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Perryville Confederate order of battle

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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

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Military rank

  • Gen = General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st Lieutenant
  • 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant

    • Artillery

  • 3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
  • How = Howitzer
  • Nap = M1857 Napoleon gun
  • pdr = pound (projectile weight)
  • R = Rifled gun
  • SB = Smoothbore gun

    • Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

    • Army of the Mississippi

    16,000 men, 56 guns (k-532, w-2652, m-236 = 3,420)

    Gen Braxton Bragg, Commanding

    Escort:

  • 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (4 companies): Cpt W. C. Bacot

    • k-1, w-0, m-0 = 1

  • 13th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Company I: Cpt William W. Lillard

    • Right Wing

    7,000 men, 16 guns (k-306, w-1153, m-87 = 1,546)

    MG Leonidas Polk

    Escort:

  • Orleans Light Horse Company: Cpt Leeds Greenleaf

    • Left Wing

    9,000 men, 40 guns (k-225, w-1499, m-149 = 1,873)

    MG William Joseph Hardee

    Escort:

  • Raum's Cavalry Company (Mississippi): Cpt William Cyrus Rippey Raum

    • References

    Perryville Confederate order of battle Wikipedia
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