Battle of Franklin order of battle: Confederate

This article is about the units engaged in the 1864 battle. For the minor battle the previous year, see Franklin (1863) order of battle. For other uses, see Battle of Franklin (disambiguation).

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864.^[1] 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

Other

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

Army of Tennessee

Main article: Army of Tennessee

Gen John B. Hood, Commanding

Cheatham's Corps

MG Benjamin F. Cheatham

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cleburne's Division      MG Patrick Cleburne (k)      BG James A. Smith	Lowrey's Brigade    BG Mark P. Lowrey	16th Alabama: Col Frederick A. Ashford (k) 33rd Alabama: Col Robert F. Crittenden (c) 45th Alabama: Ltc Robert H. Abercrombie (w) 5th Mississippi-3rd Mississippi Battalion: Col John Weir (w), Cpt Francis M. Woodward 8th-32nd Mississippi: Col William H. H. Tison (w), Maj Andrew E. Moody
	Govan's Brigade    BG Daniel C. Govan	1st-15th Arkansas: Cpt Mordecai P. Garrett (k), Cpt Alfred C. Hockersmith 2nd-24th Arkansas: Maj Amzi T. Meek (k) 5th-13th Arkansas: Col Peter V. Green 6th-7th Arkansas: Col Peter Snyder 8th-19th Arkansas: Maj. David H. Hamiter 3rd Confederate: Cpt Mumford H. Dixon (c)
	Granbury's Brigade    BG Hiram B. Granbury (k)    Cpt Edward T. Broughton	5th Confederate: Cpt Aaron A. Cox (w) 35th Tennessee 6th-15th Texas: Maj S. Rhoads Fisher (c), Cpt Benjamin R. Tyus 7th Texas: Cpt Edward T. Broughton, Cpt James W. Brown (c), Cpt Orren P. Forrest 10th Texas: Ltc Robert B. Young (k), Cpt Reuben D. Kennedy 17th-18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) 24th-25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William A. Taylor (c) Nutt's Louisiana Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Leroy M. Nutt
	Smith's Brigade (on detached duty)    BG James A. Smith    Col Charles H. Olmstead	1st Georgia Volunteers: Col Charles H. Olmstead, Maj Martin J. Ford 54th Georgia: Cpt George W. Moody 57th Georgia: Cpt Lucius C. Bryan 63rd Georgia: Cpt Elijah J. Craven
Brown's (Cheatham's Old) Division      MG John C. Brown (w)      BG Mark P. Lowrey	Gist's Brigade    BG States Rights Gist (k)    Ltc Zachariah L. Watters	46th Georgia: Maj Samuel J.C. Dunlop (w), Cpt Malcolm Gillis 65th&8th Georgia: Ltc Zachariah L. Watters 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion 16th South Carolina: Maj B. Burgh Smith 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w), Cpt William C. Griffith
	Maney's Brigade    BG John C. Carter (mw)    Col Hume R. Field	1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field 34th Tennessee 6th-9th Tennessee 8th Tennessee: Col John H. Anderson 16th Tennessee: Maj Benjamin Randals 28th Tennessee: Cpt John B. Holman (k) 50th Tennessee: Ltc George W. Pease
	Strahl's Brigade    BG Otho F. Strahl (k)    Col Andrew J. Kellar	4th-5th Tennessee: Col Andrew J. Kellar, Ltc Luke W. Finlay 19th Tennessee: Cpt Daniel A. Kennedy 24th Tennessee: Col John A. Wilson (w) 31st Tennessee: Ltc Fountain E.P. Stafford (k) 33rd Tennessee 38th Tennessee 41st Tennessee: Acting Maj Anthony M. Keith (w)
	Vaughan's Brigade    BG George W. Gordon (c)    Col William M. Watkins	11th Tennessee: Maj John E. Binns 12th-47th Tennessee: Col William M. Watkins, Cpt Charles N. Wade 13th-154th (Senior) Tennessee: Col Michael Magevney (w) 29th Tennessee: Col Horace Rice (w&c) 51st-52nd Tennessee: Maj John T. Williamson
Bate's Division      MG William B. Bate	Tyler's Brigade    BG Thomas B. Smith	37th Georgia 4th Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Theodore D. Caswell 2nd Tennessee 10th-30th Tennessee 20th Tennessee: Col William M. Shy 15th-37th Tennessee
	Finley's Brigade    Col Robert Bullock    Maj Jacob A. Lash	1st-3rd Florida: Cpt Matthew H. Strain 4th Florida & 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Edward Badger (w), Maj Jacob A. Lash 6th Florida 7th Florida
	Jackson's Brigade    BG Henry R. Jackson	1st Georgia Confederate: Col George A. Smith (k), Ltc James C. Gordon 25th Georgia: Col William D. Mitchell 29th Georgia 30th Georgia 66th Georgia: Ltc Algernon S. Hamilton (w) 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
Corps Artillery      Col Melancthon Smith	Hoxton's Battalion Ltc Llewellyn G. Hoxton	Phelan's Alabama Battery Perry's Florida Battery Turner's Miss Battery
	Hotchkiss's Battalion	Goldthwaite's Alabama Battery (Present and engaged)[2] Key's Arkansas Battery Bledsoe's Missouri Battery
	Hoxton's Battalion Cpt Rene T. Beauregard	Slocumb's Louisiana Battery: Lt Joseph E. Chalaron Ferguson's South Carolina Battery Phillip's (Mabane's) Tennessee Battery

