Battle of Fort Donelson order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization,^[1] and the reports.^[2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

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Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Right Wing BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr.	2nd Brigade (attached to 3rd Brigade)	2nd Kentucky: Col Roger Hanson 14th Mississippi: Maj Washington Doss 41st Tennessee: Col Robert Farquharson
Right Wing BG Simon B. Buckner, Sr.	3rd Brigade Col John C. Brown	3rd Tennessee: Ltc Thomas Gordon (w), Maj N. F. Cheairs 18th Tennessee: Col Joseph B. Palmer 32nd Tennessee: Col Edmond Cook
Left Wing BG Gideon Johnson Pillow BG Bushrod Johnson^[3]	1st Brigade Col Adolphus Heiman	27th Alabama: Col Adolphus Hughes 10th Tennessee: Ltc Randal W. McGavock 42nd Tennessee: Col William A. Quarles 48th Tennessee: Col William Voorhies 53rd Tennessee: Col Alfred Abernathy, Ltc Thomas F. Winston
	2nd Brigade Col Thomas J. Davidson Col John M. Simonton Col John Gregg	8th Kentucky: Ltc Hylan B. Lyon 1st Mississippi: Col John M. Simonton, Ltc A. S. Hamilton 23rd Mississippi: Ltc Joseph Wells 7th Texas: Col John Gregg
	3rd Brigade Col Joseph Drake	3rd Alabama Battalion: Maj John Garvin 15th Arkansas: Col James M. Gee 4th Mississippi: Maj Thomas Adaire
	4th Brigade (Fort Donelson Garrison)^[4] Col John W. Head	30th Tennessee: Col John W. Head 49th Tennessee: Col James Bailey 50th Tennessee: Col Cyrus Sugg 1st Tennessee Battalion: Maj Steven Colms Stankiewicz's Tennessee Battery: Lt Peter Stankiewicz
	5th Brigade Col Gabriel C. Wharton	51st Virginia Infantry: Ltc James Massie 56th Virginia Infantry: Col Phillip Slaughter
	6th Brigade Col John McCausland	20th Mississippi: Maj William Brown 36th Virginia: Ltc Leigh Reid 50th Virginia: Maj Charles Thorburn
	7th Brigade Col William E. Baldwin^[5]	26th Mississippi: Col Arthur Reynolds 26th Tennessee: Col John Lillard
Attached Units	Cavalry Brigade Lt Col Nathan B. Forrest	3rd Tennessee Cavalry Ltc Nathan Bedford Forrest 9th Tennessee Cavalry Ltc George Gantt 1st Kentucky Cavalry, Company D: Cpt S.B. Williams 1st Kentucky Cavalry, Company G: Cpt M.D. Willcox 1st Kentucky Cavalry, Company K: Cpt James Huey Melton's Kentucky Cavalry Company : Cpt James Melton
Attached Units	Artillery Lt Col Milton Haynes	French's Mercer (VA) Battery: Cpt Napoleon B. French^[6] Gauley (VA) Artillery: Cpt Stephen Adams Goochland (VA) Battery: Cpt John Guy Kanawha (VA) Artillery: Cpt Thomas E. Jackson Graves' Kentucky Battery: Cpt Rice E. Graves Green's Kentucky Battery: Cpt Henry Green Maney's Tennessee Battery: Cpt Frank Maney (w) Porter's Tennessee Battery: Cpt Thomas Porter (w), Lt John W. Morton Ross' Tennessee Battery: Cpt Ruben Ross Culbertson's Tennessee Battery: Cpt Jacob Culbertson 51st Tennessee: Col. B.M. Browder

Battle of Fort Donelson order of battle: Confederate

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Army of Central Kentucky

Fort Donelson

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