Confederate Order of Battle, Franklin, TN (November 30, 1864)
Army of Tennessee, General John Bell Hood, commanding
INFANTRY
LEE’s Corps: Leut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee
Johnson’s Division: Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson
Deas’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas
19th, 22d, 25th, 39th, 50th Alabama
Manigault’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Manigault, Lt. Col. William L. Butler (Nashville)
24th, 28th, 34th Alabama; 10th, 19th South CarolinaSharp’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Sharp
7th, 9th, 10th, 41st, 44th Mississippi
9th Battalion Mississippi SharpshootersBrantley’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. William F. Brantley
24th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 34th Mississippi
Dismounted Cavalry Company
Stevenson’s Division: Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson
Cummings’s Brigade: Col. Elihu P. Watkins
24th, 36th, 39th, 56th GeorgiaPettus’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus
20th, 23d, 30th, 31st, 46th Alabama
Clayton’s Division: Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton
Stovall’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall
40th, 41st, 42d, 43d, 52d GeorgiaGibson’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson
1st, 4th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 30th Louisiana
4th Lousiana Battalion; 14th Lousiana Battalion SharpshootersHoltzclaw’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. James Holtzclaw
18th, 32d, 36th, 38th, 58th Alabama
STEWART’s Corps: Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Loring’s Division: Maj. Gen. William W. Loring
Featherston’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston
1st, 3d, 22d, 31st, 33d, 40th Mississippi
1st Mississippi BattalionAdams’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. John Adams; Col. Robert Lowry (Nashville)
6th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 23d, 43d MississippiScott’s Brigade: Brig Gen Thomas M. Scott; Col. John Snodgrass (Nashville)
27th, 35th, 49th, 55th, 57th Alabama; 12th Louisiana
French’s Division: Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French, Brig. Gen. Claudius Sears
Ector’s Brigade: Col. David Coleman
29th, 30th North Carolina, 9th Texas
10th, 14th, 32d Texas Cavalry (dismounted)Cockrell’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. F.M. Cockrell, brigade detached prior to Nashville under Col. Peter C. Flournoy
1st, 2nd, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th Missouri
1st Missouri Cavalry (dismounted)
3d Missouri Cavalry Battalion (dismounted)Sears’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Claudius Sears, Lt. Col. Reuben H. Shotwell (Nashville)
4th, 35th, 36th, 39th, 46th Mississippi
7th Mississippi Battalion
Walthall’s Division: Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall
Quarles’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. William A. Quarles; Brig. Gen. George D.
Johnson (Nashville)
1st Alabama; 42d, 46th, 48th, 49th, 53d, 55th TennesseeCantley’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Charles M. Shelley
17th, 26th, 29th Alabama; 37th MississippiReynold’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds
4th, 9th, 25th Arkansas
1st, 2d Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
CHEATHAM’s Corps: Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham
Cleburne’s Division: Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne, Brig. Gen. James A. Smith (Nashville)
Lowrey’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey (Franklin)
16th, 33d, 45th Alabama; 5th, 8th, 32d Mississippi;
3d Mississippi BattalionGovan’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan
1st, 2d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th, 24th
ArkansasGranbury’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury; Capt. E. T. Broughton
5th Confederate; 35th Tennessee; 6th, 7th, 10th, 15th Texas
17th, 18th, 24th, 25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted); Nutt’s Louisana Cavalry (dismounted)Smith’s Brigade: on detached duty before Nashville-
Brig. Gen. James A. Smith; Col. Charles H. Olmstead
(Nashville)
54th, 57th, 63d Georgia; 1st Georgia Volunteers
Brown’s (Cheatham’s Old) Division: Maj. Gen. John C. Brown; Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey (Nashville)
Gist’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist; Lt. Col. Zachariah L. Watters (Nashville)
