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Organization of the army of Tennessee.

October 8th, 1863.


Lieutenant-General Longstreet's corps.


Major-General McLaw's division.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General J. B. Kershaw---2d South Carolina regiment, Colonel John D. Kennedy; 3d South Carolina regiment, Colonel James D. Vance; 7th South Carolina regiment, Colonel D. Wyatt Alken; 8th South Carolina regiment, Colonel John W. Hennegan; 15th South Carolina regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel James F. Gist; 3d South Carolina battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Rice.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General W. T. Wofford---18th Georgia regiment, Colonel S. Z. Ruff; 24th Georgia regiment, Colonel R. McMillan; 16th Georgia regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel H. P. Thomas; Cobb's Georgia legion, Lieutenant-Colonel L. J. Glenn; Phillips' Georgia legion, Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. Barclay; 3d battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Lieutenant-Colonel N. H. Hutchins.


Third brigade.

Commander: Brigadier-General B. G. Humphries---13th Mississippi regiment, Colonel R. McLeroy; 17th Mississippi regiment, Colonel W. D. Hodge; 18th Mississippi regiment, Colonel F. M. Griffin; 21st Mississippi regiment, Colonel W. L. Brandon.


Fourth brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Goode Bryan---10th Georgia regiment, Colonel John B. Weems; 51st Georgia regiment, Colonel J. P. Simms; 50th Georgia regiment, Colonel P. McGlaskan; 53d Georgia regiment, Colonel E. N. Ball.


Hood's division.

Brigadier-General M. Jenkins, commanding.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General J. B. Robertson---1st Texas regiment, Colonel A. T. Rainey; 4th Texas regiment, Colonel J. C. G. Key; 5th Texas regiment, Colonel R. M. Powell; 3d Arkansas regiment, Colonel V. H. Manning.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General E. M. Law---4th Alabama regiment, Colonel P. D. Bowles; 15th Alabama regiment, Colonel W. C. Oats; 44th Alabama regiment, Colonel W. F. Perry; 47th Alabama regiment, Colonel M. J. Bulger; 48th Alabama regiment, Colonel J. T. Sheffield.


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Third brigade.

Commander: Brigadier-General Henry L. Bennings---2d Georgia regiment, Colonel Butt; 17th Georgia regiment, Colonel Hodge; 20th Georgia regiment, Colonel Waddell; 15th Georgia, Colonel DuBose.


Fourth brigade.

Commander: Brigadier-General M. Jenkins---6th South Carolina regiment, Colonel John Bratton; 5th South Carolina regiment, Colonel A. Coward; 2d South Carolina regiment, Colonel Thomas Thomson; 1st South Carolina regiment, Colonel F. M. Kilpatrick; Palmetto Sharpshooters, Colonel James Walker; Hampton's Legion, Colonel M. W. Gary.


Brigadier-General W. Preston's division.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Gracie---43d Alabama regiment, Colonel Y. M. Moody; 63d Tennessee regiment, Colonel R. G. Fain; Alabama legion, Colonel Jack Thorington; 1st battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Holt; 2d battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel B. Hall; 3d battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. A. Stanford; 4th battalion, Major McLemore.


Second brigade

Commander: Colonel Twiggs---54th Virginia regiment, Colonel R. Twiggs; 1st Florida regiment, Colonel G. T. Maxwell; 6th Florida regiment, Colonel J. J. Finley; 7th Florida regiment, Colonel R. Bullock.


Third brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Kelly---58th North Carolina regiment, Colonel J. B. Palmer; 5th Kentucky regiment, Colonel H. Hawkins; 63d Virginia regiment, Major French; 65th Georgia regiment, Colonel R. H. Moore.


Major-General W. H. T. Walker's division.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Gregg---41st Tennessee regiment, Colonel R. Furguharson; 50th Tennessee regiment, Colonel C. H. Sugg; 7th Texas regiment, Colonel H. B. Granburn; 3d Tennessee regiment, Colonel C. H. Walker; 10th Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Grace; 30th Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Turner; 1st Tennessee battalion, Major S. H. Colms.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Gist---46th Georgia regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Daniels; 24th South Carolina regiment, Colonel C. H. Stevens; 16th South Carolina regiment, Colonel J. M. McCullough; 8th Georgia battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Lerey Napier.


Third brigade

Commander: Colonel C. C. Wilson---25th Georgia regiment, Major W. J. Winn; 29th Georgia regiment, Colonel W. J. Young; 30th Georgia regiment, Colonel T. W. Mangham; 4th Louisiana battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel J. McEnery; 1st battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Major A. Shaaff.


