Confederate Army Strengths, April 1862

This is the strength of the CS Army, as reported by Livermore etc. The strengths are “present” and include non-combatant arms and non-effective personnel. Around 20,000 personnel are unaccounted for. These are the militias of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.

Field Armies and Forces

Eastern Theatre

Army of Northern Virginia: 110,000

Longstreet’s I Corps

Smith’s II Corps

Stuart’s Cavalry Division

Western Virginia

Jackson’s Division: 8,397 (ex- Army of the Northwest)

Ewell’s Division: 8,500 (Detached from Army of Northern Virginia)

Heth’s Brigade: 3,000 (Lewisburg, VA)

Eastern Virginia

Huger’s Corps: 15,143 (Norfolk, VA)

Western Theatre

Army of the Mississippi: 93,883

Polk’s I Corps: (ex- Army of Central Kentucky, one Division of AoCK was the ex Army of Kanawha)

Bragg’s II Corps: (ex- Army of Mobile and Army of Pensacola)

Hardee’s III Corps:

Breckinridge’s Reserves (3 Brigades)

3 Brigades of Cavalry

Smith’s Corps (Army of Eastern Tennessee): 16,199

Army of the West: 34,045 (Missouri State Guard (Militia) and McCulloch’s Division)

Pillow’s Brigade: 3,847 (Fort Pillow, TN)

Trans-Mississippi Theatre

Pike’s Division: 9,565 (Indian Territory)

Sibley’s Brigade: 3,700 (“Army of New Mexico” – retreating into Texas)

Total: 306,279

State Forces, Garrisons and Militia

North Carolina: 26,433

South Carolina: 27,000 (est. based on splitting SC and GA returns pro rata)

Georgia: 13,000

Missouri and Arkansas: 28,000 (Jan 62)

Middle and East Florida: 4,393

Trans-Mississippi District: 20,000

Mississippi: ?

Louisiana: ?

Alabama: ?

Total: 118,826

Grand Total: 425,105