The following units and commanders fought in the Carolinas 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 XLVII, Part 1, pages 1061-1067
Background The Confederate forces in the Carolinas campaign underwent a reorganization from April 8 to 10, 1865, which is shown below. For the Confederate order of battle previous to this reorganization, see the Bentonville Confederate order of battle.
Military rank abbreviations used Gen = General LTG = Lieutenant General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major
Army of Tennessee
Gen Joseph E. Johnston Escort Holloway's (Alabama) Cavalry Company: Capt E. M. Holloway
Second in command Gen P.G.T. Beauregard Escort Jeff. Davis Legion (Mississippi), Company A: Lt R. E. Conner
Hardee's Corps LTG William J. Hardee Escort and Scouts Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Capt William C. Raum Stono Scouts Company (South Carolina): Capt John B.L. Walpole, Lt Paul T. Gervais
DivisionBrigade Regiments and othersBrown's Division
MG John C. BrownSmith's Brigade
BG James A. Smith 1st Florida Consolidated (comprised 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th Infantry and 1st Cavalry): Ltc Elisha Mashburn 1st Georgia Consolidated (comprised 1st, 57th, and 63rd Regiments): Col Charles H. Olmstead 54th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 37th and 54th Infantry Regiments and 4th Sharpshooters Battalion): Col Theodore D. Caswell Govan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan 1st Arkansas Consolidated (comprised 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th, and 24th Arkansas Regiments, and 3rd Confederate): Col Edward A. Howell 1st Texas Consolidated (comprised 6th, 7th, 10th, and 15th Infantry, and 17th, 18th, 24th, and 25th Cavalry (dismounted) Regiments): Ltc William A. RyanHoke's Division
MG Robert F. Hoke Clingman's Brigade
BG Thomas L. Clingman 8th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Charles W. Knight 36th–40th North Carolina Infantry: Lt Selby Hardenburgh 51st North Carolina Infantry: Capt James W. Lippitt 61st North Carolina Infantry: Capt Augustus D. Lippitt, Col William L. Devane Colquitt's Brigade
BG Alfred H. Colquitt 6th Georgia Infantry: Maj James M. Culpepper 19th Georgia Infantry: Maj William Hamilton 23rd Georgia Infantry: Col Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia Infantry: Col Charles T. Zachry 28th Georgia Infantry: Ltc William P. Crawford Hagood's Brigade
Ltc James H. Rion
Col Robert F. Graham 11th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Benjamin F. Wyman 21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham, Capt J.A.W. Thomas 25th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Edward R. Lesesne 27th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Thomas Y. Simons 7th South Carolina Battalion: Capt William Clyburn, Ltc James H. Rion Kirkland's Brigade
BG William W. Kirkland 17th North Carolina Infantry: Capt Stuart L. Johnston 42nd North Carolina Infantry: Col John E. Brown 50th North Carolina Infantry: Col George Wortham 66th North Carolina/10th North Carolina Battalion: Col John H. Nethercutt First North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade
Col Frank S. Armistead 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves: Ltc Charles W. Broadfoot 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col John H. Anderson 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col John W. Hinsdale 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves Battalion: Capt J.L. EavesCheatham's Division
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
MG William B. Bate Palmer's Brigade
BG Joseph B. Palmer 1st Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Regiments, and 24th Battalion): Ltc Oliver A. Bradshaw 2nd Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, and 154th Regiments): Ltc George W. Pease 3rd Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 35th, 38th, and 41st Regiments): Col James D. Tillman 4th Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 30th, 32nd, 37th, and 45th Regiments, and 23rd Battalion): Col Anderson Searcy Gist's Brigade
Col William G. Foster 46th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Abe Miles 65th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 65th Regiment, and 2nd and 8th Battalions): Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 16th–24th South Carolina Consolidated: Maj B. Burgh SmithArtillery
Col Ambrosio J. Gonzales Artillery Battalion
Maj Basil C. Manly Bridges's Battery (Louisiana): Capt William M. Bridges Atkins's Battery (North Carolina): Capt George B. Atkins Walter's Battery (South Carolina): Capt George H. Walter Zimmerman's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Zimmerman Paris's Battery (Virginia): Lt Thomas M. Tucker Reserve Artillery Battalion
Ltc Del Kemper Guerard's Battery (Georgia): Capt John M. Guerard Lumpkin's Battery (Georgia): Capt Edward P. Lumpkin 1st Missouri Battery: Capt Aaron W. Harris Charles's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Charles DePass's Battery (South Carolina): Lt A.A. Gilbert C.E. Kanapaux's Battery (South Carolina): Capt Charles E. Kanapaux, Lt Thomas J. Sistrunk Palmetto Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Frederick C. Schulz Wagener's Battery (German Artillery, Companies A and C, South Carolina): Capt Frederick W. Wagener Huggins's Battery (Tennessee): Capt Almaria L. Huggins
Stewart's Corps LTG Alexander P. Stewart
DivisionBrigade Regiments and othersLoring's Division
MG William W. Loring Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Consolidated (comprised 1st and 2nd Mounted Rifles (dismounted), and 4th, 9th, and 25th Infantry Regiments): Col Henry G. Bunn 3rd Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 3rd, 31st, and 40th Infantry): Col James M. Stigler 22nd Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 1st, 22nd, and 33rd Regiments, and 1st Battalion): Col Martin A. Oatis 37th Mississippi Battalion: Maj Q.C. Heidelberg Lowry's Brigade
