Meridian campaign order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) during the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".[2]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- 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
Meridian Expedition: Confederate forces
LTG Leonidas Polk[3]
Infantry corps
| Division | Brigade | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Loring's Division MG William Wing Loring 548 officers 5,375 men 18 guns | Featherston's Brigade BG Winfield S. Featherston | 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col T. A. Mellon |
| 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc H. J. Reid | ||
| 31st Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc M. D. L. Stephens | ||
| 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc J. L. Drake | ||
| 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler | ||
| Charpentier's Alabama Battery: Cpt Stephen Charpentier | ||
| Adams' Brigade BG John Adams | 1st Confederate Battalion: Ltc George H. Forney | |
| 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Robert Lowry | ||
| 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc W. L. Doss | ||
| 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col M. Farrell | ||
| 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col William N. Brown | ||
| 26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Arthur E. Reynolds | ||
| Lookout Tennessee Artillery: Cpt Robert L. Barry | ||
| Buford's Brigade BG Abraham Buford II | 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col James Jackson | |
| 35th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Samuel S. Ives | ||
| 54th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Alpheus Baker | ||
| 55th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col John Snodgrass | ||
| 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Isaac L. Dunlop | ||
| 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col A. P. Thompson | ||
| 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Crossland | ||
| 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Ltc A. R. Shacklett | ||
| 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas M. Scott | ||
| Pointe Coupee Artillery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud | ||
| Artillery[note 1] | Cowan's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. J. Cowan[6] | |
| French's Division MG Samuel Gibbs French 248 officers 2,442 men 8 guns | Ector's Brigade BG Mathew Ector | 29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Cpt W. W. Rollins |
| 9th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col William Hugh Young | ||
| 10th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col C. R. Earp | ||
| 14th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col John Lafayette Camp | ||
| 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Cpt Nathan Anderson | ||
| Cockrell's Brigade BG Francis M. Cockrell | 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col A. C. Riley | |
| 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col P. C. Flournoy | ||
| 3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James McCown | ||
| 1st and 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates | ||
| Artillery[note 2] | Hoskins' Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. A. Hoskins | |
| Wade's Missouri Battery: Lt Richard Walsh[note 3] |
Cavalry corps
- Escort: Georgia Company: Cpt T. M. Nelson[7]
- Strength: 652 officers, 7,685 men, no. guns not reported[4]
| Division | Brigade | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson's Division BG William Hicks Jackson | 1st Brigade Col Peter Burwell Starke | 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col R. A. Pinson |
| 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Peter Burwell Starke | ||
| Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John Goff Ballentine | ||
| (Escort) Louisiana Company: Cpt Junius Y. Webb | ||
| Columbus (Georgia) Light Artillery: Cpt Edward Croft | ||
| 2nd Brigade Col Lawrence Sullivan Ross | 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col H.P. Mabry | |
| 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Jack Wharton | ||
| 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Dudley W. Jones | ||
| 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Edward R. Hawkins | ||
| (Escort) Texas Company: Rush L. Elkin | ||
| King's Missouri Battery: Cpt Houston King | ||
| Adams' Brigade BG William Wirt Adams | 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment: Col John Griffith | |
| 14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Josephus R. Quin | ||
| 9th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion: Cpt E. A. Scott | ||
| Harris' Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj J. L. Harris | ||
| 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Maj T. R. Stockdale | ||
| Adams' Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert C. Wood Jr. | ||
| 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj James H. Akin | ||
| Roberts' Mississippi Battery: Cpt Calvit Roberts | ||
| Ferguson's Brigade BG Samuel W. Ferguson | 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col R. G. Earle | |
| 56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col William Boyles | ||
| 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj William M. Inge | ||
| 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Barteau's): Ltc George H. Morton | ||
| Waties' South Carolina Battery: Cpt John Waties | ||
| Chalmers' Division BG James R. Chalmers | 1st Brigade Col William F. Slemons | 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons'): Col W. F. Slemons |
| 3rd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John McGuirk | ||
| 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Lt. Col. James A. Barksdale (mw) | ||
| 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Col William L. Duckworth | ||
| McLendon's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. M. McLendon | ||
| 2nd Brigade Col Robert McCulloch | 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Ltc L. B. Hovis | |
| 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Alexander H. Chalmers | ||
| 19th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc William L. Duff | ||
| 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert McCulloch | ||
| Buckner Mississippi Battery: Lt H. C. Holt |
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ Loring reported having four batteries, but only specified the names of three. According to the Official Records, the fourth battery was probably Cowan's (Official Records, p. 332).
- ^ French's official return omitted the artillery batteries. According to the Official Records, these probably were Hoskins' and Walsh's (Official Records, p. 333).
- ^ Cpt Henry Guibor led the Missouri battery during the Atlanta campaign. It was in the same battalion as Hoskins' Battery and Cpt John Ward's Alabama Battery. (Battles & Leaders, p. 292)
- Citations
- ^ Boatner 1959, pp. 543–544.
- ^ Official Records 1891, pp. 332–334.
- ^ a b Official Records 1891, p. 332.
- ^ a b Official Records 1891, p. 334.
- ^ Official Records 1891, pp. 332–333.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 292.
- ^ a b Official Records 1891, p. 333.
- ^ Official Records 1891, pp. 333–334.
References
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
- Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Official Records (1891). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXII Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 332–334. OCLC 1154873253. Retrieved September 3, 2022.