Third Division6
Brig. Gen. Speed S. Fry
Escort
2d Kentucky Cavalry, Company B
First Brigade
Col. Moses B. Walker
82d Indiana 31st Ohio
12th Kentucky 38th Ohio
17th Ohio
Second Brigade
Col. John M. Harlan
10th Indiana 10th Kentucky
74th Indiana 14th Ohio
4th Kentucky
Third Brigade
Brig. Gen. James B. Steedman
87th Indiana 9th Ohio
2d Minnesota 35th Ohio
Artillery
1st Michigan, Battery D 4th United States, Battery I
1st Ohio, Battery C
Fourth Division
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell7
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan
10th Illinois 10th Michigan
16th Illinois 14th Michigan
60th Illinois
Second Brigade
Col. Daniel McCook
85th Illinois 125th Illinois
86th Illinois 52d Ohio
Cavalry
2d Indiana, Company A 3d Tennessee
5th Kentucky
Artillery
2d Illinois, Battery I 10th Wisconsin Battery
Unattached Infantry
8th Kansas (five companies) 1st Middle (10th) Tennessee
Artillery Reserve
11th Indiana Battery 1st Michigan, Battery E
12th Indiana Battery
Fifth Division8
Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds
First Brigade
Col. Albert S. Hall
80th Illinois 101st Indiana
123d Illinois 105th Ohio
Second Brigade
Col. Abram O. Miller
98th Illinois 72d Indiana
17th Indiana 75th Indiana
Artillery
18th Indiana Battery 19th Indiana Battery
LEFT WING
Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden
First Division
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood (w)
Brig. Gen. Milo S. Hascall
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. Milo S. Hascall
Col. George P. Buell
100th Illinois 3d Kentucky
58th Indiana 26th Ohio
Second Brigade
Col. George D. Wagner
15th Indiana 57th Indiana
40th Indiana 97th Ohio
Third Brigade
Col. Charles G. Harker
51st Indiana 64th Ohio
73d Indiana 65th Ohio
13th Michigan
Artillery9
8th Indiana Battery 6th Ohio Battery
10th Indiana Battery
Second Division
Brig. Gen. John M. Palmer
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft
31st Indiana 2d Kentucky
1st Kentucky 90th Ohio
Second Brigade
Col. William B. Hazen
110th Illinois 6th Kentucky
9th Indian 41st Ohio
Third Brigade
Col. William Grose
84th Illinois 6th Ohio
36th Indiana 24th Ohio
23d Kentucky
Artillery
1st Ohio, Battery B 4th United States, Batteries H and M
1st Ohio, Battery F
Third Division
Brig. Gen. Horatio P. Van Cleve (w)
Col. Samuel Beatty
First Brigade
Col. Samuel Beatty
Col. Benjamin C. Grider
79th Indiana 11th Kentucky
9th Kentucky 19th Ohio
Second Brigade
Col. James P. Fyffe
44th Indiana 13th Ohio
86th Indiana 59th Ohio
Third Brigade
Col. Samuel W. Price
35th Indiana 51st Ohio
8th Kentucky 99th Ohio
21st Kentucky
Artillery
7th Indiana Battery 3d Wisconsin Battery
Pennsylvania, Battery B (26th)
CAVALRY
Brig. Gen. David S. Stanley
Cavalry Division
Col. John Kennett
First Brigade
Col. Robert H. G. Minty
2d Indiana 4th Michigan
3d Kentucky 7th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade
Col. Lewis Zahm
1st Ohio 4th Ohio
3d Ohio
Artillery
1st Ohio, Battery D (section)
Reserve Cavalry10
15th Pennsylvania 2d Tennessee
1st Middle (5th) Tennessee
Unattached
4th U.S. Cavalry
MISCELLANEOUS
Pioneer Brigade
Capt. James St. C. Morton
1st Battalion 2d Battalion 3d Battalion
Illinois Light Artillery, Stokes’ Battery
Engineers and Mechanics
1st Michigan
Post of Gallatin, Tenn.11
Brig. Gen. Eleazer A. Paine
Ward's Brigade
Brig. Gen. William T. Ward
102d Illinois 70th Indiana
105th Illinois 79th Ohio
Indiana Light Artillery, 13th Battery
Cavalry
1st Kentucky 11th Kentucky
7th Kentucky
Army of Tennessee
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Commanding
POLK'S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk
First Division
Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. Daniel S. Donelson
8th Tennessee 51st Tennessee
16th Tennessee 84th Tennessee
38th Tennessee Carnes’ (Tennessee) Battery
Second Brigade12
Brig. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
4th Tennessee 31st Tennessee
5th Tennessee 33d Tennessee
19th Tennessee Mississippi Battery
24th Tennessee
Third Brigade13
Brig. Gen. George Maney
1st Tennessee 9th Tennessee
27th Tennessee Tennessee Sharpshooters
4th Tennessee (Provisional Army) Smith's (Mississippi) Battery
6th Tennessee
Fourth (Preston Smith's) Brigade
Col. A. J. Vaughan, Jr.
