Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle.[1][2]
Abbreviations used edit
Military rank edit
- Gen = General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other edit
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Mississippi edit
Gen Albert S. Johnston (k)
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard
First Army Corps edit
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
|
1st Brigade
|
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2nd Brigade |
| |
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
Cavalry |
| |
Unattached |
Second Army Corps edit
Escort:
- Alabama Cavalry: Cpt Robert W. Smith
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
Cavalry |
| |
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade |
|
Third Army Corps edit
MG William J. Hardee (w)
Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
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1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
|
3rd Brigade
|
|
Reserve Corps edit
Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
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1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
|
3rd Brigade
|
|
Unattached edit
Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
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Cavalry |
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Artillery |
|
Notes edit
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume LII, Part 1, pages 26-29
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Maney, who was senior to Stephens, arrived on the field later and took command. Stephens was injured when thrown from his horse, as he records in his report (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, page 452)
- ^ Arrived on April 7, 1862.
- ^ Not to be confused with the other 26th Alabama(O'Neill's) that served in the Army of Northern Virginia and later Army of Tennessee. Coltart's 26th Alabama was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6 1863.
- ^ Commanded his own and the 3rd Brigade.
- ^ Temporarily
- ^ Sometimes mistaken for the 55th (Brown's) Tennessee Infantry.
References edit
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.