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Maps of Chickamauga

Map Legend

The Battle
     The Campaign
     Sept. 18th, 1863
     Sept. 19th, 1863
     Sept. 20th, 1863

Then and Now

Order of Battle

Wargaming Chickamauga

Conclusions

Bibliography




For a more in-depth look at the method behind the numbers, read the Methodology page.

Numbers in black are taken straight from primary and secondary sources.
Numbers in red are an estimate based on an equation.
Numbers in blue are a best guess, but still derived from logical methods.

ES:  Effective Strength
ES+:  Effective Strength including officers
PFD:  Present for Duty
Total Available:  All units ready and available for combat
Total:  All units in the immediate area, including train guards and detachments

Click on a unit, at any level, for more in-depth detail and information including flag images, weapons, and footnotes.

Summary
ES
ES+
PFD
Escort and Staff
320
344
365
Polk's Corps
12,351
13,449
14,451
Hill's Corps
8,317
8,968
9,526
Buckner's Corps
9,012
9,813
10,470
Reserve Corps
5,494
5,941
6,313
First Corps, AoNV
7,064
7,703
8,446
Reserve Artillery
268
285
304
Cavalry Corps
5,826
6,903
7,348
Forrest's Corp
5,681
6,726
7,159
Total Infantry
42,826
46,503
49,875
Total Cavalry
11,507
13,629
14,507
Total Available Infantry
41,802
45,412
48,715
Total Available Cavalry
10,962
12,992
13,829
Total Available
52,764
58,404
62,544
Grand Total
54,333
60,132
64,382
Army of Tennessee
General Braxton Bragg
ES
ES+
PFD
Staff
Escort: Dreux's Company Louisiana Cavalry
63
68
72
Escort: Holloway's Company Alabama Cavalry
63
68
72
Escort: Company C, 1st Louisiana Regulars
45
48
51
Miners & Sappers
149
160
170
ES
ES+
PFD
Polk's Corps
12,351
13,449
14,451
Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk
Staff
13
13
Escort:  Greenleaf's Company Louisiana Cavalry
31
33
35
ES
ES+
PFD
Cheatham's Division
6,730
7,281
7,762
Major General Benjamin Cheatham
Staff
14
14
Escort: Company G, 2nd Georgia Cavalry
30
32
34
Jackson's Brigade
1,199
1,316
1,401
Brigadier General John Jackson
Staff
5
5
1st Georgia Confederate, 2nd Battalion
181
194
207
5th Georgia
317
353
376
2nd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
101
108
115
5th Mississippi
225
252
268
8th Mississippi
375
404
430
Smith's Brigade
1,525
1,650
1,757
Brigadier General Preston Smith
Col. Alfred Vaughan Jr.
Staff
8
8
11th Tennessee
356
383
408
12th & 47th Tennessee
326
351
374
13th & 154th Tennessee
206
222
236
29th Tennessee
384
413
440
Dawson's Sharpshooters
252
273
291
Maney's Brigade
1,177
1,297
1,381
Brigadier General George Maney
Staff
4
4
1st & 27th Tennessee
640
703
749
4th Tennessee (Provisional Army)
163
179
191
6th & 9th Tennessee
335
368
392
24th Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters
39
43
46
Wright's Brigade
1,252
1,369
1,468
Brigadier General Marcus Wright
Staff
6
6
8th Tennessee
260
285
304
16th Tennessee
242
266
283
28th Tennessee
254
279
308
38th Tennessee
264
278
296
51st & 52nd Tennessee
232
255
272
Strahl's Brigade
1,149
1,186
1,263
Brigadier General Otho Strahl
Staff
5
5
4th & 5th Tennessee
353
380
405
19th Tennessee
242
266
283
24th Tennessee
228
245
261
31st Tennessee
156
168
179
33rd Tennessee
113
122
130
Artillery
398
417
444
Scogin's Georgia Battery (Jackson)
86
89
95
Scott's Tennessee Battery (Smith)
78
82
87
Smith's/Turner's Mississippi Battery (Maney)
78
82
87
Carnes' Tennessee Battery (Wright)
78
82
87
Stanford's Mississippi Battery (Strahl)
78
82
87
ES
ES+
PFD
Hindman's Division
5,621
6,122
6,640
Brigadier General Patton Anderson
Major General Thomas Hindman
Staff
12
12
Escort:  Company I (Lenoir's) 3rd Alabama Cavalry
60
65
69
Anderson's Brigade
1,750
1,875
1,996
Col. J. H. Sharp
Brigadier General Patton Anderson
Staff
10
10
