COMMAND ORGANIZATION
JANUARY, 1864 – FEBRUARY, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General Joseph E. Johnston
HARDEE’S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
[1]
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
WRIGHT’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Marcus J. Wright
Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Twenty-eighth Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Thirty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Fifty-first & Fifty-second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
FEBRUARY, 1864 – JULY 17, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General Joseph E. Johnston
HARDEE’S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
WRIGHT’S BRIGADE
Colonel John C. Carter
[2]
Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
[3]
Twenty-eighth Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Thirty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Fifty-first & Fifty-second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
JULY 17, 1864 – SEPTEMBER, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General John Bell Hood
HARDEE’S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
[4]
CARTER’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
[5]
Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Twenty-eighth Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Thirty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Fifty-first & Fifty-second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
BATTLE OF PEACH TREE CREEK
JULY 20, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General John Bell Hood
HARDEE’S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
Colonel Francis M. Walker
CARTER’S BRIGADE
Colonel John H. Anderson
Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Twenty-eighth Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Thirty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Fifty-first & Fifty-second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
BATTLE OF ATLANTA
JULY 22, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General John Bell Hood
HARDEE’S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
Colonel Francis M. Walker
[6]
CARTER’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Twenty-eighth Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Thirty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Fifty-first & Fifty-second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
BATTLE OF JONESBORO
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 1, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General John Bell Hood
WING COMMANDER
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
HARDEE’S CORPS
Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne
[7]
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
[8]
CARTER’S BRIGADE
Colonel John H. Anderson
Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Twenty-eighth Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Thirty-eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
Fifty-first & Fifty-second Regiment Tennessee Volunteers
REORGANIZATION OF SEPTEMBER 24, 1864
And organization
AT BATTLE OF FRANKLIN
NOVEMBER 30, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General John Bell Hood
CHEATHAM’S CORPS
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
[9]
CHEATHAM’S OLD DIVISION
Maj. Gen. John C. Brown
[10]
CARTER’S BRIGADE
[11]
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
[12]
First / Twenty-seventh Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
Fourth Confederate / Sixth / Ninth / Fiftieth Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
Eighth / Sixteenth / Twenty-eighth Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
BATTLE OF NASHVILLE
DECEMBER 15 – 16, 1864
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
General John Bell Hood
CHEATHAM’S CORPS
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
CHEATHAM’S OLD DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey
CARTER’S BRIGADE
Colonel Hume R. Field
First / Twenty-seventh Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
Fourth Confederate / Sixth / Ninth / Fiftieth Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
Eighth / Sixteenth / Twenty-eighth Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
[13]
REAR GUARD – ARMY OF TENNESSEE
DECEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 27, 1864
REAR GUARD COMMANDER
Lieut. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest
INFANTRY COMMANDER
[14]
Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall
Featherston’s & Quarles’ Brigades
Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston
Ector’s & Reynolds’ Brigades
Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds
Smith’s & Palmer’s Brigades
Colonel J. B. Palmer
Strahl’s & Carter’s Brigades
[15]
Colonel Hume R. Field
(Field’s force was composed of the following regiments.)
First / Twenty-seventh Tennessee Regiments
Fourth Confederate / Sixth / Ninth / Fiftieth Tennessee Regiments
Eighth / Sixteenth / Twenty-eighth Tennessee Regiments
Fourth / Fifth / Thirty-first / Thirty-third / Thirty-eighth Tennessee
Nineteenth / Twenty-fourth / Forty-first Tennessee Regiments
BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE
MARCH 21, 1865[16]
ARMY OF THE SOUTH
General Joseph E. Johnston
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
CHEATHAM’S CORPS
Maj. Gen. William B. Bate
CHEATHAM’S OLD DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley
CARTER’S BRIGADE
Lieut. Col. Christopher C. McKinney
First / Twenty-seventh Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
Fourth Confederate / Sixth / Ninth / Fiftieth Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
Eighth / Sixteenth / Twenty-eighth Regiments Tennessee Volunteers
FINAL REORGANIZATION
FOR SURRENDER AT BENNET PLACE, N.C.
APRIL 26, 1865
ARMY OF THE SOUTH
General Joseph E. Johnston
HARDEE’S CORPS
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
CHEATHAM’S DIVISION
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
PALMER’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer
First Consolidated Regiment Tennessee Infantry
Lieut. Col. Oliver A. Bradshaw
Comprised of the 1st/6th/8th/9th/16th/27th/28th/34th Tennessee Regiments and the 24th Battalion Tennessee Sharpshooters.
[17]
[1] Shortly after the Battle of Chickamauga, Cheatham’s division was broken up by General Bragg and his brigades distributed temporarily to other divisions of the army. Wright’s brigade was placed under Jackson, but was detached at Charleston, Tennessee during the entirety of Jackson’s tenure. With Johnston’s appointment to army command, the old brigades of Cheatham’s division were returned to his command by February 6, 1864.
[2] Colonel John Anderson commanded the brigade as interim commander after Wright’s transfer until February 14th when Colonel Carter returned with his regiment from east Tennessee. On July 7th, Carter was officially promoted to brigadier-general.
[3] On May 17th, Colonel D. M. Donnell was unfit for service and sent to the rear. He never returned to command the regiment but was assigned post duty. Major Benjamin Randals was given command of the regiment at this time.
[4] General Cheatham acted off and on as division commander during this time. At Peach Tree Creek he temporarily commanded Hood’s corps due to Hood’s promotion to army commander. In his absence, Colonel Francis M. Walker of the 19th Tennessee commanded the division. Cheatham remained in that capacity through the Battle of Atlanta then returned to division command until A. P. Stewart was wounded at Ezra Church. He assumed command of Stewart’s corps at that point and again returned to division command when Stewart recovered.
[5] Carter was not present for the Battle of Peach Tree Creek. In his absence, Colonel Anderson of the Eighth Tennessee temporarily commanded the brigade.
[6] Colonel Walker was killed in action, and Cheatham resumed command of the division shortly after the battle.
[7] Cheatham would have assumed this position but was suffering from a rare ailment. This elevated Cleburne to command the corps.
[8] This one and only opportunity at division command allowed Carter to show his ability to react quickly on the battlefield.
[9] Cheatham was given command of Hardee’s corps upon Hardee’s transfer to departmental command.
[10] Brown was wounded at Franklin.
[11] At this reorganization in September, 1864, Maney’s and Carter’s brigades were combined, while two of their old sister regiments were transferred. The 38th Tennessee was placed in Strahl’s brigade and the 51st/52nd Tennessee was added to Gordon’s brigade.
[12] Carter was mortally wounded at Franklin.
[13] Major Ben Randals was captured at Nashville.
[14] The entire infantry force numbered only 1,621 effectives.
[15] This command of two brigades under Field amounted to only 278 effective men. The seventeen regiments that comprised the force under Colonel Field alone would have numbered nearly 17,000 men at the beginning of the war.
[16] Although the battle was fought March 19 – 21, 1865, Cheatham’s old division arrived on the field the last day of the battle.
[17] The entire consolidation of these eight regiments and one battalion numbered only 384 men present for the surrender. This averaged 42.6 men per organization.