Pickett's Mill Library

(The PT Files)

Index - Confederate

Compiled by Bran Plunkett

The folders are currently in the Pickett's Mill Library. We include a few files online; for the rest come visit the park. These files are included to educate the public about Pickett's Mill.


Confederate Forces Engaged at the Battle of Pickett's Mill, May 27, 1864

Pickett's Mill Order of Battle--folder#16

Army of Tennessee
General Joseph E. Johnston

Hardee's Corps
Lieutenant General William J. Hardee

Cleburne's Division--4,683 men, 525 officers (5,208)
Major General Patrick Cleburne
(attached to Lieutenant General John B. Hood's corps May 27, 1864)

Polk's Brigade
Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk
  • 1st and 15th Arkansas infantry-Lt. Col. William H. Martin
  • 5th Confederate Infantry (TN)-Maj. Richard J. Person
  • 2nd Tennessee Infantry-Col. William D. Robinson
    • Diary of Robert D. Smith--folder #15
  • 35th and 48th (Nixon's) Tennessee Infantry-Capt. Henry G. Davis
    • Diary of William Austin Smith--folder #15
Govan's Brigade
Brigadier General Daniel C. Govan
  • 2nd and 24th Arkansas Infantry-Col. E. Warfield
  • 5th and 13th Arkansas Infantry-Col. John E. Murray
    • photograph of Captain Washington G. Bohaning--folder #15
  • 6th and 7th Arkansas Infantry-Col Samuel G. Smith
  • 8th and 19th Arkansas Infantry-Col. George F. Baucam
  • 3rd Confederate Infantry-Capt. M. H. Dixon
Lowrey's Brigade
Brigadier Mark P. Lowery
  • 16th Alabama Infantry-Lt. Col. Frederick A. Ashford
    • Poem and record of issued items of Sidney Posey Allington--folder #15
  • 33rd Alabama Infantry-Col. Samuel Adams
    • Letters between Benjamin Franklin Jackson and his wife--folder #15
    • account of the 33rd Ala. by William E. Matthews--folder #15
    • Letters of Thomas R. Bigbie--folder #15
    • Letters of Hezekiah Rabb--folder #15
  • 45th Alabama Infantry-Col. Harris D. Lampley
    • Letter of Lt. John Wallace Comer (copy) (includes photographs)--folder #15
  • 32nd Mississippi Infantry-Col. William H. H. Tison
  • 45th Mississippi Infantry-Col. Aaron R. Hardcastle
    • Letter of J. T. Kern (copy)--folder #15
    • paper on A. B. Hardcastle by Charles Van Adder
Granbury's Brigade
Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury
  • 6th Texas Infantry and 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)-Capt. Rhoads Fisher
    • Letters of Capt. Sebron Sneed to his wife--folder #15
    • Journal of Charles A. Leuschmer--folder #15
    • Account written by Lt. R. M. Collins from the Unwritten History of the War Between the States--folder #16
    • Photograph of Pvt. Henry Elms (copy)--folder #15
  • 7th Texas Infantry-Capt. C. E. Talley
    • history and complete roster of the 7th Texas--folder #15
  • 10th Texas Infantry-Col. Roger Q. Mills--folder #11
  • 17th and 18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)-Capt. George D. Manion
  • 24th and 25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)-Maj. William A. Taylor
Artillery
Hotchkiss Battalion-Major Thomas R. Hotchkiss

Hood's Corps
Lieutenant General John B. Hood

Hindman's Division
Major General Thomas C. Hindman

Walthall's Brigade--1,100 men
Brigadier General Edward C. Walthall

  • Biographical sketch of E. C. Walthall--folder #16
  • 24th and 27th Mississippi Infantry-Col. Samuel Benton
  • 29th and 30th Mississippi Infantry-Col. William P. Brantley
  • 34th Mississippi Infantry-Capt. T. S. Hubbard

Army of Mississippi or Polk's Corps
Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk

Cantey's Division (transferred from Mobile or Dept. of the Gulf on May 9th
Brigadier General James Cantey

Quarles' Brigade--1,500 men
Brigadier General William S. Quarles

  • Biographical sketch of W. A. Quarles
  • 1st Alabama Infantry-Maj. Samuel L. Knox
  • 4th Louisiana Infantry-Col. S. E. Hunter
  • 30th Louisiana Infantry-Lt. Col. Thomas Shields
  • 42nd Tennessee Infantry-Col. Issac N. Hulme
  • 46th and 55th Tennessee Infantry-Col. Robert A. Owens
  • 48th Tennessee Infantry (Voorhie's)-Lt. Col. Aaron S. Godwin
  • 49th Tennessee Infantry-Col. William F. Young
  • 53rd Tennessee Infantry-Col. John R. White

Cavalry Corps
Major General Joseph Wheeler

Kelly's Division--2325 men (estimate)
Brigadier General John H. Kelly

  • Biographical sketch of J. H. Kelly--folder #16
Allen Brigade
Brigadier General William W. Allen
  • 3rd Confederate Cavalry-Lt. Col. John McCaskill
  • 8th Confederate Cavalry-Lt. Col. John S. Prather
  • 10th Confederate (Alabama) Cavalry-Capt. W. J. Vason
    • correspondence between members
    • misc. information--folder #15
  • 12th Confederate Cavalry-Capt. Charles H. Conner
  • 5th Georgia Cavalry (or 5th Confederate)-Lt. Col. Edward Bird
Hannon's Brigade
Colonel Moses W. Hannon
  • 53rd Alabama--Col. John F. Gaines
  • 24th Alabama Battalion--Maj. Robert B. Snodgrass
Dibrell's Brigade
Colonel George G. Dibrell
  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry-Col. William S. McLemore
  • 8th Tennessee Cavalry-Capt. Jefferson Leftwich
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry-Capt. James M. Reynolds
  • 10th Tennessee Cavalry-Major John Milnor
  • 11th Tennessee Cavalry-Col. Daniel Holman