The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Jonesborough of the American Civil War on August 31-September 1, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
See also: Atlanta Campaign Confederate order of battle (second phase) and Atlanta Confederate order of battle.
Abbreviations used
Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed c = captured mia = Missing in action
Army of Tennessee LTG William J. Hardee
Hardee's Corps MG Patrick R. Cleburne
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and OthersCheatham's Division
BG George E. ManeyRelieved for medical reasons, August 31 BG John C. CarterAssumed command, September 1Maney's Brigade
Col George C. Porter4th Confederate (34th Tennessee) 1st-27th Tennessee 6th-9th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter 19th Tennessee 50th Tennessee: Col Stephen H. ColmsStrahl's Brigade
Col James D. Tillman4th-5th Tennessee 24th Tennessee: Ltc Samuel E. Shannon 31st Tennessee 33rd Tennessee 41st Tennessee: Cpt A.M. KeithWright's Brigade
BG John C. Carter8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 38th Tennessee: Maj Hamilton W. Cotter 51st-52nd TennesseeGist's Brigade
Col Ellison Capers 46th Georgia 65th Georgia 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough, Cpt John W. Boling 24th South Carolina: Ltc Jesse S. Jones 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 2nd Georgia Sharpshooter BattalionVaughn's Brigade
Col Michael Magevney11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Maj William J. Crook 29th Tennessee: Col Horace RiceCleburne's Division
BG Mark P. LowreyGovan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan (c); Col Peter V. Green1st-15th Arkansas: Cpt Felix G. Lusk (mia); Capt William H. Scales 2nd-24th Arkansas: Maj Amzi T. Meek (mia); Capt John K. Phillips 5th-13th Arkansas: Col Peter V. Green; Ltc E. A. Howell 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith (mw&c); Cpt J.T. Robinson 8th-19th Arkansas: Maj David H. Hamiter 3rd Confederate: Capt Mumford H. Dixon (c)Mercer's Brigade
Col Charles H. Olmstead 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford 54th Georgia: Ltc Morgan Rawls, Cpt Thomas W. Brantley 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo, Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton 63rd GeorgiaLowrey's Brigade
Col John Weir16th Alabama 33rd Alabama 45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie 5th Mississippi & 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Col John Weir 8th & 32nd Mississippi: Cpt Andrew MoodyGranbury's Brigade
BG Hiram B. Granbury 5th Confederate (Tennessee): Capt Aaron A. Cox 6th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted); Capt Matthew M. Houston 7th Texas: Capt J. William Brown 10th Texas Infantry: Ltc Robert B. Young 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Capt William H. Perry 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj. William A. TaylorBate's Division MG John C. BrownTyler's Brigade
BG Thomas Benton Smith 37th Georgia 2nd Tennessee 10th Tennessee 15th-37th Tennessee: Cpt Matthew Dwyer 20th Tennessee 30th Tennessee 4th Georgia Sharpshooter BattalionLewis' (Orphan) Brigade
BG Joseph Horace Lewis 2nd Kentucky: Col James W. Moss (mw) 4th Kentucky 5th Kentucky 6th Kentucky: Col Martin H. Cofer 9th KentuckyJackson's Brigade
BG Henry R. Jackson 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn, Maj A.W. Smith 29th Georgia 30th Georgia 66th Georgia: Cpt Thomas L. Langston 1st Georgia Sharpshooter BattalionFinley's Brigade
BG Jesse J. Finley (w)
Ltc Daniel Kenan 1st-3rd Florida 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)-4th Florida Infantry 6th Florida: Ltc Daniel Kenan 7th FloridaHardee's Corps Artillery
Col Melancthon SmithPalmer's Battalion
Maj Joseph Palmer Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery Anderson's (Georgia) Battery Havis' (Georgia) BatteryHoxton's Battalion
Maj Llewelyn Hoxton Phelan's (Alabama) Battery Marion (Florida) Light Artillery Turner's (Mississippi) BatteryHotchkiss' Battalion
Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss
Cpt Thomas Key Semple's (Alabama) Battery Key's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Thomas Key Warren (Mississippi) Light ArtilleryMartin's Battalion
Maj Robert Martin Howell's (Georgia) Battery Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery Ferguson's (South Carolina) BatteryCobb's Battalion
Maj Robert Cobb Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery 5th Company, Washington (Louisiana) Light Artillery Johnston (Tennessee) Light Artillery
Lee's Corps LTG Stephen D. Lee DivisionBrigadeRegiments and OthersAnderson's Division
MG Patton AndersonDeas' Brigade
BG Zachariah C. Deas 19th Alabama 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart 25th Alabama 39th Alabama: Cpt T. J. Branon 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart, Cpt George W. Arnold 17th Alabama Sharpshooters (until mid-August)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: Cpt Elijah W. HorneBrantley's Brigade
Col William F. Brantley 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley, Ltc James M. Johnson 34th Mississippi: Cpt T. S. HubbardSharp's Brigade
BG Jacob H. Sharp 7th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop 9th Mississippi 10th Mississippi 41st Mississippi: Col J. Byrd Williams 44th Mississippi 9th Mississippi SharpshootersStevenson's Division
MG Carter L. StevensonBrown's Brigade
Col Joseph B. Palmer (w September 1) 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers) 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell 32nd Tennessee 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson SearcyCumming's Brigade
BG Alfred Cumming 34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia: Col Elihu P. Watkins 2nd Georgia State: Col James WilsonReynold's Brigade
Col Washington M. Hardy 58th North Carolina 60th North Carolina 54th Virginia 63rd VirginiaPettus' Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley 31st Alabama 46th AlabamaClayton's Division
MG Henry D. ClaytonStovall's Brigade
BG Marcellus A. Stovall 40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia 1st Georgia State: Cpt Albert HowellHoltzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw 18th Alabama 32nd-58th Alabama 36th Alabama 38th Alabama: Lt John C. DumasGibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson 1st Louisiana (Regulars) 4th Louisiana 13th Louisiana: Col Francis L. Campbell 16th-25th Louisiana 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner 20th Louisiana: Col Leon Von Zinken 30th Louisiana 4th Louisiana Battalion 14th Louisiana SharpshootersBaker's Brigade
BG Alpheus Baker 37th Alabama 40th Alabama 42nd Alabama 54th AlabamaLee's Corps Artillery
Ltc James H. HallonquistWilliam's Battalion
Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Cpt Reuben Kolb Barbour (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery Nottoway (Virginia) ArtilleryCourtney's Battalion
Maj Alfred R. Courtney Dent's (Alabama) Battery Garrity's (Alabama) Battery Douglas' (Texas) BatteryEldridge's Battalion
Maj John W. Eldridge Eufala (Alabama) Artillery Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery Stanford's (Mississippi) BatteryJohnston's Battalion
Maj John W. Johnston
Cpt John B. Rowan Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: John B. Rowan Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery
Notes
References "Battle of Jonesboro," Civil War Trust <http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/atlanta/atlanta-history-articles/battle-of-jonesboro.html > 20 April 2016. "Jonesboro," Tenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry <https://web.archive.org/web/20160307213211/http://tenthkentuckyinfantry.com/jonesboro.php> 20 April 2016. "Jonesboro," National Park Service <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battles-detail.htm?battleCode=GA022> 20 April 2016. U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.