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Battle of Bentonville
Confederate Order of Battle

Army of the South

General Joseph E. Johnston

Department of North Carolina

Gen. Braxton Bragg

 

Clingman's Brigade

Col. William S. Devane (w)

 

8th North Carolina Infantry

Col. James M. Waitson

61st North Carolina Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edward B. Mallett

 

Kirkland's Brigade

Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland

 

17th North Carolina Infantry

Col. William F. Martin

42nd North Carolina Infantry

Col. John N. Brown

66th North Carolina Infantry

Lieut. Col. David S. Davis

 

Hagood's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood

 

3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery (6 Companies)

Col. John J. Hedrick

 

Contingent of Lieut. Col. James H. Rion

 

11th South Carolina Infantry

Col. F. Hay Gantt

21st South Carolina Infantry

Col. Robert F, Graham

25th South Carolina Infantry

Capt. James A. Carson

27th South Carolina Infantry

Col. Peter C. Gaillard

7th South Carolina Battlalion

Lieut. Col. Patrick W. Nelson

 

Contingent of Lieut. Col. John D. Taylor (w)

 

2nd Regiment - 1st Battalion North Carolina Artillery

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Adam's Batttery (Company D, 13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery)

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Contingent of Maj. William A. Holland

 

40th North Carolina Infantry

Lieut. Col. George Tait

 

Colquitt's Brigade

Col. Charles T. Zachery

 

6th Georgia Infantry

Col. Sampton W. Harris (w)

19th Georgia Infantry

Col. James H. Neal (k)

Lieut. Col. Hogan B. Ridgeway

23rd Georgia Infantry

Col. Marcus R. Ballenger

27th Georgia Infantry

Lieut. Col. Hezekiah Bussey

28th Georgia Infantry

Capt. James W. Banning

 

North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade

Col. John H. Nethercutt

 

1st North Carolina Junior Reserves

Col. Charles W. Broadfoot

2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves

Col. John H. Anderson

3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves

Col. John W. Hinsdale

20th North Carolina Battalion, Junior Reserves

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Artillery

Lieut. Col. Joseph B. Starr

 

1st North Carolina Artillery (1 Company)

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13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 Companies)

 

Company B (Atkins' Battery)

Capt. George Atkins

Company E (Dickson's Battery)

 

3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 Companies)

Company A

Capt. Andrew J. Ellis

Company B

Capt. William Badham, Jr.

Company C

Lieut. Alfred Darden

 

Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery

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Department of South Carolina, George, & Florida

Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

 

Chief of Staff

Lieut. Col. Benton Roy

Engineer

Lieut. Col. William D. Pickett

 

Taliaferro's Division

Brig. Gen. William B. Taliaferro

 

Elliott's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Stephen Elliott, Jr (w)

 

22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion

Lieut. Col. William R. Prichard

28th Georgia Artillery Battalion

Maj. A. Bonaud

2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery

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19th South Carolina Militia

Capt. R. Z. Harlee

 

Rhett's Brigade

Col. William Butler

1st South Carolina Regulars

Lieut. Col. Warren Adams

1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery

Lieut. Col. Joseph A. Yates

15th South Carolina Battalion

Maj. James J. Lucas

 

McLaw's Division

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

 

Conner's Brigade

Brig. Gen. John D. Kennedy

 

2nd South Carolina Infantry

Col. Ervine P. Jones

3rd South Carolina Infantry

Maj. John Nance

7th South Carolina Infantry

Lieut. Col. James H. Rion

8th South Carolina Infantry

Lieut. Col. Eli Stackhouse

15th South Carolina Infantry

Col. John B. Davis

20th South Carolina Infantry

Col. Stephen M. Boykin

3rd South Carolina Battalion

Capt. P. F. Spofford

 

Fiser's Brigade

Col. John C. Fiser

 

1st Georgia Regualrs

Col. Richard A. Wayne

2nd George Reserve

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27th George Battalion – Cobb Grants

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Harrison's Brigade

Col. George P. Harrison

 

5th Georgia Infantry

Col. Samuel W. Mangham

32nd Georgia Infantry

Col. William H. Pruden

47th Georgia Infantry

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Hardy's Brigade

Col. Washington Hardy

 

50th North Carolina Infantry

Col. George W. Wortham

77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves)

Col. Ezekial E. Hancock

10th North Carolina Battalion, Heavy Artillery

Maj. Wilton L. Young

 

Blanchard's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Albert G. Blanchard

 

1st South Carolina Reserve Battalion

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2nd South Carolina Reserve Battalion

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6th South Carolina Reserve Battalion

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7th South Carolina Reserve Battalion

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Kay's Company, South Carolina Reserve

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Battalion Artillery

Maj. A. Burnet Rhett

 

LeGardeur's Battery

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H. M. Stuart's Battery (North Carolina Beaufort Light Artillery)

Capt. Stephen Elliott, Jr.

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Cavalry Command

Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton III

 

Butler's Division

Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler (w)

Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law

 

Young's Brigade

Col. Gilbert J. Wright

 

10th Georgia Cavalry

Col. Valentine H. Taliaferro

20th Georgia Battalion – Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion

Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Waring

Cobb's (Georgia) Legion

Col. Gilbert J. Wright

Phillip's (Georgia) Legion

 

 

Butler's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law

Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Logan

 

4th South Carolina Cavalry

Lieut. Col. William Stokes

5th South Carolina Cavalry

Capt. Zimmerman Davis

6th South Carolina Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Lovick P. Miller

 

Horse Artillery

Capt. William E. Earle

Capt. Edwin L. Halsey

 

Earle's South Carolina Battery

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Hart's (Halsey's) South Carolina Battery

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Wheeler's Cavalry Corps

Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler

 

Humes' Division

Col. Henry M. Ashby

 

T. Harrison's Brigade

Col. Baxter Smith

 

3rd Arkansas Cavalry

Col. Anson W. Hobson

4th Tennessee Cavalry

Col. William S. McLemure

8th Texas Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Gustave Cook (w)

Maj. William R. Jarmon (w)

Capt. John F. Matthews

11th Texas Cavalry

Col. George R. Reeves

 

Ashby's Brigade

Lieut. Col. James H. Lewis

 

1st Tennessee Cavalry

Maj. Green Malcolm

2nd Tennessee Cavarly

Lieut. Col. John H. Kuhn

5th Tennessee Cavalry

Lieut. Col. John G. M. Montgomery

9th Tennessee Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Geroge Gantt

 

Allen's Division

Brig. Gen. William W. Allen

 

Hagan's Brigade

Col. David G. White

 

1st Alabama Cavalry

Lieut. Col. William H. Hundley

3rd Alabama Cavalry

Col. Josiah Robins

51st Alabama Cavalry

Col. Milton L. Kirkpatrick

 

Anderson's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson

 

3rd Confederate Cavalry

Col. Patrick Rice

8th Confederate Cavalry

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10th Confederate Cavalry

Col. William J. Vason (w)

Lieut. Col. John B. Rudolph

5th Georgia Cavalry

Col. Edward Bird

 

Dibrell's Division

Col. William S. McLemore

 

8th Tennessee (Smith's) Cavalry

Col. Paul Anderson

13th Tennessee Cavalry

Col. Mounce L. Gore

Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison's Tennessee Squadron)

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Breckinridge's Brigade

Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge

 

1st (3rd) Kentucky Cavalry

Col. J. Russell Butler

2nd Kentucky Cavalry

Maj. Thomas W. Lewis

9th Kentucky Cavalry

Col. William C. P. Breckinridge

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