Artillery of Longstreet's corps.

Major Robertson's battalion---Lumsden's battery, Captain Lumsden; Barret's battery, Captain Barrett; Havis' battery, Captain Havis; Messenburg's battery, Captain Messenburg; Orleans Guards, Captain LeGardeur.

Major Leydon's battalion---Woliham's battery, Captain Woliham; Peeples' battery, Captain Peeples; Everett's battery, Captain York; Jeffries' battery, Captain Jeffries.

Major Williams' battalion---Kolk's battery, Captain Kolk; Baxter's battery, Captain Baxter; McCants' battery, Captain McCants; Everett's battery, Lieutenant Everett.

Colonel Alexander's battalion---Jordan's battery, Captain Jordan; Woolfork's battery, Captain Woolfork; Parker's battery, Captain Parker; Taylor's battery, Captain Taylor; Fickling's battery, Captain Fickling; Moody's battery, Captain Moody.


Lieutenant-General Polk's corps.

Commander: Major-General B. F. Cheatham, Commanding.


Cheatham's division

Commander: Brigadier-General Jackson commanding.


First brigade

Commander: Jackson, Colonel J. C. Wilkinson---5th Georgia regiment, Colonel C. P. Daniel; 5th Mississippi regiment, Major J. B. Hening; 8th Mississippi regiment, Major Smith; 1st Confederate regiment; Major J. C. Gordon; 2d Georgia battalion Sharpshooters, Major R. H. Whitely.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Maney---1st Tennessee regiment, and 27th Tennessee regiment, Colonel H. B. Field; 4th Confederate regiment, Captain J. Bostick; 6th Confederate regiment, and 9th Confederate regiment, Colonel G. C. Porter; Maney's battalion Sparpshooters, Major F. Maney.


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Third brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Wright---8th Tennessee regiment, Colonel J. H. Anderson; 16th Tennessee regiment, Colonel D. M. Donnell; 28th Tennessee regiment, Colonel S. S. Stanton; 51st Tennessee regiment, and 52d Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. Hall; 38th Tennessee regiment, Colonel John C. Carter; Murray's battalion.


Fourth brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Strahl---4th Tennessee regiment, and 5th Tennessee regiment, Colonel J. J. Lamb; 31st Tennessee regiment, Colonel E. E. Tansill; 33d Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. McNeil; 19th Tennessee regiment, Colonel F. M. Walker; 24th Tennessee regiment, Colonel John A. Wilson.


Fifth brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Smith, Colonel A. J. Vaughn---154th Tennessee regiment, and 13th Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Pittman; 12th Tennessee regiment, and 47th Tennessee regiment, Colonel W. M. Walkins; 29th Tennessee regiment, Colonel H. Rice; 11th Tennessee regiment, Colonel G. W. Gordon.


Hindman's division---Brigadier-General Patton Anderson.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Anderson, Colonel J. H. Sharp---7th Mississippi regiment, Colonel W. H. Bishop; 9th Mississippi regiment, Major T. H. Lynam; 10th Mississippi regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Barr; 41st Mississippi regiment, Colonel W. J. Tucker; 44th Mississippi regiment, Colonel J. H. Sharp; battalion Sharpshooters, Major W. C. Richards.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Walthall---24th Mississippi regiment, and 27th Mississippi regiment, Colonel J. A. Campbell; 29th Mississippi regiment, and 30th Mississippi regiment, Colonel W. E. Brantley; 34th Mississippi regiment, Colonel Samuel Benton.


Third brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Deas---19th Alabama regiment, Col. S. K. McSpadden; 22d Alabama regiment, Captain Toulmin; 25th Alabama regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson; 39th Alabama regiment, Colonel W. Clark; 50th Alabama regiment, Colonel J. G. Coltart; battalion Sharpshooters, Captain Nabers.


Fourth brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Manigault---10th South Carolina regiment, and 19th South Carolina regiment, Colonel J. F. Presly; 24th Alabama regiment, Colonel N. N. Davis; 28th Alabama regiment, Colonel John C. Reid; 34th Alabama regiment, Colonel J. C. B. Mitchell.


Artillery of Polk's corps.

Scogin's battery, Captain John Scogin; Turner's battery, Lieutenant W. B. Turner; Carnes' battery, Captain W. W. Carnes; Stanford's battery, Captain J. H. Stanford; Scott's battery, Captain W. L. Scott; Garrity's battery, Captain J. Garrity; Fowler's battery, Captain W. H. Fowler; Dent's battery, Captain S. H. Dent; Hamilton's battery, Lieutenant W. P. Hamilton.


