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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] during the campaign.^[2]^[3]

Abbreviations used

Military Officer Rank

LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

Army of Vicksburg

LTG John C. Pemberton, Commanding

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Stevenson's Division MG Carter L. Stevenson	1st Brigade BG Seth M. Barton	40th Georgia: Ltc Robert M. Young 41st Georgia: Col William E. Curtiss 42nd Georgia: Col Robert J. Henderson 43rd Georgia: Col Skidmore Harris (k), Cpt Mathadeas M. Grantham 52nd Georgia: Maj John Jay Moore Pettus Flying (Mississippi) Artillery: Lt Milton H. Trantham Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery Co A (section/2 guns): Lt John Yoist Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Co C (4 guns): Cpt Alexander Chust
	2nd Brigade BG Alfred Cumming	34th Georgia: Col James A. W. Johnson 36th Georgia: Maj Charles E. Broyles 39th Georgia: Ltc Joseph F. B. Jackson 56th Georgia: Ltc John T. Slaughter 57th Georgia: Col William Barkuloo Cherokee (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Max van den Corput
	3rd Brigade BG Stephen D. Lee	20th Alabama: Col Isham W. Garrott (k),^[4] Col Edmund W. Pettus 23rd Alabama: Col Franklin K. Beck 30th Alabama: Cpt John C. Francis 31st Alabama: Ltc Thomas M. Arrington 46th Alabama: Cpt George E. Brewer Alabama Battery: Cpt James F. Waddell
	4th Brigade Col Alexander W. Reynolds	3rd Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Newton J. Lillard 39th Tennessee:^[5] Col William M. Bradford 43rd Tennessee: Col James W. Gillespie 59th Tennessee: Col William L. Eakin 3rd Maryland Battery: Cpt John B. Rowan
	Waul's Texas Legion Col Thomas Neville Waul	1st Battalion (Infantry): Maj Eugene S. Bolling 2nd Battalion (Infantry): Ltc James Wrigley Cavalry Battalion: Lt Thomas J. Cleveland Artillery Company: Cpt John Q. Wall
	Attached	1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Richard S. Vandyke Botetourt (Virginia) Artillery:^[6] Lt James P. Wright Signal Corps: Lt C. H. Barrot
Forney's Division MG John H. Forney	Hebert's Brigade BG Louis Hébert	3rd Louisiana: Maj David Pierson 21st (ex-22nd) Louisiana: Ltc John T. Plattsmier 36th Mississippi: Col William W. Witherspoon 37th Mississippi: Col Orlando S. Holland 38th Mississippi: Cpt Daniel B. Seal 43rd Mississippi: Col Richard Harrison 7th Mississippi Battalion: Cpt Alney M. Dozier 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion, Company C: Lt John R. Sclater Appeal (Arkansas) Battery: Lt Robert N. Cotten
Forney's Division MG John H. Forney	Moore's Brigade BG John C. Moore	37th Alabama: Col James F. Dowdell 40th Alabama: Col John H. Higley 42nd Alabama: Col John W. Portis 1st Mississippi Light Artillery (6 companies):^[7] Col William T. Withers 35th Mississippi: Ltc Charles R. Jordan 40th Mississippi: Col Wallace B. Colbert 2nd Texas: Col Ashbel Smith Co. D, 2nd Alabama Light Artillery Battalion: Cpt. Henry H. Sengstak Pointe Coupee (Louisiana) Artillery, Company B: Cpt William A. Davidson
Smith's Division MG Martin L. Smith	Baldwin's Brigade BG William E. Baldwin	17th Louisiana: Col Robert Richardson 31st Louisiana: Ltc James W. Draughon 4th Mississippi: Cpt Thomas P. Nelson 46th Mississippi: Col Claudius W. Sears Memphis Light (Tennessee) Artillery: Cpt Thomas F. Tobin
	Vaughn's Brigade BG John C. Vaughn	60th Tennessee: Cpt Jonathan W. Bachman 61st Tennessee: Ltc James G. Rose 62nd Tennessee: Col John A. Rowan
	Shoup's Brigade BG Francis A. Shoup	26th Louisiana: Ltc William C. Crow 27th Louisiana: Cpt Joseph T. Hatch 29th Louisiana: Col Allen Thomas McNally's (Arkansas) Battery: Cpt Francis McNally
	Mississippi State Troops^[8] BG Jeptha V. Harris	5th Regiment: Col Henry C. Robinson 3rd Battalion: Ltc Thomas A. Burgin
	Attached	14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion: Maj Matthew S. Ward Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Cpt James S. Smyth Signal Corps: Cpt Max. T. Davidson
Bowen's Division MG John S. Bowen^[9]	1st (Missouri) Brigade Col Francis Cockrell	1st and 4th Missouri: Col Amos C. Riley 2nd Missouri: Maj Thomas M. Carter 3rd Missouri: Maj James K. McDowell 5th Missouri: Col James McCown 6th Missouri: Maj Stephen Cooper Guibor's (Missouri) Battery: Lt Cornelius Heffernan Landis's Missouri Battery: Lt John M. Langan Wade's (Missouri) Battery: Lt Richard C. Walsh
Bowen's Division MG John S. Bowen^[9]	2nd Brigade BG Martin E. Green (k)^[10] Col Thomas P. Dockery	15th Arkansas: Cpt Caleb Davis 19th Arkansas: Col Thomas P. Dockery, Cpt James K. Norwood 20th Arkansas: Col Daniel W. Jones 21st Arkansas: Cpt Augustus Tyler 1st (Stirman's) Arkansas Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John J. Clark 12th Arkansas Battalion (sharpshooters): Lt John S. Bell 1st Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Maj William C. Parker 3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Felix Lotspeich 3rd Missouri Light Battery: Cpt William E. Dawson Lowe's (Missouri) Battery: Lt Thomas B. Catron
Artillery	River Batteries^[11] Col Edward Higgins	1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery (8 companies):^[12] Ltc Daniel Beltzhoover 8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion (3 companies):^[13] Maj Frederick N. Ogden 22nd (ex-23rd) Louisiana (4 companies):^[14] Cpt Samuel Jones 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (4 companies):^[15] Col Andrew Jackson, Jr. Tennessee Battery:^[16] Cpt J.B. Caruthers Tennessee Battery:^[16] Cpt Thomas N. Johnston Tennessee Battery:^[16] Cpt J. Peyton Lynch Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery (1st Mississippi Artillery, Battery L): Cpt Samuel C. Bains
	Miscellaneous	54th Alabama (detachment): Lt Joel P. Abney City Guards: Cpt E.B. Martin Signal Corps: Cpt C.A. King

