The following Confederate States Army unitsMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Army of the South
The Army of the South was commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston.
Army of Tennessee
The Army of Tennessee was commanded by Lieutenant General Alexander P. Stewart.
Lee's Corps Major General D. H. Hill commanded Lee's Corps during the Battle of Bentonville.
Unit Commander Regiments and others Stevenson's Division Major General Carter L. Stevenson Palmer's BrigadeBrigadier General Joseph B. Palmer Tennessee Contingent 3rd-18th Tennessee 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy 32nd Tennessee: Ltc John P. McGuire 58th North Carolina: Cpt George W.F. Harper 60th North Carolina 54th Virginia Infantry 63rd Virginia InfantryPettus's BrigadeBrigadier General Edmund W. Pettus 20th Alabama 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama 31st Alabama 46th AlabamaCumming's Brigade (Arrived on the battlefield March 20)Colonel Robert J. Henderson 34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia Clayton's Division Major General Henry D. ClaytonStovall's BrigadeColonel Henry C. Kellogg 40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia: Maj L.P. Thomas 43rd Georgia 52nd GeorgiaJackson's BrigadeLieutenant Colonel Osceola Kyle 1st-66th Georgia 25th Georgia 29th-30th Georgia 1st Georgia Sharpshooter BattalionBaker's BrigadeBrigadier General Alpheus Baker 22nd Alabama 37th-40th-42nd Alabama 54th Alabama Hill's Division Colonel John G. ColtartDeas's BrigadeColonel Harry T. Toulmin 19th Alabama 22nd Alabama 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th AlabamaManigault's BrigadeLieutenant Colonel John C. Carter 10th South Carolina 19th South Carolina 24th Alabama 28th Alabama 34th Alabama
Stewart's Corps MG William W. Loring (became ill March 20)Hughes, p. 172.
MG Edward C. Walthall
Unit Commander Regiments and others Loring's Division Colonel James JacksonLowry's BrigadeLieutenant Colonel Robert J. Lawrence 6th Mississippi 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd MississippiScott's BrigadeCaptain John A. Dixon 27th-35th-49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th LouisianaFeatherston's BrigadeMajor Martin A. Oatis 1st Mississippi 3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi 33rd Mississippi 40th Mississippi 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters Walthall's Division Major General Edward C. Walthall Reynolds's Brigade 1st-2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Ltc Morton G. Galloway 4th Arkansas: Col Henry C. Bunn 9th Arkansas 25th Arkansas Quarles's BrigadeBrigadier General George Doherty Johnston 1st Alabama 25th Alabama 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee 48th Tennessee
Cheatham's Corps MG William B. Bate
Unit Commander Regiments and others Cleburne's Division Brigadier General James A. Smith Govan's BrigadeColonel Peter V. Green 1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas 6th-7th Arkansas 8th-19th Arkansas Smith's BrigadeCaptain John R. Bonner 1st Georgia (Volunteers) 54th Georgia 57th Georgia 63rd Georgia Granbury's Brigade (Arrived on the battlefield March 20)Lieutenant Colonel William A. Ryan 5th Confederate 35th Tennessee 6th-15th Texas 7th Texas 10th Texas 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) Nutt's Louisiana Cavalry Company (Dismounted) Lowrey's Brigade (Arrived on the battlefield March 21)Lieutenant Colonel John F. Smith 5th Regiment-3rd Battalion Mississippi 8th-32nd Mississippi 16th-33rd-45th Alabama Bate's Division Colonel D. L. Kenan Tyler's BrigadeMajor William H. Wilkinson 37th Georgia 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters 2nd-10th-20th TennesseeFinley's BrigadeLieutenant Colonel Edward Mashburn 1st-3rd Florida 4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted) 6th-7th Florida Brown's Division Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley(Arrived on the battlefield March 21)Gist's BrigadeColonel Hume R. Field 6th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion 46th Georgia 65th Georgia 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion 16th South Carolina 24th South CarolinaManey's BrigadeLieutenant Colonel Christopher C. McKinney 4th Confederate-6th-9th-50th Tennessee 1st-27th Tennessee 8th-16th-28th TennesseeStrahl's BrigadeColonel James D. Tillman 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee 19th-24th-41st TennesseeVaughan's BrigadeColonel William P. Bishop 11th-29th Tennessee 12th-47th Tennessee 13th-51st-52nd-54th Tennessee
Department of North Carolina Gen Braxton Bragg
