Battle of Fort Donelson order of battle: Confederate
Appearance
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization,[1] and the reports.[2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
Army of Central Kentucky
General Albert Sidney Johnston Not present at battle
Fort Donelson
BG Bushrod Johnson Feb 9
BG Gideon J. Pillow Feb 9-13
BG John B. Floyd Feb 13-16
BG Gideon J. Pillow Feb 16
BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr. Feb 16
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Right Wing |
2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Left Wing |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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4th Brigade (Fort Donelson Garrison)[4]
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5th Brigade |
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6th Brigade
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7th Brigade |
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Attached Units |
Cavalry Brigade
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Artillery
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See also
Notes
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 852
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 158
- ^ Bushrod Johnson appears to have been neglected more than once during the Fort Donelson campaign (Cooling, pp 128, 164). Johnson originally commanded the fort for a few hours before being subordinated to Gideon Pillow. Johnson then commanded a division of the Fort Henry survivors (Drake’s and Heiman’s brigades) known as the "Left Wing". Buckner commanded a division of Baldwin’s and Brown’s brigades, the "Right Wing", with Pillow in overall command. (Cooling, p. 131) On Feb 11 the brigades of Davidson, Wharton and McCausland were added to Johnson’s command. However, when Floyd arrived Pillow assumed command of the Left Wing, superseding Johnson. Though Pillow had command of the Left Wing, it seems Johnson still took an active part in the fighting specifically directing Drake’s, Heiman’s and Davidson’s brigades. (Gott, pp. 221, 254)
- ^ The 4th Brigade was never employed as a brigade; regiments were deployed individually
- ^ Baldwin's brigade was divided between Buckner's and Pillow's commands. Baldwin personally accompanied two regiments attached to Pillow while the three remaining regiments where attached to Brown's brigade in Buckner's command.
- ^ f. Ray Sibley, Jr (8 September 2014). Confederate Artillery Organizations: An Alphabetical Listing of the Officers and Batteries of the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Savas. ISBN 9781940669441.
References
- Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, The Campaign for Fort Donelson, U.S. National Park Service and Eastern National, 1999, ISBN 1-888213-50-7.
- Gott, Kendall D., Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry—Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862, Stackpole books, 2003, ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
- Knight, James R., The Battle Of Fort Donelson: No Terms but Unconditional Surrender, The History Press, 2011ISBN 978-160949129-1.
- Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles, Volume 1 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.