Petersburg Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate States Army
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...

 units and commanders fought in the Siege of Petersburg
Siege of Petersburg
The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War...

 of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The following Order of Battle is the Organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.

Military Rank

  • Gen = General
    General
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  • LTG = Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General
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  • MG = Major General
    Major General
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  • BG = Brigadier General
    Brigadier General
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  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel
    Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant colonel
    Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

  • Maj = Major
    Major
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  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...


Army of Northern Virginia
Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac...

Gen Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....


  • Provost Guard Maj. D.B. Bridgford
    • 5th Alabama Battalion
    • 1st Virginia Battalion
    • 48th Georgia (1 Company)
    • 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

  • Engineers MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
    Jeremy Francis Gilmer
    Jeremy Francis Gilmer was an American soldier, mapmaker, and civil engineer most noted for his service as the Chief Engineer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

    • 1st Confederate Engineers
    • 2nd Confederate Engineers

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Kershaw's Division

    
BG Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph Brevard Kershaw was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...

 (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.)
Kershaw's Brigade

  
Col John Doby Kennedy
John Doby Kennedy
John Doby Kennedy was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, as well as a post-war planter, attorney, politician, and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.-Early life and career:...

  • 2nd South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina
  • 7th South Carolina
  • 8th South Carolina
  • 15th South Carolina
  • 20th South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina Battalion
Wofford's Brigade

  
Col C.C. Sanders
  • 16th Georgia
  • 18th Georgia
  • 24th Georgia
  • Cobb's (Georgia) Legion
    Cobb's Legion
    Cobb's Legion was an American Civil War unit that was raised on the Confederate side from the State of Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. A "legion" consisted of a single integrated command, with individual components from the infantry, cavalry, and artillery...

  • Phillips' (Georgia) Legion
  • 3rd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
Humphreys' Brigade

  
Maj G.B. Gerald
  • 13th Mississippi
  • 17th Mississippi
  • 18th Mississippi
  • 21st Mississippi
Bryan's Brigade

  
Col J.P. Simms
  • 10th Georgia
    10th Georgia Regiment
    The 10th Georgia Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It participated in most of the key battles of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia....

  • 50th Georgia
    50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
    The 50th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment raised by the state of Georgia to fight for the Confederacy in the American Civil War....

  • 51st Georgia
    51st Georgia Volunteer Infantry
    The 51st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was formed in March 1862, and initially assigned to defensive duty in South Carolina. It was engaged at the Battle of Secessionville near Charleston before being...

  • 53rd Georgia

Field's Division

    
MG Charles W. Field
Charles W. Field
Charles William Field was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army. His division was considered as one of the finest in the Army of Northern Virginia...

Bratton's Brigade

  
BG John Bratton
John Bratton
John Bratton was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...



  
Col J. Walker
  • 1st South Carolina
  • 2nd South Carolina Rifles
  • 5th South Carolina
  • 6th South Carolina
  • Palmetto Sharpshooters
Law's Brigade

  
Col William F. Perry
  • 4th Alabama
  • 15th Alabama
  • 44th Alabama
  • 47th Alabama
  • 48th Alabama
Anderson's Brigade

  
BG George T. Anderson
George T. Anderson
George Thomas Anderson was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "Tige," Anderson was noted as one of Robert E...

  • 7th Georgia
  • 8th Georgia
  • 9th Georgia
    9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
    The 9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-History:The 9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry formed in June 1861 and contained men from around the State of Georgia. The regiment fought at Gettysburg, Siege of Knoxville, and...

  • 11th Georgia
  • 59th Georgia
Gregg's Brigade (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)

  
BG John Gregg
John Gregg (CSA)
John Gregg was an American judge, politician, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Siege of Petersburg.-Early life and career:...



