Meridian campaign order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) during the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".[2]

Sepia tone photo of a frowning, bearded man wearing a gray military uniform. His arms are folded.
Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk led the Confederate forces that opposed the Meridian expedition. He withdrew his infantry into Alabama without any major fighting.[1]

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Meridian Expedition: Confederate forces

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LTG Leonidas Polk[3]

  • Escort: Louisiana Company: Lt P. M. Kenner[3]
  • General staff and escort: 5 officers, 44 men[4]

Infantry corps

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Confederate order of battle for Polk's infantry corps[5]
Division Brigade Unit
Loring's Division
MG William Wing Loring
548 officers
5,375 men
18 guns
Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston
3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col T. A. Mellon
22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc H. J. Reid
31st Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc M. D. L. Stephens
33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc J. L. Drake
1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler
Charpentier's Alabama Battery: Cpt Stephen Charpentier
Adams' Brigade
BG John Adams
1st Confederate Battalion: Ltc George H. Forney
6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Robert Lowry
14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc W. L. Doss
15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col M. Farrell
20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col William N. Brown
26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Arthur E. Reynolds
Lookout Tennessee Artillery: Cpt Robert L. Barry
Buford's Brigade
BG Abraham Buford II
27th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col James Jackson
35th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Samuel S. Ives
54th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Alpheus Baker
55th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col John Snodgrass
9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Isaac L. Dunlop
3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col A. P. Thompson
7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Crossland
8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Ltc A. R. Shacklett
12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas M. Scott
Pointe Coupee Artillery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud
Artillery[note 1] Cowan's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. J. Cowan[6]
French's Division
MG Samuel Gibbs French
248 officers
2,442 men
8 guns
Ector's Brigade
BG Mathew Ector
29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Cpt W. W. Rollins
9th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col William Hugh Young
10th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col C. R. Earp
14th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col John Lafayette Camp
32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Cpt Nathan Anderson
Cockrell's Brigade
BG Francis M. Cockrell
1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col A. C. Riley
2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col P. C. Flournoy
3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James McCown
1st and 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates
Artillery[note 2] Hoskins' Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. A. Hoskins
Wade's Missouri Battery: Lt Richard Walsh[note 3]

Cavalry corps

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MG Stephen D. Lee[7]

  • Escort: Georgia Company: Cpt T. M. Nelson[7]
  • Strength: 652 officers, 7,685 men, no. guns not reported[4]
Confederate order of battle for Lee's cavalry corps[8]
Division Brigade Unit
Jackson's Division
BG William Hicks Jackson
1st Brigade
Col Peter Burwell Starke
1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col R. A. Pinson
28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Peter Burwell Starke
Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John Goff Ballentine
(Escort) Louisiana Company: Cpt Junius Y. Webb
Columbus (Georgia) Light Artillery: Cpt Edward Croft
2nd Brigade
Col Lawrence Sullivan Ross
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col H.P. Mabry
6th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Jack Wharton
9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Dudley W. Jones
27th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Edward R. Hawkins
(Escort) Texas Company: Rush L. Elkin
King's Missouri Battery: Cpt Houston King
Adams' Brigade
BG William Wirt Adams
11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment: Col John Griffith
14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Josephus R. Quin
9th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion: Cpt E. A. Scott
Harris' Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj J. L. Harris
4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Maj T. R. Stockdale
Adams' Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert C. Wood Jr.
9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj James H. Akin
Roberts' Mississippi Battery: Cpt Calvit Roberts
Ferguson's Brigade
BG Samuel W. Ferguson
2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col R. G. Earle
56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col William Boyles
12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj William M. Inge
2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Barteau's): Ltc George H. Morton
Waties' South Carolina Battery: Cpt John Waties
Chalmers' Division
BG James R. Chalmers
1st Brigade
Col William F. Slemons
2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons'): Col W. F. Slemons
3rd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John McGuirk
5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col James Z. George
7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Col William L. Duckworth
McLendon's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. M. McLendon
2nd Brigade
Col Robert McCulloch
1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Ltc L. B. Hovis
18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Alexander H. Chalmers
19th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc William L. Duff
2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert McCulloch
Buckner Mississippi Battery: Lt H. C. Holt

Notes

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Footnotes
  1. ^ Loring reported having four batteries, but only specified the names of three. According to the Official Records, the fourth battery was probably Cowan's (Official Records, p. 332).
  2. ^ French's official return omitted the artillery batteries. According to the Official Records, these probably were Hoskins' and Walsh's (Official Records, p. 333).
  3. ^ Cpt Henry Guibor led the Missouri battery during the Atlanta campaign. It was in the same battalion as Hoskins' Battery and Cpt John Ward's Alabama Battery. (Battles & Leaders, p. 292)
Citations
  1. ^ Boatner 1959, pp. 543–544.
  2. ^ Official Records 1891, pp. 332–334.
  3. ^ a b Official Records 1891, p. 332.
  4. ^ a b Official Records 1891, p. 334.
  5. ^ Official Records 1891, pp. 332–333.
  6. ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 292.
  7. ^ a b Official Records 1891, p. 333.
  8. ^ Official Records 1891, pp. 333–334.

References

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  • Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
  • Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
  • Official Records (1891). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXII Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 332–334. OCLC 1154873253. Retrieved September 3, 2022.