'Confederate' Regiments

[Luke Freet]

A lot has been said of the 3rd and 5th Confederate Infantry regiments, and some on Dearing's 8th Cavalry. However, what of the other Confederate regiments?
As far as I know, 1st Georgia Confederate served in the Army of Tennessee under Wilson, Clements, and H. R. Jackson, 2nd Confederate (25th Ms;aka The Valley Regiment) fought at Shiloh before disbanding, and was led by John C. Moore before his promotion.
As for other 'Confederate' units, haven't heard much.

 

[Coonewah Creek]

A lot has been said of the 3rd and 5th Confederate Infantry regiments, and some on Dearing's 8th Cavalry. However, what of the other Confederate regiments?
As far as I know, 1st Georgia Confederate served in the Army of Tennessee under Wilson, Clements, and H. R. Jackson, 2nd Confederate (25th Ms;aka The Valley Regiment) fought at Shiloh before disbanding, and was led by John C. Moore before his promotion.
As for other 'Confederate' units, haven't heard much.

I don't know much of the specific histories of many of the units with the designation of "Confederate" in their unit names, but here is a listing of I believe all the known units of that type in the Confederate armies:

CONFEDERATE ARMY UNITS

NOTES: Although a Confederate Regular Army was authorized, only a few companies were actually raised. Most units carrying the "Confederate" designation in their unit names did so simply because they were comprised of companies from more than one Confederate state. Note that all formal Confederate Engineer units carry the "Confederate" unit name designation.

CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY UNITS


1st Confederate Artillery Battery (see 1st Louisiana Regular Artillery Battery)

1st Confederate (Fitzgerald's) Artillery Regiment (did not complete organization)

White's (Confederate) Horse Artillery Battery (see White's (Tennessee) Artillery Battery)



CONFEDERATE CAVALRY UNITS


1st Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Maj. Henry C. Bate
Col. John T. Cox
Col. H. Clay King
Lt. Col. C.S. Robertson

1st Confederate Cavalry Regiment Regulars (Co. A)
Capt. Edward Ingraham
Col. Edmund Kirby Smith
Col. Earl Van Dorn

1st Confederate Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Battalion
Maj. Thompson J. Bird

3rd Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. F.M. Corn
Col. W.N. Estes
Col. James R. Howard
Lt. Col. John McCaskill
Col. P.H. Rice

6th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Capt. Thomas Claiborne
Maj. H. Clay King
Capt. John F. Lay
Lt. Col. James A. Pell
Maj. M.J. Wicks

6th Confederate Cavalry Battalion
Lt. Col. George M. Jessee
Maj. A.L. McAfee

7th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. Thomas D. Claiborne
Col. William C. Claiborne
Maj. Jesse H. Sikes
Col. V.H. Taliaferro

7th Confederate Cavalry Battalion
Lt. Col. Clarence J. Prentice
Maj. W.G. Repass

8th Confederate (Wade's) Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. Jefferson Falkner
Col. Joseph H. Field
Lt. Col. John S. Prather
Col. William B. Wade
Maj. John T. Wright

10th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Col. Charles T. Goode
Maj. John B. Rudolph
Lt. Col. Miles M. Slaughter
Col. William I. Vason

11th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 3rd Cavalry Regiment)

12th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 6th Cavalry Regiment)

13th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 3rd Cavalry Regiment)

14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. John B. Cage
Col. F. Dumonteil
Lt. Col. William H. Garland
Maj. Pinkney C. Harrington

15th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Col. Henry Maury
Lt. Col. T.J. Myers
Maj. Robert H. Partridge

16th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 6th Cavalry Regiment)

20th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see Lay's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment)

Baxter's (Confederate) Cavalry Battalion (see Baxter's (Mississippi) Battalion)

Gillum's (Confederate) Regiment, Mounted Riflemen (did not complete organization)

Dearing's (Confederate) Cavalry Regiment
Col. James Dearing

Harman's (Confederate) Cavalry Regiment (also see Harman's (Mississippi) Cavalry Regiment)
Col. B. Desha Harman

Mead's (Confederate) Cavalry Regiment
Col. Lemuel H. Mead



CONFEDERATE ENGINEERS


1st Confederate Engineers Regiment
Lt. Col. William W. Blackford
Maj. Peyton Randolph
Col. Thomas M.R. Talcott

