The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) during the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".
Abbreviations used Military rank LTG = Lieutenant General 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
Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana LTG Leonidas Polk Escort: Louisiana Company: Lt P. M. Kenner General staff and escort: 5 officers, 44 men
Infantry corps +Confederate order of battle for Polk's infantry corps Division Brigade Unit Loring's DivisionMG William Wing Loring548 officers5,375 men18 guns Featherston's BrigadeBG Winfield S. Featherston 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col T. A. Mellon 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc H. J. Reid 31st Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc M. D. L. Stephens 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc J. L. Drake 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler Charpentier's Alabama Battery: Cpt Stephen Charpentier Adams' BrigadeBG John Adams 1st Confederate Battalion: Ltc George H. Forney 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc W. L. Doss 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col M. Farrell 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col William N. Brown 26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Arthur E. Reynolds Lookout Tennessee Artillery: Cpt Robert L. Barry Buford's BrigadeBG Abraham Buford II 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col James Jackson 35th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Samuel S. Ives 54th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Alpheus Baker 55th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col John Snodgrass 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Isaac L. Dunlop 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col A. P. Thompson 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Crossland 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Ltc A. R. Shacklett 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas M. Scott Pointe Coupee Artillery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud ArtilleryLoring reported having four batteries, but only specified the names of three. According to the Official Records, the fourth battery was probably Cowan's (Official Records, p. 332). Cowan's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. J. Cowan French's DivisionMG Samuel Gibbs French248 officers2,442 men8 guns Ector's BrigadeBG Mathew Ector 29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Cpt W. W. Rollins 9th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col William Hugh Young 10th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col C. R. Earp 14th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col John Lafayette Camp 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Cpt Nathan Anderson Cockrell's BrigadeBG Francis M. Cockrell 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col A. C. Riley 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col P. C. Flournoy 3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James McCown 1st and 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates ArtilleryFrench's official return omitted the artillery batteries. According to the Official Records, these probably were Hoskins' and Walsh's (Official Records, p. 333). Hoskins' Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. A. Hoskins Wade's Missouri Battery: Lt Richard WalshCpt Henry Guibor led the Missouri battery during the Atlanta campaign. It was in the same battalion as Hoskins' Battery and Cpt John Ward's Alabama Battery. (Battles & Leaders, p. 292)
Cavalry corps MG Stephen D. Lee Escort: Georgia Company: Cpt T. M. Nelson Strength: 652 officers, 7,685 men, no. guns not reported
+Confederate order of battle for Lee's cavalry corps Division Brigade Unit Jackson's DivisionBG William Hicks Jackson 1st BrigadeCol Peter Burwell Starke 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col R. A. Pinson 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Peter Burwell Starke Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John Goff Ballentine (Escort) Louisiana Company: Cpt Junius Y. Webb Columbus (Georgia) Light Artillery: Cpt Edward Croft 2nd BrigadeCol Lawrence Sullivan Ross 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col H.P. Mabry 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Jack Wharton 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Dudley W. Jones 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Edward R. Hawkins (Escort) Texas Company: Rush L. Elkin King's Missouri Battery: Cpt Houston King Adams' BrigadeBG William Wirt Adams 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment: Col John Griffith 14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Josephus R. Quin 9th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion: Cpt E. A. Scott Harris' Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj J. L. Harris 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Maj T. R. Stockdale Adams' Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert C. Wood Jr. 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj James H. Akin Roberts' Mississippi Battery: Cpt Calvit Roberts Ferguson's BrigadeBG Samuel W. Ferguson 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col R. G. Earle 56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col William Boyles 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj William M. Inge 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Barteau's): Ltc George H. Morton Waties' South Carolina Battery: Cpt John Waties Chalmers' DivisionBG James R. Chalmers 1st BrigadeCol William F. Slemons 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons'): Col W. F. Slemons 3rd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John McGuirk 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Lt. Col. James A. Barksdale (mw) 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Col William L. Duckworth McLendon's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. M. McLendon 2nd BrigadeCol Robert McCulloch 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Ltc L. B. Hovis 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Alexander H. Chalmers 19th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc William L. Duff 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert McCulloch Buckner Mississippi Battery: Lt H. C. Holt
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