Stones River Confederate order of battle


The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen Braxton Bragg, Commanding

Polk's Corps">First Corps, Army of Tennessee">Polk's Corps

LTG Leonidas Polk
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Cheatham's Division

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham		First Brigade

BG Daniel S. Donelson
  • 8th Tennessee: Col William L. Moore, Ltc John H. Anderson
  • 16th Tennessee: Col John H. Savage
  • 38th Tennessee: Col John C. Carter
  • 51st Tennessee: Col John Chester
  • 84th Tennessee: Col Sidney S. Stanton
  • Carnes' battery: Cpt William W. Carnes
Cheatham's Division

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham		Second Brigade

BG Alexander P. Stewart
  • 4th-5th Tennessee: Col Otho F. Strahl
  • 19th Tennessee: Col Francis M. Walker
  • 24th Tennessee: Col Hugh L. W. Bratton, Maj Samuel E. Shannon
  • 31st-33rd Tennessee: Col Egbert E. Tansil
  • Stanford's battery: Cpt Thomas J. Stanford
Cheatham's Division

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham		Third Brigade

BG George Maney
  • 1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field
  • 4th Tennessee : Col James A. McMurry
  • 6th-9th Tennessee: Col Charles S. Hurt, Maj John L. Harris
  • Maney's company Sharpshooters: Cpt Frank Maney
  • Smith's battery: Lt William B. Turner
Cheatham's Division

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham		Fourth Brigade

Col Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.

BG Preston Smith
  • 12th Tennessee: Maj Josiah N. Wyatt
  • 13th Tennessee: Ltc William E. Morgan, Cpt R. F. Lanier
  • 29th Tennessee: Maj John B. Johnson
  • 47th Tennessee: Cpt William M. Watkins
  • 154th Senior Tennessee: Ltc Michael Magevney, Jr.
  • 9th Texas: Col William H. Young
  • Allin's Sharpshooters: Lt J. R. J. Creighton, Lt T. F. Pattison
  • Scott's battery: Cpt William L. Scott
Withers' Division

MG Jones M. Withers		First Brigade

Col John Q. Loomis

Col John G. Coltart
  • 19th Alabama
  • 22nd Alabama
  • 25th Alabama
  • 26th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
  • 39th Alabama
  • 17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt Benjamin C. Yancey
  • 1st Louisiana : Ltc Frederick H. Farrar, Jr.
  • Robertson's battery: Cpt Felix H. Robertson
Withers' Division

MG Jones M. Withers		Second Brigade

BG James R. Chalmers

Col Thomas W. White
  • 7th Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi: Col Thomas W. White
  • 10th Mississippi
  • 41st Mississippi
  • 9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt O. F. West
  • Blythe's regiment
  • Garrity's battery
Withers' Division

MG Jones M. Withers		Third Brigade

BG J. Patton Anderson
  • 45th Alabama: Col James G. Gilchrist
  • 24th Mississippi: Ltc Robert P. McKelvaine
  • 27th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Jones, Ltc James L. Autry, Cpt Edward R. Neilson
  • 29th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley, Ltc James B. Morgan
  • 30th Mississippi: Ltc Junius I. Scales
  • 39th North Carolina: Cpt Alfred W. Bell
  • Barret's battery: Cpt O. W. Barret
Withers' Division

MG Jones M. Withers		Fourth Brigade

Col Arthur M. Manigault
  • 24th Alabama
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama
  • 10th-19th South Carolina: Col Augustus J. Lythgoe
  • Waters' battery: Cpt David D. Waters

Hardee's Corps">Second Corps, Army of Tennessee">Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Breckinridge's Division

MG John C. Breckinridge		First Brigade

BG Daniel W. Adams

Col Randall L. Gibson
  • 32nd Alabama: Ltc Henry Maury, Col Alexander McKinstry
  • 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Randall L. Gibson, Maj Charles Guillet
  • 16th-25th Louisiana: Col Stewart W. Fisk, Maj Francis C. Zacharie
  • 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj John E. Austin
  • Washington Artillery, Fifth Company: Lt William C. D. Vaught
Breckinridge's Division