7th Mississippi
271
291
310
9th Mississippi
332
355
378
10th Mississippi
289
311
331
41st Mississippi
467
502
535
44th Mississippi
253
272
290
9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
125
134
143
Deas' Brigade
1,785
1,942
2,142
Brigadier General Zachariah Deas
Staff
10
10
19th Alabama
469
504
515
22nd Alabama
324
348
371
25th Alabama
288
310
330
39th Alabama
310
333
340
50th Alabama
437
469
500
17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters
66
71
76
Manigault's Brigade
1,856
2,029
2,161
Brigadier General Arthur Manigault
Staff
4
4
24th Alabama
354
381
406
28th Alabama
585
629
670
34th Alabama
306
329
350
10th & 19th South Carolina
638
686
731
Artillery
229
244
260
Garrity's Alabama Battery (Anderson)
78
82
87
Dent's Alabama Battery (Deas)
81
87
93
Waters' Alabama Battery (Manigault)
70
75
80
ES
ES+
PFD
Hill's Corps
8,317
8,968
9,526
Lieutenant General D.H. Hill
Staff
4
4
Escort: Raum's Company Georgia Cavalry
47
51
54
ES
ES+
PFD
Cleburne's Division
4,875
5,115
5,424
Major General Patrick Cleburne
Staff
14
14
Escort:  Sander's Company Tennessee Cavalry
Wood's Brigade
1,751
1,888
1,987
Brigadier General S.A.M. Wood
Staff
5
5
16th Alabama
382
411
414
33rd Alabama & 18th Alabama Battalion
477
513
546
45th Alabama
369
397
423
32nd & 45th Mississippi
472
508
541
15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters
51
54
58
Polk's Brigade
1,229
1,333
1,419
Brigadier General Lucius Polk
Staff
3
3
1st Arkansas
375
404
430
3rd & 5th Confederate
253
272
290
2nd Tennessee
231
248
264
35th Tennessee
215
236
251
48th Tennessee
155
170
181
Deshler's Brigade
1,534
1,635
1,742
Brigadier General James Deshler
Staff
3
3
19th & 24th Arkansas
197
212
226
6th, 10th Infantry & 15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
667
700
746
17th, 18th, 24th & 25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
670
720
767
Artillery
234
246
262
Semple's Alabama Battery (Wood)
78
82
87
Calvert's Arkansas Battery (Polk)
78
82
87
Douglas's Texas Battery (Deshler)
78
82
87
ES
ES+
PFD
Breckinridge's Division
3,395
3,798
4,044
Major General John Breckinridge
Staff
14
14
Escort:  Foule's Company Mississippi Cavalry
Helm's Brigade
1,237
1,389
1,479
Brigadier General Benjamin Helm
Staff
5
5
41st Alabama
325
357
380
2nd Kentucky
272
302
322
4th Kentucky
243
275
293
6th Kentucky
190
220
234
9th Kentucky
207
230
245
Adams' Brigade
1,082
1,210
1,289
Brigadier General Daniel Adams
Staff
8
8
32nd Alabama
127
145
154
13th & 20th Louisiana
255
289
309
16th & 25th Louisiana
293
319
340
19th Louisiana
317
350
373
14th Louisiana Battalion
90
99
105
Stovall's Brigade
813
902
960
Brigadier General Marcellus Stovall
Staff
5
5
1st & 3rd Florida
273
298
317
4th Florida
217
238
253
47th Georgia
178
193
206
60th North Carolina
150
168
179
Artillery
268
283
301
Cobb's Kentucky Battery (Helm)
80
84
89
Slocumb's Louisiana Battery (Adams)
120
126
134
Mebane's Tennessee Battery (Stovall)
68
73
78
ES
ES+
PFD
Buckner's Corps
9,012
9,813
10,470
Major General Simon Buckner
Staff
13
13
Escort:  Clark's Company Tennessee Cavalry
19
20
21
Train Guard: 2 cos. 65th Georgia, 2 cos. 63rd Virginia
74
80
85
ES
ES+
PFD
Stewart's Division
3,926
4,323
4,579
Major General Alexander Stewart
Staff
14
14
Escort:  Foules Company Mississippi Cavalry
32
35
37
Bate's Brigade
1,080
1,218
1,297
Brigadier General William Bate
Staff
6
6
58th Alabama
250
284
302
37th Georgia
393
423
450
4th Georgia Sharpshooters
85
92
98
15th & 37th Tennessee
200
230
245
20th Tennessee
152
183
195
Brown's Brigade
1,210
1,345
1,412
Brigadier General John Brown
Staff
4
4
18th Tennessee
330
362
374
26th Tennessee
213
239
254
32nd Tennessee
310
341
360
45th Tennessee
226
255
265
23rd Tennessee Battalion
131
144
155
Clayton's Brigade
1,352
1,450
1,544
