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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. The Battle of Bentonville was fought March 19 &ndash 21, 1865, in Bentonville North Carolina, near the current town of Four Oaks Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Union order of battle is shown separately. The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War.

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Army of the South

Gen Joseph E. Johnston, commanding

Army of Tennessee

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Lee's Corps

MG D. H. Hill

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Stevenson's Division
     MG Carter L. Stevenson

Palmer's Brigade


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  • "Tennessee Consolidation" (3rd-18th Tennessee, 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee, 32nd Tennessee)
  • 58th North Carolina
  • 60th North Carolina
  • 54th Virginia
  • 63rd Virginia
Pettus's Brigade


   BG Edmund W. Pettus (w)

  • 20th Alabama
  • 23rd Alabama
  • 30th Alabama
  • 31st Alabama
  • 46th Alabama
Cumming's Brigade


(Arrived on the battlefield March 20)
   Col Robert J. Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6 1821 &ndash July 27 1907 for whom the Civil rights landmark Edmund Pettus Bridge was named was a Confederate Henderson

  • 34th Georgia
  • 36th Georgia
  • 39th Georgia
  • 56th Georgia

Clayton's Division
     MG Henry D. Clayton

Stovall's Brigade


   Col Henry C. Henry DeLamar Clayton Sr ( March 7, 1827 &ndash October 3, 1889) was a prominent Alabama attorney politician Redeemer Kellogg

  • 40th Georgia
  • 41st Georgia
  • 42nd Georgia
  • 43rd Georgia
  • 52nd Georgia
Jackson's Brigade


   Ltc Osceola Kyle

  • 1st-66th Georgia
  • 25th Georgia
  • 29th-30th Georgia
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
Baker's Brigade


   BG Alpheus Baker

  • 22nd Alabama
  • 37th-40th-42nd Alabama
  • 54th Alabama

Hill's Division
     Col John G. Alpheus Baker (May 28 1828 &ndash October 2 1891 was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Coltart

Deas's Brigade


   Col Harry T. Toulmin

  • 19th Alabama
  • 22nd Alabama
  • 25th Alabama
  • 39th Alabama
  • 50th Alabama
Manigault's Brigade


   Ltc John C. Carter

  • 10th South Carolina
  • 19th South Carolina
  • 24th Alabama
  • 28th Alabama
  • 34th Alabama

Stewart's Corps

MG William W. Loring

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Loring's Division
   Col James Jackson

Lowry's Brigade


     Ltc Robert J. William Wing Loring ( December 4, 1818 &ndash December 30, 1886) was a soldier from North Carolina who served in the armies of the Lawrence

  • 6th Mississippi
  • 14th Mississippi
  • 15th Mississippi
  • 20th Mississippi
  • 23rd Mississippi
  • 43rd Mississippi
Scott's Brigade


   Cpt John A. Dixon

  • 27th-35th-49th Alabama
  • 55th Alabama
  • 57th Alabama
  • 12th Louisiana
Featherston's Brigade


   Maj Martin A. Oatis

  • 1st Mississippi
  • 3rd Mississippi
  • 22nd Mississippi
  • 31st Mississippi
  • 33rd Mississippi
  • 40th Mississippi
  • 1st Mississippi Battalion

Walthall's Division
     MG Edward C. Walthall

Reynolds's Brigade


   BG Daniel H. Edward Cary Walthall (April 4 1831 &ndash April 21 1898 was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Postbellum Reynolds (w)
   Col Henry C. Bunn (w)
   Ltc Morton G. Galloway

  • 1st-2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
  • 4th Arkansas
  • 9th Arkansas
  • 25th Arkansas
Quarles's Brigade


   BG George D. Johnston

  • 1st Alabama
  • 25th Alabama
  • 42nd-46th-49th-53rd-55th Tennessee
  • 48th Tennessee

Cheatham's Corps

MG William B. Bate

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cleburne's Division
     BG James A. William Brimage Bate (October 7 1826 March 9 1905 was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee Smith

Govan's Brigade


   Col Peter V. Green

  • 1st-2nd-5th-13th-15th-24th Arkansas
  • 6th-7th Arkansas
  • 8th-19th Arkansas
Smith's Brigade