  
Col F.S. Bass

  
Ltc C.M. Winkler
  • 3rd Arkansas
  • 1st Texas
    1st Texas Infantry
    The 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Ragged Old First," was an infantry regiment raised in Texas for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 4th Texas
  • 5th Texas
Benning's Brigade

  
BG Henry L. Benning
Henry L. Benning
Henry Lewis Benning was a lawyer, legislator, judge on the Georgia Supreme Court, and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is also noted for the U.S...

  • 2nd Georgia
  • 15th Georgia
  • 17th Georgia
    17th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
    The 17th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Organization:The regiment was raised from eight different counties in Georgia and officially organized in Atlanta from August 12 to August 15, 1861, and armed with British...

  • 20th Georgia

Pickett's Division

    
MG George E. Pickett
George Pickett
George Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

Terry's Brigade

  
BG William R. Terry
William R. Terry
William Richard Terry was a businessman, politician, prison superintendent and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

  • 1st Virginia
    1st Virginia Infantry
    The 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....

  • 3rd Virginia
    3rd Virginia Infantry
    The 3rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....

  • 7th Virginia
  • 11th Virginia
  • 24th Virginia
Hunton's Brigade

  
BG Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton II was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Early years:...

  • 8th Virginia
  • 18th Virginia
  • 19th Virginia
  • 28th Virginia
  • 56th Virginia
Steuart's Brigade

  
BG George H. Steuart
  • 9th Virginia
  • 14th Virginia
  • 38th Virginia
  • 53rd Virginia
  • 57th Virginia
Corse's Brigade

  
BG Montgomery D. Corse
Montgomery Dent Corse
Montgomery Dent Corse was an American banker, gold prospector, and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, and served in several of that army's most important battles.-Early...

  • 15th Virginia
  • 17th Virginia
  • 29th Virginia
  • 30th Virginia
  • 32nd Virginia

Corps Artillery

    
BG Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander was an engineer, an officer in the U.S. Army, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and later a railroad executive, planter, and author....

Huger's Battalion

  
Ltc Frank Huger
Frank Huger
Frank Huger, a son of Gen Benjamin Huger, served as a Confederate artillerist in the American Civil War.-Pre War:Francis Kinloch Huger, a son of Benjamin Huger and Elizabeth Celestine Pinckney, was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1837. Like his father, Frank Huger attended the United States Military...

  • Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery
  • Poindexter's (Louisiana) Battery
  • Parker's (Virginia) Battery
  • Smith's (Virginia) Battery
  • Taylor's (Virginia) Battery
  • Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery
Haskell's Battalion

  
Maj John C. Haskell
  • Flanner's (North Carolina) Battery
  • Garden's (South Carolina) Battery
  • Lamkin's (Virginia) Battery
  • Ramsay's (North Carolina) Battery
Cabell's Battalion

  
Col Henry C. Cabell
  • Callaway's (Georgia) Battery
  • Carlton's (Georgia) Battery
  • Anderson's (Virginia) Battery
  • Manly's (North Carolina) Battery
1st Virginia Artillery Battalion
  • Dance's (Virginia) Battery
  • Smith's (Virginia) Battery
  • Graham's (Virginia) Battery
  • Griffin's (Virginia) Battery
  • Johnson's Battalion
  • Pollock's (Virginia) Battery
  • Wilkes' (Virginia) Battery
  • Stark's Artillery Battalion
  • Green's (Virginia) Battery
  • Armistead's (Virginia) Battery
  • French's (Virginia) Battery

  • Third Corps

    LTG A. P. Hill
    A. P. Hill
    Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. , was a career U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...


    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Mahone's Division

        
    BG William Mahone
    William Mahone
    William Mahone was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Congress. Small of stature, he was nicknamed "Little Billy"....

    Sander' Brigade

      
    Col J.H. King
    • 8th Alabama
      8th Regiment Alabama Infantry
      The 8th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th Alabama was mustered in at Richmond, Virginia on June 10, 1861....

