patton Anderson	Elliott's Brigade   Ltc J. Welsman Brown	22nd Georgia Battalion: Maj Mark J. McMullen 27th Georgia Battalion: Maj Alfred L. Hartridge 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Maj Frederick F. Warley Manigault's South Carolina Battalion: Capt Theodore G. Boag
	Rhett's Brigade   Col Alfred M. Rhett (c)   Col William Butler	1st South Carolina Infantry (Regulars): Ltc Warren Adams 1st South Carolina Artillery (Regulars): Ltc Joseph A. Yates 15th South Carolina Battalion: Capt Theodore B. Hayne
Walthall's Division     MG Edward C. Walthall	Harrison's Brigade   Col George P. Harrison, Jr.	1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 5th Georgia Infantry: Col Charles P. Daniel 5th Georgia Reserves: Maj Charles E. McGregor 32nd Georgia Infantry: Ltc E.H. Brown, Jr.
	Kennedy's Brigade   BG John D. Kennedy	2nd South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 2nd and 20th Regiments and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col William Wallace 3rd South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 3rd and 8th Regiments, 3rd Battalion, and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col Eli T. Stackhouse 7th South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 7th and 15th Regiments and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col John B. Davis
	Artillery Battalion   Maj A. Burnett Rhett	Brook's Battery (Georgia): Capt John W. Brooks LeGardeur's Battery (Louisiana): Capt Gustave LeGardeur, Jr. Marion Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Edward L. Parker Beaufort Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Henry M. Stuart Chatham Light Artillery (Georgia): Capt John F. Wheaton

Lee's Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee
Escort

• Ragland's Georgia Cavalry Company: Capt George G. Ragland

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Hill's Division     MG D.H. Hill	Sharp's Brigade   BG Jacob H. Sharp	24th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 24th, 28th, and 34th Regiments): Col John C. Carter 8th Mississippi Consolidated Battalion (comprised 5th, 8th, and 32nd Regiments and 3rd Battalion): Ltc James R. Moore 9th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 7th, 9th, 10th, 41st, and 44th Regiments, and 9th Sharpshooters Battalion): Ltc William C. Richards 19th South Carolina Battalion Consolidated (comprised 10th and 19th Regiments): Ltc C. Irvine Walker
	Brantley's Brigade   BG William F. Brantley	22nd Alabama Consolidated (comprised 22nd, 25th, 39th, and 50th Regiments): Col Harry T. Toulmin 37th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 37th, 42nd, and 54th Regiments): Col John A. Minter 24th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th, and 34th Regiments): Col Robert W. Williamson 58th North Carolina Consolidated (comprised 58th and 60th Regiments): Ltc Thaddeus Coleman
	Detachment, Army of Northern Virginia   Ltc Alexander C. McAlister	Contingent from Lane's Brigade 7th North Carolina Infantry: Maj James S. Harris Contingent from Cooke's and Grimes' Brigades 15th North Carolina Infantry, Companies B, F, and I 27th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, F, and G 32nd North Carolina Infantry, Companies E and K 43rd North Carolina Infantry, Company F 45th North Carolina Infantry, Company I 46th North Carolina Infantry, Companies B, D, G, and I 48th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A and B 55th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A and K
Stevenson's Division     MG Carter L. Stevenson	Henderson's Brigade   BG Robert J. Henderson	1st Confederate Consolidated Battalion (comprised 1st Confederate Regiment, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Regiments, and 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion): Capt William J. Whitsitt 39th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 29th and 34th Regiments and detachments of 52nd and 56th Regiments): Col Charles H. Phinizy 42nd Georgia Consolidated (comprised 36th and 42nd Regiments and detachments of 34th and 56th Regiments): Ltc Lovick P. Thomas 40th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 40th, 41st, and 43rd Regiments): Ltc Stephen D. Clements
	Pettus's Brigade   BG Edmund W. Pettus	19th Alabama: Col Martin L. Woods 20th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 20th and 30th Regiments): Ltc James K. Elliott 23rd Alabama Infantry: Ltc Osceola Kyle 27th Alabama Infantry, Company B: Lt Robert G. Hampton 54th Virginia Consolidated (comprised 54th and 63rd Virginia): Ltc Connally H. Lynch
	Artillery	Kanapaux's Battery (South Carolina): Capt John T. Kanapaux

