The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The order of battle has been compiled from the army organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the campaignOfficial Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 664-669 (December 10, 1864) and reports.Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 31-32 The Union order of battle is shown 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 Sgt = Sergeant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed c = captured
Army of Tennessee
Gen John B. Hood, Commanding
Cheatham’s Corps MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Chief of Artillery: Col Melancthon Smith
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersBrown's Division
BG Mark P. Lowrey Gist's Brigade
Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 46th Georgia: Cpt Malcolm Gillis 65th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion: Cpt William W. Grant 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt William H. Brown 16th South Carolina: Cpt John W. Boling 24th South Carolina: Cpt William C. Griffith Strahl's Brigade
Col Andrew J. Kellar 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee: Ltc Luke W. Finlay 19th-24th-41st Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy Maney's Brigade
Col Hume R. Field 4th (Provision Army)-6th-9th-50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease 1st-27th Tennessee: Ltc John L. House 8th-16th-28th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson Vaughan's Brigade
Col William M. Watkins 11th-29th Tennessee: Maj John E. Binns 12th-47th Tennessee: Cpt Charles N. Wade 13th-51st-52nd-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col. Michael Magevney, Jr. (c), Maj John T. Williamson Artillery Battalion Perry's (Florida) battery Phelan's (Alabama) battery Turner's (Mississippi) batteryCleburne's Division
BG James A. Smith Smith's Brigade(attached to Forrest's command at Murfreesboro)
Col Charles H. Olmstead 1st Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford 54th Georgia: Cpt George W. Moody 57th Georgia: Cpt Lucius C. Bryan 63rd Georgia: Cpt Elijah J. Craven Govan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan (w)
Col Peter V. Green (w) 1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas: Col Peter V. Green 6th-7th Arkansas: Ltc Peter Snyder 8th-19th Arkansas: Maj David H. Hamiter Lowrey's Brigade
Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie 16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie 5th Regiment-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Woodward 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody Granbury's Brigade
Cpt Edward T. Broughton 5th Confederate: Lt William E. Smith 35th Tennessee: Col Benjamin J. Hill 6th-15th Texas: Cpt Benjamin R. Tyus 7th Texas: Cpt Orren P. Forrest 10th Texas: Cpt Reuben D. Kennedy 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Felix L. McKnight 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt John F. Matthews Nutt's (Louisiana) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt Leroy M. NuttBate's Division
MG William B. Bate Tyler's Brigade
BG Thomas B. Smith (w&c) 37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy (k), Maj Henry C. Lucas Finley's Brigade
Maj Jacob A. Lash (mw&c)
Maj Glover A. Ball 1st-3rd Florida: Cpt Matthew H. Strain 6th Florida: Cpt Angus McMillan 7th Florida: Cpt Robert B. Smith 1st Florida Cavalry-4th Florida Infantry: Cpt George R. Langford Jackson's Brigade
BG Henry R. Jackson (c) 1st Confederate (Georgia)-66th Georgia: Ltc James C. Gordon 25th Georgia: Cpt Joseph E. Fulton 29th-30th Georgia: Col William D. Mitchell 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Lt R. Cuyler King Cobb's Artillery Battalion
Cpt Rene T. Beauregard Slocomb's (Louisiana) Battery Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery Mebane's (Tennessee) BatteryCorps artillery Hotchkiss's Battalion Bledsoe's (Missouri) battery Goldthwaite's (Alabama) battery Key's (Arkansas) battery
Lee’s Corps LTG Stephen D. Lee
Chief of Artillery Maj John W. Johnston Division Brigade Regiments and OthersJohnson's Division
MG Edward Johnson (c) Deas' Brigade
BG Zachariah C. Deas 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough 22nd Alabama: Cpt Hugh W. Henry 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Rouse 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart Sharp's Brigade
BG Jacob H. Sharp 7th-9th Mississippi: Maj Henry Pope 10th-44th-9th Sharpshooters Battalion Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Bell 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks Manigault's Brigade
Ltc William L. Butler 24th Alabama: Cpt Thomas J. Kimbell 28th Alabama: Cpt William M. Nabors 34th Alabama: Ltc John C. Carter 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker 19th South Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Getzen Brantley's Brigade
BG William F. Brantley 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt Robert W. Williamson Alexander's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt David W. Alexander Courtney's Artillery Battalion
Cpt James P. Douglas Dent's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent Douglas's Texas Battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin Garrity's (Alabama) Battery: Lt Henry F. CarrellStevenson's Division
MG Carter L. Stevenson Cumming's Brigade
Col Elihu P. Watkins 34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade
Col Joseph B. Palmer 60th North Carolina: Maj James T. Huff 3rd-18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy 32nd Tennessee: Col John P. McGuire 54th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William G. Anderson 63rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc Connally H. LynchClayton's Division
