Battle of Nashville order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the campaign and reports. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• Gen = General
• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant
• Sgt = Sergeant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood, Commanding

Cheatham’s Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Chief of Artillery: Col Melancthon Smith

Lee’s Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee

Chief of Artillery<br /> Maj John W. Johnston

Stewart’s Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Chief of Artillery<br> Ltc Samuel C. Williams

Cavalry Corps

MG Nathan B. Forrest<br />(Detached; at Murfreesboro with Jackson's and Buford's Divisions.)

Notes

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&ndash;1901.
• McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004.
• Nashville page, Civil War Home site