12th Tennessee 154th Tennessee
13th Tennessee 9th Texas
29th Tennessee Allin's (Tennessee) Sharpshooters
47th Tennessee Tennessee Battery
Second Division
Maj. Gen. Jones M. Withers
First (Deas’) Brigade
Col. J. Q. Loomis (w)
Col. J. G. Coltart
19th Alabama 39th Alabama
22d Alabama 17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
25th Alabama 1st Louisiana (Regulars)
26th Alabama Robertson's Battery
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers (w)
Col. T. W. White
7th Mississippi 9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
9th Mississippi Blythe's (Mississippi) Regiment
10th Mississippi Garrity's (Alabama) Battery
41st Mississippi
Third (Walthall's) Brigade
Brig. Gen. J. Patton Anderson
45th Alabama 30th Mississippi
24th Mississippi 39th North Carolina14
27th Mississippi Missouri Battery
29th Mississippi
Fourth (Anderson's) Brigade15
Col. A. M. Manigault
24th Alabama 10th South Carolina
28th Alabama 19th South Carolina
34th Alabama Alabama Battery
HARDEE'S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
First Division
Maj. Gen. John C. Brecki
nridge
First Brigade16
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams (w)
Col. Randall L. Gibson
32d Alabama 25th Louisiana
13th Louisiana 14th Louisiana Battalion
20th Louisiana Washington Artillery (5th Battery)
16th Louisiana
Second Brigade
Col. J. B. Palmer
Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow
18th Tennessee 32d Tennessee
26th Tennessee 45th Tennessee
28th Tennessee Moses’ (Georgia) Battery
Third Brigade17
Brig. Gen. William Preston
1st Florida 60th North Carolina
3d Florida 20th Tennessee
4th Florida Tennessee Battery
Fourth Brigade
Brig. Gen. R. W. Hanson (mw)
Col. R. P. Trabue
41st Alabama 6th Kentucky
2d Kentucky 9th Kentucky
4th Kentucky Kentucky Battery
Jackson's Brigade18
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson
5th Georgia 8th Mississippi
2d Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters Pritchard's (Georgia) Battery
5th Mississippi Lumsden's (Alabama) Battery
Second Division
Maj. Gen. P. R. Cleburne
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. L. E. Polk
1st Arkansas 2d Tennessee
13th Arkansas 5th Tennessee
15th Arkansas Helena Artillery
5th Confederate
Second Brigade19
Brig. Gen. St. John R. Liddell
2d Arkansas 7th Arkansas
5th Arkansas 8th Arkansas
6th Arkansas Swett's (Mississippi) Battery
Third Brigade
Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson
17th Tennessee 37th Tennessee
23d Tennessee 44th Tennessee
25th Tennessee Jefferson Artillery
Fourth Brigade
Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood
16th Alabama 45th Mississippi
33d Alabama 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
3d Confederate Alabama Battery
McCown's Division20
Maj. Gen. J. P. McCown
First Brigade21
Brig. Gen. M. D. Ector
10th Texas Cavalry 15th Texas Cavalry
11th Texas Cavalry Texas Battery
14th Texas Cavalry
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. James E. Rains (k)
Col. R. B. Vance
3d Georgia Battalion 11th Tennessee
9th Georgia Battalion Eufaula Light Artillery
29th North Carolina
Third Brigade22
Brig. Gen. Evander McNair23
Col. R. W. Harper
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles 30th Arkansas
2d Arkansas Mounted Rifles 4th Arkansas Battalion
4th Arkansas Arkansas Battery
