862br: Confederate Forces Battle of Shiloh 6-7 April 1862

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                     Confederate Forces
                        Battle of Shiloh
                         6-7 April 1862 

Confederate Army of Mississippi

Commanding General: General A.S.Johnston (G.T.Beauregard)

1st Corps: Major General Leonidas Polk (58l/8,823)
     1st Division: Brigadier General C.Clark (A.P.Stewart)
          1st Brigade: Colonel R.M.Russell
               11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               12th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               22nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Tennessee Battery, Cpt. S.P.Bankhead
                    (4 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General A.P.Stewart
               4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               33rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery, Cpt. Stanford
                    (3 6pdrs, 2 12pdr howitzers & 1 3" rifle) 
     2nd Division: Brigadier General B.F.Cheatham
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General B.R.Johnston
                    (Colonel P.Smith)
               Blythe's Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               15th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               154th Senior Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Tennessee Battery, Cpt. M.T.Polk
                    (4 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
          2nd Brigade: Colonel W.H.Stephens (G.Maney)
               7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
               1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               9th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Smith's (Mississippi) Battery, Cpt. M.Smith
                    (2 6pdrs & 4 12pdrs Napoleons)
     Cavalry:
               1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
               Mississippi & Alabama Cavalry Battalion 
     Unattached:
               47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
2nd Corps: Major General Braxton Bragg (l,028/15,25l)
     1st Division: Brigadier General D. Ruggles
          1st Brigade: Colonel R.L.Gibson
               1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment 
               4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               13th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               19th Louisiana Infantry Regiment               
               Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery, Cpt. S.C.Bain
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General P.Anderson
               1st Florida Infantry Battalion
               17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               20th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               Confederate Guards Response Battalion
               9th Texas Infantry Regiment
               Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 5th Co,
                    Cpt. W.I.Hodgson (2 6pdrs, 2 12pdr howitzers
                    & 2 3.3" Bronze Rifles.
          3rd Brigade: Colonel P.Pond
               16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               Crescent (Louisiana) Infantry Battalion
               38th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Ketchum's (Alabama) Battery, Cpt. W.H.Ketchum
                    (4-6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
          Cavalry:
               Alabama Cavalry Battalion (5 cos) 
     2nd Division: Brigadier General J.M.Withers
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General A.H.Gladden
                    (Col. D.W.Adams & Z.C.Deas)
               21st Alabama Infantry Regiment
               22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment
               25th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               26th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               Robertson's (Alabama) Battery, Cpt. F.H.Robertson 
                    (4 12pdr Napoleons)
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General J.R.Chalmers
               5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               7th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               l0th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               52nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Gage's (Alabama) Battery, Cpt. C.P.Gage
                    (2 3" rifles & 2 12pdr howitzers)
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General J.K.Jackson
               17th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               18th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               21st Alabama Infantry Regiment
               2nd Texas Infantry Regiment
               Girardey's (Georgia) Battery, Cpt. I.P.Girardey
                    (4 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
          Cavalry:
               Clanton's Alabama Cavalry Regiment
3rd Corps: Major General W.J. Hardee (438/6,320)
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General T.C.Hindman
                    (Colonel R.G.Shaver)
               2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               7th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment
               Warren Light Artillery (Swett's Mississippi) 
                       Cpt.C.Swett (4 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Pillow's Flying Artillery (Miller's Tennessee) 
                       Cpt. Miller (six unknown guns)
           2nd Brigade: Brigadier General P.R.Cleburne
               15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               5th (35th) Tennessee Infantry Regiment               
               23rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               24th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Calvert's (Helena) Arkansas Battery, 
                    Cpt.J.H.Cavlert (2 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Trigg's (Austin) Arkansas Battery, Cpt. Trigg
                    (2 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Hubbard's Arkansas Battery, Cpt. G.T.Hubbard
                    (2 6pdrs & 2 3" rifles)
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General S.A.M.Wood
                    (Colonel W.K.Patterson)
               16th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               9th (14th) Arkansas Infantry Battalion
               3rd Mississippi Infantry Battalion
               27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               55th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               Harper's (Jefferson Mississippi) Battery
                    Cpt. Harper (2 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Georgia Dragoons, Cpt. I.W.Avery
Reserve Corps: Major General J.C. Breckinridge (498/6,713)
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General J.M.Hawes 
               (Clifton's) 4th Battalion Alabama Infantry 
               31st Alabama Infantry Regiment
               4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
               5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
               6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
               Crew's Tennessee Infantry Battalion
               Lyon's (Cobb's) Kentucky Battery, Cpt. R.Cobb
                    (4 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Byrne's (Mississippi) Battery, Cpt. Byrne
                    (5 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Morgan's Squadron Kentucky Cavalry
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General J.S.Bowen
                    (Colonel J.D.Martin)
               9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               l0th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment
               1st Missouri Infantry Regiment
               Pettus Flying Artillery (Hudson's Mississippi Battery)
                    Cpt. A.Hudson (2 6pdrs, 2 3" rifles
                           & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Watson's Louisiana Battery
                    (2 12pdr howitzers & 2 3.3" rifles)
               Thompson's Company,  Kentucky Cavalry, Cpt. Thompson
          3rd Brigade: Colonel W.S.Statham
               15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 
               20th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 
               45th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 
               Rutledge's (Tennessee) Battery, Cpt. A.M.Rutledge
                    (4 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Forrest's Regiment Tennessee Cavalry,
                    Colonel N.B.Forrest
          Unattached:
               Wharton's Texas Cavarly Regiment, Cpt. Wharton
               Wirt Adam's Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               McClung's Tennessee Battery, Cpt. H.L.W.McClung
                    (2 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)
               Robert's Arkansas Battery
                    (2 6pdrs & 2 12pdr howitzers)



Major D.W.Reed, Shiloh National Military Park Commission, 
Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged, Washington 
D.C., Government Printing Office, 1903

Source: George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection

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