Knoxville Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 31, 1863 under the command of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet. Engagements of this campaign include the Battle of Dandridge and the Battle of Bean's Station. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1] The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Longstreet's Command
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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McLaws' Division
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Kershaw's Brigade |
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Wofford's Brigade[3]
Ltc N.L. Hutchins Jr. |
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Humphreys' Brigade |
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Bryan's Brigade
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Hood's Division
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Jenkins' Brigade
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Law's Brigade
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Robertson's Brigade |
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Anderson's Brigade |
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Benning's Brigade |
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Buckner's Division
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Johnson's Brigade
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Gracie's Brigade |
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Artillery |
Alexander's Battalion
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Cavalry Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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Notes
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 451-454 (Organization of the Troops in East Tennessee under command of Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, C. S. Army, November 30, 1863) and Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 3, pages 890-892 (Organization of the forces in East Tennessee, commanded by Lient. Gen. James Longstreet, C. S. Army, December 31, 1863)
- On January 4th, Longstreet was notified that he was commander of the Department of East Tennessee. Until that time, he headed his command as "Forces in East Tennessee". The later engagements in East Tennessee (Mossey Creek, Dandridge, Bean's Station) were fought with Longstreet officially commanding the Department of East Tennessee. For shorthand, Longstreet's force is simply referred to as his command. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, page 468
- Wofford was on leave because of the recent death of his daughter.
- Ruff was killed at the Battle of Fort Sanders on November 29th, 1863. Antietam on the Web website
- McElroy was killed at the Battle of Fort Sanders on November 29th, 1863
- National Park Service - Civil War Battle Summaries
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Antietam on the Web website
- National Park Service - Civil War Battle Summaries website