1st Confederate Engineers Battalion
Lt. Col. Hugh T. Douglas
Maj. R.P. Rowley

2nd Confederate Engineers Regiment
Maj. D. Wintter

3rd Confederate Engineers Regiment
Maj. John W. Green
Lt. Col. S.W. Presstman

4th Confederate Engineers Regiment
Col. Hugh T. Douglas



CONFEDERATE INFANTRY UNITS


1st Confederate Infantry Regiment (also see 1st Georgia (Confederate) Infantry Regiment)
Lt. Col. Jacob W. Aderhold
Maj. Elijah M. Dodson
Lt. Col. James C. Gordon
Maj. William S. Lovell
Col. George A. Smith
Col. John B. Villepigue

1st Confederate Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (see Tucker's Infantry Regiment)

1st Confederate Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. George H. Forney
Lt. Col. Francis B. McClung
Maj. Lawrence W. O'Bannon

1st Confederate Foreign Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. Julius G. Tucker

2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment (also see 25th Mississippi Infantry Regiment)
Maj. Thomas H. Mangum
Col. John D. Martin
Lt. Col. Edward F. McGehee

2nd Confederate Infantry Battalion
Maj. James C., Jr. Malone

2nd Confederate Foreign Infantry Battalion (see 8th Infantry Battalion)

2nd Confederate Foreign Legion Infantry Battalion (see 8th Infantry Battalion)

3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment
Lt. Col. John F. Cameron
Lt. Col. J.C. Cole
Lt. Col. James B. Johnson
Lt. Col. Henry V. Keep
Col. John S. Marmaduke

4th Confederate Infantry Regiment (also see 1st AL, MS, and TN Infantry Regiment)
Col. Alpheus Baker
Maj. Joseph Barbiere
Lt. Col. John A. Minter
Maj. Thaddeus H. Shackelford

4th Confederate Infantry Battalion (see Confederate Guards Response Battalion (Louisiana))

5th Confederate (Smith's) Infantry Regiment
Lt. Col. James C. Cole
Maj. Richard J. Person
Col. James A. Smith

5th Confederate (Walker's) Infantry Regiment (see 40th Tennessee Infantry)

5th Company, CS Retributors Infantry
Lt. Bennett H. Young

8th Confederate Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. Garnett Andrews
Maj. R.T. Fouche

9th Confederate Infantry Regiment (see 5th (Smith's) Infantry Regiment)

Bradford's (Confederate) Infantry Battalion
Maj. J.D. Bradford

Brook's (Confederate) Infantry Battalion
Maj. John H. Brooks

Brush (Confederate) Infantry Battalion
Unknown

Tucker's (Confederate) Infantry Regiment
Col. Julius G. Tucker

 

[Luke Freet]

I don't know much of the specific histories of many of the units with the designation of "Confederate" in their unit names, but here is a listing of I believe all the known units of that type in the Confederate armies:

CONFEDERATE ARMY UNITS

NOTES: Although a Confederate Regular Army was authorized, only a few companies were actually raised. Most units carrying the "Confederate" designation in their unit names did so simply because they were comprised of companies from more than one Confederate state. Note that all formal Confederate Engineer units carry the "Confederate" unit name designation.

CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY UNITS


1st Confederate Artillery Battery (see 1st Louisiana Regular Artillery Battery)

1st Confederate (Fitzgerald's) Artillery Regiment (did not complete organization)

White's (Confederate) Horse Artillery Battery (see White's (Tennessee) Artillery Battery)



CONFEDERATE CAVALRY UNITS


1st Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Maj. Henry C. Bate
Col. John T. Cox
Col. H. Clay King
Lt. Col. C.S. Robertson

1st Confederate Cavalry Regiment Regulars (Co. A)
Capt. Edward Ingraham
Col. Edmund Kirby Smith
Col. Earl Van Dorn

1st Confederate Trans-Mississippi Cavalry Battalion
Maj. Thompson J. Bird

3rd Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. F.M. Corn
Col. W.N. Estes
Col. James R. Howard
Lt. Col. John McCaskill
Col. P.H. Rice

6th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Capt. Thomas Claiborne
Maj. H. Clay King
Capt. John F. Lay
Lt. Col. James A. Pell
Maj. M.J. Wicks

