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brigade; another brigade of
Georgia reserves, and six batteries of artillery.
Taliaferro's division, composed of
Brig.-Gen. Stephen Elliott's brigade—parts of First and Second artillery, serving as infantry, under
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Yates; First cavalry, State cadets, and a company of the siege train, under
Lieut.-Col. W. A. Walker.
Rhett's brigade—First artillery,
Maj. Ormsby Blanding; Third artillery,
Col. William Butler; First militia,
Col. J. Griffin; Nineteenth cavalry,
Capt. M. J. Kirk;
Young's cavalry; artillery,
Capt. E. L. Parker, and part of Thirty-second Georgia.
Not brigaded:
Lusk's company First cavalry, six companies Second artillery, Fifteenth artillery battalion,
Maj. J. J. Lucas;
South Carolina siege train,
Col. Edward B. White; Eighteenth militia,
Col. John E. Carew; Gist Guards artillery,
Lieut. T. G. Boag; company
Palmetto battalion;
Tupper's militia artillery, and several companies of
Georgia artillery.
Maj.-Gen. Ambrose R. Wright's division, composed of
Mercer's brigade—
Capt. A. P. Brown's company First cavalry; First, Second, Sixth and Seventh reserves,
Brig.-Gen. A. G. Blanchard; batteries of
Capts. M. Rickenbaker,
Charles Daniell,
W. L. DePass,
W. K. Bachman;
Capt. J. D. Kay's reserve cavalry, and several
Georgia commands.
Robertson's brigade-Second, Third and Fourth militia,
Col. A. D. Goodwyn; batteries of
Capts. H. M. Stuart,
F. C. Schulz,
F. W. Wagener,
J. R. Mathewes,
C. E. Kanapaux,
G. H. Walter;
Stono scouts,
Capt. J. B. L. Walpole;
Wilkins' cavalry company reserves.
Wheeler's cavalry corps included the brigades of
Anderson,
Hagan and Crews, in
Allen's division; of
Dibrell,
Ashby and
Harrison, in
Humes' division; and of
Ferguson,
Lewis and
Hannon, in
Iverson's division.
Brig.-Gen. J. H. Trapier's brigade, detached, was composed of
Ward's battalion reserves,
Capt. L. A. Grice;
Capt. J. J. Steele's cavalry company, and the artillery companies of
Capts. F. Melchers and
Mayham Ward.
Brig.-Gen. J. K. Jackson's brigade, also detached, included the First foreign battalion,
Lieut.-Col. J. G. Tucker; Fourteenth militia,
Col. D. R. Barton;
Capt. A. J. Frederick's company militia;
Capt. W. E. Charles' battery.
The post at
Columbia was commanded by
Lieut.-Col. R. S. Means, including a post guard under
Capt. R. D. Senn, and provost guard under
Capt. D. H. Hamilton for the care of prisoners of war.
On February 2d, a conference was held at Green's Cut station,
Ga., at which
Generals Beauregard,
Hardee,
D. H. Hill and
G. W. Smith were present.
It was estimated that the forces available to meet
Sherman,
Lee's corps of the army of Tennessee having arrived, and
Cheatham's and
Stewart's being on the way, had the following effective strength:
Hardee's command, regular infantry, 8,000; militia and reserves, 3,000; light artillery, 2,000;
Butler's cavalry division, 1,500; total, 14,500.
Militia and reserves under
Generals Smith and
Browne,
