The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 3, pages 638-675
This order of battle covers the period of May 7 – July 17, 1864. The period July 17 – September 8, 1864 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 k = killed
Army of Tennessee Gen Joseph E. Johnston
Hardee's Corps LTG William J. Hardee
Division Brigade Regiments and othersCheatham's Division
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham Maney's Brigade
BG George E. Maney Col Francis M. WalkerFrom early July 4th Confederate (Tennessee) 1st-27th Tennessee 6th-9th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter 19th Tennessee (from mid-June):19th and 41st Tennessee swapped places mid-June Col Francis M. Walker 41st Tennessee (until mid-June) 50th Tennessee: Col Stephen H. Colms 24th Tennessee Battalion (until early July) Strahl's Brigade
BG Otho F. Strahl 4th-5th Tennessee 19th Tennessee (until mid-June) 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson 31st Tennessee 33rd Tennessee 41st Tennessee (from mid-June): Col James D. Tillman Wright's Brigade
Col John C. Carter 8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 38th Tennessee 51st-52nd Tennessee Vaughn's Brigade
BG Alfred J. Vaughn (w July 4) Col Michael MagevneyFrom early July 11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins 29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col Michael MagevneyCleburne's Division
MG Patrick R. Cleburne Polk's Brigade
BG Lucius E. Polk 1st-15th Arkansas: Col J. W. Colquitt 5th Confederate (Tennessee): Cpt W. A. Brown 2nd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col W. D. Robison 35th TennesseeDetached to provost-marshal-general duty. Consolidated with 45th Tennessee mid-June 48th Tennessee Govan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan 2nd-24th Arkansas: Col Elisha Warfield 5th-13th Arkansas: Col John E. Murray 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith 8th-19th Arkansas: Col George F. Baucum 3rd Confederate: Cpt M. H. Dixon Lowrey's Brigade
BG Mark P. Lowrey 16th Alabama 33rd Alabama: Col Samuel Adams 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison 45th Mississippi Granbury's BrigadeKnown as Smith's Brigade from mid-June
BG Hiram B. Granbury BG James A. Smithfrom mid-June 6th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt R. Fisher 7th Texas: Cpt J. H. Collet 10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt G. D. Manion 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col F. C. WilkesBate's Division
MG William B. Bate Tyler's Brigade
BG Thomas Benton Smith 37th Georgia 10th Tennessee (until mid-June) 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser (w July 22), Cpt Matthew Dwyer 20th Tennessee 30th Tennessee 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade
BG Joseph Horace Lewis 2nd Kentucky: Col James W. Moss 4th Kentucky 5th Kentucky 6th Kentucky: Col Martin H. Cofer 9th Kentucky Finley's Brigade
BG Jesse J. Finley (w May 14) Col Angus D. McLean 1st-3rd Florida 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)-4th Florida Infantry 6th Florida: Col Angus D. McLean 7th FloridaWalker's Division
MG William H. T. Walker Mercer's BrigadeJoined mid-June
BG Hugh W. Mercer 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead 54th Georgia 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo 63rd Georgia Gist's Brigade
BG States Rights Gist 46th Georgia 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters Jackson's BrigadeBroken up early July, remaining units transferred to Gist's and Lowrey's brigades. 47th Georgia consolidated with 65th Georgia
BG John K. Jackson 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) (until mid-June)Transferred to Steven's Brigade 5th Georgia (until mid-June) 47th Georgia 65th Georgia 5th Mississippi 8th Mississippi: Col John C. Wilkinson 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Stevens' Brigade
BG Clement H. Stevens 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) (from mid-June) 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn 29th Georgia 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet 26th Georgia Battalion (until mid-June) 1st Georgia SharpshootersHardee's Corps Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith Hoxton's Battalion
Maj Llewelyn Hoxton Phelan's (Alabama) Battery Marion (Florida) Light Artillery Turner's (Mississippi) Battery Hotchkiss' BattalionUsually assigned to Cleburne's Division
Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss Semple's (Alabama) Battery Key's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Thomas Key Goldwaite's Alabama Battery Martin's Battalion
Maj Robert Martin Howell's (Georgia) Battery Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery Cobb's Battalion
Maj Robert Cobb Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery 5th Company, Washington (Louisiana) Light Artillery Johnston (Tennessee) Light Artillery
Hood's Corps LTG John B. Hood
Division Brigade Regiments and othersHindman's Division
MG Thomas C. Hindman (w July 4) BG John C. BrownTemporarily in command during July Deas' Brigade
BG Zachariah C. Deas Col John G. ColtartFrom mid-June 19th Alabama 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart 17th Alabama Sharpshooters Manigault's Brigade
BG Arthur Middleton Manigault 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis 28th Alabama 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley 19th South Carolina Walthall's Brigade
BG Edward C. Walthall (w May 15) Col Samuel BentonFrom mid-June 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley 34th Mississippi: Col Samuel Benton, Cpt T. S. Hubbard Tucker's Brigade