MG Henry D. Clayton Stovall's Brigade
BG Marcellus A. Stovall 40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson 41st Georgia: Cpt Jared E. Stallings 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Col Henry C. Kellogg 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury Holtzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw (w) 18th Alabama: Ltc Peter F. Hunley 32nd-58th Alabama: Col Bushrod Jones 36th Alabama: Cpt Nathan M. Carpenter 38th Alabama: Cpt Charles E. Bussey Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson 1st Louisiana Regulars: Cpt James C. Stafford 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Francis L. Campbell 16th-25th Louisiana: Col Francis C. Zacharie 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet 4th Louisiana Battalion: Cpt T. Alexander Bisland 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Lt Andrew T. Martin Eldridge's Artillery Battalion
Cpt Charles E. Fenner Eufaula (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery: Lt James S. McCallCorps Artillery Johnston's Battalion
Cpt John B. Rowan (k) Corput's (Georgia) Battery: Lt William S. Hoge Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Lt William L. Ritter
Stewart’s Corps LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Chief of Artillery Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersLoring's Division
MG William W. Loring Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston 1st Mississippi: Cpt Owen D. Hughes 3rd Mississippi: Cpt O. H. Johnston 22nd Mississippi: Maj Martin A. Oatis 31st Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Collins 33rd Mississippi: Cpt Thomas L. Cooper 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert 1st Mississippi Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler Adams' Brigade
Col Robert Lowry 6th Mississippi: Ltc Thomas J. Borden 14th Mississippi: Col Washington L. Doss 15th Mississippi: Ltc James R. Binford 20th Mississippi: Maj Thomas B. Graham 23rd Mississippi: Maj George W. B. Garrett 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison Scott's Brigade
Col John Snodgrass 55th Alabama: Maj James B. Dickey 57th Alabama: Maj J. Horatio Wiley 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Ltc John D. Weeden 12th Louisiana: Cpt James T. Davis Myrick's Artillery BattalionBouanchaud's (Louisiana) battery Cowan's (Mississippi) battery Darden's (Mississippi) batteryFrench's Division
MG Samuel G. French (absent, sick) temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
Sears' Brigade
BG Claudius W. Sears (w) 4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi 36th Mississippi 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi 7th Mississippi Battalion Ector's Brigade
Col David Coleman 29th North Carolina: Maj Ezekiel H. Hampton 39th North Carolina: Cpt James G. Crawford 9th Texas: Maj James H. McReynolds 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Cullin R. Earp 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Robert H. Harkey 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William E. Estes Cockrell's Brigade(on detached duty on the Duck River)
Col Peter C. Flournoy 1st-4th Missouri: Cpt James H. Wickersham 2nd-6th Missouri: Ltc Stephen Cooper 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Benjamin E. Guthrie 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Lt Charles B. Cleveland Storrs' Artillery Battalion Guibor's (Missouri) battery Hoskins' (Mississippi) battery Kolb's (Alabama) batteryWalthall's Division
MG Edward C. Walthall Quarles' Brigade
BG George D. Johnston 1st Alabama: Lt Charles M. McRae 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee: Cpt Austin M. Duncan 48th Tennessee: Col William M. Voorhies Cantey's Brigade
BG Charles M. Shelley 17th Alabama: Cpt John Bolling, Jr. 26th Alabama: Cpt Daniel M. Gideon 29th Alabama: Cpt Samuel Abernethy 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral Reynolds' Brigade
BG Daniel H. Reynolds 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Cpt Ronert P. Parks 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Maj James P. Eagle 4th Arkansas: Maj Jesse A. Ross 9th Arkansas: Cpt William L. Phifer 25th Arkansas: Lt Thomas J. Edwards Trueheart's Artillery Battalion
Cpt James H. Yates Lumsden's (Alabama) battery Selden's (Alabama) battery Tarrant's (Alabama) battery
Cavalry Corps MG Nathan B. Forrest(Detached; at Murfreesboro with Jackson's and Buford's Divisions.)
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersChalmers' Division
BG James R. Chalmers Rucker's Brigade
Col Edmund W. Rucker (w&c)
Ltc Raleigh R. White 7th Alabama Cavalry 5th Mississippi Cavalry 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's Old Regiment) 7th Tennessee Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White 15th Tennessee Cavalry Biffle's Brigade
Col Jacob B. Biffle 4th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee CavalryBuford's Division(Detached; at Murfreesboro)
BG Abraham Buford Bell's Brigade
Col Tyree H. Bell 2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's) 19th Tennessee Cavalry 20th Tennessee Cavalry 21st Tennessee Cavalry Nixon's Tennessee, Cavalry Regiment Crossland's Brigade
Col Edward Crossland 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 12th Kentucky Cavalry Huey's Kentucky BattalionJackson's Division(Detached; at Murfreesboro)
BG William H. Jackson Armstrong's Brigade
BG Frank C. Armstrong 1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment (2nd Partisan Rangers) Ross's Brigade
BG Lawrence S. Ross 3rd Texas Cavalry 6th Texas Cavalry 9th Texas Cavalry 27th Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Legion) Artillery Morton's Tennessee Battery
Notes
References U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Nashville page, Civil War Home site