46th, 65th Georgia; 2d Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters; 16th, 24th South CarolinaManey’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. John C. Carter; Col. Hume R. Field (Nashville)
1st, 4th (provisional), 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, 50th TennesseeStrahl’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl; Col. AndrewJ. Kellar (Nashville)
4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33d, 38th, 41st TennesseeVaughan’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. George W. Gordon; Col. William M. Watkins (Nashville)
11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th, 51st, 52nd, 154th Tennessee
Bate’s Division: Maj. Gen. William B. Bate
Tyler’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Smith
37th Georgia; 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters;
2d, 10th, 20th, 37th TennesseeFinley’s Brigade: Col. Robert Bullock; Maj. Jacob A. Lash
1st, 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th Florida, 1st Florida Cavalry (dismounted)Jackson’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson
25th, 29th, 30th Georgia; 1st Georgia Confederate;
1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
Artillery:
LEE’s Corps: 1) Col. Robert F. Beckham 2) Maj. John W. Johnston
Courtney’s Battalion: Capt. James P. Douglas
Dent’s Alabama Battery; Douglas’s Texas Battery; Garrity’s Alabama BatteryEldridge’s Battalion: Capt. Charles E. Fenner
Eufaula Alabama Battery; Fenner’s Louisiana Battery; Stanford’s Miss BatteryJohnson’s Battalion: Capt. John B. Rowan
Corput’s Georgia Battery; Marshall’s Tenn Battery; Stephens’s Light Artillery
STEWART’s Corps: Lt. Col. Samuel C. Williams
Truehart’s Battalion:
Lumsden’s Alabama Battery; Selden’s Alabama BatteryMyrick’s Battalion:
Bouanchaud’s Louisiana Battery; Cowan’s Miss Battery,
Darden’s Miss BatteryStorrs’ Battalion:
Guiborps Missouri Battery; Hoskin’s Miss Battery; Kolb’s Alabama Battery
CHEATHAM’s Corps: Col. Melancthon Smith
Hoxton’s Battalion:
Perry’s Florida Battery; Phelan’s Alabama Battery; Turner’s Miss BatteryHotchkiss’s Battalion:
Bledsoe’s Missouri Battery; Goldtwaite’s Alabama Battery; Key’s Arkansas BatteryCobb’s Battalion:
Ferguson’s South Carolina Battery; Phillip’s [Mabane’s]
Cavalry: Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest
CHALMER’s Division: Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers
Rucker’s Brigade: Col. Edmund W. Rucker
7th Alabama Cavalry; 5th Miss Cavalry; 7th, 12th, 14th, 15th Tenn Cavalry; Forrest’s Regiment Tenn CavalryBiffle’s Brigade: Col. Jacob B. Biffle, 10th Tenn Cavalry
BUFORD’s Division: Brig. Gen. Abraham Buford
Bell’s Brigade: Col. Tyree H. Bell
2d, 19th, 20th, 21st Tenn Cavalry; Nixon’s Tenn Cavalry RegimentCrossland’s Brigade: Col. Edward Crossland
3d, 7th, 8th, 12th Kentucky Mounted Infantry;
12th Kentucky Cavalry; Huey’s Kentucky Battalion
JACKSON’s Division: Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson
Armstrong’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong
1st, 2d, 28th Miss Cavalry; Ballentine’s Miss RegimentRoss’s Brigade: Brig. Gen. Lawrence S. Ross
5th, 6th, 9th Texas Cavalry; 1st Texas Legion
ARTILLERY
Morton’s Tennesse Battery, Slocumb’s Louisiana Battery
The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 
Two regiments are missing from Biffle’s Brigade of Chalmer’s Cavalry Division – (McLemore’s) 4th and (Biffle’s) 9th (19th) Tennessee Regiments. The above list was not strictly an order of battle; it was taken from the Confederate casualty report. The brigade was posted on the far left of the Confederate line and only saw light skirmishing. The 4th and 9th Regiments took no casualties. One man in Company D of the 10th Regiment (Christopher Columbus “Kit” Northern) was killed so only that regiment is listed.
was the 54th alabama @ franklin??? my records show that the 54th was a part of baker’s brigade in clayton’s division of lee’s corps???
Where there any Warrington on the casualty list for Battle of Franklin
I am trying to locate Michael Cotten as I am a decendent of JohnCotten of the 4th Tennesse calvary regiment
I just happened across your post. You can contact me at mcotten@comcast.net . I assume you are descended from Martha Cotten and E. W. Farley.
I have the parole papers from a member of Phelan’s Battery. He was not a family member. My mother found it hidden in a cubby hole in an old desk from our family. Somehow I’m guessing that our family acquired the desk from his family. Last name is Willingham. He was from Tuscaloosa and a young farm boy. I need to do some more research on him.