BG William F. Tucker (w May) Col Jacob H. SharpFrom mid-June 7th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop 9th Mississippi 10th Mississippi 41st Mississippi: Col J. Byrd Williams 44th Mississippi: Col Jacob H. Sharp 9th Mississippi SharpshootersStevenson's Division
MG Carter L. Stevenson Brown's Brigade
BG John C. Brown Col Joseph B. PalmerDuring July while Brown is in command of Hindman's division 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers) 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell 32nd Tennessee 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy Cumming's Brigade
BG Alfred Cumming 34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins 2nd Georgia State (from mid-June): Col James Wilson Reynold's Brigade
BG Alexander W. Reynolds (w May 27) Col Washington M. Hardy 58th North Carolina 60th North Carolina: Col Washington M. Hardy 54th Virginia 63rd Virginia Pettus' Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley 31st Alabama 46th AlabamaStewart's DivisionKnown as Clayton's Division from July 7
MG Alexander P. StewartTook command of Polk's Corps from July 7 MG Henry D. ClaytonFrom July 7, promoted to Major General on that date Stovall's Brigade
BG Marcellus A. Stovall 40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia Capt. Homer Howard 52nd Georgia 1st Georgia State (from mid-June) Clayton's BrigadeKnown as Holtzclaw's Brigade from July 7
BG Henry D. Clayton BG James T. HoltzclawFrom July 7, promoted to Brigadier General on that date 18th Alabama 32nd-58th Alabama 36th Alabama Col. Lewis Thompson Woodruff (w) 38th Alabama Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson 1st Louisiana (Regulars) 13th-20th Louisiana Consolidated: Col Leon Von Zinken 16th-25th Louisiana Consolidated 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner 4th Louisiana Battalion 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Baker's Brigade
BG Alpheus Baker 37th Alabama 40th Alabama 42nd Alabama 54th Alabama (from mid-June)Hood's Corps Artillery
Col Robert F. Beckham Courtney's Battalion
Maj Alfred R. Courtney Dent's (Alabama) Battery Garrity's (Alabama) Battery Douglas's Texas Battery Eldridge's Battalion
Maj John W. Eldridge Eufala (Alabama) Artillery Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery Johnston's Battalion
Maj John W. Johnston Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Rowan Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery
Polk's Corps (Army of Mississippi) LTG Leonidas Polk (k June 14) MG William W. Loringfrom June 14 to July 7 LTG Alexander P. StewartFrom July 7
Division Brigade Regiments and othersLoring's Division
MG William W. LoringResumed command July 7 BG Winfield S. FeatherstonFrom June 14 until July 7 Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. FeatherstonBrigade commander while Featherston in temporary command of the division not known, but likely either Col Stephens or Col Drake 3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus Stephens 33rd Mississippi: Col Jabez Drake 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Adams' Brigade
BG John Adams 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi Scott's Brigade
BG Thomas M. Scott 27th Alabama 35th Alabama 49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th LouisianaFrench's Division
MG Samuel G. French Ector's Brigade
BG Matthew D. Ector (w July 27) 29th North Carolina 39th North Carolina 9th Texas: Col William Hugh Young (w) 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) Cockrell's Brigade
BG Francis M. Cockrell 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) 3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates Sears' Brigade
BG Claudius W. Sears (w May 19) Col William T.S. Barry 4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi: Col William T.S. Barry 36th Mississippi 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi 7th Mississippi BattalionWalthall's DivisionKnown as Cantey's Division in May and mid-June
BG James CanteyTemporarily during May and early June BG Edward C. Walthallfrom mid-June Reynolds' Brigade
BG Daniel H. Reynolds 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 4th Arkansas 9th Arkansas 25th Arkansas Cantey's BrigadeOriginally an independent brigade reporting to army command, subsequently combined into a division with Reynolds' brigade
BG James CanteyTemporarily in command of the division until mid-June, then resumed command of his brigade Col Virgil MurpheyTemporarily in command of the brigade during May and June, while Cantey in command of the division 1st Alabama (from early June to mid-June)Transferred to Quarles' Brigade mid-June 17th Alabama: Col Virgil Murphey 26th Alabama (from early June):Col Edward A. O'Neal 29th Alabama 37th Mississippi Quarles' BrigadeJoined mid-June
BG William A. Quarles 1st AlabamaTransferred from Cantey' Brigade mid-June 4th Louisiana 30th Louisiana 42nd Tennessee 48th Tennessee 49th Tennessee 53rd Tennessee 56th (46th-55th) TennesseePolk's Corps Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams Myrick's BattalionUsually assigned to Loring's Division
Maj John D. Myrick Bouanchaud's (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud Cowan's (Mississippi) Battery; Cpt James J. Cowan Barry's Lookout (Tennessee) Battery; Cpt Robert L. Barry Storrs' BattalionUsually assigned to French's Division
Maj George S. Storrs Ward's (Alabama) Battery Hoskins' (Mississippi) Battery Guibor's (Missouri) Battery Preston's BattalionUsually assigned to Cantey's Division