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Siege of Knoxville
Confederate Order of Battle

Longstreet's Corps

Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

McLaw's Division
Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws
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Kershaw's Brigade

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2nd South Carolina Infantry

Col. John D. Kennedy

3rd South Carolina Infantry

Col. James D. Nance

7th South Carolina Infantry

Col. D. Wyatt Aiken

8th South Carolina Infantry

Col. John W. Henagan

15th South Carolina Infantry

Col. Joseph F. Gist

3rd South Carolina Battalion

Col. William G. Rice

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Humphrey's Brigade

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13th Mississippi Infantry

Col. Kennon McElroy

17th Mississippi Infantry

Col. William D. Holder

18th Mississippi Infantry

Col. Thomas M. Griffin

21st Mississippi Infantry

Col. William L. Brandon

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Wofford's Brigade

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16th Georgia Infantry

Col. Henry P. Thomas

18th Georgia Infantry

Col. S. Z. Ruff

24th Georgia Infantry

Col. Robert McMillan

Cobb's Legion

Lieut. Col. Luther J. Glenn

Phillips Legion

Lieut. Col. E. S. Barclay

3rd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters

Lieut. Col. N. L. Hutchins, Jr.

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Bryan's Brigade

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10th Georgia Infantry

Col. John B. Weems

50th Georgia Infantry

Col. Peter McGlashan

51st Georgia Infantry

Col. Edward Ball

53rd Georgia Infantry

Col. James P. Simms

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Artillery

Maj. A. Leyden

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Peeples' (Georgia) Battery

Capt. Tyler M. Peeples

Wolihin's (Georgia) Battery

Capt. Andrew M. Wolihin

York's (Georgia) Battery

Capt. Billington W. York

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Hood's Division

Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins

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1st South Carolina Infantry

Col. Franklin W. Kilpatrick

2nd South Carolina Infantry

Col. Thomas Thomson

5th South Carolina Infantry

Col. A. Coward

6th South Carolina Infantry

Hampton Legion

Col. Martin W. Gary

Palmetto Sharpshooters

Col. Joseph Walker

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Robertson's Brigade

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3rd Arkansas Infantry

Col. Van. H. Manning

1st Texas Infantry

Col. A. T. Rainey

4th Texas Infantry

Col. J. C. G. Key

5th Texas Infantry

Col. R. M. Powell

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Law's Brigade

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4th Alabama Infantry

Col. Pinckney D. Bowles

15th Alabama Infantry

Col. William C. Oates

44th Alabama Infantry

Col. William F. Perry

47th Alabama Infantry

Col. M. J. Bulger

48th Alabama Infantry

Col. James L. Sheffield

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Anderson's Brigade

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7th Georgia Infantry

Col. W. W. White

8th Georgia Infantry

Col. John R. Towers

9th Georgia Infantry

Col. Benjamin Beck

11th Georgia Infantry

Col. F. H. Little

59th Georgia Infantry

Col. Jack Brown

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Benning's Brigade

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2nd Georgia Infantry

Col. Edgar M. Butt

15th Georgia Infantry

Col. Dudley M. Du Bose

17th Georgia Infantry

Col. Wesley C. Hodges

20th Georgia Infantry

Col. J. D. Waddell

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Artillery

Col. E. Porter Alexander

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Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery

Capt. William W. Fickling

Jordan's (Virginia) Battery

Capt. Tyler C. Jordan

Moody's (Louisiana) Battery

Capt. George V. Moody

Parker's (Virginia) Battery

Capt. William W. Parker

Taylor's (Virginia) Battery

Capt. Osmond B. Taylor

Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery

Capt. Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.

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Buckner's Division

Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson

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Johnson's Brigade

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17th & 23rd Tennessee Infantry

Lieut. Col. Watt W. Floyd

25th & 44th Tennessee Infantry

Lieut. Col. John L. McEwen, Jr.