Lee's Corps

LTG Stephen D. Lee

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Johnson's Division      MG Edward Johnson	Deas's Brigade    BG Zachariah C. Deas (w)	19th Alabama: Ltc George R. Kimbrough 22nd Alabama: Maj Edward H. Armistead (mw), Cpt Hugh W. Henry 25th Alabama: Cpt Napoleon B. Routh 39th Alabama: Ltc William C. Clifton 50th Alabama: Col John G. Coltart
	Manigault's Brigade    BG Arthur M. Manigault (w)    Ltc William L. Butler	24th Alabama: Col Newton N. Davis (w), Cpt Thomas J. Kimbell 28th Alabama: Ltc William L. Butler 34th Alabama: Col John C. Carter 10th South Carolina: Ltc C. Irvine Walker 19th South Carolina: Col Thomas P. Shaw (w&c), Cpt Thomas W. Getzen
	Sharp's Brigade    BG Jacob H. Sharp (w)	7th-9th Mississippi: Col William H. Bishop (k), Maj Henry Pope 10th-44th Mississippi & 9th Battalion: Col William H. Sims (w), Cpt Robert A. Bell 41st Mississippi: Cpt James M. Hicks (w)
	Brantley's Brigade    BG William F. Brantley	24th-34th Mississippi: Cpt Clifton Dancy 27th Mississippi: Cpt Samuel M. Pegg 29th Mississippi: Maj George W. Reynolds (k) 30th Mississippi: Ltc James M. Johnson (w), Maj John K. Allen (m), Cpt Robert W. Williamson Dismounted Cavalry Company: Cpt D.W. Alexander
Stevenson's Division      MG Carter L. Stevenson	Cummings's Brigade    Col Elihu P. Watkins	34th Georgia: Cpt Russell A. Jones 36th Georgia: Col Charles E. Broyles 39th Georgia: Cpt William P. Milton 56th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin T. Spearman
	Pettus's Brigade    BG Edmund W. Pettus	20th Alabama: Col James M. Dedman 23rd Alabama: Ltc Joseph B. Bibb 30th Alabama: Ltc James K. Elliott 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer
	(Absent) Brown's and Reynolds' Brigade    Col Joseph B. Palmer	60th North Carolina: Maj James T. Huff 3rd-18th Tennessee: Ltc William R. Butler 23rd-26th-45th Tennessee: Col Anderson Searcy 32nd Tennessee: Col John P. McGuire 54th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William G. Anderson 63rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc Connally H. Lynch
Clayton's Division      MG Henry D. Clayton, Sr.	Stovall's Brigade    BG Marcellus A. Stovall	40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson 41st Georgia: Cpt Jared E. Stallings 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Col Henry C. Kellogg 52nd Georgia: Cpt Rufus R. Asbury
	Gibson's Brigade    BG Randall L. Gibson	1st Louisiana: Cpt Samuel Sutter 4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter (c) 13th-20th Louisiana: Ltc Francis L. Campbell 16th-25th Louisiana: Ltc Robert H. Lindsay 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet 4th Louisiana Battalion: Maj Duncan Buie 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt William Q. Lowd
	Holtzclaw's Brigade    BG James T. Holtzclaw	18th Alabama: Ltc Peter F. Hunley 32nd-58th Alabama: Col Bushrod Jones 36th Alabama: Cpt Nathan M. Carpenter 38th Alabama: Maj Harry I. Thornton
Corps Artillery      Col Robert F. Beckham (mw)      Maj John W. Johnston	Courtney's Battalion    Cpt James Postell Douglas	Dent's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Stouten H. Dent Douglas's (Texas) Battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin Garrity's (Alabama) Battery: Lt Henry F. Carrell
	Eldridge's Battalion    Cpt Charles E. Fenner	McKenzie's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt William J. McKenzie Fenner's (Louisiana) Battery: Lt Wat T. Cluverius Stanford's (Mississippi) Battery: Lt James S. McCall
	Johnston's Battalion    Maj John W. Johnston    Cpt John B. Rowan	Corput's (Georgia) Battery: Lt William S. Hoge Marshall's (Tennessee) Battery: Cpt Lucius G. Marshall Rowan's (Georgia/Maryland) Battery: Cpt John B. Rowan, Lt William L. Ritter