Brigadier General Henry Clayton
Staff
4
4
18th Alabama
490
527
561
36th Alabama
401
429
457
38th Alabama
461
490
522
Artillery
252
261
275
Eufaula Alabama Battery (Bate)
101
104
111
T.H. Dawson's Georgia Battery (Brown)
65
68
69
1st Arkansas (Clayton)
86
89
95
ES
ES+
PFD
Preston's Division
4,721
5,091
5,468
Brigadier General William Preston
Staff
12
12
Gracie's Brigade
1,992
2,127
2,265
Brigadier General Archibald Gracie Jr.
Staff
8
8
43rd Alabama
685
737
785
1st Alabama Battalion
238
260
277
2nd Alabama Battalion
214
230
245
3rd Alabama Battalion
265
285
304
4th Alabama Battalion
191
205
218
63rd Tennessee
374
402
428
Trigg's Brigade
1,417
1,536
1,683
Col. Robert Trigg
Staff
5
5
1st Florida Cavalry
262
282
300
6th Florida
410
441
470
7th Florida
376
405
431
54th Virginia
417
448
477
Kelly's Brigade
1,061
1,151
1,226
Col. John Kelly
Staff
5
5
65th Georgia
229
251
267
5th Kentucky
351
377
402
58th North Carolina
299
322
343
63rd Virginia (detached to guard ordance trains)
182
196
209
Artillery
251
265
282
Jeffress' Virginia Battery (Gracie)
95
101
108
Peeples Georgia Battery (Trigg)
78
82
87
Wolihin's Georgia Battery (Kelly)
78
82
87
ES
ES+
PFD
Buckner's Corps Reserve Artillery
272
286
305
Baxter's Tennessee Battery
38
40
43
Darden's Mississippi Battery
78
82
87
Kolb's Alabama Battery
78
82
87
McCant's Florida Battery
78
82
87
ES
ES+
PFD
Reserve Corps
5,494
5,941
6,313
Major General William H.T. Walker
Staff
8
8
ES
ES+
PFD
Walker's Division
2,460
2,660
2,832
Major General William H.T. Walker
Staff
8
8
Ector's Brigade
1,115
1,204
1,282
Brigadier General Matthew Ector
Staff
5
5
29th North Carolina
200
215
229
9th Texas
135
145
154
10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
253
272
290
14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
183
197
210
32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
202
217
231
Stone's Battalion Sharpshooters
103
111
118
Pound's Battalion Sharpshooters
39
42
45
Wilson's Brigade
1,225
1,322
1,408
Col. Claudius Wilson
Staff
5
5
25th Georgia
356
383
408
29th Georgia
205
220
234
30th Georgia
311
334
356
1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
141
152
162
4th Louisiana Battalion
212
228
243
Artillery
120
126
134
Howell's Georgia Battery (Wilson)
120
126
134
ES
ES+
PFD
Liddell's Division
3,034
3,273
3,474
Brigadier General St. John Liddell
Staff
5
5
Liddell's Brigade
1,396
1,506
1,592
Col. Daniel Govan
Staff
4
4
2nd & 15th Arkansas
305
328
349
5th & 13th Arkansas
393
423
450
6th & 7th Arkansas
339
364
388
8th Arkansas & 1st Louisiana
360
387
401
Walthall's Brigade
1,482
1,598
1,702
Brigadier General Edward Walthall
Staff
5
5
24th Mississippi
374
402
428
27th Mississippi
316
340
362
29th Mississippi
272
293
312
30th Mississippi
272
293
312
34th Mississippi
247
266
283
Artillery
156
164
175
Warren Light Artillery Mississippi Battery (Govan)
78
82
87
Fowler's Alabama Battery (Walthall)
78
82
87
ES
ES+
PFD
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
7,064
7,703
8,446
Major General John Hood
Staff
8
8
Escort:  Companies E and C, 1st Louisiana Cavalry
28
30
32
ES
ES+
PFD
Johnson's Division
3,356
3,685
4,169
Brigadier General Bushrod Johnson
Staff
6
6
Johnson's Brigade
761
874
1,101
Col. John Fulton
Staff
5
5
17th Tennessee
222
249
371
23rd Tennessee
153
181
207
25th Tennessee
120
145
168
44th Tennessee
266
294
350
Gregg's Brigade
1,243
1,341
1,503
Brigadier General John Gregg
Col. Cyrus Sugg
Staff
4
4
3rd Tennessee
255
274
292
10th Tennessee
177
190
202
30th Tennessee
172
185
197
41st Tennessee
302
325
346
50th Tennessee
97
104
186
1st Tennessee Battalion
76
82
87
7th Texas
165
177
189
McNair's Brigade
1,107
1,209
1,287
Brigadier General Evander McNair
Staff
2
2
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
254
273
291