CAVALRY24
Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
1st Alabama 1st Tennessee
3d Alabama Tennessee Battalion
51st Alabama Tennessee Battalion
8th Confederate Arkansas Battery
Buford's Brigade
Brig. Gen. A. Buford
3d Kentucky 6th Kentucky
5th Kentucky
Pegram's Brigade25
1st Georgia 1st Louisiana
Wharton's Brigade
Brig. Gen. John A. Wharton
14th Alabama Battalion Tennessee Battalion
1st Confederate 8th Texas
3d Confederate Murray's (Tennessee) Regiment
2d Georgia Escort Company
2d Tennessee McCown's Escort Company
4th Tennessee White's (Tennessee) Battery
Artillery26
Baxter's (Tennessee) Battery Gibson's (Georgia) Battery
Byrne's (Kentucky) Battery
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1. The Second Minnesota was attached to the Second Brigade, Fifth Wisconsin to the First Brigade, and Eighth Wisconsin to the Third Brigade.
2. The Fifth Indiana was attached to the Third Brigade, Battery A to the First Brigade, and Battery E to the Second Brigade.
3. Battery C was attached to the Third Brigade, Fourth Indiana to the First Brigade, and Battery G to the Second Brigade.
4. Battery A, Kentucky was attached to the Third Brigade, Battery A, First Michigan to the Second Brigade, and Battery H, Fifth United States to the Fourth Brigade.
5. Attached to Second Brigade.
6. The First Brigade (except the Twelfth Kentucky) and First Michigan, Battery D, were the only troops of this division engaged in the battle of Stones River. All commanders are given as they stood 31 December 1862.
7. The Fourteenth Michigan, Eighty-fifth Illinois, a detachment from the Third Tennessee Cavalry, and two sections of the Tenth Wisconsin Artillery participated in the battle of Stones River (2 and 3 January) under the command of Brig. Gen. Spears. These were the only elements of the Fourth Division to take part in the campaign.
8. Not engaged at Stones River. Commanders given as they stood 31 December 1862.
9. The Eighth Indiana Battery was attached to the First Brigade, the Tenth Battery to the Second Brigade, and the Sixth Battery to the Third Brigade.
10. Under the immediate command of General Stanley, Chief of Cavalry.
11. Not engaged at Stones River. Commanders given as they stood 31 December 1862.
12. The Fourth and Fifth Tennessee were consolidated under the command of Col. O. F. Strahl during the Stones River campaign, the Thirty-first and Thirty-third Tennessee under Col. E. E. Tansil.
13. The First and Twenty-seventh Tennessee were consolidated under the command of Col. H. R. Field during the Stones River campaign, the Sixth and Ninth Tennessee under Col. C. S. Hurt.
14. Joined brigade 31 December; transferred 2 January to Manigault's brigade.
15. The Tenth and Nineteenth South Carolina were consolidated under the command of Col. A. J. Lythgoe during the Stones River campaign.
16. The Thirteenth and Twentieth Louisiana were consolidated under the command of Col. R. L. Gibson during the Stones River campaign, the Sixteenth and Twenty-fifth Louisiana under Col. S. W. Fisk.
17. The First and Third Florida were consolidated under the command of Col. William Miller during the Stones River campaign.
18. Temporarily assigned to Breckinridge's division.
19. The Sixth and Seventh Arkansas were consolidated under the command of Col. S. G. Smith during the Stones River campaign.
