Meridian campaign order of battle: Confederate
{{Short description|Confederate States of America order of battle}}
File:Portrait of General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A.jpg
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) during the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".{{sfn|Official Records|1891|pp=332–334}}
Abbreviations used
=Military 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
Meridian Expedition: Confederate forces
LTG Leonidas Polk{{sfn|Official Records|1891|p=332}}
- Escort: Louisiana Company: Lt P. M. Kenner{{sfn|Official Records|1891|p=332}}
- General staff and escort: 5 officers, 44 men{{sfn|Official Records|1891|p=334}}
=Infantry corps=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:57%;"
|+Confederate order of battle for Polk's infantry corps{{sfn|Official Records|1891|pp=332–333}} ! width=12% | Division ! width=15% | Brigade ! width=30% | Unit |
| rowspan=24 | Loring's Division MG William Wing Loring 548 officers 5,375 men 18 guns | rowspan=6 | Featherston's Brigade | 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col T. A. Mellon |
| 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc H. J. Reid |
| 31st Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc M. D. L. Stephens |
| 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc J. L. Drake |
| 1st Mississippi Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj James M. Stigler |
| Charpentier's Alabama Battery: Cpt Stephen Charpentier |
| rowspan=7 | Adams' Brigade BG John Adams | 1st Confederate Battalion: Ltc George H. Forney |
| 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Robert Lowry |
| 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Ltc W. L. Doss |
| 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col M. Farrell |
| 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col William N. Brown |
| 26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: Col Arthur E. Reynolds |
| Lookout Tennessee Artillery: Cpt Robert L. Barry |
| rowspan=10 | Buford's Brigade BG Abraham Buford II | 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col James Jackson |
| 35th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Samuel S. Ives |
| 54th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col Alpheus Baker |
| 55th Alabama Infantry Regiment: Col John Snodgrass |
| 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Isaac L. Dunlop |
| 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col A. P. Thompson |
| 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Crossland |
| 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: Ltc A. R. Shacklett |
| 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas M. Scott |
| Pointe Coupee Artillery: Cpt Alcide Bouanchaud |
| rowspan=1 | ArtilleryLoring reported having four batteries, but only specified the names of three. According to the Official Records, the fourth battery was probably Cowan's (Official Records, p. 332).
| Cowan's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. J. Cowan{{sfn|Battles & Leaders|1987|p=292}} |
| rowspan=11 | French's Division MG Samuel Gibbs French 248 officers 2,442 men 8 guns | rowspan=5 | Ector's Brigade | 29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Cpt W. W. Rollins |
| 9th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col William Hugh Young |
| 10th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col C. R. Earp |
| 14th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col John Lafayette Camp |
| 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Cpt Nathan Anderson |
| rowspan=4 | Cockrell's Brigade BG Francis M. Cockrell | 1st and 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col A. C. Riley |
| 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col P. C. Flournoy |
| 3rd and 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James McCown |
| 1st and 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Elijah Gates |
| rowspan=2 | ArtilleryFrench's official return omitted the artillery batteries. According to the Official Records, these probably were Hoskins' and Walsh's (Official Records, p. 333).
| Hoskins' Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. A. Hoskins |
| Wade's Missouri Battery: Lt Richard WalshCpt Henry Guibor led the Missouri battery during the Atlanta campaign. It was in the same battalion as Hoskins' Battery and Cpt John Ward's Alabama Battery. (Battles & Leaders, p. 292) |
=Cavalry corps=
MG Stephen D. Lee{{sfn|Official Records|1891|p=333}}
- Escort: Georgia Company: Cpt T. M. Nelson{{sfn|Official Records|1891|p=333}}
- Strength: 652 officers, 7,685 men, no. guns not reported{{sfn|Official Records|1891|p=334}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:57%;"
|+Confederate order of battle for Lee's cavalry corps{{sfn|Official Records|1891|pp=333–334}} ! width=12% | Division ! width=15% | Brigade ! width=30% | Unit |
| rowspan=24 | Jackson's Division BG William Hicks Jackson | rowspan=5 | 1st Brigade | 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col R. A. Pinson |
| 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Peter Burwell Starke |
| Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John Goff Ballentine |
| (Escort) Louisiana Company: Cpt Junius Y. Webb |
| Columbus (Georgia) Light Artillery: Cpt Edward Croft |
| rowspan=6 | 2nd Brigade Col Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
| 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Jack Wharton |
| 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Dudley W. Jones |
| 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Edward R. Hawkins |
| (Escort) Texas Company: Rush L. Elkin |
| King's Missouri Battery: Cpt Houston King |
| rowspan=8 | Adams' Brigade BG William Wirt Adams | 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment: Col John Griffith |
| 14th Confederate Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Josephus R. Quin |
| 9th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion: Cpt E. A. Scott |
| Harris' Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj J. L. Harris |
| 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Maj T. R. Stockdale |
| Adams' Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert C. Wood Jr. |
| 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj James H. Akin |
| Roberts' Mississippi Battery: Cpt Calvit Roberts |
| rowspan=5 | Ferguson's Brigade BG Samuel W. Ferguson | 2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col R. G. Earle |
| 56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment: Col William Boyles |
| 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Maj William M. Inge |
| 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Barteau's): Ltc George H. Morton |
| Waties' South Carolina Battery: Cpt John Waties |
| rowspan=10 | Chalmers' Division BG James R. Chalmers | rowspan=5 | 1st Brigade | 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons'): Col W. F. Slemons |
| 3rd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Col John McGuirk |
| 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment: Lt. Col. James A. Barksdale (mw) |
| 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Col William L. Duckworth |
| McLendon's Mississippi Battery: Cpt J. M. McLendon |
| rowspan=5 | 2nd Brigade Col Robert McCulloch | 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers: Ltc L. B. Hovis |
| 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Alexander H. Chalmers |
| 19th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc William L. Duff |
| 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Col Robert McCulloch |
| Buckner Mississippi Battery: Lt H. C. Holt |
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Battles & Leaders|1987}} |title=Battles and Leaders of the Civil War |volume=4 |year=1987 |orig-year=1883 |publisher=Castle |location=Secaucus, N.J. |isbn=0-89009-572-8 }}
- {{cite book |last=Boatner |first=Mark M. III |authorlink=Mark M. Boatner III |title=The Civil War Dictionary |year=1959 |publisher=David McKay Company Inc. |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn= 0-679-50013-8 }}
- {{cite web |last=Official Records |title=A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXII Part I |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1891 |pages=332–334 |access-date=September 3, 2022 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924080787462&view=1up&seq=352&skin=2021 |oclc=1154873253}}
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