# Battle of Bentonville order of battle: Confederate

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 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 | Major General Carter L. Stevenson |
| Palmer's Brigade | Brigadier 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 Infantry |
| Pettus's Brigader | Brigadier General Edmund W. Pettus (WIA) | 20th Alabama 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama 31st Alabama 46th Alabama |
| Cumming'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. Clayton | Major General Henry D. Clayton |
| Stovall's Brigade | Colonel Henry C. Kellogg | 40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia: Maj L.P. Thomas 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia |
| Jackson's Brigade | Lieutenant Colonel Osceola Kyle | 1st-66th Georgia 25th Georgia 29th-30th Georgia 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion |
| Baker's Brigade | Brigadier General Alpheus Baker | 22nd Alabama 37th-40th-42nd Alabama 54th Alabama |
| Hill's Division | Colonel John G. Coltart | Colonel John G. Coltart |
| Deas's Brigade | Colonel Harry T. Toulmin | 19th Alabama 22nd Alabama 25th Alabama 39th Alabama 50th Alabama |
| Manigault's Brigade | Lieutenant 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)
MG Edward C. Walthall
| Unit | Commander | Regiments and others |
| Loring's Division | Colonel James Jackson | Colonel James Jackson |
| Lowry's Brigade | Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Lawrence | 6th Mississippi 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi |
| Scott's Brigade | Captain John A. Dixon | 27th-35th-49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th Louisiana |
| Featherston's Brigade | Major Martin A. Oatis | 1st Mississippi 3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi 33rd Mississippi 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Battalion |
| Walthall's Division | Major General Edward C. Walthall | Major General Edward C. Walthall |
| Reynolds's Brigade | Brigadier General Daniel H. Reynolds (WIA) Colonel Henry G. Bunn (WIA) Lieutant Colonel Morton G. Galloway | 1st-2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Ltc Morton G. Galloway 4th Arkansas: Col Henry C. Bunn 9th Arkansas 25th Arkansas |
| Quarles's Brigade | Brigadier 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 Argyle Smith | Brigadier General James Argyle Smith |
| Govan's Brigade | Colonel Peter V. Green | 1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas 6th-7th Arkansas 8th-19th Arkansas |
| Smith's Brigade | Captain 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) 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion (Dismounted): Ltc Benjamin B.Sample (k). 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 (WIA) | Colonel D. L. Kenan (WIA) |
| Tyler's Brigade | Major William H. Wilkinson † | 37th Georgia 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters 2nd-10th-20th Tennessee |
| Finley's Brigade | Lieutenant 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) | Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley (Arrived on the battlefield March 21) |
| Gist's Brigade | Colonel Hume R. Field | 6th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion 46th Georgia 65th Georgia 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion 16th South Carolina 24th South Carolina |
| Maney's Brigade | Lieutenant Colonel Christopher C. McKinney | 4th Confederate-6th-9th-50th Tennessee 1st-27th Tennessee 8th-16th-28th Tennessee |
| Strahl's Brigade | Colonel James D. Tillman | 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee 19th-24th-41st Tennessee |
| Vaughan's Brigade | Colonel 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. Hoke | Major General Robert F. Hoke |
| Clingman's Brigade | Colonel William S. Devane (WIA) | 8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina: Ltc Edward Beatty Mallett † |
| Kirkland's Brigade | Brigadier General William W. Kirkland | 17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North Carolina |
| Hagood's Brigade | Brigadier 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 (WIA): 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 Carolina |
| Colquitt's Brigade | Colonel Charles T. Zachary | 6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th Georgia |
| North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade | Colonel 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 |
| Artillery | Lieutenant 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. Taliaferro | Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro |
| Elliott's Brigade | Brigadier General Stephen Elliott, Jr. (WIA) | 22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion 2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery 19th South Carolina Militia |
| Rhett's Brigade | Colonel William Butler | 1st South Carolina Regulars 1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery 15th South Carolina Battalion |
| McLaws's Division | Major General Lafayette McLaws | Major General Lafayette McLaws |
| Conner's Brigade | Brigadier 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 Battalion |
| Fiser's Brigade | Colonel John C. Fiser | 1st Georgia Regulars: Col Richard A. Wayne 2nd Georgia Reserve 27th Georgia Battalion-Cobb Guards |
| Harrison's Brigade | Colonel George P. Harrison | 5th Georgia 32nd Georgia 47th Georgia |
| Hardy's Brigade | Colonel Washington Hardy | 50th North Carolina: Col George W. Wortham 77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves) 10th North Carolina Battalion, Heavy Artillery |
| Blanchard's Brigade | Brigadier 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 Reserve |
| Battalion Artillery | Major 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 (WIA) Brigadier General Evander M. Law | Major General M. C. Butler (WIA) Brigadier General Evander M. Law |
| Young's Brigade | Colonel Gilbert J. Wright | 7th Georgia 10th Georgia 20th Georgia Battalion-Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips's (Georgia) Legion |
| Butler's Brigade | Brigadier General Evander M. Law Brigadier General Thomas M. Logan | 4th South Carolina 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina |
| Horse Artillery | Captain William E. Earle Captain 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. Ashby | Colonel Henry M. Ashby |
| T. Harrison's Brigade | Colonel Baxter Smith | 3rd Arkansas 4th Tennessee 8th Texas: Ltc Gustave Cook (WIA), Maj William R. Jarmon (WIA), Cpt John F. Matthews 11th Texas |
| Ashby's Brigade | Lieutenant Colonel James H. Lewis | 1st Tennessee 2nd Tennessee 5th Tennessee 9th Tennessee |
| Allen's Division | Brigadier General William W. Allen | Brigadier General William W. Allen |
| Hagan's Brigade | Colonel David G. White | 1st Alabama 3rd Alabama 51st Alabama |
| Anderson's Brigade | Brigadier General Robert H. Anderson | 3rd Confederate 8th Confederate 10th Confederate 5th Georgia |
| Dibrell's Division | Brigadier General George G. Dibrell | Brigadier General George G. Dibrell |
| Dibrell's Brigade | Colonel William S. McLemore | 4th Tennessee (Murrey's) 13th Tennessee Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison's Tennessee Squadron) |
| Breckinridge's Brigade | Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge | 1st (3rd) Kentucky 2nd Kentucky 9th Kentucky |