20. Of Smith's corps, serving with Hardee.
21. The regiments of the First Brigade served as infantry during the Stones River campaign.
22. The First and Second Arkansas Mounted Rifles fought as infantry during the Stones River campaign.
23. McNair took ill during the fighting on the morning of 31 December and turned over brigade command to Harper.
24. Forrest and Morgan's commands on detached service.
25. Probably incomplete.
26. Only Byrne's Battery was engaged in the Stones River campaign.
NOTES
ABBREVIATIONS
ADAH Alabama Department of Archives
B and G Blue and Grey magazine
CHS Chicago Historical Society
CV Confederate Veteran magazine
CWM College of William and Mary
CWTI Coll. Civil War Times Illustrated Collection
DU Duke University
ISHL Illinois State Historical Library
LSU Louisiana State University
MOLLUS Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
NA National Archives
NYHS New-York Historical Society
OR War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (All references are to Series 1)
SHSP Southern Historical Society
Papers
THQ Tennessee Historical Quarterly
TSLA Tennessee State Library and Archives
TU Tulane University
UNC University of North Carolina
US University of the South
USAMHI U.S. Army Military History Institute
WRHS Western Reserve Historical Society
Stones River also has been referred to as Stone's River or Stone River, particularly in early works on the battle.
CHAPTER ONE / SUMMER OF HOPE, AUTUMN OF DESPAIR
1. Joseph Wheeler, “Bragg's Invasion of Kentucky,” in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, ed. Clarence Buell and Robert Johnson, 4 vols. (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1956), 3:19; Don C. Seitz, Braxton Bragg, General of the Confederacy (Columbia, S. C.: The State Company, 1924), 206; Stanley Horn, The Army of Tennessee (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1941), 190; James Phelan to Braxton Bragg, 4 December 1862, William P. Palmer Collection of Braxton Bragg Papers, WRHS.
2. David Urquhart, “Bragg's Advance and Retreat,” in Battles and Leaders 3:600; E. T. Sykes, “A Cursory Sketch of General Bragg's Campaigns. Paper Number 2,” SHSP 11 (1883): 468.
3. Wheeler, “Bragg's Invasion,” 3:23.
4. Richard Taylor, Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War (New York: D. Appleton, 1879), 100.
5. Sir Arthur Freemantle, Three Months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863 (New York: J. Bradburn, 1864), 145; Taylor, Destruction and Reconstruction, 100–101; A. J. Foard to Braxton Bragg, 31 January 1863, Palmer Collection of Bragg Papers; L. H. Stout, Reminiscences of General Braxton Bragg (Hattiesburg, Miss.: The Book Farm, 1942), 7–13; John S. Wise, The End of an Era (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1902), 175; Seitz, Braxton Bragg, 174; Freemantle, Three Months in the Southern States, 145.
6. James Fry, Operations of the Army under Buell from June 10th to October 30th, 1862, and the “Buell Commission” (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1884), 43–50; Wheeler, “Bragg's Invasion” 3:9–10.
7. Urquhart, “Bragg's Advance and Retreat” 3:601; Fry, Army under Buell, 49–50.
8. Wheeler, “Bragg's Invasion,” 3:13.
9. Ibid., 13–14.
10. Fry, Army under Buell, 60–62; Wheeler, “Bragg's Invasion,” 3:16–19; Sykes, “Bragg's Campaigns,” 470–71; Urquhart, “Bragg's Advance and Retreat,” 3:603; Seitz, Braxton Bragg, 207; John Lindsley, The Military Annals of Tennessee. Confederate. First Series: Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls (Nashville: J. M. Lindsley, 1886), 535, 814.
11. Horn, Army of Tennessee, 190; George C. Brent journal, 2 November 1862, Palmer Collection of Bragg Papers; Urquhart, “Bragg's Advance and Retreat,” 3:603.
12. Horn, Army of Tennessee, 190.
13. Freemantle, Three Months in the Southern States, 139; Samuel R. Watkins, “Co. Aytch,” Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, a Side Show of the Big Show (Chattanooga: Times Printing Company, 1900), 154; Ezra Warner, Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 243.
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