List of Confederate Government units in the American Civil War
Open-knowledge reference entry
During the American Civil War, the Confederate States Congress authorized the creation of a national army, to consist of 6 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry regiment, a corps of artillery, a corps of engineers, and staff departments. However, this army never came into being, and instead the volunteer units of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States were organized at the state level. Several Provisional Army organizations consisting of units from multiple states were given "Confederate" regimental designations.
Infantry
1st Confederate Infantry (formerly 36th Georgia)
2nd Confederate Infantry (formerly 1st Mississippi Valley and 25th Mississippi, later 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters)
3rd Confederate Infantry
4th Confederate Infantry (also 1st Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, later 54th Alabama)
5th Confederate Infantry (formerly Walker's 40th Tennessee)
9th Confederate Infantry (Smith's, also 5th Confederate Infantry)
Tucker's Confederate Regiment (also 1st Foreign Battalion, 1st Foreign Legion: former Union prisoners of war)
1st Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Forney's)
2nd Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Malone's)
3rd Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Yesler's)
4th Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Clack's)
8th Battalion, Confederate Infantry (also 2nd Foreign Battalion, 2nd Foreign Legion: former Union POWs)
Gillum's Confederate Mounted Infantry
Brooks' Battalion, Confederate Infantry (also Brooks Foreign Battalion, former Union POWs)
Brush Battalion
Cavalry
1st Confederate Cavalry
1st Confederate Regular Cavalry
2nd Confederate Cavalry (formerly 11th Alabama Battalion)
3rd Confederate Cavalry
7th Confederate Cavalry (Claiborne's, later split to form 10th Georgia and 16th North Carolina Battalion)
8th Confederate Cavalry (Wade's, also known as 2nd Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry)
8th Confederate Cavalry (Dearing's)
10th Confederate Cavalry (Goode's, formerly 5th Battalion Alabama, Hilliard's Legion, and 19th Battalion Georgia)
14th Confederate Cavalry (Dumonteil's)
15th Confederate Cavalry (also 1st Alabama and Florida)
16th Confederate Cavalry (12th Mississippi, Armistead's, Spence's)
20th Confederate Cavalry (Lay's)
Wirt Adams' Confederate Cavalry (also Wood's)
Harman's Confederate Cavalry
Mead's Confederate Cavalry
Powers' Confederate Cavalry
1st Battalion, Trans-Mississippi Confederate Cavalry (1st Battalion, Arkansas and Louisiana)
6th Battalion, Confederate Cavalry (Kentucky Mounted Rangers)
7th Battalion, Confederate Cavalry (Prentice's)
Baxter's Battalion
Burrough's Battalion
Clarkson's Battalion
Murchison's Battalion
Captain Raum's Company (Warren Dragoons)
Indian cavalry
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (1st Arkansas Cherokee Mounted Rifles)
1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (Watie's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers; 2nd Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Arkansas; 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)
Cherokee Regiment (Special Service)
1st Squadron, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (Holt's Squadron, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers)
2nd Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen)
1st Chickasaw Infantry (Hunter's Regiment, Indian Volunteers)
Shecoe's Chickasaw Battalion, Mounted Volunteers
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles
1st Choctaw Mounted Rifles
Deneale's Regiment, Choctaw Warriors (Deneale's Confederate Volunteers)
Wilkins' (Captain) Company, Choctaw Infantry
1st Creek Mounted Volunteers (1st Regiment, Creek Mounted Rifles or Riflemen; Creek Regiment, Mounted Indian Volunteers; 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Creeks)
2nd Creek Mounted Volunteers
1st Osage Battalion, C.S.A.
1st Seminole Mounted Volunteers
Washington's Squadron of Indians, C.S.A. (Reserve Squadron of Cavalry)
Artillery
Braxton's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Battalion C, 2d Corps, Army of Northern Virginia)
Cunningham's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
Courtney's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
Haskell's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
Huger's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
Lewis' Battalion, Confederate Artillery
Martin's Battalion, Confederate Reserve Artillery
McLaughlin's Battalion, Confederate Artillery
McIntosh's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Battalion C,
Nelson's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (31st Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery; 3rd Battalion Reserve, Light Artillery)
Page's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Carter's Battalion of Artillery; Braxton's Battalion of Artillery)
Palmer's Battalion, Confederate Artillery (Robertson's Battalion of Artillery)
Poague's Battalion, Artillery
Light Artillery
1st Regular Battery, Confederate Light Artillery (Semmes' Battery; Barnes' Battery)
Davis' Company, Confederate Light Artillery
Dent's Battery, Confederate Light Artillery
Richardson's Battalion, Confederate Light Artillery (Battalion A. 1st Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia)
Stark's Battalion, Confederate Light Artillery (Battalion B. 1st Corps Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia)
Cobb's Battery 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (1st Kentucky Orphans Brigade, Army of Tennessee)
Heavy Artillery
De Gournay's Battalion, Heavy Artillery (12th Battalion, Louisiana Heavy Artillery)
Montague's Battalion, Confederate Heavy Artillery (4th Battalion, Confederate Heavy Artillery)
Smith's Battalion, Confederate Heavy Artillery
Horse Artillery
Marshall's Company, Confederate Artillery (Brown Horse Artillery)
Stuart's Horse Artillery
White's (Captain) Battery, Horse Artillery
Engineers
1st Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
2nd Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
3rd Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
4th Regiment, Confederate Engineer Troops
1st Battalion, Confederate Engineer Troops
Miscellaneous organizations
Bands, C.S.A.
Bell's Battalion, C.S.A.
Burrough's Battalion, Partisan Rangers (Princess Anne Partisan Rangers)
Click's Company, Ordnance Scouts and Guards, C.S.A.
Confederate Infantry
Cunningham's Ordnance Detachment (Cuyler's Ordnance Detachment)
Davis' Company of Guides, C.S.A.
Exchanged Battalion, C.S.A. (Trans-Mississippi Battalion; Western Battalion)
Infantry School of Practice
Invalid Corps
Jackson's Company, C.S.A.
Lyon's Escort, Forrest's Cavalry, C.S.A.
Madison's Company, Mounted Spies and Guides (Phillips' Mtd.
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