# Atlanta campaign order of battle: Second phase, Confederate

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta 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.
This order of battle covers the second phase of the campaign, July 17 – September 8, 1864. The period May 1 – July 17, 1864 is listed separately.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

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

### Other

* w = wounded
* k = killed

## Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood
* Chief of Staff: BG William Mackall, BG Francis Shoup
* Chief of Artillery: BG Francis Shoup, Col Robert Beckham

### Hardee's Corps

LTG William J. Hardee
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Cheatham's Division   BG George E. Maney | Maney's Brigade   Col Francis M. Walker (k July 22)  Col George C. Porter | 4th Confederate (34th Tennessee) 1st-27th Tennessee 6th-9th Tennessee: Col George C. Porter 19th Tennessee 50th Tennessee: Col Stephen H. Colms |
| Cheatham's Division   BG George E. Maney | Strahl's Brigade   BG Otho F. Strahl (w July 22)  Ltc James D. Tillman | 4th-5th Tennessee 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson (w July 22), Ltc Samuel E. Shannon 31st Tennessee 33rd Tennessee 41st Tennessee: Ltc James D. Tillman, Maj T.G. Miller (w July 22), Cpt A.M. Keith |
| Cheatham's Division   BG George E. Maney | Wright's Brigade   BG John C. Carter | 8th Tennessee 16th Tennessee 28th Tennessee 38th Tennessee: Ltc Andrew D. Gwynne (c July 22), Maj Hamilton W. Cotter 51st-52nd Tennessee |
| Cheatham's Division   BG George E. Maney | Vaughn's Brigade   Col Michael Magevney | 11th Tennessee: Col George W. Gordon 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Maj William J. Crook 29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice |
| Cleburne's Division   MG Patrick R. Cleburne | Govan's Brigade   BG Daniel C. Govan | 1st-15th Arkansas: Ltc William H. Martin (w July 22), Cpt Felix G. Lusk 2nd-24th Arkansas: Col Elisha Warfield (w July 22), Ltc Eldridge G. Brasher (w July 22), Maj Amzi T. Meek 5th-13th Arkansas: Col John E. Murray (k July 22), Col Peter V. Green 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Samuel G. Smith (w July 22) Ltc Fester J. Cameron (w July 22), Maj William F. Douglass (w July 22), Cpt J.T. Robinson 8th-19th Arkansas: Col George F. Baucum (w July 22), Ltc Anderson Watkins (k July 22), Ltc Augustus S. Hutchinson (w July 22), Maj David H. Hamiter 3rd Confederate (Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas) |
| Cleburne's Division   MG Patrick R. Cleburne | Lowrey's Brigade   BG Mark P. Lowrey | 16th Alabama 33rd Alabama 45th Alabama: Col Harris D. Lampley (w&c July 22) Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie 5th Mississippi (from July 24) 8th Mississippi (from July 24) i: Col John C. Wilkinson (k July 22), Capt H.W. Crook (w July 22) 32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison (w July 22) 3rd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John D. Williams (c July 22), Cpt Thomas P. Connor |
| Cleburne's Division   MG Patrick R. Cleburne | Smith's Brigade   BG James A. Smith (w July 22)  Ltc Robert B. Young  BG Hiram B. Granbury | 5th Confederate (Tennessee) 6th Texas Infantry-15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 7th Texas 10th Texas: Col Roger Q. Mills (w July 22), Ltc Robert B. Young, Cpt John A. Formwalt 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) |
| Bate's Division   MG William B. Bate (w August 10)  MG John C. Brown | Tyler's Brigade   BG Thomas Benton Smith | 37th Georgia 2nd Tennessee (Provisional Army) 10th Tennessee 15th-37th Tennessee: Ltc R. Dudley Frayser (w July 22), Cpt Matthew Dwyer 20th Tennessee 30th Tennessee 4th Georgia Sharpshooters |
| Bate's Division   MG William B. Bate (w August 10)  MG John C. Brown | Lewis' (Orphan) Brigade   BG Joseph Horace Lewis | 2nd Kentucky: Col James W. Moss 4th Kentucky 5th Kentucky 6th Kentucky: Col Martin H. Cofer 9th Kentucky |
| Bate's Division   MG William B. Bate (w August 10)  MG John C. Brown | Finley's Brigade   Col Angus D. McLean  Ltc Daniel Kenan | 1st-3rd Florida 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)-4th Florida Infantry 6th Florida: Ltc Daniel Kenan 7th Florida |
| Walker's Division   MG William H. T. Walker (k July 22)  BG Hugh W. Mercer | Mercer's Brigade   BG Hugh W. Mercer  Col William Barkuloo  Ltc Morgan Rawls (w July 22)  Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton  Col Charles H. Olmstead | 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead (w July 22), Maj Martin J. Ford 54th Georgia: Ltc Morgan Rawls, Cpt Thomas W. Brantley 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo, Ltc Cincinnatus S. Guyton 63rd Georgia |
| Walker's Division   MG William H. T. Walker (k July 22)  BG Hugh W. Mercer | Gist's Brigade   BG States Rights Gist (w July 22)  Col James McCullough  Col Ellison Capers | 46th Georgia 65th Georgia 5th Mississippi (until July 24) 8th Mississippi (until July 24) 16th South Carolina: Col James McCullough, Cpt John W. Boling 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w July 22), Ltc Jesse S. Jones 8th Georgia Battalion: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters |
| Walker's Division   MG William H. T. Walker (k July 22)  BG Hugh W. Mercer | Stevens' Brigade   BG Clement H. Stevens (mw July 20)  Col George A. Smith (w July 22)  Col J. Cooper Nisbet (c July 22)  Col William J. Winn  BG Henry R. Jackson | 1st Confederate (Georgia Volunteers) 25th Georgia: Col William J. Winn, Maj A.W. Smith 29th Georgia 30th Georgia 66th Georgia: Col J. Cooper Nisbet, Cpt Thomas L. Langston 1st Georgia Sharpshooters |
| Hardee's Corps Artillery   Col Melancthon Smith | Palmer's Battalion   Maj Joseph Palmer | Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery Anderson's (Georgia) Battery Havis' (Georgia) Battery |
| Hardee's Corps Artillery   Col Melancthon Smith | Hoxton's Battalion   Maj Llewelyn Hoxton | Phelan's (Alabama) Battery Marion (Florida) Light Artillery Turner's (Mississippi) Battery |
| Hardee's Corps Artillery   Col Melancthon Smith | Hotchkiss' Battalion   Maj Thomas R. Hotchkiss  Cpt Thomas Key | Semple's (Alabama) Battery Key's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Thomas Key Warren (Mississippi) Light Artillery |
| Hardee's Corps Artillery   Col Melancthon Smith | Martin's Battalion   Maj Robert Martin | Howell's (Georgia) Battery Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery |
| Hardee's Corps Artillery   Col Melancthon Smith | Cobb's Battalion   Maj Robert Cobb | Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery 5th Company, Washington (Louisiana) Light Artillery Johnston (Tennessee) Light Artillery |