6th Confederate Cavalry Battalion
Lt. Col. George M. Jessee
Maj. A.L. McAfee

7th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. Thomas D. Claiborne
Col. William C. Claiborne
Maj. Jesse H. Sikes
Col. V.H. Taliaferro

7th Confederate Cavalry Battalion
Lt. Col. Clarence J. Prentice
Maj. W.G. Repass

8th Confederate (Wade's) Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. Jefferson Falkner
Col. Joseph H. Field
Lt. Col. John S. Prather
Col. William B. Wade
Maj. John T. Wright

10th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Col. Charles T. Goode
Maj. John B. Rudolph
Lt. Col. Miles M. Slaughter
Col. William I. Vason

11th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 3rd Cavalry Regiment)

12th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 6th Cavalry Regiment)

13th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 3rd Cavalry Regiment)

14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Lt. Col. John B. Cage
Col. F. Dumonteil
Lt. Col. William H. Garland
Maj. Pinkney C. Harrington

15th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
Col. Henry Maury
Lt. Col. T.J. Myers
Maj. Robert H. Partridge

16th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see 6th Cavalry Regiment)

20th Confederate Cavalry Regiment (see Lay's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment)

Baxter's (Confederate) Cavalry Battalion (see Baxter's (Mississippi) Battalion)

Gillum's (Confederate) Regiment, Mounted Riflemen (did not complete organization)

Dearing's (Confederate) Cavalry Regiment
Col. James Dearing

Harman's (Confederate) Cavalry Regiment (also see Harman's (Mississippi) Cavalry Regiment)
Col. B. Desha Harman

Mead's (Confederate) Cavalry Regiment
Col. Lemuel H. Mead



CONFEDERATE ENGINEERS


1st Confederate Engineers Regiment
Lt. Col. William W. Blackford
Maj. Peyton Randolph
Col. Thomas M.R. Talcott

1st Confederate Engineers Battalion
Lt. Col. Hugh T. Douglas
Maj. R.P. Rowley

2nd Confederate Engineers Regiment
Maj. D. Wintter

3rd Confederate Engineers Regiment
Maj. John W. Green
Lt. Col. S.W. Presstman

4th Confederate Engineers Regiment
Col. Hugh T. Douglas



CONFEDERATE INFANTRY UNITS


1st Confederate Infantry Regiment (also see 1st Georgia (Confederate) Infantry Regiment)
Lt. Col. Jacob W. Aderhold
Maj. Elijah M. Dodson
Lt. Col. James C. Gordon
Maj. William S. Lovell
Col. George A. Smith
Col. John B. Villepigue

1st Confederate Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (see Tucker's Infantry Regiment)

1st Confederate Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. George H. Forney
Lt. Col. Francis B. McClung
Maj. Lawrence W. O'Bannon

1st Confederate Foreign Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. Julius G. Tucker

2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment (also see 25th Mississippi Infantry Regiment)
Maj. Thomas H. Mangum
Col. John D. Martin
Lt. Col. Edward F. McGehee

2nd Confederate Infantry Battalion
Maj. James C., Jr. Malone

2nd Confederate Foreign Infantry Battalion (see 8th Infantry Battalion)

2nd Confederate Foreign Legion Infantry Battalion (see 8th Infantry Battalion)

3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment
Lt. Col. John F. Cameron
Lt. Col. J.C. Cole
Lt. Col. James B. Johnson
Lt. Col. Henry V. Keep
Col. John S. Marmaduke

4th Confederate Infantry Regiment (also see 1st AL, MS, and TN Infantry Regiment)
Col. Alpheus Baker
Maj. Joseph Barbiere
Lt. Col. John A. Minter
Maj. Thaddeus H. Shackelford

4th Confederate Infantry Battalion (see Confederate Guards Response Battalion (Louisiana))

5th Confederate (Smith's) Infantry Regiment
Lt. Col. James C. Cole
Maj. Richard J. Person
Col. James A. Smith

5th Confederate (Walker's) Infantry Regiment (see 40th Tennessee Infantry)

5th Company, CS Retributors Infantry
Lt. Bennett H. Young

8th Confederate Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. Garnett Andrews
Maj. R.T. Fouche

9th Confederate Infantry Regiment (see 5th (Smith's) Infantry Regiment)

Bradford's (Confederate) Infantry Battalion
Maj. J.D. Bradford

Brook's (Confederate) Infantry Battalion
Maj. John H. Brooks

Brush (Confederate) Infantry Battalion
Unknown

Tucker's (Confederate) Infantry Regiment
Col. Julius G. Tucker

Thanks for your response.
I thought that Walker's and Smith's 5th Regiment were the same unit. Aren't they?