MG John C. Breckinridge		Second Brigade

Col Joseph B. Palmer

BG Gideon J. Pillow
  • 18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler, Col Joseph B. Palmer
  • 26th Tennessee: Col John M. Lillard
  • 28th Tennessee: Col Preston D. Cunningham
  • 45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy
  • Moses' battery: Lt Ruel W. Anderson
Breckinridge's Division

MG John C. Breckinridge		Third Brigade

BG William Preston
  • 1st-3rd Florida: Col William Miller
  • 4th Florida: Col William L. L. Bowen
  • 60th North Carolina: Col Joseph A. McDowell
  • 20th Tennessee: Col Thomas B. Smith, Ltc Frank M. Lavender, Maj Fred Claybrooke
  • Wright's Battery: Cpt E. Eldridge Wright, Lt John W. Mebane
Breckinridge's Division

MG John C. Breckinridge		Fourth Brigade

BG Roger W. Hanson

Col Robert P. Trabue
  • 41st Alabama: Ltc Martin L. Stansel
  • 2nd Kentucky: Maj James W. Hewitt, Cpt James W. Moss
  • 4th Kentucky: Col Robert P. Trabue, Cpt Thomas W. Thompson
  • 6th Kentucky: Col Joseph H. Lewis
  • 9th Kentucky: Col Thomas H. Hunt
  • Cobb's Battery: Cpt Robert Cobb
Breckinridge's Division

MG John C. Breckinridge		Jackson's Brigade

BG John K. Jackson
  • 5th Georgia: Col William T. Black, Maj Charles P. Daniel
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj Jesse J. Cox
  • 5th Mississippi: Ltc Walter L. Sykes
  • 8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson, Ltc Aden McNeill
  • Pritchard's Battery
  • Lumsden's battery: Lt Harvey H. Cribbs
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick R. Cleburne		First Brigade

BG Lucius E. Polk
  • 1st Arkansas: Col John W. Colquitt
  • 13th-15th Arkansas: Maj Charles H. Carlton, Maj Robert A. Duncan
  • 5th Confederate: Col James A. Smith
  • 2nd Tennessee: Col William D. Robison
  • 5th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill
  • Helena Artillery: Lt Thomas J. Key
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick R. Cleburne		Second Brigade

BG St. John R. Liddell
  • 2nd Arkansas: Col Daniel C. Govan
  • 5th Arkansas: Ltc John E. Murray
  • 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith, Ltc F. J. Cameron, Maj William F. Douglass
  • 8th Arkansas: Col John H. Kelly, Ltc George F. Baucum
  • Swett's battery: Lt Harvey Shannon
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick R. Cleburne		Third Brigade

BG Bushrod R. Johnson
  • 17th Tennessee: Col Albert S. Marks, Ltc Watt W. Floyd
  • 23rd Tennessee: Ltc Richard H. Keeble
  • 25th Tennessee: Col John M. Hughs, Ltc Samuel Davis
  • 37th Tennessee: Col Moses White, Maj Joseph T. McReynolds, Cpt Charles G. Jarnagin
  • 44th Tennessee: Col John S. Fulton
  • Jefferson Artillery: Cpt Putnam Darden
Cleburne's Division

MG Patrick R. Cleburne		Fourth Brigade

BG Sterling A. M. Wood
  • 16th Alabama: Col William B. Wood
  • 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams
  • 3rd Confederate: Maj John F. Cameron
  • 45th Mississippi: Ltc Richard Charlton
  • 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt A. T. Hawkins
  • Semple's Battery: Cpt Henry C. Semple
McCown's Division

MG John P. McCown		First Brigade

BG Mathew D. Ector
McCown's Division

MG John P. McCown		Second Brigade

BG James E. Rains

Col Robert B. Vance
  • 3rd Georgia Battalion: Ltc Marcellus A. Stovall
  • 9th Georgia Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Smith
  • 29th North Carolina: Col Robert B. Vance
  • 11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon, Ltc William Thedford
  • Eufaula Light Artillery: Lt William A. McDuffie
McCown's Division

MG John P. McCown		Third Brigade

BG Evander McNair

Col Robert W. Harper

Cavalry

Artillery