# Carolinas campaign order of battle: Confederate

The following units and commanders fought in the Carolinas campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.

## Background

The Confederate forces in the Carolinas campaign underwent a reorganization from April 8 to 10, 1865, which is shown below. For the Confederate order of battle previous to this reorganization, see the Bentonville Confederate order of battle.

## Military rank abbreviations used

* Gen = General
* LTG = Lieutenant General
* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major

## Army of Tennessee

Gen Joseph E. Johnston Escort
* Holloway's (Alabama) Cavalry Company: Capt E. M. Holloway
Second in command Gen P.G.T. Beauregard Escort
* Jeff. Davis Legion (Mississippi), Company A: Lt R. E. Conner

### Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee Escort and Scouts
* Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Capt William C. Raum
* Stono Scouts Company (South Carolina): Capt John B.L. Walpole, Lt Paul T. Gervais
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Brown's Division   MG John C. Brown | Smith's Brigade   BG James A. Smith | 1st Florida Consolidated (comprised 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th Infantry and 1st Cavalry): Ltc Elisha Mashburn 1st Georgia Consolidated (comprised 1st, 57th, and 63rd Regiments): Col Charles H. Olmstead 54th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 37th and 54th Infantry Regiments and 4th Sharpshooters Battalion): Col Theodore D. Caswell |
| Brown's Division   MG John C. Brown | Govan's Brigade   BG Daniel C. Govan | 1st Arkansas Consolidated (comprised 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th, and 24th Arkansas Regiments, and 3rd Confederate): Col Edward A. Howell 1st Texas Consolidated (comprised 6th, 7th, 10th, and 15th Infantry, and 17th, 18th, 24th, and 25th Cavalry (dismounted) Regiments): Ltc William A. Ryan |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Clingman's Brigade   BG Thomas L. Clingman | 8th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Charles W. Knight 36th–40th North Carolina Infantry: Lt Selby Hardenburgh 51st North Carolina Infantry: Capt James W. Lippitt 61st North Carolina Infantry: Capt Augustus D. Lippitt, Col William L. Devane |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Colquitt's Brigade   BG Alfred H. Colquitt | 6th Georgia Infantry: Maj James M. Culpepper 19th Georgia Infantry: Maj William Hamilton 23rd Georgia Infantry: Col Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia Infantry: Col Charles T. Zachry 28th Georgia Infantry: Ltc William P. Crawford |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Hagood's Brigade   Ltc James H. Rion   Col Robert F. Graham | 11th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Benjamin F. Wyman 21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham, Capt J.A.W. Thomas 25th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Edward R. Lesesne 27th South Carolina Infantry: Capt Thomas Y. Simons 7th South Carolina Battalion: Capt William Clyburn, Ltc James H. Rion |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Kirkland's Brigade   BG William W. Kirkland | 17th North Carolina Infantry: Capt Stuart L. Johnston 42nd North Carolina Infantry: Col John E. Brown 50th North Carolina Infantry: Col George Wortham 66th North Carolina/10th North Carolina Battalion: Col John H. Nethercutt |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | First North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade   Col Frank S. Armistead | 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves: Ltc Charles W. Broadfoot 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col John H. Anderson 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves: Col John W. Hinsdale 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves Battalion: Capt J.L. Eaves |
| Cheatham's Division   MG Benjamin F. Cheatham   MG William B. Bate | Palmer's Brigade   BG Joseph B. Palmer | 1st Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Regiments, and 24th Battalion): Ltc Oliver A. Bradshaw 2nd Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, and 154th Regiments): Ltc George W. Pease 3rd Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 35th, 38th, and 41st Regiments): Col James D. Tillman 4th Tennessee Consolidated (comprised 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 30th, 32nd, 37th, and 45th Regiments, and 23rd Battalion): Col Anderson Searcy |
| Cheatham's Division   MG Benjamin F. Cheatham   MG William B. Bate | Gist's Brigade   Col William G. Foster | 46th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Abe Miles 65th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 65th Regiment, and 2nd and 8th Battalions): Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 16th–24th South Carolina Consolidated: Maj B. Burgh Smith |
| Artillery   Col Ambrosio J. Gonzales | Artillery Battalion   Maj Basil C. Manly | Bridges's Battery (Louisiana): Capt William M. Bridges Atkins's Battery (North Carolina): Capt George B. Atkins Walter's Battery (South Carolina): Capt George H. Walter Zimmerman's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Zimmerman Paris's Battery (Virginia): Lt Thomas M. Tucker |
| Artillery   Col Ambrosio J. Gonzales | Reserve Artillery Battalion   Ltc Del Kemper | Guerard's Battery (Georgia): Capt John M. Guerard Lumpkin's Battery (Georgia): Capt Edward P. Lumpkin 1st Missouri Battery: Capt Aaron W. Harris Charles's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Charles DePass's Battery (South Carolina): Lt A.A. Gilbert C.E. Kanapaux's Battery (South Carolina): Capt Charles E. Kanapaux, Lt Thomas J. Sistrunk Palmetto Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Frederick C. Schulz Wagener's Battery (German Artillery, Companies A and C, South Carolina): Capt Frederick W. Wagener Huggins's Battery (Tennessee): Capt Almaria L. Huggins |

### Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Loring's Division   MG William W. Loring | Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Consolidated (comprised 1st and 2nd Mounted Rifles (dismounted), and 4th, 9th, and 25th Infantry Regiments): Col Henry G. Bunn 3rd Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 3rd, 31st, and 40th Infantry): Col James M. Stigler 22nd Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 1st, 22nd, and 33rd Regiments, and 1st Battalion): Col Martin A. Oatis 37th Mississippi Battalion: Maj Q.C. Heidelberg |
| Loring's Division   MG William W. Loring | Lowry's Brigade   BG Robert Lowry | 29th Alabama Infantry: Maj Henry B. Turner 12th Louisiana Infantry: Ltc E.M. Graham 14th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 5th, 14th, and 43rd Regiments): Col Robert J. Lawrence 15th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 6th, 15th, 23rd, and 26th Regiments): Ltc Thomas B. Graham |
| Loring's Division   MG William W. Loring | Shelley's Brigade   BG Charles M. Shelley | 1st Alabama Consolidated (comprised 1st, 16th, 26th, 33rd, and 45th (eight companies) Regiments): Col Robert H. Abercrombie 17th Alabama: Ltc Edward P. Holcombe 27th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 27th, 35th, 49th, 55th, and 57th Regiments): Col Edward McAlexander 45th Alabama Infantry (companies C and H): Lt G.P. Bledsoe |
| Anderson's Division   MG Patton Anderson | Elliott's Brigade   Ltc J. Welsman Brown | 22nd Georgia Battalion: Maj Mark J. McMullen 27th Georgia Battalion: Maj Alfred L. Hartridge 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Maj Frederick F. Warley Manigault's South Carolina Battalion: Capt Theodore G. Boag |
| Anderson's Division   MG Patton Anderson | Rhett's Brigade   Col Alfred M. Rhett (c)   Col William Butler | 1st South Carolina Infantry (Regulars): Ltc Warren Adams 1st South Carolina Artillery (Regulars): Ltc Joseph A. Yates 15th South Carolina Battalion: Capt Theodore B. Hayne |
| Walthall's Division   MG Edward C. Walthall | Harrison's Brigade   Col George P. Harrison, Jr. | 1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 5th Georgia Infantry: Col Charles P. Daniel 5th Georgia Reserves: Maj Charles E. McGregor 32nd Georgia Infantry: Ltc E.H. Brown, Jr. |
| Walthall's Division   MG Edward C. Walthall | Kennedy's Brigade   BG John D. Kennedy | 2nd South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 2nd and 20th Regiments and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col William Wallace 3rd South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 3rd and 8th Regiments, 3rd Battalion, and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col Eli T. Stackhouse 7th South Carolina Consolidated (comprised 7th and 15th Regiments and detachment of Blanchard's Reserves): Col John B. Davis |
| Walthall's Division   MG Edward C. Walthall | Artillery Battalion   Maj A. Burnett Rhett | Brook's Battery (Georgia): Capt John W. Brooks LeGardeur's Battery (Louisiana): Capt Gustave LeGardeur, Jr. Marion Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Edward L. Parker Beaufort Light Artillery (South Carolina): Capt Henry M. Stuart Chatham Light Artillery (Georgia): Capt John F. Wheaton |