BG Robert Lowry 29th Alabama Infantry: Maj Henry B. Turner 12th Louisiana Infantry: Ltc E.M. Graham 14th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 5th, 14th, and 43rd Regiments): Col Robert J. Lawrence 15th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 6th, 15th, 23rd, and 26th Regiments): Ltc Thomas B. Graham Shelley's Brigade
BG Charles M. Shelley 1st Alabama Consolidated (comprised 1st, 16th, 26th, 33rd, and 45th (eight companies) Regiments): Col Robert H. Abercrombie 17th Alabama: Ltc Edward P. Holcombe 27th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 27th, 35th, 49th, 55th, and 57th Regiments): Col Edward McAlexander 45th Alabama Infantry (companies C and H): Lt G.P. BledsoeAnderson's Division
MG Patton Anderson Elliott's Brigade
Ltc J. Welsman Brown 22nd Georgia Battalion: Maj Mark J. McMullen 27th Georgia Battalion: Maj Alfred L. Hartridge 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Maj Frederick F. Warley Manigault's South Carolina Battalion: Capt Theodore G. Boag Rhett's Brigade
Col Alfred M. Rhett (c)
Col William Butler 1st South Carolina Infantry (Regulars): Ltc Warren Adams 1st South Carolina Artillery (Regulars): Ltc Joseph A. Yates 15th South Carolina Battalion: Capt Theodore B. HayneWalthall's Division
MG Edward C. Walthall Harrison's Brigade
Col George P. Harrison Jr. 1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 5th Georgia Infantry: Col Charles P. Daniel 5th Georgia Reserves: Maj Charles E. McGregor 32nd Georgia Infantry: Ltc E.H. Brown, Jr. Kennedy's Brigade
BG John D. Kennedy 2nd South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 2nd and 20th Regiments and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col William Wallace 3rd South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 3rd and 8th Regiments, 3rd Battalion, and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col Eli T. Stackhouse 7th South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 7th and 15th Regiments and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col John B. Davis Artillery Battalion
Maj A. Burnett Rhett Brook's Battery (Georgia): Capt John W. Brooks LeGardeur's Battery (Louisiana): Capt Gustave LeGardeur, Jr. Marion Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Edward L. Parker Beaufort Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Henry M. Stuart Chatham Light Artillery (Georgia): Capt John F. Wheaton
Lee's Corps LTG Stephen D. Lee Escort Ragland's Georgia Cavalry Company: Capt George G. Ragland
DivisionBrigade Regiments and othersHill's Division
MG D.H. Hill Sharp's Brigade
BG Jacob H. Sharp 24th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 24th, 28th, and 34th Regiments): Col John C. Carter 8th Mississippi Consolidated Battalion (comprised 5th, 8th, and 32nd Regiments and 3rd Battalion): Ltc James R. Moore 9th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 7th, 9th, 10th, 41st, and 44th Regiments, and 9th Sharpshooters Battalion): Ltc William C. Richards 19th South Carolina Battalion Consolidated (comprised 10th and 19th Regiments): Ltc C. Irvine Walker Brantley's Brigade
BG William F. Brantley 22nd Alabama Consolidated (comprised 22nd, 25th, 39th, and 50th Regiments): Col Harry T. Toulmin 37th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 37th, 42nd, and 54th Regiments): Col John A. Minter 24th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th, and 34th Regiments): Col Robert W. Williamson 58th North Carolina Consolidated (comprised 58th and 60th Regiments): Ltc Thaddeus Coleman Detachment, Army of Northern Virginia
Ltc Alexander C. McAlister Contingent from Lane's Brigade 7th North Carolina Infantry: Maj James S. Harris Contingent from Cooke's and Grimes' Brigades 15th North Carolina Infantry, Companies B, F, and I 27th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, F, and G 32nd North Carolina Infantry, Companies E and K 43rd North Carolina Infantry, Company F 45th North Carolina Infantry, Company I 46th North Carolina Infantry, Companies B, D, G, and I 48th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A and B 55th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A and KStevenson's Division
MG Carter L. StevensonHenderson's Brigade
BG Robert J. Henderson 1st Confederate Consolidated Battalion (comprised 1st Confederate Regiment, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Regiments, and 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion): Capt William J. Whitsitt 39th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 29th and 34th Regiments and detachments of 52nd and 56th Regiments): Col Charles H. Phinizy 42nd Georgia Consolidated (comprised 36th and 42nd Regiments and detachments of 34th and 56th Regiments): Ltc Lovick P. Thomas 40th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 40th, 41st, and 43rd Regiments): Ltc Stephen D. Clements Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus 19th Alabama: Col Martin L. Woods 20th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 20th and 30th Regiments): Ltc James K. Elliott 23rd Alabama Infantry: Ltc Osceola Kyle 27th Alabama Infantry, Company B: Lt Robert G. Hampton 54th Virginia Consolidated (comprised 54th and 63rd Virginia): Ltc Connally H. Lynch Artillery Kanapaux's Battery (South Carolina): Capt John T. Kanapaux
Unattached units
DivisionBrigade Regiments and othersNaval units Independent naval contingent Naval Regiment: Flag Officer French Forrest Naval Brigade
Rear Admiral and BG Raphael Semmes 1st Regiment 2nd RegimentUnattached artillery Artillery Battalion
Maj Joseph Palmer Company A, 14th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion: Capt Minor W. Havis Company D, 14th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion: Capt Ruel Wooten Anderson Yates Battery (Mississippi): Capt James H. Yates Sampson Artillery (North Carolina): Capt Abner A. Mosely Independent Batteries Abell's Light Artillery (Florida): Capt Henry F. Abell Swett's Battery (Mississippi): Lt Harvey Shannon Artillery
Ltc Joseph B. Starr 1st North Carolina Artillery Company C: Lt Alfred M. Darden Company I: Capt Thomas L. Southerland 3rd North Carolina Artillery Battalion: Maj John W. Moore Company A: Capt Andrew J. Ellis Company B: Capt William Badham Company C: Capt John M. Sutton 13th North Carolina Artillery Battalion: Company C: Capt James D. Cumming