Battle of Franklin (1864) Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin (1864).[1] The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Gen John B. Hood, Commanding
Lee's Corps
LTG Stephen D. Lee
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Johnson's Division
MG Edward Johnson |
Deas's Brigade
BG Zachariah C. Deas (w)
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- 19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimrough
- 22nd Alabama: Maj Edward H. Armistead (mw)
- 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoelon B. Routh
- 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton
- 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
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Manigault's Brigade
BG Arthur M. Manigault (w)
Ltc William L. Butler
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- 24th Alabama: Col Thomas P. Shaw (w&c)
- 28th Alabama: Ltc William L. Butler
- 34th Alabama: Col John C. Carter
- 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker
- 19th South Carolina: Col Newton N. Davis (w)
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Sharp's Brigade
BG Jacob H. Sharp
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- 7th-9th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop (k)
- 10th-44th Mississippi & 9th Sharpshooter Btln.: Col William H. Sims (w)
- 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks (w)
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Brantley's Brigade
BG William F. Brantley (w)
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- 24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy
- 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg
- 29th Mississippi: Maj George W. Reynolds (k)
- 30th Mississippi: Ltc James M. Johnson (w), Maj John K. Allen (missing)
- Dismounted Cavalry Company: Cpt D.W. Alexander
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Stevenson's Division
MG Carter L. Stevenson |
Cummings's Brigade
Col Elihu P. Watkins
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- 34th Georgia
- 36th Georgia
- 39th Georgia
- 56th Georgia
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Pettus's Brigade
BG Edmund W. Pettus
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- 20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman
- 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb
- 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott
- 31st Alabama
- 46th Alabama
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Clayton's Division
MG Henry D. Clayton, Sr. |
Stovall's Brigade
BG Marcellus A. Stovall
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- 40th Georgia
- 41st Georgia
- 42nd Georgia
- 43rd Georgia
- 52nd Georgia
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Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson
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- 1st Louisiana
- 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter (c)
- 13th-20th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell
- 16th-25th Louisiana
- 19th Louisiana
- 30th Louisiana
- 4th Louisiana Battalion
- 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Battalion
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Holtzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw
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Corps Artillery
Col Robert F. Beckham (mw) Maj John W. Johnston |
Courtney's Battalion
Cpt James P. Douglas
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- Dent's Alabama Battery
- Douglas's Texas Battery
- Garrity's Alabama Battery
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Eldridge's Battalion
Cpt Charles E. Fenner
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- Eufaula Alabama Battery
- Fenner's Louisiana Battery
- Stanford's Miss Battery
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Johnston's Battalion
Maj John W. Johnston
Cpt John B. Rowan
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- Corput's Georgia Battery
- Marshall's Tenn Battery
- Stephens's Light Artillery
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Stewart's Corps
LTG Alexander P. Stewart
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Loring's Division
MG William W. Loring |
Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston
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- 1st Mississippi
- 3rd Mississippi: Ltc Samuel M. Dyer (w)
- 22nd Mississippi
- 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus D.L. Stephens (w)
- 33rd Mississippi
- 40th Mississippi
- 1st Mississippi Battalion
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Adams's Brigade
BG John Adams (k)
Col Robert Lowry
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- 6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry
- 14th Mississippi
- 15th Mississippi: Col Michael Ferrell (w)
- 20th Mississippi: Col William N. Brown (w), Ltc Walter A. Rorer (mw), Maj Thomas B. Graham (w)
- 23rd Mississippi
- 43rd Mississippi
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Scott's Brigade
BG Thomas M. Scott (w)
Col John Snodgrass
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- 27th-35th-49th Alabama: Col Samuel S. Ives (w)
- 55th Alabama: Col John Snodgrass
- 57th Alabama: Col Columbus J.L. Cunningham (w)
- 12th Louisiana: Col Noel L. Nelson (k)
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French's Division
MG Samuel G. French |
Ector's Brigade
Col David Coleman
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- 29th North Carolina
- 39th North Carolina
- 9th Texas
- 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
- 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
- 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
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Cockrell's Brigade
BG Francis M. Cockrell (w)
Col Peter C. Flournoy
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- 1st-4th Missouri: Col Hugh A. Garland (k)
- 2nd-6th Missouri: Col Peter C. Flournoy, Ltc William F. Carter (w)
- 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Patrick Canniff (k)
- 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates (w)
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Sears's Brigade
BG Claudius Sears
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- 4th Mississippi: Col Thomas N. Adaire (w)
- 35th Mississippi
- 36th Mississippi: Col William W. Witherspoon (k)
- 39th Mississippi
- 46th Mississippi: Maj Turpin D. Magee (w)
- 7th Mississippi Battalion
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Walthall's Division