### Lee's Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee Escort
* Ragland's Georgia Cavalry Company: Capt George G. Ragland
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Hill's Division   MG D.H. Hill | Sharp's Brigade   BG Jacob H. Sharp | 24th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 24th, 28th, and 34th Regiments): Col John C. Carter 8th Mississippi Consolidated Battalion (comprised 5th, 8th, and 32nd Regiments and 3rd Battalion): Ltc James R. Moore 9th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 7th, 9th, 10th, 41st, and 44th Regiments, and 9th Sharpshooters Battalion): Ltc William C. Richards 19th South Carolina Battalion Consolidated (comprised 10th and 19th Regiments): Ltc C. Irvine Walker |
| Hill's Division   MG D.H. Hill | Brantley's Brigade   BG William F. Brantley | 22nd Alabama Consolidated (comprised 22nd, 25th, 39th, and 50th Regiments): Col Harry T. Toulmin 37th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 37th, 42nd, and 54th Regiments): Col John A. Minter 24th Mississippi Consolidated (comprised 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th, and 34th Regiments): Col Robert W. Williamson 58th North Carolina Consolidated (comprised 58th and 60th Regiments): Ltc Thaddeus Coleman |
| Hill's Division   MG D.H. Hill | Detachment, Army of Northern Virginia   Ltc Alexander C. McAlister | Contingent from Lane's Brigade 7th North Carolina Infantry: Maj James S. Harris Contingent from Cooke's and Grimes' Brigades 15th North Carolina Infantry, Companies B, F, and I 27th North Carolina Infantry, Companies C, F, and G 32nd North Carolina Infantry, Companies E and K 43rd North Carolina Infantry, Company F 45th North Carolina Infantry, Company I 46th North Carolina Infantry, Companies B, D, G, and I 48th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A and B 55th North Carolina Infantry, Companies A and K |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Henderson's Brigade   BG Robert J. Henderson | 1st Confederate Consolidated Battalion (comprised 1st Confederate Regiment, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Regiments, and 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion): Capt William J. Whitsitt 39th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 29th and 34th Regiments and detachments of 52nd and 56th Regiments): Col Charles H. Phinizy 42nd Georgia Consolidated (comprised 36th and 42nd Regiments and detachments of 34th and 56th Regiments): Ltc Lovick P. Thomas 40th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 40th, 41st, and 43rd Regiments): Ltc Stephen D. Clements |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Pettus's Brigade   BG Edmund W. Pettus | 19th Alabama: Col Martin L. Woods 20th Alabama Consolidated (comprised 20th and 30th Regiments): Ltc James K. Elliott 23rd Alabama Infantry: Ltc Osceola Kyle 27th Alabama Infantry, Company B: Lt Robert G. Hampton 54th Virginia Consolidated (comprised 54th and 63rd Virginia): Ltc Connally H. Lynch |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Artillery | Kanapaux's Battery (South Carolina): Capt John T. Kanapaux |

### Unattached units

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Naval units | Independent naval contingent | Naval Regiment: Flag Officer French Forrest |
| Naval units | Naval Brigade   Rear Admiral and BG Raphael Semmes | 1st Regiment 2nd Regiment |
| Unattached artillery | Artillery Battalion   Maj Joseph Palmer | Company A, 14th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion: Capt Minor W. Havis Company D, 14th Georgia Light Artillery Battalion: Capt Ruel Wooten Anderson Yates Battery (Mississippi): Capt James H. Yates Sampson Artillery (North Carolina): Capt Abner A. Mosely |
| Unattached artillery | Independent Batteries | Abell's Light Artillery (Florida): Capt Henry F. Abell Swett's Battery (Mississippi): Lt Harvey Shannon |
| Unattached artillery | Artillery   Ltc Joseph B. Starr | 1st North Carolina Artillery Company C: Lt Alfred M. Darden Company I: Capt Thomas L. Southerland 3rd North Carolina Artillery Battalion: Maj John W. Moore Company A: Capt Andrew J. Ellis Company B: Capt William Badham Company C: Capt John M. Sutton 13th North Carolina Artillery Battalion: Company C: Capt James D. Cumming Company E: Capt Henry Dickson Chesterfield Artillery (South Carolina): Capt James I. Kelly |