   Cpt J. R. Bonner

  • 1st Georgia (Volunteers)
  • 54th Georgia
  • 57th Georgia
  • 63rd Georgia
Granbury's Brigade


(Arrived on the battlefield March 20)
   Maj William A. Ryan

  • 5th Confederate
  • 35th Tennessee
  • 6th-15th Texas
  • 7th Texas
  • 10th Texas
  • 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted)
  • 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted)
  • Nutt’s Louisiana Cavalry Company (Dismounted)
Lowrey's Brigade


(Arrived on the battlefield March 21)
   Ltc John F. Smith

  • 5th Regiment-3rd Battalion Mississippi
  • 8th-32nd Mississippi
  • 16th-33rd-45th Alabama

Bate's Division
     Col D. L. Kenan (w)

Tyler's Brigade


   Maj W. H. Wilkinson (k)

  • 37th Georgia
  • 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 2nd-10th-20th Tennessee
Finley's Brigade


   Ltc Eli Washburn

  • 1st-3rd Florida
  • 4th Florida Infantry-1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 6th-7th Florida

Brown's Division
(Arrived on the battlefield March 21)
     BG Roswell S. Ripley

Gist's Brigade


   Col Hume R. Roswell Sabine Ripley ( March 14, 1823 &ndash March 26, 1887) was an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American Field

  • 6th Georgia-8th Georgia Battalion
  • 46th Georgia
  • 65th Georgia
  • 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
  • 16th South Carolina
  • 24th South Carolina
Maney's Brigade


   Ltc Christopher C. McKinney

  • 4th Confederate-6th-9th-50th Tennessee
  • 1st-27th Tennessee
  • 8th-16th-28th Tennessee
Strahl's Brigade


   Col James D. Tillman

  • 4th-5th-31st-33rd-38th Tennessee
  • 19th-24th-41st Tennessee
Vaughan's Brigade


   Col William P. Bishop

  • 11th-29th Tennessee
  • 12th-47th Tennessee
  • 13th-51st-52nd-54th Tennessee

Department of North Carolina

Gen Braxton Bragg

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hoke's Division
(From the Army of Northern Virginia)
     MG Robert F. Hoke

Clingman's Brigade


   Col William S. Braxton Bragg (March 22 1817 &ndash September 27 1876 was a career United States Army officer and then a General in the Confederate States Army, a The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Robert Frederick Hoke ( May 27, 1837 &ndash July 3, 1912) was an American businessman railroad executive and a Confederate Devane (w)

  • 8th North Carolina
  • 31st North Carolina
  • 51st North Carolina
  • 61st North Carolina
Kirkland's Brigade


   BG William W. Kirkland

  • 17th North Carolina
  • 42nd North Carolina
  • 66th North Carolina
Hagood's Brigade


   BG Johnson Hagood

    • 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery (6 companies)
  • Contingent of Lt. Johnson Hagood ( February 21, 1828 January 4, 1898) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Col. James H. Rion:
    • 11th South Carolina
    • 21st South Carolina
    • 25th South Carolina
    • 27th South Carolina
    • 7th South Carolina Battalion
  • Contingent of Lt. Col. John D. Taylor (w):
    • 2nd Regiment-1st Battalion North Carolina Artillery
    • Adams's Battery (Company D, 13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery)
  • Contingent of Maj. William A. Holland:
    • 40th North Carolina
Colquitt's Brigade


   Col Charles T. Zachry

  • 6th Georgia
  • 19th Georgia
  • 23rd Georgia
  • 27th Georgia
  • 28th Georgia
North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade


   Col John H. Nethercutt

  • 1st North Carolina JR
  • 2nd North Carolina JR
  • 3rd North Carolina JR
  • 20th North Carolina JR Battalion
Artillery


   Ltc Joseph B. Starr

  • 1st North Carolina Artillery (1 company)
  • 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies)
  • 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery (3 companies)
  • Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery

Department of South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida

LTG William J. Hardee

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Taliaferro's Division
     BG William B. Taliaferro

Elliott's Brigade


   BG Stephen Elliott Jr. William Joseph Hardee ( October 12 1815 &ndash November 6 1873) was a career U William Booth Taliaferro ( December 28, 1822 &ndash February 27, 1898) was a U (w)

  • 22nd Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion
  • 28th Georgia Artillery Battalion
  • 2nd South Carolina Heavy Artillery
  • 19th South Carolina Militia
Rhett's Brigade