    • 9th Alabama
    • 10th Alabama
    • 11th Alabama
    • 14th Alabama
    Harris' Brigade

      
    BG Nathaniel H. Harris
    Nathaniel H. Harris
    Nathaniel Harrison Harris was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

    • 12th Mississippi
    • 16th Mississippi
    • 19th Mississippi
    • 48th Mississippi
    Mahone's Brigade

      
    BG David A. Weiseger
    • 6th Virginia
    • 12th Virginia
    • 16th Virginia
    • 41st Virginia
    • 61st Virginia
    Wright's Brigade

      
    Col W. Gibson
    • 3rd Georgia
    • 22nd Georgia
    • 48th Georgia
    • 64th Georgia
    • 2nd Georgia Battalion
    • 10th Georgia Battalion
    Finnegan's Brigade

      
    BG Joseph Finegan
    Joseph Finegan
    Joseph Finegan was an attorney, politician, and railroad builder in Florida, but is primarily known as the general who commanded the Confederate States Army in its victory at the Battle of Olustee....


    Replaced by Col Theodore Washington Brevard
    • 2nd Florida
    • 5th Florida
    • 8th Florida
    • 9th Florida
    • 10th Florida
    • 11th Florida
      11th Florida Infantry
      The 11th Regiment, Florida Infantry was an infantry regiment from Florida that served in the Confederate States Army from 1864 to 1865.The 11th Infantry Regiment was organized in June 1864 by consolidating part of the 2nd and the 4th Florida Infantry Battalions. Many of the men serving in the...


    Heth's Division

        
    MG Henry Heth
    Henry Heth
    Henry "Harry" Heth was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He is best remembered for inadvertently precipitating the Battle of Gettysburg, when he sent some of his troops of the Army of Northern Virginia to the small Pennsylvania village,...

    Davis' Brigade

      
    BG Joseph R. Davis
    Joseph R. Davis
    Joseph Robert Davis was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. His troops played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

    • 1st Confederate Battalion
    • 2nd Mississippi
    • 11th Mississippi
    • 26th Mississippi
    • 42nd Mississippi
    • 55th North Carolina
    Cooke's Brigade

      
    BG John R. Cooke
    • 15th North Carolina
    • 27th North Carolina
    • 46th North Carolina
    • 48th North Carolina
    MacRae's Brigade

      
    BG W. MacRae
    • 11th North Carolina
    • 26th North Carolina
    • 44th North Carolina
    • 47th North Carolina
    • 52nd North Carolina
    Archer's Brigade

      
    BG James J. Archer
    James J. Archer
    James Jay Archer was a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, and he later served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....

     (Archer was in command until 16 October 1864. Mayo then took over. Archer received a furlough and died 24 October 1864.)

      
    Col Robert M. Mayo
    • 13th Alabama
    • 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army)
    • 7th Tennessee
    • 14th Tennessee
    • 2nd Maryland
    • 40th Virginia
    • 47th Virginia
    • 55th Virginia
      55th Virginia
      The 55th Virginia Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.In May 1861, Major William N. Ward raised a unit known as 'Essex and Middlesex Battalion,' one company of which, the 'Essex Sharp Shooters' had been in existence since the summer of...

    • 22nd Virginia Battalion

    Wilcox's Division

        
    MG Cadmus M. Wilcox
    Cadmus M. Wilcox
    Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

    Lane's Brigade

      
    BG James H. Lane
    James H. Lane (general)
    James Henry Lane was a university professor and Confederate general in the American Civil War.He is considered to be the father of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is the namesake of the University's oldest building, Lane Hall.-Early life:Lane was born in Mathews Court...

    • 7th North Carolina
    • 18th North Carolina
      18th North Carolina Infantry
      The 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in North Carolina for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....

    • 28th North Carolina
    • 33rd North Carolina
    • 37th North Carolina
    Scales' Brigade

      
    BG Alfred M. Scales
    Alfred Moore Scales
    Alfred Moore Scales was a North Carolina state legislature, Confederate general in the American Civil War and the 45th Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889, and Congressman.-Early life:...