Major-General D. H. Hill's corps.


Major-General P. R. Cleburne's division.


First brigade

Commander: Wood, Colonel M. P. Lowry---32d Mississippi regiment, and 45th Mississippi regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel R. Charlton; 16th Alabama regiment, Captain T. A. Ashford; 33d Alabama regiment, Colonel Sam. Adams; 45th Alabama regiment, Colonel E. B. Breedlove; Sharpshooters, Captain Dave Coleman.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Liddell---2d Arkansas regiment, and 15th Arkansas regiment, Colonel D. C. Govan; 5th Arkansas regiment, and 13th Arkansas regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Murray; 6th Arkansas regiment, and 7th Arkansas regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel P. Snyder; 8th Arkansas regiment and 1st Louisiana regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Kent.


Third brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General L. E. Polk---35th Tennessee regiment, and 48th Tennessee regiment, Colonel B. J. Hill; 2d Tennessee regiment, Colonel W. D. Robeson; 1st Arkansas regiment, Colonel J. W. Colquitt; 3d and 5th Confederate regiment, Colonel J. A. Smith.


Fourth brigade.

Commander: Brigadier-General Deshler, Colonel R. Q. Mills---17th Texas regiment, 18th Texas regiment, 24th Texas regiment, and 25th Texas regiment, Major W. A. Taylor; 6th Texas regiment, 10th Texas regiment, and 15th Texas regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel T. S. Anderson; 19th Arkansas regiment, and 24th Arkansas regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Hutchinson.


Major-General A. P. Stewart's division.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Johnson---17th Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Floyd; 23d Tennessee regiment, Colonel R. H. Keeble; 25th Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Snowden; 44th Tennessee regiment, Colonel John S. Fulton.


Second brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Brown---18th Tennessee regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Butler; 26th Tennessee regiment, Major R. M. Saffell; 32d Tennessee regiment, [114] Colonel E. C. Cook; 45th Tennessee regiment, Colonel A. Searcy; Newman's battalion, Captain W. P. Simpson.


Third brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Bates---20th Tennessee regiment, Captain J. T. Guthrie; 15th Tennessee regiment, and 37th Tennessee regiment, Colonel R. C. Tyler; 37th Georgia regiment, A. T. Rudler; 58th Alabama regiment, Colonel Bush. Jones; 4th Georgia battalion Sharpshooters, Lieutenant Joel Towers.


Fourth brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Clayton---18th Alabama regiment, Major P. T. Hunley; 36th Alabama regiment, Colonel L. S. Woodruff; 38th Alabama regiment, Colonel C. T. Ketchum.


Major-General John C. Breckinridge's division.


First brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General M. A. Stovall---1st Florida regiment, and 3d Florida regiment, Colonel W. S. Dillworth; 4th Florida regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel E. Bader; 60th North Carolina regiment, Colonel W. M. Hardy; 47th Georgia regiment, Captain J. S. Cone.


Second brigade.

Commander: Brigadier-General Adams

Colonel R. L. Gibson---13th Louisiana regiment, and 20th Louisiana regiment, Colonel Leon Von Zinken; 16th Louisiana regiment, and 25th Louisiana regiment, Colonel D. Gober; 19th Louisiana regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Turner; 32d Alabama regiment, Captain A. Kilpatrick; Austin's battalion, Major J. C. Austin.


Third brigade

Commander: Brigadier-General Helm, Colonel James H. Lewis---2d Kentucky regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Morse; 4th Kentucky regiment, Major T. W. Thompson; 6th Kentucky regiment, Major W. L. Clarke; 9th Kentucky regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Wickliffe; 41st Alabama regiment, Colonel M. L. Stansel.


Artillery of Hill's corps.

Semplis' battery, Lieuteuant R. H. Goldthwait; Swett's battery, Captain Charles Swett; Calvert's battery, Lieutenant T. J. Key; Douglass' battery, Captain J. P. Douglass.

Major Eldridge's battalion---Darden's battery, Captain Pat. Darden; Dawson's battery, Lieutenant R. W. Anderson; Eufaula battery, Lieutenant W. J. McKenzie; Humphries, battery, Captain J. T. Humphries; Cobb's battery, Lieutenant T. P. Gracy; Slocomb's battery, Captain C. H. Slocomb; Mebane's battery, Captain J. W. Mebane.

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