Bentonville Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate States Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville
of the American Civil War
. The Union order of battle
is shown separately.
(Army of Tennessee)
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville
Battle of Bentonville
At 3 p.m., Confederate infantry from the Army of Tennessee launched an attack and drove the Union left flank back in confusion, nearly capturing Carlin in the process and overrunning the XIV Corps field hospital. Confederates under Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill filled the vacuum left by the retreating...
of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The Union order of battle
Bentonville Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...
is shown separately.
Military rank
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant colonelLieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
- Maj = MajorMajorMajor is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Lee's Corps
MG D. H. HillDaniel Harvey Hill
On July 22, 1862, Hill and Union Maj. Gen. John A. Dix concluded an agreement for the general exchange of prisoners between the Union and Confederate armies. This agreement became known as the Dix-Hill Cartel....
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Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson Carter L. Stevenson Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Jr. was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army in several antebellum wars and then in the Confederate States Army as a general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Stevenson was born to a prominent family in... |
Palmer's Brigade BG Joseph B. Palmer Joseph B. Palmer Joseph Benjamin Palmer was an American lawyer, legislator, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, during which he was wounded four times. After the conflict he resumed his law practice in Tennessee.-Early life and career:Joseph B. Palmer was born in 1825 in... |
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| Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus (w) |
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| Cumming's Brigade
(Arrived on the battlefield March 20) Col Robert J. Henderson |
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Clayton's Division MG Henry D. Clayton |
Stovall's Brigade Col Henry C. Kellogg |
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| Jackson's Brigade
Ltc Osceola Kyle |
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| Baker's Brigade
BG Alpheus Baker Alpheus Baker Alpheus Baker was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in South Carolina, Baker was a schoolteacher and practiced law before moving to Alabama... |
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Hill's Division Col John G. Coltart |
Deas's Brigade Col Harry T. Toulmin |
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| Manigault's Brigade
Ltc John C. Carter |
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Stewart's Corps
MG William W. LoringWilliam W. Loring
William Wing Loring was a soldier from North Carolina who served in the armies of the United States, the Confederacy, and Egypt.-Early life:...
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Loring's Division Col James Jackson |
Lowry's Brigade Ltc Robert J. Lawrence |
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| Scott's Brigade
Cpt John A. Dixon |
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| Featherston's Brigade
Maj Martin A. Oatis |
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Walthall's Division MG Edward C. Walthall Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:... |
Reynolds's Brigade BG Daniel H. Reynolds (w) Col Henry C. Bunn (w) Ltc Morton G. Galloway |
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| Quarles's Brigade
BG George Doherty Johnston |
Cheatham's Corps
MG William B. BateWilliam B. Bate
William Brimage Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death...
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Cleburne's Division BG James Argyle Smith James Argyle Smith James Argyle Smith was an United States Army officer, and a graduate of West Point. He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, his works in the educational system in Mississippi, and in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.-Early life and career:James Smith was born and... |
Govan's Brigade Col Peter V. Green |
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| Smith's Brigade
Cpt J. R. Bonner |
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| Granbury's Brigade
(Arrived on the battlefield March 20) Maj William A. Ryan |
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| Lowrey's Brigade
(Arrived on the battlefield March 21) Ltc John F. Smith |
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Bate's Division Col D. L. Kenan (w) |
Tyler's Brigade Maj W. H. Wilkinson (k) |
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| Finley's Brigade
Ltc Eli Washburn |
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Brown's Division (Arrived on the battlefield March 21) BG Roswell S. Ripley Roswell S. Ripley Roswell Sabine Ripley was an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and, despite being Northern-born, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War... |
Gist's Brigade Col Hume R. Field |
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| Maney's Brigade
Ltc Christopher C. McKinney |
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| Strahl's Brigade
Col James D. Tillman |
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| Vaughan's Brigade
Col William P. Bishop |
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Department of North Carolina
Gen Braxton BraggBraxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was...
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Hoke's Division (From the Army of Northern Virginia Army of Northern Virginia The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac... ) MG Robert F. Hoke |
Clingman's Brigade Col William S. Devane (w) |
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| Kirkland's Brigade
BG William W. Kirkland |
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| Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood Johnson Hagood (governor) Johnson Hagood was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and the 80th Governor of South Carolina from 1880 to 1882.-Early years:... |
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| Colquitt's Brigade
Col Charles T. Zachry |
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| North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade
Col John H. Nethercutt |
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| Artillery
Ltc Joseph B. Starr |
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Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida
LTG William J. HardeeWilliam J. Hardee
William Joseph Hardee was a career U.S. Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and fighting in the Mexican-American War...
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Taliaferro's Division BG William B. Taliaferro William B. Taliaferro William Booth Taliaferro , was a United States Army officer, a lawyer, legislator, and Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Elliott's Brigade BG Stephen Elliott, Jr. Stephen Elliott, Jr. Stephen Elliott, Jr. , was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a planter, state legislator in South Carolina and militia officer before the Civil War and a fisherman after the war... (w) |
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| Rhett's Brigade
Col William Butler |
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McLaws's Division MG Lafayette McLaws Lafayette McLaws Lafayette McLaws was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Conner's Brigade BG John D. Kennedy |
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| Fiser's Brigade
Col John C. Fiser |
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| Harrison's Brigade
Col George P. Harrison |
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| Hardy's Brigade
Col Washington Hardy |
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| Blanchard's Brigade
BG Albert G. Blanchard Albert G. Blanchard Albert Gallatin Blanchard was a general in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. He was among the small number of high ranking Confederates to have been born in the North. He served on the Atlantic Coast early in the war, commanding a brigade in Virginia before being reassigned to... |
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| Battalion Artillery
Maj A. Burnet Rhett |
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Cavalry Command
LTG Wade Hampton IIIWade Hampton III
Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S...
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Butler's Division (From the Army of Northern Virginia) MG M. C. Butler (w) BG Evander M. Law Evander M. Law Evander McIver Law was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Young's Brigade Col Gilbert J. Wright |
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| Butler's Brigade
BG Evander M. Law Evander M. Law Evander McIver Law was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... BG Thomas M. Logan Thomas M. Logan Thomas Muldrup Logan was an American soldier and businessman. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and afterward was greatly involved in railroad development in the Southern United States.... |
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Wheeler's Corps
MG Joseph WheelerJoseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
(Army of Tennessee)
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Humes' Division Col Henry M. Ashby |
T. Harrison's Brigade Col Baxter Smith |
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| Ashby's Brigade
Ltc James H. Lewis |
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Allen's Division BG William W. Allen William W. Allen William Wirt Allen was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He rose through the ranks to command the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Tennessee in the last days of the war.... |
Hagan's Brigade Col D. G. White |
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| Anderson's Brigade
BG Robert H. Anderson |
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Dibrell's Division BG George G. Dibrell |
Dibrell's Brigade Col William S. McLemore |
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| Breckinridge's Brigade
Col W. C. P. Breckinridge |
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