### Lee's Corps

MG Carter L. Stevenson MG Benjamin F. Cheatham LTG Stephen D. Lee
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Anderson's Division   MG Patton Anderson | Deas' Brigade   Col John G. Coltart  BG Zachariah C. Deas | 19th Alabama 22nd Alabama: Col Benjamin R. Hart 25th Alabama 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton (w July 22), Cpt T. J. Branon 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart, Cpt George W. Arnold 17th Alabama Sharpshooters (until mid-August) |
| Anderson's Division   MG Patton Anderson | Manigault's Brigade   BG Arthur Middleton Manigault | 24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis 28th Alabama 34th Alabama: Col Julius C. B. Mitchell 10th South Carolina: Col James F. Pressley 19th South Carolina: Maj James L. White (w July 22), Cpt Elijah W. Horne |
| Anderson's Division   MG Patton Anderson | Brantley's Brigade   Col Samuel Benton (mw July 22)  Col William F. Brantley | 24th-27th Mississippi: Col Robert P. McKelvaine 29th-30th Mississippi: Col William F. Brantley, Ltc James M. Johnson 34th Mississippi: Cpt T. S. Hubbard |
| Anderson's Division   MG Patton Anderson | Sharp's Brigade   BG Jacob H. Sharp | 7th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop 9th Mississippi 10th Mississippi 41st Mississippi: Col J. Byrd Williams 44th Mississippi 9th Mississippi Sharpshooters |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Brown's Brigade   BG John C. Brown  Col Joseph B. Palmer (w September 1) | 3rd Tennessee (Volunteers) 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer 26th Tennessee: Col Richard M. Saffell 32nd Tennessee 45th Tennessee-23rd Tennessee Battalion: Col Anderson Searcy |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Cumming's Brigade   BG Alfred Cumming | 34th Georgia 36th Georgia 39th Georgia 56th Georgia: Col E. P. Watkins 2nd Georgia State: Col James Wilson |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Reynold's Brigade   Col Washington M. Hardy | 58th North Carolina 60th North Carolina 54th Virginia 63rd Virginia |
| Stevenson's Division   MG Carter L. Stevenson | Pettus' Brigade   BG Edmund W. Pettus | 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama 30th Alabama: Col Charles M. Shelley 31st Alabama 46th Alabama |
| Clayton's Division   MG Henry D. Clayton | Stovall's Brigade   BG Marcellus A. Stovall | 40th Georgia 41st Georgia 42nd Georgia 43rd Georgia 52nd Georgia 1st Georgia State: Ltc John M. Brown (mw July 22), Cpt Albert Howell |
| Clayton's Division   MG Henry D. Clayton | Holtzclaw's Brigade   BG James T. Holtzclaw | 18th Alabama 32nd-58th Alabama 36th Alabama 38th Alabama: Maj Shep Ruffin (w July 22), Lt John C. Dumas |
| Clayton's Division   MG Henry D. Clayton | Gibson's Brigade   BG Randall L. Gibson | 1st Louisiana (Regulars) 4th Louisiana 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Leon Von Zinken 16th-25th Louisiana 19th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Turner 30th Louisiana 4th Louisiana Battalion 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters |
| Clayton's Division   MG Henry D. Clayton | Baker's Brigade   BG Alpheus Baker | 37th Alabama 40th Alabama 42nd Alabama 54th Alabama |
| Lee's Corps Artillery   Ltc James H. Hallonquist | William's Battalion   Ltc Samuel C. Williams  Cpt Reuben Kolb | Barbour (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt Reuben Kolb Jefferson (Mississippi) Artillery Nottoway (Virginia) Artillery |
| Lee's Corps Artillery   Ltc James H. Hallonquist | Courtney's Battalion   Maj Alfred R. Courtney | Dent's (Alabama) Battery Garrity's (Alabama) Battery Douglas's Texas Battery |
| Lee's Corps Artillery   Ltc James H. Hallonquist | Eldridge's Battalion   Maj John W. Eldridge | Eufala (Alabama) Artillery Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery |
| Lee's Corps Artillery   Ltc James H. Hallonquist | Johnston's Battalion   Maj John W. Johnston  Cpt John B. Rowan | Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: John B. Rowan Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery |

### Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart (w July 28) MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Loring's Division   MG William W. Loring (w July 28)  BG Winfield S. Featherston | Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston  Col Robert Lowry  Col Marcus Stephens | 1st Mississippi 3rd Mississippi 22nd Mississippi 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus Stephens 33rd Mississippi: Col Jabez Drake 40th Mississippi 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters |
| Loring's Division   MG William W. Loring (w July 28)  BG Winfield S. Featherston | Adams' Brigade   BG John Adams | 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry 14th Mississippi 15th Mississippi 20th Mississippi 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi |
| Loring's Division   MG William W. Loring (w July 28)  BG Winfield S. Featherston | Scott's Brigade   BG Thomas M. Scott | 27th-35th-49th Alabama 55th Alabama 57th Alabama 12th Louisiana |
| French's Division   MG Samuel G. French | Ector's Brigade   Col William H. Young | 29th North Carolina 39th North Carolina 9th Texas 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) |
| French's Division   MG Samuel G. French | Cockrell's (First Missouri) Brigade   Col Elijah Gates | 1st-4th Missouri 2nd-6th Missouri 3rd-5th Missouri 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted) |
| French's Division   MG Samuel G. French | Sears' Brigade   Col William T.S. Barry  BG Claudius W. Sears | 4th Mississippi 35th Mississippi: Col William T.S. Barry 36th Mississippi 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi 7th Mississippi Battalion |
| Walthall's Division   MG Edward C. Walthall | Reynolds' Brigade   BG Daniel H. Reynolds | 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 4th Arkansas 9th Arkansas 25th Arkansas |
| Walthall's Division   MG Edward C. Walthall | Cantey's Brigade   Col Edward A. O'Neal | 17th Alabama: Col Virgil Murphey 26th Alabama 29th Alabama 37th Mississippi |
| Walthall's Division   MG Edward C. Walthall | Quarles' Brigade   BG William A. Quarles | 1st Alabama 42nd Tennessee 48th Tennessee 49th Tennessee 53rd Tennessee 56th (46th-55th) Tennessee |
| Stewart's Corps Artillery   Ltc Samuel C. Williams | Myrick's Battalion   Maj John D. Myrick | Bouanchaud's (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud Cowan's (Mississippi) Battery Barry's Lookout (Tennessee) Battery |
| Stewart's Corps Artillery   Ltc Samuel C. Williams | Storrs' Battalion   Maj George S. Storrs | Ward's (Alabama) Battery Hoskins' (Mississippi) Battery Guibor's (Missouri) Battery |
| Stewart's Corps Artillery   Ltc Samuel C. Williams | Preston's Battalion   Maj William C. Preston | Tarrant's (Alabama) Battery Selden's (Alabama) Battery Yates' (Mississippi) Battery |
| Stewart's Corps Artillery   Ltc Samuel C. Williams | Waddell's Battalion   Maj James F. Waddell  Cpt Overton Barret | Bellamy's (Alabama) Battery Emery's (Alabama) Battery Barret's (Missouri) Battery: Cpt Overton Barret |

