Chickasaw Bayou Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded

Defenses of Vicksburg

LTG John C. Pemberton

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Military District      MG Martin Luther Smith	Barton's Brigade    BG Seth Maxwell Barton	40th Georgia: Col Abda Johnson (w) 42nd Georgia: Col R. J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Ltc Hiram Parks Bell (w) 52nd Georgia: Col C. D. Phillips
	Vaughn's Brigade    BG John C. Vaughn	79th Tennessee: Col John H. Crawford 80th Tennessee: Col John A. Rowan 81st Tennessee:
	Gregg's Brigade    BG John Gregg	1st Tennessee: 3rd Tennessee: Col C. J. Clack 10th Tennessee: 30th Tennessee: Col James J. Turner 41st Tennessee: 50th Tennessee: 51st Tennessee:
Provisional Division      BG Stephen Dill Lee      MG Dabney Herndon Maury	Provisional Brigade    Col William T. Withers
	Provisional Brigade    Col Allen Thomas
	Provisional Brigade    Col Edward Higgins

Note: Unit organization in the three provisional brigades is unclear. The following units are known to have been in the Provisional Division:

• 37th Alabama:
• 40th Alabama: Col A. A. Coleman
• 1st Louisiana: Col S. R. Harrison
• 17th Louisiana: Col Robert Richardson
• 22nd Louisiana: Col Edward Higgins
• 26th Louisiana: Col Winchester Hall
• 28th Louisiana: Ltc J. O. Landry
• 31st Louisiana: Col C. H. Morrison
• 3rd Mississippi:
• 3rd Battalion Mississippi State Troops:
• 4th Mississippi: Col Pierre S. Layton
• 30th Mississippi:
• 35th Mississippi:
• 46th Mississippi: Ltc W. K. Easterling
• Mississippi Battery: Cpt Robert Bowman
• Mississippi Battery (section): Lt Frank Johnston
• Mississippi Battery: Cpt N. J. Drew, Lt W. J. Duncan
• Mississippi Light Artillery: Maj S. M. Ward
• 2nd Texas Cavalry: Ltc W. C. Timmins (w)
• Hill's Company Cavalry:
• Johnson's (Mississippi) Company Cavalry:

See also

American Civil War portal

• Mississippi in the American Civil War

References

• Bearss, Edwin C. The Campaign for Vicksburg 3 vol. (Dayton, OH: Morningside), 1985-1986.
• Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume 3 (New York: The Century Company), 1884.
• Winschel, Terrence C. Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign (Mason City, IA: Savas Pub. Co.), 1999.