The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Tupelo, July 14-15, 1864, during the American Civil War. The Union order of battle 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 mw = mortally wounded k = killed c = captured
Army of Tennessee (July 14-15, 1864) LTG Stephen D. Lee, Commanding
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
MG Nathan Bedford Forrest (w)
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersChalmers's Division
BG James Ronald Chalmers Rucker's Brigade
Col. Edmund W. Rucker (w) 7th Tennessee, Lt. Col. William F. Taylor 8th Mississippi, Col. William Lewis Duff (w) 18th Mississippi Battalion, Lt. Col. Alexander H. Chalmers McCulloch's Brigade
Col. Robert McCulloch (w) 7th Mississippi, Lt. Col. Samuel M. Hyams 5th Mississippi, Lt. Col. Nathaniel Wickliffe McDonald's Battalion, Lt. Col. l J. M. Crews. 2nd Missouri Col. Robert McCulloch (w) Willis' Texas Battalion, Cpt. Thomas M. Harwood. Artillery Thrall's (Arkansas) Battery, Cpt. James C. Thrall Company C, 14th Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery, Cpt. Coleman B. Ferrell Buford's Division
BG Abraham Buford Lyon's Brigade
Col. Edward Crossland (w) 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Lt. Col. Gustavus A. C. Holt 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Lt. Col. L. J. Sherrill (k) 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Lt. Col. Absalom R. Shacklett 12th Kentucky, Col. W. W. Faulkner (w)Bell's Brigade
Col. Tyree H. Bell 2nd Tennessee, Col. Clark R. Barteau (w) 16th Tennessee, Col. Andrew N. Wilson (w) 18th Tennessee, Col. John F. Newsom (w) 20th Tennessee, Col. Robert M. Russell (w)Mabry's Brigade Col. H.P. Mabry 14th Confederate, Lt. Col. John B. Cage (mw) 4th Mississippi, Lt. Col. T. R. Stockdale (w) 6th Mississippi, Col. Isham Harrison (k) 38th Mississippi, Maj. R.C. McCay (k)Artillery Morton's (Tennessee) Battery, Cpt. John Watson Morton Rice's (Tennessee) Battery, Cpt. Thomas W. RiceRoddey's Division
BG Phillip Roddey Patterson's Brigade
Col. Josiah Patterson5th Alabama, Col. Josiah Patterson Moreland's Alabama Battalion, Lt. Col. M. D. Moreland.Johnson's Brigade
Col. William A. Johnson4th Alabama, Col. William A. Johnson 53rd Alabama, Col. M. W. HannonArtilleryWalton's (Mississippi) Battery, Pettus Flying Artillery, Lt. E. S. WaltonLyon's Infantry Division
BG Hylan B. Lyon Beltzhoover's Battalion
Lt. Col. Daniel Beltzhoover Various artillery troops converted to infantryGholson's brigade
BG Samuel J. GholsonDismounted Mississippi State Troops cavalryNeely's dismounted brigade
Col. James J. Neely12th Tennessee, Lt. Col. John U. Green 14th Tennessee, Lt. Col. Raleigh R. White 15th Tennessee, Col. Francis M. Stewart Higgs' (Tennessee) Company, Cpt. W. Higgs
See also List of orders of battle
Notes
References Bearrs, Edwin C. (2023) Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864, Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, CA. Bradley, Michael R. (2012) They Rode with Forrest, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA. Jordan, T.J. & Pryor, J.P. (1868) The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, Blelock & Company, New Orleans.
External links US National Park Service - Tupelo National Battlefield: The Battle