Stewart's Corps

LTG Alexander P. Stewart

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Loring's Division      MG William W. Loring	Featherston's Brigade    BG Winfield S. Featherston	1st Mississippi: Cpt Owen D. Hughes 3rd Mississippi: Ltc Samuel M. Dyer (w), Cpt O. H. Johnston 22nd Mississippi: Maj Martin A. Oatis 31st Mississippi: Col Marcus D.L. Stephens (w), Cpt Robert A. Collins 33rd Mississippi 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert 1st Mississippi Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler
	Adams's Brigade    BG John Adams (k)    Col Robert Lowry	6th Mississippi: Col Robert Lowry, Ltc Thomas J. Borden 14th Mississippi: Col Washington L. Doss 15th Mississippi: Col Michael Ferrell (mw), Ltc James R. Binford 20th Mississippi: Col William N. Brown (w), Ltc Walter A. Rorer (mw), Maj Thomas B. Graham (w) 23rd Mississippi 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison
	Scott's Brigade    BG Thomas M. Scott (w)    Col John Snodgrass	27th-35th-49th Alabama: Col Samuel S. Ives (w), Ltc John D. Weeden 55th Alabama: Col John Snodgrass, Maj James B. Dickey 57th Alabama: Col Columbus J.L. Cunningham (w), Maj J. Horatio Wiley 12th Louisiana: Col Noel L. Nelson (k), Cpt James T. Davis
French's Division      MG Samuel G. French	Ector's Brigade    Col David Coleman	29th North Carolina: Maj Ezekiel H. Hampton 39th North Carolina: Cpt James G. Crawford 9th Texas: Maj James H. McReynolds 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Col Cullin R. Earp 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Robert H. Harkey 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William E. Estes
	Cockrell's Brigade    BG Francis M. Cockrell (w)    Col Peter C. Flournoy	1st-4th Missouri: Col Hugh A. Garland (k), Cpt James H. Wickersham 2nd-6th Missouri: Col Peter C. Flournoy, Ltc William F. Carter (w), Ltc Stephen Cooper 3rd-5th Missouri: Cpt Patrick Canniff (k) 1st-3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates (w)
	Sears's Brigade    BG Claudius Sears	4th Mississippi: Col Thomas N. Adaire (w) 35th Mississippi: Ltc Reuben H. Shotwell 36th Mississippi: Col William W. Witherspoon (k) 39th Mississippi 46th Mississippi: Ltc Turpin D. Magee (w) 7th Mississippi Battalion
Walthall's Division      MG Edward C. Walthall	Quarles's Brigade    BG William A. Quarles (w)    BG George D. Johnston	1st Alabama: Maj Samuel L. Knox (w&c) 42nd Tennessee: Col Isaac N. Hulme (w) 46th Tennessee: Maj Sylvester C. Cooper (w&c) 48th Tennessee: Capt Henry G. Evans 49th Tennessee: Ltc Thomas M. Atkins (w&c) 53rd Tennessee: Cpt Issac J. Rittenbury (w&c) 55th (Brown's) Tennessee: Maj Joseph E. McDonald (k)
	Cantey's Brigade    BG Charles M. Shelley	17th Alabama: Col Virgil S. Murphy (m) 26th Alabama: Ltc John S. Garvin (w) 29th Alabama: Cpt Alfred V. Gardner (w) 37th Mississippi: Maj Samuel H. Terral
	Reynolds' Brigade    BG Daniel H. Reynolds	1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Cpt Robert P. Parks 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted): Maj James P. Eagle 4th Arkansas: Maj Jesse A. Ross 9th Arkansas: Maj John C. Bratton (w), Cpt William L. Phifer 25th Arkansas
Corps Artillery      Ltc Samuel C. Williams	Truehart's Battalion	Lumsden's Alabama Battery Selden's Alabama Battery
	Myrick's Battalion (arrived early next morning)	Bouanchaud's Louisiana Battery Cowan's Miss Battery Darden's Miss Battery
	Storrs' Battalion	Guibor's Missouri Battery (Present and engaged)[3] Hoskin's Miss Battery Kolb's Alabama Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Nathan B. Forrest

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Chalmers' Division      BG James R. Chalmers	Rucker's Brigade    Col Edmund W. Rucker	7th Alabama Cavalry 5th Mississippi Cavalry 7th Tennessee Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry 14th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Raleigh R. White 15th Tennessee Cavalry Forrest's (3rd) Tennessee Regiment: Col David C. Kelley
	Biffle's Brigade    Col Jacob B. Biffle	4th Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry 10th Tennessee Cavalry
Buford's Division      BG Abraham Buford	Bell's Brigade    Col Tyree H. Bell	2nd/22nd Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's) 19th Tennessee Cavalry 20th Tennessee Cavalry 21st Tennessee Cavalry: Col Andrew N. Wilson (w) Nixon's (22nd) Tennessee Regiment
	Crossland's Brigade    Col Edward Crossland	3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 8th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 12th Kentucky Cavalry Huey's Kentucky Battalion
Jackson's Division      BG William H. Jackson	Armstrong's Brigade    BG Frank C. Armstrong	1st Mississippi Cavalry 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 28th Mississippi Cavalry Ballentine's Mississippi Regiment
	Ross's Brigade    BG Lawrence S. Ross	3rd Texas Cavalry: Ltc Jiles S. Boggess 6th Texas Cavalry: Col Jack Wharton 9th Texas Cavalry: Col Dudley W. Jones 1st Texas Legion (27th Cavalry): Col Edwin R. Hawkins
	Artillery	Morton's Tennessee Battery: Cpt John W. Morton