    • 13th North Carolina
    • 16th North Carolina
    • 22nd North Carolina
    • 34th North Carolina
    • 38th North Carolina
    McGowan's Brigade

      
    BG Samuel McGowan
    Samuel McGowan (general)
    Samuel McGowan was a general from South Carolina in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times...

    • 1st South Carolina (Provisional Army)
    • 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles)
    • 12th South Carolina
      12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
      The 12th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Formation:...

    • 13th South Carolina
    • 14th South Carolina
    Thomas's Brigade

      
    BG Edward L. Thomas
    • 14th Georgia
    • 35th Georgia
    • 45th Georgia
    • 49th Georgia

    Corps Artillery

        
    Col R. Lindsay Walker
    Cutts' Battalion

      
    Col Allen S. Cutts
    Allen S. Cutts
    -Pre-War:Allan Sherod Cutts was born in Pulaski County, Georgia on December 4, 1826. He was the twelfth and last child of Major Cutts, a farmer born in North Carolina, and Elizabeth Linsey Cutts, born in Indiana. Allen S. Cutts was raised on the farms his father occupied in Georgia...

    • Patterson's (Georgia) Battery
    • Ross's (Georgia) Battery
    • Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery
    McIntosh's Battalion

      
    Ltc David G. McIntosh
    • Dement's (Maryland) Battery
    • Chesapeake (Maryland) Battery
    • Hurt's (Alabama) Battery
    • Price's (Virginia) Battery
    • Donald's (Virginia) Battery
    Pegram's Battalion

      
    Ltc William J. Pegram
    • Brander's (Virginia) Battery
    • Ellett's (Virginia) Battery
    • Cayce's (Virginia) Battery
    • Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery
    Poague's Battalion

      
    Ltc William T. Poague
    William T. Poague
    William Thomas Poague was a Confederate States Army officer serving in the Artillery during the American Civil War...

    • Utterback's (Virginia) Battery
    • Richard's (Mississippi) Battery
    • William's (North Carolina) Battery
    • Johnston's (Virginia) Battery
    • Penick's (Virginia) Battery
    Richardson's Battalion

      
    Ltc Charles Richardson
    • Grandy's (Virginia) Battery
    • Landry's (Louisiana) Battery
    • Moore's (Virginia) Battery

    Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion:

      
    Ltc Benjamin F. Eshleman
    • First Company
    • Second Company
    • Third Company
    • Fourth Company

    Fourth Corps

    LTG Richard H. Anderson
    Richard H. Anderson
    Richard Heron Anderson was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...


    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Johnson's Division

        
    MG Bushrod Johnson
    Bushrod Johnson
    Bushrod Rust Johnson was a teacher, university chancellor, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was one of a handful of Confederate generals who were born and raised in the North.-Early life:...

    Elliott's Brigade

      
    BG W.H. Wallace
    • 17th South Carolina
    • 18th South Carolina
    • 22nd South Carolina
    • 23rd South Carolina
    • 26th South Carolina
    Gracie's Brigade

      
    BG Archibald Gracie, Jr.
    Archibald Gracie III
    Archibald Gracie III was a career United States Army officer, businessman, and a graduate of West Point. He is well known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War and for his death during the Siege of Petersburg.-Early life and career:Archibald was born into a...

    • 41st Alabama
    • 43rd Alabama
    • 59th Alabama
    • 60th Alabama
    • 23rd Alabama Sharpshooters Battalion
    Ransom's Brigade

      
    BG Matt Whitaker Ransom
    • 24th North Carolina
    • 25th North Carolina
    • 35th North Carolina
    • 49th North Carolina
    • 56th North Carolina
    Wise's Brigade

      
    Col. J.T. Goode
    • 26th Virginia
    • 34th Virginia
    • 46th Virginia
    • 59th Virginia

    Hoke's Division

        
    MG Robert F. Hoke
    Robert Hoke
    Robert Frederick Hoke was an American businessman, railroad executive, and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. Hoke and his division played a decisive role during the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864....