Notes

^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 326-328
^ The commanders are given as indicated by the paroles.
^ 17 June 1863; BG as of 28 May 1863}
^ Paroled as the 31st Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and so known prior to June 1863.
^ Assignment uncertain.
^ Batteries A, C, D, E, G, and I. Battery L (Vaiden Artillery) reported in Higgins' command, and Batteries B, F, and K at Port Hudson, La.
^ Under Vaughn's command.
^ died of dysentery on 13 July 1863
^ June 27, 1863
^ The troops in this command paroled as of Moore's Brigade.
^ Bond's, Bruce's, Butler's, Capers', Grayson's, Haynes', Lamon's, and Robertson's Companies.
^ Barrow's, Grandpre's, and McCrory's Companies.
^ P. A. Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's, and Theard's Companies.
^ Dismukes', Neyland's, Norman's, and Parks' Companies.
^ ^a ^b ^c Attached to 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery

References

U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
Civil War Home: Organization of the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, May 19–July 4, 1863. -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Siege of Vicksburg: Confederate order of battle).
National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Troops in the Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg).
National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg -- General summary of Casualties, March 29–July 4).

[1] Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.

[2] Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 326-328

[3] The commanders are given as indicated by the paroles.

[4] 17 June 1863; BG as of 28 May 1863}

[5] Paroled as the 31st Tennessee Mounted Infantry, and so known prior to June 1863.

[6] Assignment uncertain.

[7] Batteries A, C, D, E, G, and I. Battery L (Vaiden Artillery) reported in Higgins' command, and Batteries B, F, and K at Port Hudson, La.

[8] Under Vaughn's command.

[9] ysentery on 13 July 1863

[10] June 27, 1863

[11] The troops in this command paroled as of Moore's Brigade.

[12] Bond's, Bruce's, Butler's, Capers', Grayson's, Haynes', Lamon's, and Robertson's Companies.

[13] Barrow's, Grandpre's, and McCrory's Companies.

[14] P. A. Gomez's, Marks', Morlot's, and Theard's Companies.

[15] Dismukes', Neyland's, Norman's, and Parks' Companies.

[Attached-16] Attached to 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery

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