The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The order of battle has been compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign[2] and reports.[3] The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used[edit]
Military rank[edit]
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Army of Tennessee[edit]
Gen John B. Hood, Commanding
Cheatham’s Corps[edit]
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Chief of Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
Brown's Division BG Mark P. Lowrey | Gist's Brigade Ltc Zachariah L. Watters | - 46th Georgia: Cpt Malcolm Gillis
- 65th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion: Cpt William W. Grant
- 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt William H. Brown
- 16th South Carolina: Cpt John W. Boling
- 24th South Carolina: Cpt William C. Griffith
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Strahl's Brigade Col Andrew J. Kellar | - 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee: Ltc Luke W. Finlay
- 19th-24th-41st Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy
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Maney's Brigade Col Hume R. Field | - 4th (Provision Army)-6th-9th-50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease
- 1st-27th Tennessee: Ltc John L. House
- 8th-16th-28th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson
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Vaughan's Brigade Col William M. Watkins | |
Artillery Battalion | - Perry's (Florida) battery
- Phelan's (Alabama) battery
- Turner's (Mississippi) battery
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Cleburne's Division BG James A. Smith | Smith's Brigade (attached to Forrest's command at Murfreesboro) Col Charles H. Olmstead | - 1st Georgia Volunteers: Maj Martin J. Ford
- 54th Georgia: Cpt George W. Moody
- 57th Georgia: Cpt Lucius C. Bryan
- 63rd Georgia: Cpt Elijah J. Craven
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Govan's Brigade BG Daniel C. Govan (w) Col Peter V. Green (w) | |
Lowrey's Brigade Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie | - 16th-33rd-45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie
- 5th Regiment-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Woodward
- 8th-32nd Mississippi: Maj Andrew E. Moody
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Granbury's Brigade Cpt Edward T. Broughton | |
Bate's Division MG William B. Bate | Tyler's Brigade BG Thomas B. Smith (w&c) | - 37th Georgia: Cpt James A. Sanders
- 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell
- 2nd-10th-20th-37th Tennessee: Ltc William M. Shy (k), Maj Henry C. Lucas
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Finley's Brigade Maj Jacob A. Lash (mw&c) Maj Glover A. Ball | |
Jackson's Brigade BG Henry R. Jackson (c) | - 1st Georgia (Confederate)-66th Georgia: Ltc James C. Gordon
- 25th Georgia: Cpt Joseph E. Fulton
- 29th-30th Georgia: Col William D. Mitchell
- 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Lt R. Cuyler King
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Cobb's Artillery Battalion Cpt Rene T. Beauregard | - Slocomb's (Louisiana) Battery
- Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery
- Mebane's (Tennessee) Battery
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Corps artillery | Hotchkiss's Battalion | |
Lee’s Corps[edit]
LTG Stephen D. Lee
Chief of Artillery
Maj John W. Johnston
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
Johnson's Division MG Edward Johnson (c) | Deas' Brigade BG Zachariah C. Deas | - 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough
- 22nd Alabama: Cpt Hugh W. Henry
- 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Rouse
- 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton
- 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
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Sharp's Brigade BG Jacob H. Sharp | - 7th-9th Mississippi: Maj Henry Pope
- 10th-44th-9th Sharpshooters Battalion Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Bell
- 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks
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Manigault's Brigade Ltc William L. Butler | - 24th Alabama: Cpt Thomas J. Kimbell
- 28th Alabama: Cpt William M. Nabors
- 34th Alabama: Ltc John C. Carter
- 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker
- 19th South Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Getzen
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Brantley's Brigade BG William F. Brantley | - 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
- 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
- 29th-30th Mississippi: Cpt Robert W. Williamson
- Alexander's (Tennessee) Cavalry Company (dismounted): Cpt David W. Alexander
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Courtney's Artillery Battalion Cpt James P. Douglas | - Dent's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent
- Douglas's Texas Battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin
- Garrity's (Alabama) Battery: Lt Henry F. Carrell
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Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson | Cumming's Brigade Col Elihu P. Watkins | - 34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones
- 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles
- 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton
- 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman
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Pettus's Brigade BG Edmund W. Pettus | - 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
- 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb
- 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott
- 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington
- 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer
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Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade Col Joseph B. Palmer | |
Clayton's Division MG Henry D. Clayton | Stovall's Brigade BG Marcellus A. Stovall | - 40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson
- 41st Georgia: Cpt Jared E. Stallings
- 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson
- 43rd Georgia: Col Henry C. Kellogg
- 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury
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Holtzclaw's Brigade BG James T. Holtzclaw | |
Gibson's Brigade BG Randall L. Gibson | |
Eldridge's Artillery Battalion Cpt Charles E. Fenner | - Eufaula (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie
- Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius
- Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery: Lt James S. McCall
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Corps Artillery | Johnston's Battalion Cpt John B. Rowan | - Corput's (Georgia) Battery: Lt William S. Hoge
- Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall
- Stephens (Georgia) Light Artillery: Lt William L. Ritter
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Stewart’s Corps[edit]
LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
Loring's Division MG William W. Loring | Featherston's Brigade BG Winfield S. Featherston | - 1st Mississippi: Cpt Owen D. Hughes
- 3rd Mississippi: Cpt O. H. Johnston
- 22nd Mississippi: Maj Martin A. Oatis
- 31st Mississippi: Cpt Robert A. Collins
- 33rd Mississippi: Cpt Thomas L. Cooper
- 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert
- 1st Mississippi Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler
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Adams' Brigade Col Robert Lowry | - 6th Mississippi: Ltc Thomas J. Borden
- 14th Mississippi: Col Washington L. Doss
- 15th Mississippi: Ltc James R. Binford
- 20th Mississippi: Maj Thomas B. Graham
- 23rd Mississippi: Maj George W. B. Garrett
- 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison
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Scott's Brigade Col John Snodgrass | - 55th Alabama: Maj James B. Dickey
- 57th Alabama: Maj J. Horatio Wiley
- 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Ltc John D. Weeden
- 12th Louisiana: Cpt James T. Davis
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Myrick's Artillery Battalion | |
French's Division MG Samuel G. French (absent, sick) temporarily attached to Walthall's Division | Sears' Brigade BG Claudius W. Sears (w) | |
Ector's Brigade Col David Coleman | |
Cockrell's Brigade (on detached duty on the Duck River) Col Peter C. Flournoy | - 1st-4th Missouri: Cpt James H. Wickersham
- 2nd-6th Missouri: Ltc Stephen Cooper
- 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Benjamin E. Guthrie
- 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Lt Charles B. Cleveland
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Storrs' Artillery Battalion | - Guibor's (Missouri) battery
- Hoskins' (Mississippi) battery
- Kolb's (Alabama) battery
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Walthall's Division MG Edward C. Walthall | Quarles' Brigade BG George D. Johnston | - 1st Alabama: Lt Charles M. McRae
- 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee: Cpt Austin M. Duncan
- 48th Tennessee: Col William M. Voorhies
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Cantey's Brigade BG Charles M. Shelley | - 17th Alabama: Cpt John Bolling, Jr.
- 26th Alabama: Cpt Daniel M. Gideon
- 29th Alabama: Cpt Samuel Abernethy
- 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral
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Reynolds' Brigade BG Daniel H. Reynolds | |
Trueheart's Artillery Battalion Cpt James H. Yates | - Lumsden's (Alabama) battery
- Selden's (Alabama) battery
- Tarrant's (Alabama) battery
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Cavalry Corps[edit]
MG Nathan B. Forrest
(Detached; at Murfreesboro with Jackson's and Buford's Divisions.)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
Chalmers' Division BG James R. Chalmers | Rucker's Brigade Col Edmund W. Rucker (w&c) Ltc Raleigh R. White | - 7th Alabama Cavalry
- 5th Mississippi Cavalry
- 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's Old Regiment)
- 7th Tennessee Cavalry
- 12th Tennessee Cavalry
- 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White
- 15th Tennessee Cavalry
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Biffle's Brigade Col Jacob B. Biffle | - 4th Tennessee Cavalry
- 9th Tennessee Cavalry
- 10th Tennessee Cavalry
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Buford's Division (Detached; at Murfreesboro) BG Abraham Buford | Bell's Brigade Col Tyree H. Bell | |
Crossland's Brigade Col Edward Crossland | |
Jackson's Division (Detached; at Murfreesboro) BG William H. Jackson | Armstrong's Brigade BG Frank C. Armstrong | - 1st Mississippi Cavalry
- 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
- 28th Mississippi Cavalry
- Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment (2nd Partisan Rangers)
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Ross's Brigade BG Lawrence S. Ross | |
Artillery | | - Morton's Tennessee Battery
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- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 664-669 (December 10, 1864)
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 31-32
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