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
125
139
148
25th Arkansas
111
133
142
4th & 31st Arkansas & 4th Arkansas Battalion
385
415
442
39th North Carolina
232
247
263
Artillery
245
255
272
Company E, 9th Georgia [York's] (Fulton)
84
87
93
Bledsoe's Missouri Battery (Gregg)
81
84
89
Culpeper's South Carolina Battery (McNair)
80
84
89
ES
ES+
PFD
Hood's Division
3,680
3,980
4,237
Brigadier General Evander Law
Staff
8
8
Law's Brigade
1,355
1,462
1,557
Col. James Sheffield
Col. William Perry
Staff
5
5
4th Alabama
232
249
265
15th Alabama
347
373
397
44th Alabama
257
276
294
47th Alabama
263
283
301
48th Alabama
257
276
294
Robertson's Brigade
1,209
1,305
1,390
Brigadier General Jerome Robertson
Staff
5
5
3rd Arkansas
299
322
343
1st Texas
380
409
436
4th Texas
299
322
343
5th Texas
230
247
263
Benning's Brigade
1,116
1,205
1,283
Brigadier General Henry Benning
Staff
5
5
2nd Georgia
397
427
455
15th Georgia
265
285
304
17th Georgia
233
250
266
20th Georgia
221
238
253
ES
ES+
PFD
Army Reserve Artillery
268
285
304
Barret's Missouri Battery
78
82
87
Havis' Georgia Battery
57
61
65
Lumsden's Alabama Battery
95
101
108
Massenburg's Georgia Battery
38
41
44
ES
ES+
PFD
Cavalry Corps
5,826
6,903
7,348
Major General Joseph Wheeler
Staff
13
13
ES
ES+
PFD
Wharton's Division
3,775
4,457
4,745
Brigadier General John Wharton
Staff
13
13
Escort:  Company B 8th Texas Cavalry
35
41
44
1st Brigade
1,806
2,130
2,268
Col. C.C. Crews
Staff
5
5
7th Alabama (Malone's)
427
502
535
2nd Georgia
510
600
639
3rd Georgia
355
418
445
4th Georgia
514
605
644
2nd Brigade
1,934
2,273
2,420
Col. Thomas Harrison
Staff
5
5
3rd Confederate
468
550
586
3rd Kentucky
355
418
445
4th Tennessee
355
418
445
8th Texas
350
412
439
11th Texas
338
398
424
White's Tennessee Battery
67
72
77
ES
ES+
PFD
Martin's Division
2,052
2,433
2,590
Brigadier General William Martin
Staff
13
13
1st Brigade
1,303
1,538
1,638
Col. John T. Morgan
Staff
5
5
1st Alabama
355
418
445
3rd Alabama
237
279
297
51st Alabama
355
418
445
8th Confederate
355
418
445
2nd Brigade
749
882
939
Colonel A. A. Russell
Staff
5
5
4th Alabama (Russell's Regiment)
355
418
445
1st Confederate
355
418
445
J.H. Wiggins' Arkansas Battery
38
41
44
ES
ES+
PFD
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
5,681
6,726
7,159
Brigadier General Nathan Forrest
Staff
13
13
Escort:  Jackson's Company Tennessee Cavalry
57
67
71
ES
ES+
PFD
Armstrong's Division
3,004
3,559
3,789
Brigadier General Frank Armstrong
Staff
13
13
Escort:  Bradley's Company CSA Regular Cavalry
40
47
50
Armstrong's Brigade
1,038
1,226
1,305
Col. James Wheeler
Staff
5
5
Escort:  Company E, 6th Tennessee Cavalry
26
30
32
3rd Arkansas
255
300
320
2nd Kentucky
363
427
455
6th Tennessee
255
300
320
18th Tennessee Battalion
139
164
175
Forrest's Brigade
1,926
2,273
2,420
Col. George Dibrell
Staff
5
5
4th Tennessee
170
200
213
8th Tennessee
255
300
320
9th Tennessee
298
350
373
10th Tennessee
403
474
505
11th Tennessee
403
474
505
Shaw's & Hamilton's Battalions & Allison's Squadron
241
284
302
Huggins' Tennessee Battery
78
93
99
Morton's Tennessee Battery
78
93
99
ES
ES+
PFD
Pegram's Division
2,621
3,087
3,286
Brigadier General John Pegram
Staff
13
13
Davidson's Brigade
1,651
1,937
2,063
Brigadier General H.B. Davidson
Staff
5
5
1st Georgia
251
295
314
6th Georgia
340
400
426
6th North Carolina
442
520
554
Rucker's (1st Tennessee) Legion
327
385
410
10th Confederate (detached from Scott's Brigade)
213
250
266
Huwald's Tennessee Battery
78
82
87
Scott's Brigade
971
1,137
1,211
Colonel John S. Scott
Staff
5
5
1st Louisiana
179
210
224
2nd Tennessee
255
300
320
5th Tennessee
255
300
320
Detachment of John Morgan's command
204
240
256
N.T.N. Robinson's Louisiana Battery
78
82
87
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