Battle of Peachtree Creek order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Peachtree Creek of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

• (w) = wounded
• (mw) = mortally wounded
• (k) = killed in action
• (c) = captured

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood

Stewart’s Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Escort

• Orleans Light Horse - Cpt Leeds Greenleaf

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Loring's Division     MG William W. Loring Escort Company B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry: Cpt James P. Russell	Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston	1st Mississippi Infantry: Maj Milton S. Alcorn 3rd Mississippi Infantry 22nd Mississippi Infantry 31st Mississippi Infantry 33rd Mississippi Infantry 40th Mississippi Infantry 1st Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj James M. Stigler
	Adams' Brigade   BG John Adams	6th Mississippi Infantry: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi Infantry: Ltc Washington L. Doss 15th Mississippi Infantry: Col Michael Farrell 20th Mississippi Infantry: Col William N. Brown 23rd Mississippi Infantry 43rd Mississippi Infantry: Col Richard Harrison
	Scott's Brigade   BG Thomas M. Scott	27th-35th-49th Alabama Infantry: Col Samuel S. Ives 55th Alabama Infantry 57th Alabama Infantry 12th Louisiana Infantry
French's Division     BG Samuel Gibbs French	Ector's Brigade   BG Mathew Ector	29th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Bacchus S. Proffitt 39th North Carolina Infantry: Col David Coleman 9th Texas Infantry 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Cullen R. Earp 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col John L. Camp 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Julius A. Andrews Jaques's Cavalry Battalion: Maj J. Jaques
	Cockrell's Brigade   BG Francis M. Cockrell	1st Missouri Cavalry-3rd Missouri Cavalry Btln. (dismounted) 1st-4th Missouri Infantry 2nd-6th Missouri Infantry: Col Peter C. Flournoy 3rd-5th Missouri Infantry: Col James McCown
	Sear's Brigade   BG Claudius W. Sears	4th Mississippi Infantry: Col Thomas N. Adair 35th Mississippi Infantry 36th Mississippi Infantry: Col William W. Witherspoon 39th Mississippi Infantry 46th Mississippi Infantry: Col William H. Clark 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion
Walthall's Division     BG Edward C. Walthall	Quarles's Brigade   BG William A. Quarles	1st Alabama Infantry: Col Samuel L. Knox 42nd Tennessee Infantry 46th - 55th Tennessee Infantry 48th Tennessee Infantry 49th Tennessee Infantry 52nd Tennessee Infantry
	Reynold's Brigade   BG Daniel H. Reynolds	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 4th Arkansas Infantry 9th Arkansas Infantry 25th Arkansas Infantry
	Cantey's Brigade   Col Edward A. O'Neal	17th Alabama Infantry 26th Alabama Infantry 29th Alabama Infantry 37th Mississippi Infantry
Artillery     Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Waddell's Battalion	Bellamy's Alabama Battery Emery's Alabama Battery: Cpt Winslow D. Emery Missouri Battery
	Myrick's Battalion   Maj John D. Myrick	Bouanchaud's Louisiana Battery Cowan's Mississippi Battery Barry's Lookout Tennessee Battery
	Storrs's Battalion   Maj George S. Storrs	Ward's Alabama Battery Hoskins' Mississippi Battery: Cpt James A. Hoskins Guibor's Missouri Battery
	Preston's Battalion   Maj William C. Preston	Lovelace's Selma, Alabama Battery: Lt Charles W. Lovelace Tarrant's Alabama Battery Mississippi Battery: Cpt James H. Yates

Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cheatham's Division     MG Benjamin F. Cheatham	Maney's Brigade   BG George Maney	1st-27th Tennessee Infantry 4th Confederate (34th Tennessee) Infantry: Ltc Oliver A. Bradshaw 6th-9th Tennessee Infantry 19th Tennessee Infantry 50th Tennessee Infantry: Col Stephen H. Colms 24th Tennessee Infantry Battalion: Ltc Oliver A. Bradshaw
	Wright's Brigade   BG John C. Carter	8th Tennessee Infantry: Col John H. Anderson 16th Tennessee Infantry: Maj Benjamin Randals 28th Tennessee Infantry 38th Tennessee Infantry: Ltc Andrew D. Gwynne, Maj Hamilton W. Cotter 51st-52nd Tennessee Infantry
	Strahl's Brigade   BG Otho F. Strahl	4th - 5th Tennessee Infantry 24th Tennessee Infantry 31st Tennessee Infantry 33rd Tennessee Infantry 41st Tennessee Infantry
	Vaughn's Brigade   BG Alfred J. Vaughn Jr.	11th Tennessee Infantry 12th - 47th Tennessee Infantry 29th Tennessee Infantry: Col Horace Rice 13th - 154th Senior Tennessee Infantry
Cleburne's Division     MG Patrick Cleburne	Polk's Brigade   BG Lucius E. Polk	1st-15th Arkansas Infantry 5th Confederate (2nd Tennessee) Infantry 2nd (Robison's) Tennessee Infantry 35th-48th Tennessee Infantry
	Lowrey's Brigade   BG Mark P. Lowrey	16th Alabama Infantry: Col Frederick A. Ashford 33rd Alabama Infantry 45th Alabama Infantry 32nd Mississippi Infantry: Col William H. H. Tison 45th Mississippi Infantry: Col Aaron B. Hardcastle 3rd Mississippi Infantry Battalion: Ltc John D. Williams
	Govan's Brigade   BG Daniel Govan	2nd-24th Arkansas Infantry 5th-13th Arkansas Infantry 6th-7th Arkansas Infantry 8th-19th Arkansas Infantry 3rd Confederate Infantry: Cpt Mumford H. Dixon
	Granbury's Brigade   BG Hiram B. Granbury	6th Texas Infantry 7th Texas Infantry 10th Texas Infantry 15th Texas Infantry 17th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 24th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
Walker's Division     MG William H.T. Walker	Jackson's Brigade   BG John K. Jackson	65th Georgia Infantry: Cpt William G. Foster 5th Mississippi Infantry 8th Mississippi Infantry: Col John C. Wilkinson 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Richard H. Whiteley
	Gists's Brigade   BG States Rights Gist	46th Georgia Infantry 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 16th South Carolina Infantry 24th South Carolina Infantry
	Stevens's Brigade   BG Clement H. Stevens (mw)	1st (Confederate) Georgia Infantry: Col George A. Smith 25th Georgia Infantry 29th Georgia Infantry 30th Georgia Infantry 66th Georgia Infantry 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion 26th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Maj John W. Nisbet
	Mercer's Brigade   BG Hugh W. Mercer	1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Infantry 5th Georgia Infantry 57th Georgia Infantry 63rd Georgia Infantry
Bate's Division     MG William B. Bate	Lewis's Brigade   BG Joseph H. Lewis	2nd Kentucky Infantry 4th Kentucky Infantry: Col Thomas W. Thompson 5th Kentucky Infantry 6th Kentucky Infantry 9th Kentucky Infantry: Col John W. Caldwell
	Tyler's Brigade   BG Thomas B. Smith	37th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Joseph T. Smith 10th Tennessee Infantry 15th Tennessee Infantry 20th Tennessee Infantry: Ltc William M. Shy 30th Tennessee: Ltc James J. Turner 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
	Finley's Brigade   BG Jesse J. Finley	1st-3rd Florida Infantry 4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted) 6th Florida Infantry 7th Florida Infantry
Artillery     Col Melancthon Smith	Hoxton's Battalion   Maj Llewellyn G. Hoxton	Alabama Artillery Battery Florida Artillery Battery Mississippi Artillery Battery
	Hotchkiss's Battalion   Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss	Helena (Arkansas) Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Key Alabama Artillery Battery: Lt H. Shannon Mississippi Artillery Battery: Lt Henry N. Steele
	Martin's Battalion	Missouri Artillery Battery South Carolina Artillery Battery Georgia Artillery Battery
	Cobb's Battalion   Maj Robert Cobb	Kentucky Artillery Battery: Lt Robert B. Matthews Tennessee Artillery Battery Louisiana Artillery Battery
	Palmer's Battalion	Alabama Artillery Battery: Cpt Charles L. Lumsden Georgia Artillery Battery: Cpt R.W. Anderson Georgia Artillery Battery: Cpt M.W. Havis

Other units

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division     BG William H. Jackson	Armstrong's Brigade   BG Frank C. Armstrong	1st Mississippi Cavalry: Col Richard A. Pinson 2nd Mississippi Cavalry: Maj John J. Perry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry Company "A" 1st Confederate Cavalry: Cpt James Ruffin
	Ross's Brigade   BG Lawrence S. Ross	1st Texas Legion: Col Edwin R. Hawkins 3rd Texas Cavalry: Ltc Jiles S. Boggess 6th Texas Cavalry: Ltc Peter F. Ross 9th Texas Cavalry
	Ferguson's Brigade   BG Samuel W. Ferguson	2nd Alabama Cavalry: Col John N. Carpenter 56th Alabama Cavalry 9th Mississippi Cavalry: Col Horace H. Miller Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry: Col Robert O. Perrin 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion
	Artillery   Cpt John Waties	Georgia Artillery Battery Missouri Artillery Battery: Cpt Houston King South Carolina Artillery Battery: Lt R.B. Waddell
1st Division, Georgia State Militia     MG Gustavus W. Smith	1st Brigade   BG R.W. Carswell	1st Regiment State Troops: Col Edward H. Pottle 2nd Regiment State Troops: Col Charles D. Anderson 5th Regiment State Troops: Col S.S. Stanford 1st Battalion State Troops: Ltc H.K. McCay
	2nd Brigade   BG Pleasant J. Philips	3rd Regiment State Troops: Col Q.M. Hill 4th Regiment State Troops: Col Robert McMillan 6th Regiment State Troops: Col J.W. Burney
	3rd Brigade   BG Charles D. Anderson	Composition unknown
	4th Brigade   BG H.K. McCay	Composition unknown
	State Artillery Battalion   Col C.W. Stiles	Composition unknown

Sources

• Fortune City

External links

• The Confederate Forces Engaged
• The Federal Forces Engaged
• The Battle of Peachtree Creek Plaque 2 - Forces Engaged