Siege of Corinth Confederate order of battle

The following units[1] and commanders of the Confederate Army fought at the Siege of Corinth (29 Apr-30 May 1862) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the Official Records of the American Civil War as they appeared on June 30, 1862.[2]

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Department Number Two

Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Army of Tennessee

Gen Braxton Bragg

I Corps

MG Leonidas Polk

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles Clark

1st Brigade


   Col Robert M. Russell

2nd Brigade


   BG Alexander P. Stewart

Second Division
     BG Benjamin F. Cheatham

1st Brigade


   BG Daniel S. Donelson

  • 8th Tennessee
  • 15th Tennessee
  • 16th Tennessee
  • 51st Tennessee
  • Carnes' (Alabama) Battery
2nd Brigade


   BG George Maney

Detached Brigade


   BG Samuel B. Maxey

  • 41st Georgia
  • 24th Mississippi
  • 9th Texas
  • Eldridge's (Tennessee) Battery

II Corps

MG Thomas C. Hindman until 2 June[3]
MG Samuel Jones[4]

Brigade Regiments and Other
1st Brigade

   BG J. Patton Anderson

2nd Brigade

   Col Augustus Reichard

  • 45th Alabama
  • 11th Louisiana
  • 16th Louisiana
  • 18th Louisiana
  • 19th Louisiana
  • 20th Louisiana
  • Burnett's (Alabama) Battery
3rd Brigade

   BG Lucius M. Walker

III Corps

MG William J. Hardee

Brigade Regiments and Other
1st Brigade

   BG St. John R. Liddell

2nd Brigade

   BG Patrick Cleburne

3rd Brigade

   BG S. A. M. Wood

  • 16th Alabama
  • 32nd Mississippi
  • 33rd Mississippi
  • 44th Tennessee
  • Baxter's (Tennessee) Battery
4th Brigade

   BG John S. Marmaduke

5th Brigade

   Col Alexander T. Hawthorn

Reserve Corps

MG John C. Breckinridge

Brigade Regiments and Other
1st Brigade

   BG Franklin Gardner

2nd Brigade

   BG James R. Chalmers

3rd Brigade

   BG John K. Jackson

4th Brigade

   BG James Trapier
Col Arthur Manigault

Army of the West

MG Earl Van Dorn

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Samuel Jones
     BG Lewis H. Little

1st Brigade


   BG Lewis H. Little[6]
   BG John C. Moore[7]

2nd Brigade

   BG Louis Hébert[8]
   Col John W. Whitfield

3rd Brigade

   BG Martin E. Green

  • 4th Missouri Infantry
  • Battalion Missouri Infantry
  • Battalion Missouri Cavalry (dismounted)
  • Confederate Rangers (dismounted)
  • Clark’s Battery:[9] Cpt Houston King
  • Kneisley′s (Missouri) Battery: Cpt James Kneisley

Second Division
     BG Sterling Price
     BG John P. McCown

1st Brigade


   BG Joseph L. Hogg (died May 16)
   BG William L. Cabell

2nd Brigade


   BG Thomas J. Churchill

Third Division
     BG Dabney H. Maury

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas P. Dockery

2nd Brigade


   BG John C. Moore

3rd Brigade


   Col Charles W. Phifer

Artillery Brigade

Clark′s Battalion


   Maj Meriwether Lewis Clark

  • Clarks′s (Missouri) Battery: Cpt Houston King
  • Kneisley′s (Missouri) Battery:[10] Cpt James Kneisley
  • Landis′s (Missouri) Battery: Cpt John C. Landis

References

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. "The War of the Rebellion, Series I, Volume X, Part 1". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1891. pp. 787–790. Retrieved April 13, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Eicher p.297
  4. Eicher p.325
  5. Not to be confused with the other 26th Alabama(O'Neill's) that served in the Army of Northern Virginia and later Army of Tennessee. Coltart's 26th Alabama was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6 1863.
  6. Eicher p.350
  7. Eicher p.395
  8. Eicher p.291
  9. transferred to Clark′s Brigade
  10. transferred to Green′s Brigade

Sources

  • 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, 18801901.
  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
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