Camp Wildcat Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Camp Wildcat (also known as Wildcat Mountain and Camp Wild Cat) of the American Civil War on October 21, 1861, in Laurel County, Kentucky. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Order of battle of the Confederates at Camp Wildcat

Units
Infantry	15th Mississippi: Col Winfield S. Statham 11th Tennessee: Col James E. Rains 17th Tennessee: Col Tazewell W. Newman 20th Tennessee: Col Joel A. Battle 29th Tennessee: Col Samuel Powell
Artillery	Battery A, Tennessee Artillery Corps: Cpt Arthur M. Rutledge
Cavalry	2nd Tennessee Cavalry Btln: Ltc Benjamin Branner

Battle, J. H., et al. Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville, KY: F. A. Battey, 1885).
Lindsley, John B. The Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate: First Series (Nashville, TN: J. M. Lindsley & Co.), 1886.
The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, Vol. 4, pp. 280–316.

Kentucky in the American Civil War

Pre-War	History of slavery in Kentucky Calvin Fairbank

1861	Confederate government of Kentucky Battle of Barbourville Battle of Camp Wildcat Battle of Ivy Mountain Battle of Rowlett's Station Battle of Sacramento

1862	Battle of Middle Creek Battle of Lucas Bend Battle of Mill Springs Battle of Richmond Battle of Munfordville Battle of Perryville Battle of New Haven General Order No. 11

1863	Battle of Somerset Morgan's Raid Battle of Tebbs Bend Battle of Lebanon Battle of Cumberland Gap Camp Nelson

1864	Battle of Paducah Battle of Salyersville Battle of Mount Sterling Battle of Cynthiana American Civil War fortifications in Louisville

Post-War	Monuments Cave Hill Cemetery Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

See also Timeline Lexington Louisville

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