The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Prairie Grove of the American Civil War on December 7, 1862, in Washington County, Arkansas. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Trans-Mississippi Army
MG Thomas C. Hindman (12,059 men on the battlefield)
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Shoup's Division
BG Francis A. Shoup (3,219)
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Fagan's Brigade
BG James F. Fagan (1,555)
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- Hawthorn's Arkansas Infantry - Col Alexander T. Hawthorn (291)
- 22nd (35th) Arkansas Infantry - Col James P. King (400)
- 29th (37th) Arkansas Infantry - Col Joseph C. Pleasants (304)
- 34th Arkansas Infantry - Col William H. Brooks (400)
- Chew's Arkansas Infantry Battalion - Maj Robert E. Chew (115)
- Blocher's Arkansas Battery - Cpt William D. Blocher (45 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)
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McRae's Brigade
Col Dandridge McRae (1,664)
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- 26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment- Col Asa S. Morgan (412)
- 28th (36th) Arkansas Infantry - Ltc John E. Glenn (497)
- 30th (39th) Arkansas Infantry - Col Archibald J. McNeill (304)
- 32nd Arkansas Infantry - Ltc Charles L. Young (k) (370)
- Marshall's Arkansas Battery - Cpt John G. Marshall (78 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)
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Frost's Division
BG Daniel M. Frost (6,058)
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Parsons's Brigade
BG Mosby M. Parsons (3,111)
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- Mitchell's Missouri Infantry - Ltc Charles S. Mitchell (440)
- 7th Missouri Infantry - Col Josiah H. Caldwell (754)
- 8th Missouri Infantry - Col Dewitt C. Hunter (684)
- 9th Missouri Infantry - Ltc Willis M. Ponder (476)
- 10th Missouri Infantry - Col Alexander E. Steen (k) (560)
- 9th Missouri Sharpshooters - Maj Lebbeus A. Pindall (123)
- Tilden's Missouri battery - Cpt Charles B. Tilden (74 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)
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Roane's Brigade
BG John S. Roane (2,132)
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- 20th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Col Thomas C. Bass (228)
- 22nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Maj Robert D. Stone (429)
- 31st Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Ltc George W. Guess (284)
- 34th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) - Col Almarine M. Alexander (491)
- 9th Missouri Infantry - Col John B. Clark (564)
- Reid's Arkansas Battery - Cpt John G. Reid (37 men, two 6 pound smooth bore cannon)
- Shoup's Arkansas Battery - Cpt James C. Shoup (98 men, three mountain howitzers, two 25 pound mountain howitzers)
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Shaver's Brigade
Col Robert G. Shaver (815)
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- Adams' Arkansas Infantry - Col Charles W. Adams (305)
- 27th Arkansas Infantry - Col James R. Shaler (stationed at Ft. Smith, Arkansas)
- 33rd Arkansas Infantry - Col Hiram L. Grinstead (306)
- 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Ltc William C. Adams (140)
- Roberts' Missouri Battery - Cpt Westley Roberts (64 men, two 14-pounder James rifles, two six pound smooth bore cannon)
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Marmaduke's Cavalry Division
BG John S. Marmaduke (2,782)
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Carroll's/Monroe's Brigade
Ltc James C. Monroe (500)
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- Carroll's Arkansas Cavalry - Ltc Lee L. Thomson (225 men)
- Monroe's Arkansas Cavalry - Maj Andrew N. Johnson (225 men)
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Shelby's Brigade
(Shelby's Raiders)
Col Joseph O. Shelby (1,475)
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- 4th Missouri Cavalry - Col Beal G. Jeans (334)
- 5th Missouri Cavalry - Col B. Frank Gordon (338)
- 6th Missouri Cavalry - Col Gideon W. Thompson (333)
- Elliot's Missouri Cavalry battalion - Cpt Benjamin Elliott (101)
- Quantrill's Company (Missouri) - Lt William Gregg (33)
- Bledsoe's Missouri Battery - Cpt Joseph Bledsoe (36 men, two six pound smooth bore cannon)
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MacDonald's Brigade
Col Emmett MacDonald (807)
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- MacDonald's Missouri Cavalry - Ltc Merrit L. Young (202)
- Crump's Texas Cavalry - Ltc R. Phillip Crump (544)
- West's Arkansas Battery - Cpt Henry C. West (61 men, one 6 pound smooth bore cannon, two 12 pound field howitzers)
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