63rd Tennessee Infantry

Maj. John A. Aiken

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Gracie's Brigade

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41st Alabama Infantry

Col. Theodore G. Trimmier

43rd Alabama Infantry

Col. Young M. Moody

1st Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion

Maj. Daniel S. Troy

2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion

Capt. John H. Dillard

3rd Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion

Lieut. Col. John W. A. Sanford

4th Battalion, Hilliard's Alabama Legion

Maj. John D. McLennan

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Cavalry Corps

Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. William Y. C. Humes

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1st Alabama Cavalry

Lieut. Col. D. T. Blakey

3rd Alabama Cavalry

Lieut. Col. T. H. Mauldin

4th Alabama Cavalry

Lieut. Col. J. M. Hambrick

7th Alabama Cavalry

Col. James C. Malone, Jr.

51st Alabama Cavalry

Capt. M. L. Kirkpatrick

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2nd Brigade

Col. J. J. Morrison

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1st Georgia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. S. W. Davitte

2nd Georgia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. F. M. Ison

3rd Georgia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. R. Thompson

4th Georgia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. R. Thompson

4th Georgia Cavalry

Col. Isaac W. Avery

6th Georgia Cavalry

Col. John R. Hart

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Armstrong's Division

Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. William Y. C. Humes

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4th Tennessee Infantry

Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson

8th Tennessee Infantry

Lieut. Col. Ferdinand H. Daugherty

9th Tennessee Infantry

Col. Jacob B. Biffie

10th Tennessee Infantry

Col. Nicholas N. Cox

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2nd Brigade

Col. C. H. Tyler

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Clay's (Kentucky) Battalion

Lieut. Col. Ezekiel F. Clay

Edmundson's (Virginia) Battalion

Maj. Sylvester P. McConnell

Jessee's (Kentucky) Battalion

Maj. A. L. McAfee

Johnson's (Kentucky) Battalion

Maj. O. S. Tenney

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Wharton's Division

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1st Brigade

Col. Thomas Harrison

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3rd Arkansas Infantry

Col. M. J. Henderson

65th North Carolina (6th Cavalry)

Col. George N. Folk

8th Texas Infantry

Lieut. Col. Gustave Cook

11th Texas Infantry

Lieut. Col. J. M. Bounds

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Artillery

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Freeman's (Tennessee) Battery

Capt. A. L. Huggins

White's (Tennessee) Battery

Capt. B. F. White, Jr.

Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery

Capt. J. H. Wiggins

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Ransom's Division

Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr.

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Corse's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Montgomery D. Corse

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15th Virginia Infantry

Lieut. Col. E. M. Morrison

29th Virginia Infantry

Col. James Giles

30th Virginia Infantry

Col. Robert S. Chew

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Wharton's Brigade Sharpshooters

Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton

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30th Virginia Battalion

Lieut. Col. J. Lyle Clarke

45th Virginia Infantry

Col. William H. Browne

51st Virginia Infantry

Col. Augustus Forsberg

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Williams' Cavalry Brigade

Col. H. L. Giltner

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16th Georgia Battalion

Maj. Edward Y. Clarke

4th Kentucky Cavalry

Maj. Nathan Parker

May's (Kentucky) Regiment

Lieut. Col. Edwin Trimble

1st Tennessee Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Onslow Bean

64th Virginia Cavalry

Col. Campbell Slemp

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Jackson's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Alfred E. Jackson

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Thomas' (North Carolina) Regiment

Lieut. Col. James R. Love

Walker's Battalion

Maj. James A. McKamy

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Jones' Cavalry Brigade

Brig. Gen. William E. Jones

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8th Virginia Cavalry

Col. James M. Corns

21st Virginia Cavalry

Col. William E. Peters

27th Virginia Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Henry A. Edmundson

34th Virginia Battalion

Lieut. Col. V. A. Witcher

36th Virginia Battalion

Capt. C. T. Smith

37th Virginia Battalion

Maj. James R. Claiborne

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Jenkins' Cavalry Brigade

Col. Milton J. Ferguson

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14th Virginia Cavalry

Col. James Cochran

16th Virginia Cavalry

Col. Milton J. Ferguson

17th Virginia Cavalry

Maj. Frederick F. Smith

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Artillery

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Otey (Virginia) Battery

Capt. David N. Walker

Rhett (Tennessee) Battery

Capt. William H. Burroughs

Ringgold (Virginia) Battery

Capt. Crispin Dickenson

Tennessee Battery

Capt. Hugh L. W. McClung

Virginia Battery

Capt. George S. Davidson

Virginia Battery

Capt. William M. Lowry

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