 

[TomV71]

Thanks for your response.
I thought that Walker's and Smith's 5th Regiment were the same unit. Aren't they?

Nope.
Walker's was formed in October 1861 as 40th Tennessee and re-designated 5th Confederate in February 1862. Captured at island #10 and disbanded in september 1862 after being paroled.

Smith's 5th Confederate was formed on July 21 1862 by consolidating the 2nd Tennessee (not to be confused with 2nd TN Prov. Army) and 21st Tennessee Regiments. They fought with the AoT until the surrender in 1865.

 

[Luke Freet]

Nope.
Walker's was formed in October 1861 as 40th Tennessee and re-designated 5th Confederate in February 1862. Captured at island #10 and disbanded in september 1862 after being paroled.

Smith's 5th Confederate was formed on July 21 1862 by consolidating the 2nd Tennessee (not to be confused with 2nd TN Prov. Army) and 21st Tennessee Regiments. They fought with the AoT until the surrender in 1865.

2nd Tennessee was Bate's regiment at Shiloh, correct? I presumed that regiment had transfered to T. B. Smith's brigade after Lucius Polk was wounded and the brigade disbanded. That was definitely then 2nd P.A. now i think about it.

 

[TomV71]

2nd Tennessee was Bate's regiment at Shiloh, correct? I presumed that regiment had transfered to T. B. Smith's brigade after Lucius Polk was wounded and the brigade disbanded. That was definitely then 2nd P.A. now i think about it.

Yes correct.
2nd Tennessee Provisional Army. Col. William B.Bate.
Transferred to Cleburnes Brigade in the 3rd Corps from Virginia in March/April 1862, just in time for Shiloh. Stayed in Cleburne-Polks brigade until July 1864. Then served in Tylers Brigade, Bates Division until the surrender. (Tylers Brigade was commanded by T.B.Smith from July to December 1864)

The "other" 2nd Tennessee (J. Knox Walker's) served in Preston Smith's Brigade, Cheathams Division, Army of Mississippi until March 1862, then Jonston-Donelson's Brigade of the same division until consolidation with the 21st Tennessee and renamed 5th Confederate, as mentioned earlier.

(Edited, since I mixed up alittle.)

 

[BlueandGrayl]

We also have the case of galvanized Yankees in these cases some even defected to the Confederate side.

 

[gary]

I recall there being a First Georgia Regulars (Infantry) and First George Volunteer Infantry.

 

[TomV71]

I recall there being a First Georgia Regulars (Infantry) and First George Volunteer Infantry.

Actually three ordinary infantry regiments.

1st Georgia (Lawtons-Olmsteads) served in Charleston defenses until assigned to AoT during the Atlanta Campaign
1st Georgia Regulars (Williams) served in Army of N.Virginia until 1865
1st Georgia Volunteers (Ramseys) served in Army of the Northwest until disbanded in 1862

Many states including Georgia also had 1st Reserves, 1st Local Defense Troops, 1st Militia etc.

 

[Vicksburger]

Gen D. H. Hill told a story at Chickamauga: He saw a desperately wounded Irish soldier, and said to him: "My poor fellow, you are badly hurt. What regiment do you belong to?"
" The Fifth Confidrit, and a dommed good regiment it is, " said the wounded man promptly.

 

[BlueandGrayl]

Gen D. H. Hill told a story at Chickamauga: He saw a desperately wounded Irish soldier, and said to him: "My poor fellow, you are badly hurt. What regiment do you belong to?"
" The Fifth Confidrit, and a dommed good regiment it is, " said the wounded man promptly.

Some kindness on both sides there.

 

[Luke Freet]

Some kindness on both sides there.

D. H. Hill was a Confederate general

 

[gary]

Actually three ordinary infantry regiments.

1st Georgia (Lawtons-Olmsteads) served in Charleston defenses until assigned to AoT during the Atlanta Campaign
1st Georgia Regulars (Williams) served in Army of N.Virginia until 1865
1st Georgia Volunteers (Ramseys) served in Army of the Northwest until disbanded in 1862

Many states including Georgia also had 1st Reserves, 1st Local Defense Troops, 1st Militia etc.