MG Edward C. Walthall |
Quarles's Brigade
BG William A. Quarles (w)
BG George D. Johnston
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- 1st Alabama: Maj Samuel L. Knox (w&c)
- 42nd Tennessee: Col Isaac N. Hulme (w)
- 46th Tennessee: Maj Sylvester C. Cooper (w&c)
- 48th Tennessee
- 49th Tennessee: Ltc Thomas M. Atkins (w&c)
- 53rd Tennessee: Cpt James J. Rittenbury (w&c)
- 55th (Brown's) Tennessee: Maj Joseph E. McDonald (k)
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Cantey's Brigade
BG Charles M. Shelley
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- 17th Alabama: Col Virgil S. Murphy (missing)
- 26th Alabama: Ltc John S. Garvin (w)
- 29th Alabama: Cpt Alfred V. Gardner (w)
- 37th Mississippi
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Reynold's Brigade
BG Daniel H. Reynolds
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Corps Artillery
Ltc Samuel C. Williams |
Truehart's Battalion |
- Lumsden's Alabama Battery
- Selden's Alabama Battery
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Myrick's Battalion (arrived early next morning) |
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Storrs' Battalion |
- Guibor's Missouri Battery
- Hoskin's Miss Battery
- Kolb's Alabama Battery
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Cheatham's Corps
MG Benjamin F. Cheatham
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Cleburne's Division
MG Patrick Cleburne (k)
BG James A. Smith |
Lowrey's Brigade
BG Mark P. Lowrey
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- 16th Alabama: Col Frederick A. Ashford (k)
- 33rd Alabama: Col Robert F. Crittenden (missing)
- 45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie (w)
- 5th Mississippi: Col John Weir (w)
- 8th Mississippi
- 32nd Mississippi: Col William H.H. Tison (w)
- 3rd Mississippi Battalion
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Govan's Brigade
BG Daniel C. Govan
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Granbury's Brigade
BG Hiram B. Granbury (k)
Cpt E.T. Broughton
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- 5th Confederate: Cpt Aaron A. Cox (missing)
- 35th Tennessee
- 6th-15th Texas: Maj Rhoads Fisher (missing)
- 7th Texas: Cpt E.T. Broughton, Cpt James W. Brown (missing)
- 10th Texas: Ltc Robert B. Young (k)
- 17th-18th-24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William A. Taylor (missing)
- Nutt's Louisiana Cavalry (dismounted)
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Smith's Brigade (on detached duty)
BG James A. Smith
Col Charles H. Olmstead
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- 54th Georgia
- 57th Georgia
- 63rd Georgia
- 1st Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead
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Brown's (Cheatham's Old) Division
MG John C. Brown (w)
BG Mark P. Lowrey |
Gist's Brigade
BG States Rights Gist (k)
Ltc Zachariah L. Watters
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- 46th Georgia: Maj Samuel J.C. Dunlop (w), Cpt Malcolm Gillis
- 65th Georgia
- 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
- 16th South Carolina: Maj B. Burgh Smith
- 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w), Cpt William C. Griffith
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Maney's Brigade
BG John C. Carter (mw)
Col Hume R. Field
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- 1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field
- 4th (34th) Tennessee (provisional)
- 6th-9th Tennessee
- 8th Tennessee
- 16th Tennessee
- 28th Tennessee
- 50th Tennessee
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Strahl's Brigade
BG Otho F. Strahl (k)
Col Andrew J. Kellar
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Vaughan's Brigade
BG George W. Gordon (c)
Col William M. Watkins
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Bate's Division
MG William B. Bate |
Tyler's Brigade
BG Thomas B. Smith
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Finley's Brigade
Col Robert Bullock
Maj Jacob A. Lash
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Jackson's Brigade
BG Henry R. Jackson
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Corps Artillery
Col Melancthon Smith |
Hoxton's Battalion
Ltc Llewellyn G. Hoxton |
- Phelan's Alabama Battery
- Perry's Florida Battery
- Turner's Miss Battery
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Hotchkiss's Battalion |
- Goldthwaite's Alabama Battery
- Key's Arkansas Battery
- Bledsoe's Missouri Battery
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Cobb's Battalion |
- Slocumb's Louisiana Battery: Lt Joseph E. Chalaron
- Ferguson's South Carolina Battery
- Phillip's (Mabane's) Tennessee Battery
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Cavalry Corps
MG Nathan B. Forrest
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Chalmers' Division
BG James R. Chalmers |
Rucker's Brigade
Col Edmund W. Rucker
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- 7th Alabama Cavalry
- 5th Mississippi Cavalry
- 7th Tennessee Cavalry
- 12th Tennessee Cavalry
- 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White
- 15th Tennessee Cavalry
- Forrest's (3rd) Tennessee Regiment: Col David C. Kelley
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Biffle's Brigade
Col Jacob B. Biffle
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- 4th Tennessee Cavalry
- 9th Tennessee Cavalry
- 10th Tennessee Cavalry
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Buford's Division
BG Abraham Buford |
Bell's Brigade
Col Tyree H. Bell
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Crossland's Brigade
Col Edward Crossland
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Jackson's Division
BG William H. Jackson |
Armstrong's Brigade
BG Frank C. Armstrong
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- 1st Mississippi Cavalry
- 2nd Mississippi Cavalry
- 28th Mississippi Cavalry
- Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment
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Ross's Brigade
BG Lawrence S. Ross
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- 3rd Texas Cavalry: Ltc Jiles S. Boggess
- 6th Texas Cavalry: Col Jack Wharton
- 9th Texas Cavalry: Col Dudley W. Jones
- 1st Texas Legion (27th Cavalry): Col Edwin R. Hawkins
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Artillery |
- Morton's Tennessee Battery: Cpt John W. Morton
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Notes
- ↑ Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or campaign.
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