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".
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
- Escort: Louisiana Company: Lt P. M. Kenner
- General staff and escort: 5 officers, 44 men
Infantry corps
Division | Brigade | Unit |
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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 | Cowan's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. J. Cowan | |
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 | Hoskins' Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. A. Hoskins | |
Wade's Missouri Battery: Lt Richard Walsh |
Cavalry corps
- Escort: Georgia Company: Cpt T. M. Nelson
- Strength: 652 officers, 7,685 men, no. guns not reported
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.
- ^ Official Records 1891, p. 332.
- ^ Official Records 1891, p. 334.
- Official Records 1891, pp. 332–333.
- Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 292.
- ^ 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 . 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.
- 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.