### Cavalry Corps

LTG Wade Hampton MG Matthew Butler
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Butler's Division   BG Evander M. Law   MG Matthew C. Butler | Logan's Brigade   BG Thomas M. Logan | 1st South Carolina Cavalry: Lt James A. Ratchford 4th South Carolina Cavalry: Capt O. Barber 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Capt George Tupper 6th South Carolina Cavalry: Lt James A. Taggart 19th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Lt W.H. Pagett |
| Butler's Division   BG Evander M. Law   MG Matthew C. Butler | Young's Brigade   Col Gilbert J. Wright | Cobb's Legion Cavalry (Georgia): Capt R. Bill Roberts Phillips Legion Cavalry (Georgia): Maj Wesley W. Thomas 10th Georgia Cavalry: Capt Edwin W. Moise Jeff. Davis Legion (Mississippi): Col J. Fred Waring |
| Butler's Division   BG Evander M. Law   MG Matthew C. Butler | Horse artillery | Earle's Battery (South Carolina): Capt William E. Earle Halsey's Battery (South Carolina): Capt E. Lindsley Halsey |

#### Wheeler's cavalry contingent

MG Joseph Wheeler BG William W. Allen Escort
* 1st Alabama Cavalry, Company G: Lt James M. Smith
Scout company
* Shannon's Special Scouts: Maj Alexander M.Shannon
* Engineer Troop: Lt L.C. Anderson
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Allen's Division   BG William W. Allen   Col C.C. Crews | Anderson's Brigade   BG Robert H. Anderson | 3rd Confederate Cavalry: Col Patrick H. Rice 8th Confederate Cavalry: Ltc John S. Prather 10th Confederate Cavalry: Capt W.H. Brazier 5th Georgia Cavalry: Col Edward Bird |
| Allen's Division   BG William W. Allen   Col C.C. Crews | Crews' Brigade   Col C.C. Crews   Col John R. Hart | 1st Georgia Cavalry: Ltc George T. Watts 2nd Georgia Cavalry: Ltc Francis M. Ison 3rd Georgia Cavalry: Ltc James T. Thornton 6th Georgia Cavalry: Col John R. Hart 12th Georgia Cavalry: Capt James H. Graham |
| Allen's Division   BG William W. Allen   Col C.C. Crews | Hagan's Brigade   Col David T. Blakey | 1st Alabama Cavalry: Ltc Augustus H. Johnson 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Capt A.P. Forney 9th Alabama Cavalry: Lt Asl. Blansit 12th Alabama Cavalry: Capt Albert G. Bennett 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col Milton L. Kirkpatrick |
| Humes's Division   Col Henry M. Ashby | Ashby's Brigade   Col James T. Wheeler | 1st Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc James H. Lewis 2nd Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc John H. Kuhn 5th Tennessee Cavalry: Col George W. McKenzie 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj James H. Akin |
| Humes's Division   Col Henry M. Ashby | Harrison's Brigade   Col Baxter Smith | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry: Maj William H. Blackwell 4th Tennessee Cavalry 8th Texas Cavalry 11th Texas Cavalry |
| Dibrell's Division   BG George G. Dibrell | Breckinridge's Brigade   Col William C.P. Breckinridge | 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Kentucky Cavalry |
| Dibrell's Division   BG George G. Dibrell | McLemore's Brigade   Col William S. McLemore | 4th Tennessee Cavalry 13th Tennessee Cavalry Shaw's (Tennessee) Cavalry |

### Other

| Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
| Post Greensboro   BG Alfred Iverson   BG John D. Kennedy | Detachment of Lewis's Brigade (2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry): Lt J.M. McGuire Buckner Guards (2nd Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, Company B and 4th Tennessee Cavalry, Company C): Lt Isaiah Yokum Tucker's Regiment Confederate Infantry: Col Julius G. Tucker Invalid Corps (North Carolina): Col Frank Parker Other unattached troops and generals, including MG Lunsford L. Lomax, BG John Echols, and detached troops from Army of Northern Virginia |
| Post of Salisbury   BG Bradley T. Johnson | Freeman's Battalion (North Carolina) Salisbury Prison Guard Company A: Capt C.D. Freeman Company B: Capt H.P. Allen Company C: Sgt W.J. Whitaker 1st Regiment North Carolina Detailed Men Other hospital personnel, hospitalized troops, and other units |
| Post of Charlotte   Col William J. Hoke | Hospital personnel and hospitalized troops |