Unit Commander Regiments and others Hoke's Division Major General Robert F. HokeClingman's BrigadeColonel William S. Devane 8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina: Ltc Edward Beatty MallettKirkland's BrigadeBrigadier General William W. Kirkland 17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North CarolinaHagood's BrigadeBrigadier General Johnson Hagood 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery (6 companies) Contingent of Lt. Col. James H. Rion: 11th South Carolina 21st South Carolina 25th South Carolina 27th South Carolina 7th South Carolina Battalion Contingent of Lt. Col. John D. Taylor : 2nd Regiment-1st Battalion North Carolina Artillery Adams's Battery (Company D, 13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery) Contingent of Maj. William A. Holland: 40th North CarolinaColquitt's BrigadeColonel Charles T. Zachary 6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th GeorgiaNorth Carolina Junior Reserves BrigadeColonel John H. Nethercutt 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col Charles W. Broadfoot 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves 20th North Carolina Battalion, Junior Reserves ArtilleryLieutenant Colonel Joseph B. Starr 1st North Carolina Artillery (1 company) 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies) Company B (Atkins' Battery): Cpt George Atkins Company E: (Dickson's Battery) 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies) Company A: Cpt Andrew J. Ellis Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr. Company C: Lt Alfred Darden Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida LTG William J. Hardee
Chief of Staff: Ltc T. Benton Roy Engineer: Ltc William D. Pickett
Unit Commander Regiments and others Taliaferro's Division Brigadier General William B. TaliaferroElliott's BrigadeBrigadier General Stephen Elliott, Jr. 22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion 2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery 19th South Carolina MilitiaRhett's BrigadeColonel William Butler 1st South Carolina Regulars 1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery 15th South Carolina Battalion McLaws's Division Major General Lafayette McLawsConner's BrigadeBrigadier General John D. Kennedy 2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina 15th South Carolina 20th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina BattalionFiser's BrigadeColonel John C. Fiser 1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 2nd Georgia Reserve 27th Georgia Battalion-Cobb GuardsHarrison's BrigadeColonel George P. Harrison Jr. 5th Georgia 32nd Georgia 47th GeorgiaHardy's BrigadeColonel Washington Hardy 50th North Carolina: Col George W. Wortham 77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves) 10th North Carolina Battalion, Heavy ArtilleryBlanchard's BrigadeBrigadier General Albert G. Blanchard 1st South Carolina Reserve Battalion 2nd South Carolina Reserve Battalion 6th South Carolina Reserve Battalion 7th South Carolina Reserve Battalion Kay's Company, South Carolina ReserveBattalion ArtilleryMajor A. Burnet Rhett LeGardeur's Battery H. M. Stuart's Battery (Beaufort Light Artillery)
Cavalry Command LTG Wade Hampton III
Unit Commander Regiments and others Butler's Division Major General M. C. Butler Brigadier General Evander M. LawYoung's BrigadeColonel Gilbert J. Wright 7th Georgia 10th Georgia 20th Georgia Battalion-Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips's (Georgia) LegionButler's BrigadeBrigadier General Evander M. LawBrigadier General Thomas M. Logan 4th South Carolina 5th South Carolina 6th South CarolinaHorse ArtilleryCaptain William E. EarleCaptain Edwin L. Halsey Earle's South Carolina Battery Hart's (Halsey's) South Carolina Battery
Wheeler's Cavalry Corps MG Joseph Wheeler (Army of Tennessee)
Unit Commander Regiments and others Humes' Division Colonel Henry M. AshbyT. Harrison's BrigadeColonel Baxter Smith 3rd Arkansas 4th Tennessee 8th Texas: Ltc Gustave Cook , Maj William R. Jarmon , Cpt John F. Matthews 11th TexasAshby's BrigadeLieutenant Colonel James H. Lewis 1st Tennessee 2nd Tennessee 5th Tennessee 9th Tennessee Allen's Division Brigadier General William W. AllenHagan's BrigadeColonel David G. White 1st Alabama 3rd Alabama 51st AlabamaAnderson's BrigadeBrigadier General Robert H. Anderson 3rd Confederate 8th Confederate 10th Confederate 5th Georgia Dibrell's Division Brigadier General George G. DibrellDibrell's BrigadeColonel William S. McLemore 4th Tennessee (Murrey's) 13th Tennessee Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison's Tennessee Squadron)Breckinridge's BrigadeColonel W. C. P. Breckinridge 1st (3rd) Kentucky 2nd Kentucky 9th Kentucky
References
Sources Bentonville State Historic Site website Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1996. . Hughes, Jr., Nathaniel Cheairs Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.