    Martin's Brigade

      
    BG William Whedbee Kirkland
    William Whedbee Kirkland
    William Whedbee Kirkland was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the only former US Marine to serve as a Confederate general.-Early life:...

    • 17th North Carolina
    • 42nd North Carolina
    • 66th North Carolina
    Clingman's Brigade

      
    Col. H. McKethan
    • 8th North Carolina
    • 31st North Carolina
    • 51st North Carolina
    • 61st North Carolina
    Hagood's Brigade

      
    BG Johnson Hagood
    Johnson Hagood (governor)
    Johnson Hagood was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and the 80th Governor of South Carolina from 1880 to 1882.-Early years:...

    • 11th South Carolina
    • 21st South Carolina
    • 25th South Carolina
    • 27th South Carolina
    Colquitt's Brigade

      
    BG Alfred H. Colquitt
    Alfred H. Colquitt
    Alfred Holt Colquitt was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, 49th Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general....

    • 6th Georgia
    • 19th Georgia
    • 23rd Georgia
    • 27th Georgia
    • 28th Georgia

    Corps Artillery

        
    Col. Hilary P. Jones
    28th Virginia Artillery Battalion

      
    Ltc John P. W. Read
    • Blount's (Virginia) Battery
    • Sullivan's (Virginia) Battery
    • Macon's (Virginia) Battery
    • Marshall's (Virginia) Battery
    Moseley's Artillery Battalion

      
    Ltc E.F. Moseley
    • Young's (Virginia) Battery
    • Miller's (North Carolina) Battery
    • Slaten's (Georgia) Battery
    • Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery
    Boggs' Artillery Battalion

      
    Maj F.J. Boggs
    • Darracott's (Virginia) Battery
    • Martin's (Virginia) Battery
    Coit's Artillery Battalion

      
    Maj J.C. Coit
    • Wright's (Virginia) Battery
    • Pegram's (Virginia) Battery
    • Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery
    • Kelly's (South Carolina) Battery

    Cavalry Corps

    MG Wade Hampton III
    Wade Hampton III
    Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S...


    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Butler's Division

        
    BG Matthew C. Butler
    Matthew Butler
    Matthew Calbraith Butler was an American military commander and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, postbellum three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the...

    Young's Brigade

      
    BG Pierce M. B. Young
    Pierce M. B. Young
    Pierce Manning Butler Young was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a post-war politician, diplomat, and four-term United States Congressman from Georgia....

    • 10th Georgia Cavalry
    • Cobb's (Georgia) Legion
      Cobb's Legion
      Cobb's Legion was an American Civil War unit that was raised on the Confederate side from the State of Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. A "legion" consisted of a single integrated command, with individual components from the infantry, cavalry, and artillery...

       Cavalry
    • Phillips' (Georgia) Legion Cavalry
    • Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cavalry
    Dunovant's Brigade

      
    BG John Dunovant
    John Dunovant
    John Dunovant was a brigadier general with temporary rank in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. A South Carolinian, he was commander of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment and later the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment from his home state...

     (k)

      
    Col B.H. Rutledge
    • 4th South Carolina Cavalry
    • 5th South Carolina Cavalry
    • 6th South Carolina
      6th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry
      The 6th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment was a regiment of cavalry in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

       Cavalry

    Fitzhugh Lee's Division

        
    BG Thomas L. Rosser
    Thomas L. Rosser
    Thomas Lafayette Rosser was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and later an officer in the Spanish American War and railroad construction engineer. A favorite of J.E.B...

    Wickham's Brigade

      
    Col Thomas T. Munford
    Thomas T. Munford
    Thomas Taylor Munford was an American farmer and Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    • 1st Virginia Cavalry
    • 2nd Virginia Cavalry
    • 3rd Virginia Cavalry
    • 4th Virginia Cavalry
    Rosser's Brigade

      
    Col O.R. Funsten Sr.
    • 7th Virginia Cavalry
    • 11th Virginia Cavalry
    • 12th Virginia Cavalry
    • 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
    Payne's Brigade

      
    BG Lunsford L. Lomax
    Lunsford L. Lomax
    Lunsford Lindsay Lomax was an American educator, farmer, and officer in the United States Army who resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    • 5th Virginia Cavalry
    • 6th Virginia Cavalry
    • 15th Virginia Cavalry

    W.H.F. Lee's Division

        
    MG W.H.F. Lee
    William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
    William Henry Fitzhugh Lee , known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S. Congress.-Early life:Lee was born at Arlington House in...

