Vicksburg Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2][3]
Abbreviations used
Military Officer Rank
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k =killed
Army of Mississippi
LTG John C. Pemberton, Commanding
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Stevenson's Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| 4th Brigade |
| |
| Waul's Texas Legion |
| |
| Attached |
| |
|
Forney's Division |
Hebert's Brigade
|
|
| Moore's Brigade |
| |
|
Smith's Division |
Baldwin's Brigade |
|
| Vaughn's Brigade |
| |
| Shoup's Brigade |
| |
| Mississippi State Troops[8]
|
| |
| Attached |
| |
|
Bowen's Division |
1st (Missouri) Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery | River Batteries[11]
|
|
| Miscellaneous |
|
Notes
- ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 326-328
- ↑ The commanders are given as indicated by the paroles.
- ↑ 17 June 1863; BG as of 28 May 1863}
- ↑ Paroled as the Thirty-first Regiment, and so known prior to June, 1863.
- ↑ Assignment uncertain.
- ↑ Batteries A, C, D, E, G, and I. Battery L (Vaiden Artillery) reported in Higgins' command, and Batteries B, F, and K at Port Hudson, La.
- ↑ Under Vaughn's command.
- ↑ died of dysentery on 13 July 1863
- ↑ June 27, 1863
- ↑ The troops in this command paroled as of Moore's Brigade.
- ↑ Bond's, Bruce's, Butler's, Capers', Grayson's, Haynes', Lamon's, and Robertson's Companies.
- ↑ Barrow's, Grandpre's, and McCrory's Companies.
- ↑ P. A. Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's, and Theard's Companies.
- ↑ Dismukes', Neyland's, Norman's, and Parks' Companies.
- 1 2 3 Attached to 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Civil War Home: Organization of the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, May 19–July 4, 1863. -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
- National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Siege of Vicksburg: Confederate order of battle).
- National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Troops in the Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg).
- National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg -- General summary of Casualties, March 29–July 4).
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