   Col William Butler

  • 1st South Carolina Regulars
  • 1st South Carolina Heavy Artillery
  • 15th South Carolina Battalion

McLaws's Division
   MG Lafayette McLaws

Conner's Brigade


   BG John D. Kennedy

  • 2nd South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina
  • 7th South Carolina
  • 8th South Carolina
  • 15th South Carolina
  • 20th South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina Battalion
Fiser's Brigade


   Col John C. Lafayette McLaws ( January 15, 1821 &ndash July 24, 1897) was a U John Doby Kennedy ( January 5, 1840 &ndash April 14, 1896) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil Fiser

Harrison's Brigade


   Col George P. The 1st Georgia Infantry was an Infantry Regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Harrison

  • 5th Georgia
  • 32nd Georgia
  • 47th Georgia
Hardy's Brigade


   Col Washington Hardy

  • 50th North Carolina
  • 77th North Carolina (7th Senior Reserves)
  • 10th North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion
Blanchard's Brigade


   BG Albert G. Blanchard

  • 1st South Carolina Reserve Battalion
  • 2nd South Carolina Reserve Battalion
  • 6th South Carolina Reserve Battalion
  • 7th South Carolina Reserve Battalion
  • Kay's Company, South Carolina Reserve
Battalion Artillery


   Maj A. Burnet Rhett

  • LeGardeur's Battery
  • H. M. Stuart's Battery (Beaufort Light Artillery)

Cavalry Command

LTG Wade Hampton III

Division Brigades Regiments and batteries

Butler's Division
(From the Army of Northern Virginia)
     MG M. C. Butler (w)
     BG Evander M. Law

Young's Brigade


   Col Gilbert J. Wade Hampton III ( March 28, 1818 April 11, 1902) was a Confederate Cavalry leader during the American Civil War Matthew Calbraith Butler ( March 8, 1836 – April 14, 1909) was an American military commander and politician from South Evander McIvor Law ( August 7, 1836 &ndash October 31, 1920) was an author teacher and a Confederate general in the American Wright

  • 7th Georgia
  • 10th Georgia
  • 20th Georgia Battalion-Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion
  • Cobb's (Georgia) Legion
  • Phillips's (Georgia) Legion
Butler's Brigade


   BG Evander M. Law
   BG Thomas M. Cobb's Legion (also known as the Georgia Legion) was an American Civil War unit that was raised on the Confederate side from the State of Georgia Evander McIvor Law ( August 7, 1836 &ndash October 31, 1920) was an author teacher and a Confederate general in the American Logan

Horse Artillery
  • Earle's South Carolina Battery
  • Hart's (Halsey's) South Carolina Battery

Wheeler's Corps

MG Joseph Wheeler
(Army of Tennessee)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Humes' Division
     Col Henry M. The 6th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment (also called Dixie Rangers, Aiken's Partisan Rangers and 1st Partisan Rangers) was a Regiment of Joseph Wheeler ( September 10 1836 – January 25 1906) was an American military commander and politician Ashby

T. Harrison's Brigade


   Col Baxter Smith

  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 4th Tennessee
  • 8th Texas
  • 11th Texas
Ashby's Brigade


   Ltc James H. Lewis

  • 1st Tennessee
  • 2nd Tennessee
  • 5th Tennessee
  • 9th Tennessee

Allen's Division
     BG William W. Allen

Hagan's Brigade


   Col D. G. White

  • 1st Alabama
  • 3rd Alabama
  • 51st Alabama
Anderson's Brigade


   BG Robert H. Anderson

  • 3rd Confederate
  • 8th Confederate
  • 10th Confederate
  • 5th Georgia

Dibrell's Division
     Col George G. Dibrell

Dibrell's Brigade


   Col William S. George Gibbs Dibrell ( April 12, 1822 &ndash May 9, 1888) was an American lawyer and a five-term member of the United States McLemore

  • 4th Tennessee (Murrey's)
  • 13th Tennessee
  • Shaw's Tennessee Battalion (includes Allison’s Tennessee Squadron)
Breckinridge's Brigade


   Col W. C. P. Breckinridge

  • 1st Kentucky
  • 2nd Kentucky
  • 9th Kentucky

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