Unattached units

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Naval units	Independent naval contingent	Naval Regiment: Flag Officer French Forrest
	Naval Brigade   Rear Admiral and BG Raphael Semmes	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment
Unattached artillery	Artillery Battalion   Maj Joseph Palmer	Company A, 14th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion: Capt Minor W. Havis Company D, 14th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion: Capt Ruel Wooten Anderson Yates Battery (Mississippi): Capt James H. Yates Sampson Artillery (North Carolina): Capt Abner A. Mosely
	Independent Batteries	Abell's Light Artillery (Florida): Capt Henry F. Abell Swett's Battery (Mississippi): Lt Harvey Shannon
	Artillery   Ltc Joseph B. Starr	1st North Carolina Artillery Company C: Lt Alfred M. Darden Company I: Capt Thomas L. Southerland 3rd North Carolina Artillery Battalion: Maj John W. Moore Company A: Capt Andrew J. Ellis Company B: Capt William Badham Company C: Capt John M. Sutton 13th North Carolina Artillery Battalion: Company C: Capt James D. Cumming Company E: Capt Henry Dickson Chesterfield Artillery (South Carolina): Capt James I. Kelly

Cavalry Corps

LTG Wade Hampton
MG Matthew Butler

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Butler's Division[2]     BG Evander M. Law     MG Matthew C. Butler	Logan's Brigade   BG Thomas M. Logan	1st South Carolina Cavalry: Lt James A. Ratchford 4th South Carolina Cavalry: Capt O. Barber 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Capt George Tupper 6th South Carolina Cavalry: Lt James A. Taggart 19th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Lt W.H. Pagett
	Young's Brigade   Col Gilbert J. Wright	Cobb's Legion Cavalry (Georgia): Capt R. Bill Roberts Phillips Legion Cavalry (Georgia): Maj Wesley W. Thomas 10th Georgia Cavalry: Capt Edwin W. Moise Jeff. Davis Legion (Mississippi): Col J. Fred Waring
	Horse artillery	Earle's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Earle Halsey's Battery (South Carolina): Capt E. Lindsley Halsey

Wheeler's cavalry contingent

MG Joseph Wheeler^[3]
BG William W. Allen
Escort

• 1st Alabama Cavalry, Company G: Lt James M. Smith

Scout company

• Shannon's Special Scouts: Maj Alexander M.Shannon
• Engineer Troop: Lt L.C. Anderson

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Allen's Division     BG William W. Allen     Col C.C. Crews	Anderson's Brigade   BG Robert H. Anderson	3rd Confederate Cavalry: Col Patrick H. Rice 8th Confederate Cavalry: Ltc John S. Prather 10th Confederate Cavalry: Capt W.H. Brazier 5th Georgia Cavalry: Col Edward Bird
	Crews' Brigade   Col C.C. Crews   Col John R. Hart	1st Georgia Cavalry: Ltc George T. Watts 2nd Georgia Cavalry: Ltc Francis M. Ison 3rd Georgia Cavalry: Ltc James T. Thornton 6th Georgia Cavalry: Col John R. Hart 12th Georgia Cavalry: Capt James H. Graham
	Hagan's Brigade   Col David T. Blakey	1st Alabama Cavalry: Ltc Augustus H. Johnson 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Capt A.P. Forney 9th Alabama Cavalry: Lt Asl. Blansit 12th Alabama Cavalry: Capt Albert G. Bennett 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col Milton L. Kirkpatrick
Humes's Division     Col Henry M. Ashby	Ashby's Brigade   Col James T. Wheeler	1st Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc James H. Lewis 2nd Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc John H. Kuhn 5th Tennessee Cavalry: Col George W. McKenzie 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj James H. Akin
	Harrison's Brigade   Col Baxter Smith	3rd Arkansas Cavalry: Maj William H. Blackwell 4th Tennessee Cavalry 8th Texas Cavalry 11th Texas Cavalry
Dibrell's Division     BG George G. Dibrell[4]	Breckinridge's Brigade   Col William C.P. Breckinridge	1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Kentucky Cavalry
	McLemore's Brigade   Col William S. McLemore	4th Tennessee Cavalry 13th Tennessee Cavalry Shaw's (Tennessee) Cavalry

Other

Brigades	Regiments and batteries
Post Greensboro   BG Alfred Iverson   BG John D. Kennedy	Detachment of Lewis's Brigade (2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry): Lt J.M. McGuire Buckner Guards (2nd Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, Company B and 4th Tennessee Cavalry, Company C): Lt Isaiah Yokum Tucker's Regiment Confederate Infantry: Col Julius G. Tucker Invalid Corps (North Carolina): Col Frank Parker Other unattached troops and generals, including MG Lunsford L. Lomax, BG John Echols, and detached troops from Army of Northern Virginia
Post of Salisbury   BG Bradley T. Johnson	Freeman's Battalion (North Carolina) Salisbury Prison Guard Company A: Capt C.D. Freeman Company B: Capt H.P. Allen Company C: Sgt W.J. Whitaker 1st Regiment North Carolina Detailed Men Other hospital personnel, hospitalized troops, and other units
Post of Charlotte   Col William J. Hoke	Hospital personnel and hospitalized troops

Sources

• Bradley, Mark L. This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.

Notes and References

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVII, Part 1, pages 1061-1067
2. detached from Army of Northern Virginia
3. This command was formerly Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee.
4. Division detached April 15, 1865 for Jefferson Davis's escort.