This is where the Stewart (?) Silfikas (sp) series of books are so invaluable to a researcher. I used to use them in the Richmond library or the National Archives.

 

[MarylandLine]

Here is book about a member of Wade's 8th Confederate Cavalry:

An Uncompromising Secessionist: The Civil War of George Knox Miller, Eighth (Wade's) Confederate Cavalry. Compiled, edited, and annotated by Richard M. McMurry. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8173-1531-3. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Pp. xxviii, 360. $53.50.

 

[TomV71]

This is where the Stewart (?) Silfikas (sp) series of books are so invaluable to a researcher. I used to use them in the Richmond library or the National Archives.

Yes! Those are invaluable! I bought the series in 1993 or so, and they have been by my side ever since.
Including now here right beside me in the living room. I can't live without them.

 

[AUG]

Some more on the 5th (aka 9th) Confederate Infantry (J. Knox Walker's/Smith's) here:
http://tngenweb.org/civilwar/2nd-walkers-tennessee-infantry-regiment/

It was largely made up of Irishmen, mostly recruited from Memphis. Also fittingly served in Cleburne's Division, first in Lucius Polk's Brigade and later transferred to Granbury's, when Polk's was disbanded after his wounding at Kennesaw Mountain.

In Capt. Samuel T. Foster's diary he mentions an incident during a review of the AoT in Sept. 1864. Former Texas Governor Francis Lubbock, then serving as an aide to Jeff Davis, decided to ride in front of Granbury's Texans and pay them a visit.... "He stopped in front of an Irish Regt. Just on our right before he got to us. He rode square up about the centre pulled off his hat and says 'I am Governor Lubbock of Texas' and just when he expected to hear a big cheer, an Irishman says 'An who the bloody H——l is governor Lubbock?' with that peculiar Irish brogue, that made the Governor wilt."

That "Irish Regt." was, no doubt, the 5th Confederate!

 

[Luke Freet]

Some more on the 5th (aka 9th) Confederate Infantry (J. Knox Walker's/Smith's) here:
http://tngenweb.org/civilwar/2nd-walkers-tennessee-infantry-regiment/

It was largely made up of Irishmen, mostly recruited from Memphis. Also fittingly served in Cleburne's Division, first in Lucius Polk's Brigade and later transferred to Granbury's, when Polk's was disbanded after his wounding at Kennesaw Mountain.

In Capt. Samuel T. Foster's diary he mentions an incident during a review of the AoT in Sept. 1864. Former Texas Governor Francis Lubbock, then serving as an aide to Jeff Davis, decided to ride in front of Granbury's Texans and pay them a visit.... "He stopped in front of an Irish Regt. Just on our right before he got to us. He rode square up about the centre pulled off his hat and says 'I am Governor Lubbock of Texas' and just when he expected to hear a big cheer, an Irishman says 'An who the bloody H——l is governor Lubbock?' with that peculiar Irish brogue, that made the Governor wilt."

That "Irish Regt." was, no doubt, the 5th Confederate!

Yeah, the 5th, imo, seems to be the most notable and prestigious of the Confederate regiments. Certainly one of the finest in Cleburne's Division, alongside his own 15th Arkansas and Granbury's 7th Texas.

 

[Vicksburger]

Some more on the 5th (aka 9th) Confederate Infantry (J. Knox Walker's/Smith's) here:
http://tngenweb.org/civilwar/2nd-walkers-tennessee-infantry-regiment/

It was largely made up of Irishmen, mostly recruited from Memphis. Also fittingly served in Cleburne's Division, first in Lucius Polk's Brigade and later transferred to Granbury's, when Polk's was disbanded after his wounding at Kennesaw Mountain.

In Capt. Samuel T. Foster's diary he mentions an incident during a review of the AoT in Sept. 1864. Former Texas Governor Francis Lubbock, then serving as an aide to Jeff Davis, decided to ride in front of Granbury's Texans and pay them a visit.... "He stopped in front of an Irish Regt. Just on our right before he got to us. He rode square up about the centre pulled off his hat and says 'I am Governor Lubbock of Texas' and just when he expected to hear a big cheer, an Irishman says 'An who the bloody H——l is governor Lubbock?' with that peculiar Irish brogue, that made the Governor wilt."

That "Irish Regt." was, no doubt, the 5th Confederate!

I had not heard that, very neat.