Siege of Vicksburg order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] during the campaign.^[2][3]

Abbreviations used

Military Officer Rank

• 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

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Army of Vicksburg

LTG John C. Pemberton, Commanding

Notes

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 326-328
3. The commanders are given as indicated by the paroles.
4. 17 June 1863; BG as of 28 May 1863}
5. Paroled as the 31st Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and so known prior to June 1863.
6. Assignment uncertain.
7. Batteries A, C, D, E, G, and I. Battery L (Vaiden Artillery) reported in Higgins' command, and Batteries B, F, and K at Port Hudson, La.
8. Under Vaughn's command.
9. died of dysentery on 13 July 1863
10. June 27, 1863
11. The troops in this command paroled as of Moore's Brigade.
12. Bond's, Bruce's, Butler's, Capers', Grayson's, Haynes', Lamon's, and Robertson's Companies.
13. Barrow's, Grandpre's, and McCrory's Companies.
14. P. A. Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's, and Theard's Companies.
15. Dismukes', Neyland's, Norman's, and Parks' Companies.
16. Attached to 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery

References

• 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.
• Civil War Home: Organization of the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, May 19–July 4, 1863. -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
• National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Siege of Vicksburg: Confederate order of battle).
• National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Troops in the Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg).
• National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg -- General summary of Casualties, March 29–July 4).