Battle of Franklin (1864) Confederate order of battle


The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen John B. Hood, Commanding

Lee's Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson
Deas's Brigade

BG Zachariah C. Deas

  • 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimrough
  • 22nd Alabama: Maj Edward H. Armistead
  • 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoelon B. Routh
  • 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton
  • 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson
Manigault's Brigade

BG Arthur M. Manigault

Ltc William L. Butler

  • 24th Alabama: Col Thomas P. Shaw
  • 28th Alabama: Ltc William L. Butler
  • 34th Alabama: Col John C. Carter
  • 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker
  • 19th South Carolina: Col Newton N. Davis
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson
Sharp's Brigade

BG Jacob H. Sharp

  • 7th-9th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop
  • 10th-44th Mississippi & 9th Sharpshooter Btln.: Col William H. Sims
  • 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks
Johnson's Division

MG Edward Johnson
Brantley's Brigade

BG William F. Brantley

  • 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
  • 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
  • 29th Mississippi: Maj George W. Reynolds
  • 30th Mississippi: Ltc James M. Johnson, Maj John K. Allen
  • Dismounted Cavalry Company: Cpt D.W. Alexander
Stevenson's Division

MG Carter L. Stevenson
Cummings's Brigade

Col Elihu P. Watkins

  • 34th Georgia
  • 36th Georgia
  • 39th Georgia
  • 56th Georgia
Stevenson's Division

MG Carter L. Stevenson
Pettus's Brigade

BG Edmund W. Pettus

  • 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
  • 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb
  • 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott
  • 31st Alabama
  • 46th Alabama
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton, Sr.
Stovall's Brigade

BG Marcellus A. Stovall

  • 40th Georgia
  • 41st Georgia
  • 42nd Georgia
  • 43rd Georgia
  • 52nd Georgia
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton, Sr.
Gibson's Brigade

BG Randall L. Gibson

  • 1st Louisiana
  • 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter
  • 13th-20th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell
  • 16th-25th Louisiana
  • 19th Louisiana
  • 30th Louisiana
  • 4th Louisiana Battalion
  • 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Battalion
Clayton's Division

MG Henry D. Clayton, Sr.
Holtzclaw's Brigade

BG James T. Holtzclaw

Corps Artillery

Col Robert F. Beckham
Maj John W. Johnston
Courtney's Battalion

Cpt James Postell Douglas

Corps Artillery

Col Robert F. Beckham
Maj John W. Johnston
Eldridge's Battalion

Cpt Charles E. Fenner

  • Eufaula Alabama Battery
  • Fenner's Louisiana Battery
  • Stanford's Miss Battery
Corps Artillery

Col Robert F. Beckham
Maj John W. Johnston
Johnston's Battalion

Maj John W. Johnston

Cpt John B. Rowan

  • Corput's Georgia Battery
  • Marshall's Tenn Battery
  • Stephens's Light Artillery

Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring
Featherston's Brigade

BG Winfield S. Featherston

  • 1st Mississippi
  • 3rd Mississippi: Ltc Samuel M. Dyer
  • 22nd Mississippi
  • 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus D.L. Stephens
  • 33rd Mississippi
  • 40th Mississippi
  • 1st Mississippi Battalion
Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring
Adams's Brigade

BG John Adams

Col Robert Lowry

  • 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry
  • 14th Mississippi
  • 15th Mississippi: Col Michael Ferrell
  • 20th Mississippi: Col William N. Brown, Ltc Walter A. Rorer, Maj Thomas B. Graham
  • 23rd Mississippi
  • 43rd Mississippi
Loring's Division

MG William W. Loring
Scott's Brigade

BG Thomas M. Scott

Col John Snodgrass

  • 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Col Samuel S. Ives
  • 55th Alabama: Col John Snodgrass
  • 57th Alabama: Col Columbus J.L. Cunningham
  • 12th Louisiana: Col Noel L. Nelson
French's Division

MG Samuel G. French
Ector's Brigade

Col David Coleman

French's Division

MG Samuel G. French
Cockrell's Brigade

BG Francis M. Cockrell

Col Peter C. Flournoy

  • 1st-4th Missouri: Col Hugh A. Garland
  • 2nd-6th Missouri: Col Peter C. Flournoy, Ltc William F. Carter
  • 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Patrick Canniff
  • 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry : Col Elijah Gates
French's Division

MG Samuel G. French
Sears's Brigade

BG Claudius Sears

  • 4th Mississippi: Col Thomas N. Adaire
  • 35th Mississippi
  • 36th Mississippi: Col William W. Witherspoon
  • 39th Mississippi
  • 46th Mississippi: Maj Turpin D. Magee
  • 7th Mississippi Battalion
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall
Quarles's Brigade

BG William A. Quarles

BG George D. Johnston

  • 1st Alabama: Maj Samuel L. Knox
  • 42nd Tennessee: Col Isaac N. Hulme
  • 46th Tennessee: Maj Sylvester C. Cooper
  • 48th Tennessee
  • 49th Tennessee: Ltc Thomas M. Atkins
  • 53rd Tennessee: Cpt James J. Rittenbury
  • 55th Tennessee: Maj Joseph E. McDonald
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall
Cantey's Brigade

BG Charles M. Shelley

  • 17th Alabama: Col Virgil S. Murphy
  • 26th Alabama: Ltc John S. Garvin
  • 29th Alabama: Cpt Alfred V. Gardner
  • 37th Mississippi
Walthall's Division

MG Edward C. Walthall
Reynolds' Brigade

BG Daniel H. Reynolds

Corps Artillery

Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Truehart's Battalion
  • Lumsden's Alabama Battery
  • Selden's Alabama Battery
Corps Artillery

Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Myrick's Battalion
Corps Artillery

Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Storrs' Battalion
  • Guibor's Missouri Battery
  • Hoskin's Miss Battery
  • Kolb's Alabama Battery

Cheatham's Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick Cleburne

BG James A. Smith
Lowrey's Brigade

BG Mark P. Lowrey

  • 16th Alabama: Col Frederick A. Ashford
  • 33rd Alabama: Col Robert F. Crittenden
  • 45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
  • 5th Mississippi: Col John Weir
  • 8th Mississippi
  • 32nd Mississippi: Col William H.H. Tison
  • 3rd Mississippi Battalion
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick Cleburne

BG James A. Smith
Govan's Brigade

BG Daniel C. Govan

  • 1st-15th Arkansas: Cpt Mordecai P. Garrett
  • 2nd-24th Arkansas: Maj Alexander T. Meek
  • 5th-13th Arkansas
  • 6th-7th Arkansas
  • 8th-19th Arkansas
  • 3rd Confederate: Cpt Mumford H. Dixon
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick Cleburne

BG James A. Smith
Granbury's Brigade

BG Hiram B. Granbury

Cpt E.T. Broughton

  • 5th Confederate: Cpt Aaron A. Cox
  • 35th Tennessee
  • 6th-15th Texas: Maj Rhoads Fisher
  • 7th Texas: Cpt E.T. Broughton, Cpt James W. Brown
  • 10th Texas: Ltc Robert B. Young
  • 17th-18th-24th-25th Texas Cavalry : Maj William A. Taylor
  • Nutt's Louisiana Cavalry
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick Cleburne

BG James A. Smith
Smith's Brigade

BG James A. Smith

Col Charles H. Olmstead

  • 54th Georgia
  • 57th Georgia
  • 63rd Georgia
  • 1st Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead
Brown's Division

MG John C. Brown

BG Mark P. Lowrey
Gist's Brigade

BG States Rights Gist

Ltc Zachariah L. Watters

  • 46th Georgia: Maj Samuel J.C. Dunlop, Cpt Malcolm Gillis
  • 65th Georgia
  • 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
  • 16th South Carolina: Maj B. Burgh Smith
  • 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers, Cpt William C. Griffith
Brown's Division

MG John C. Brown

BG Mark P. Lowrey
Maney's Brigade

BG John C. Carter

Col Hume R. Field

  • 1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field
  • 4th Tennessee
  • 6th-9th Tennessee
  • 8th Tennessee
  • 16th Tennessee
  • 28th Tennessee
  • 50th Tennessee
Brown's Division

MG John C. Brown

BG Mark P. Lowrey
Strahl's Brigade

BG Otho F. Strahl

Col Andrew J. Kellar

Brown's Division

MG John C. Brown

BG Mark P. Lowrey
Vaughan's Brigade

BG George W. Gordon

Col William M. Watkins

  • 11th Tennessee
  • 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins
  • 13th-154th Tennessee: Col Michael Magevney
  • 29th Tennessee
  • 51st-52nd Tennessee
Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate
Tyler's Brigade

BG Thomas B. Smith

Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate
Finley's Brigade

Col Robert Bullock

Maj Jacob A. Lash

Bate's Division

MG William B. Bate
Jackson's Brigade

BG Henry R. Jackson

  • 1st Georgia Confederate: Col George A. Smith
  • 25th Georgia
  • 29th Georgia
  • 30th Georgia
  • 66th Georgia: Ltc Algernon S. Hamilton
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
Corps Artillery

Col Melancthon Smith
Hoxton's Battalion
Ltc Llewellyn G. Hoxton

  • Phelan's Alabama Battery
  • Perry's Florida Battery
  • Turner's Miss Battery
Corps Artillery

Col Melancthon Smith
Hotchkiss's Battalion
Corps Artillery

Col Melancthon Smith
Cobb's Battalion
  • Slocumb's Louisiana Battery: Lt Joseph E. Chalaron
  • Ferguson's South Carolina Battery
  • Phillip's Tennessee Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Nathan B. Forrest
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Chalmers' Division

BG James R. Chalmers
Rucker's Brigade

Col Edmund W. Rucker

  • 7th Alabama Cavalry
  • 5th Mississippi Cavalry
  • 7th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White
  • 15th Tennessee Cavalry
  • Forrest's Tennessee Regiment: Col David C. Kelley
Chalmers' Division

BG James R. Chalmers
Biffle's Brigade

Col Jacob B. Biffle

  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 10th Tennessee Cavalry
Buford's Division

BG Abraham Buford
Bell's Brigade

Col Tyree H. Bell

  • 2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry
  • 19th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 20th Tennessee Cavalry
  • 21st Tennessee Cavalry: Col Andrew N. Wilson
  • Nixon's Tennessee Regiment
Buford's Division

BG Abraham Buford
Crossland's Brigade

Col Edward Crossland

Jackson's Division

BG William H. Jackson
Armstrong's Brigade

BG Frank C. Armstrong

  • 1st Mississippi Cavalry
  • 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
  • 28th Mississippi Cavalry
  • Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment
Jackson's Division

BG William H. Jackson
Ross's Brigade

BG Lawrence S. Ross

  • 3rd Texas Cavalry: Ltc Jiles S. Boggess
  • 6th Texas Cavalry: Col Jack Wharton
  • 9th Texas Cavalry: Col Dudley W. Jones
  • 1st Texas Legion : Col Edwin R. Hawkins
Artillery
  • Morton's Tennessee Battery: Cpt John W. Morton