### Cavalry Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Martin's Division   MG William T. Martin | Allen's Brigade   BG William Allen | 1st Alabama Cavalry 3rd Alabama Cavalry: Col James Hagan 4th Alabama Cavalry: Col Alfred A. Russell 7th Alabama Cavalry 51st Alabama Cavalry: Col Milton L. Kirkpatrick 12th Alabama Cavalry Battalion |
| Martin's Division   MG William T. Martin | Iverson's Brigade   BG Alfred Iverson, Jr. | 1st Georgia Cavalry: Col Samuel W. Davitte 2nd Georgia Cavalry: Col Charles C. Crews 3rd Georgia Cavalry: Col Robert Thompson 4th Georgia Cavalry: Col Isaac W. Avery 6th Georgia Cavalry: Col John R. Hart |
| Kelly's Division   BG John H. Kelly | Anderson's Brigade   BG Robert H. Anderson | 3rd Confederate Cavalry 8th Confederate Cavalry 10th Confederate Cavalry 12th Confederate Cavalry 5th Georgia Cavalry |
| Kelly's Division   BG John H. Kelly | Dibrell's Brigade   Col George G. Dibrell | 4th (McLemore's) Tennessee Cavalry 8th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee Cavalry 11th Tennessee Cavalry |
| Kelly's Division   BG John H. Kelly | Hannon's Brigade   Col Moses W. Hannon | 53rd Alabama Cavalry 24th Alabama Cavalry Battalion |
| Kelly's Division   BG John H. Kelly | Williams' Brigade   BG John S. Williams | 1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Kentucky Cavalry 2nd (Dortch's) Kentucky Cavalry Battalion Hamilton's Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Allison's Tennessee Squadron |
| Humes' Division   BG William Y.C. Humes | Ashby's Brigade   Col Henry M. Ashby (from mid-June) | 1st (6th) Tennessee Cavalry: Col James T. Wheeler 2nd (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry 5th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry |
| Humes' Division   BG William Y.C. Humes | Harrison's Brigade   Col Thomas H. Harrison | 3rd Arkansas Cavalry 4th (Murray's) Tennessee Cavalry 8th Texas Cavalry 11th Texas Cavalry |
| Jackson's Division   BG William Hicks Jackson | Armstrong's Brigade   BG Frank C. Armstrong | 1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry |
| Jackson's Division   BG William Hicks Jackson | Ross' Brigade   BG Lawrence Sullivan Ross | 3rd Texas Cavalry 6th Texas Cavalry 9th Texas Cavalry 27th Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Legion) |
| Jackson's Division   BG William Hicks Jackson | Ferguson's Brigade   BG Samuel W. Ferguson | 2nd Alabama Cavalry 56th Alabama Cavalry: Col William Boyles 9th Mississippi Cavalry: Col Horace H. Miller Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry: Col Robert O. Perrin 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion |
| Jackson's Division   BG William Hicks Jackson | Waties' Battalion   Cpt John Waties | Columbus (Georgia) Artillery King's (Missouri) Battery Waties' (South Carolina) Battery |
| Corps Artillery Reserve | Wheeler's Horse Artillery   Ltc Felix H. Robertson | Wiggin's (Arkansas) Battery: Lt J.P. Bryant Ferrell's (Georgia) Battery (1 section) Huggin's (Tennessee) Battery Huwald's (Tennessee) Battery White's (Tennessee) Battery |

## Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign.
| Corps | April 30 | June 10 | June 30 | July 10 | July 31 | August 10 | August 31 |
| Hardee's Corps | 21,946 | 20,741 | 18,107 | 16,567 | 13,369 | 14,013 | 14,160 |
| Hood's/Lee's Corps | 21,385 | 17,379 | 15,970 | 15,492 | 13,553 | 13,005 | 11,633 |
| Polk's/Stewart's Corps | - | 16,538 | 14,380 | 13,354 | 11,850 | 11,551 | 11,457 |
| Cavalry Corps | 8,062 | 13,546 | 12,889 | 12,379 | 12,523 | 12,803 | 13,244 |
| Total | 52,931 | 69,946 | 62,747 | 59,196 | 51,843 | 51,946 | 51,141 |