Belmont Confederate order of battle


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

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

First Division, Western Department

MG Leonidas Polk

BrigadeRegiments and Other
Camp of Observation, Belmont

Col James Camp Tappan
  • 13th Arkansas: Col James C. Tappan
  • 1st Mississippi Cavalry Battalion: Ltc John H. Miller
  • Watson Battery: Ltc Daniel Beltzhoover
Reinforcements brought by BG Pillow
BG Gideon Johnson Pillow
Units dispatched to BG Pillow
  • 11th Louisiana: Col Samuel F. Marks, Ltc Robert H. Barrow
  • 1st Mississippi Battalion: Ltc Andrew K. Blythe
  • 2nd Tennessee: Col J. Knox Walker, Ltc William B. Ross
  • 15th Tennessee: Col Charles M. Carroll, Ltc Robert C. Tyler
  • 154th Senior Tennessee: Col Preston Smith, Ltc Marcus Joseph Wright
    • Cavalry
  • Logwood's Tennessee Battalion: Ltc Thomas H. Logwood
    • Steamers
  • Charm: Captain William L. Trask
  • Harry W. R. Hill: Captain Tom H. Newel
  • Ingomar: Captain Joe D. Clark
  • Kentucky: Captain Billy Priest
  • Prince: Captain B. J. Butler
    • Artillery
  • Bankhead's Tennessee Battery: Cpt Smith P. Bankhead
  • Hamilton's Tennessee Battery: Cpt S. D. H. Hamilton
  • Jackson's Light Battery: Lt William W. Carnes
  • Pointe Coupee Battery: Cpt Richard A. Stewart
  • Smith's Mississippi Light Battery: Cpt Melancthon Smith
  • Stewart's Heavy Battery: Maj Alexander P. Stewart

    • Units in reserve or near Columbus

    UnitsRegiments and Others
    Infantry
    • 6th Arkansas: Col Richard Lyon
    • 10th Arkansas: Col Thomas D. Merrick
    • 12th Arkansas: Col E. W. Gantt
    • 7th Kentucky: Col Charles Wickliffe
    • 12th Louisiana: Col Thomas M. Scott
    • 21st Louisiana Battalion : Ltc J. B. Kennedy
    • 9th Mississippi: Col John M. Bradley
    • 22nd Mississippi: Col D. W. C. Bonham
    • 25th Mississippi: Ltc Edward F. McGehee
    • 1st Missouri: Col Lucius L. Rich
    • 4th Tennessee: Col Rufus P. Neely
    • 5th Tennessee: Col William E. Travis
    • 6th Tennessee: Col William H. Stephens
    • 9th Tennessee: Col Henry L. Douglass
    • 33rd Tennessee: Col Alexander W. Campbell
    Artillery
  • Hudson's Mississippi Battery: Cpt Clement L. Hudson
  • Polk's Light Battery: Cpt Marshall T. Polk
  • Williams' Tennessee Battery: Lt Thomas F. Tobin
    • Cavalry
  • 6th Tennessee Battalion: Ltc Thomas H. Logwood
  • 1st Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John H. Miller