    Barringer's Brigade

      
    BG Rufus Barringer
    Rufus Barringer
    Rufus Clay Barringer was a North Carolina lawyer, politician, and American Civil War brigadier general.-Early life:...

    • 1st North Carolina Cavalry
    • 2nd North Carolina Cavalry
    • 3rd North Carolina Cavalry
    • 5th North Carolina Cavalry
    Chambliss's Brigade

      
    Col J.L. Davis
    • 9th Virginia Cavalry
    • 10th Virginia Cavalry
    • 13th Virginia Cavalry
    Dearing's Brigade

      
    BG James Dearing
    James Dearing
    James Dearing was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign, making him one of the last officers to die in the war; there are claims that he was the last general officer to die in the...

    • 8th Georgia Cavalry
    • 4th North Carolina Cavalry
    • 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion

    Horse Artillery

        
    Maj R. Preston Chew
    R. Preston Chew
    Roger Preston Chew was a noted horse artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a prominent West Virginia businessman and railroad executive....

    Breathed's Battalion
    • Hart's (South Carolina) Battery
    • McGregor's (Virginia) Battery
    • Graham's (Virginia) Battery

    Department of Richmond

    LTG Richard S. Ewell
    Richard S. Ewell
    Richard Stoddert Ewell was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E...


    Brigade Regiments and Others
    Johnson's Brigade

      
    Col J.M. Hughs
    • 17th-23rd Tennessee
    • 15th-44th Tennessee
    • 63rd Tennessee
    Gary's Cavalry Brigade

      
    BG Martin Witherspoon Gary
    Martin Witherspoon Gary
    Martin Witherspoon Gary was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic politician in postbellum South Carolina.-Early life and career:...

    • 7th Georgia Cavalry
    • Hampton South Carolina Legion Cavalry
    • 7th South Carolina Cavalry
    • 24th Virginia Cavalry

    Richmond Forces

    MG James L. Kemper
    James L. Kemper
    James Lawson Kemper was a lawyer, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the 37th Governor of Virginia...


    Brigade Regiments and Others
    Local Defense Brigade

      
    MG G.W.C. Lee
    George Washington Custis Lee
    George Washington Custis Lee , also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee...

    • 1st Virginia Battalion Local Defense Troops
    • 2nd Virginia Local Defense Troops
    • 3rd Virginia Local Defense Troops
    • 4th Virginia Battalion Local Defense Troops
    • 5th Virginia Battalion Local Defense Troops
    • 2nd Virginia Battalion Reserves
    • VMI Cadet Battalion (1 Company)
    • Richmond Ambulance Company
    • Maryland Line (Detachment)
    Barton's Command

      
    BG Seth Barton
    Seth Barton
    Seth Maxwell Barton was a United States Army officer and, then, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later became noted as a chemist.-Early life and career:...

    • 18th Georgia Battalion
    • 25th Virginia Battalion
    • 1st Virginia Battalion Reserves
    • 3rd Virginia Battalion Reserves
    • 4th Virginia Battalion Reserves
    Independent Richmond Infantry
  • 1st Virginia Militia
  • 19th Virginia Militia
  • Independent Richmond Cavalry
  • Owen's City Cavalry Regiment
  • 1st Virginia Cavalry Battalion Local Defense Troops

  • Post of Richmond

    BG W.M. Gardner
    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Artillery Defenses

        
    Ltc John C. Pemberton
    John C. Pemberton
    John Clifford Pemberton , was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole Wars and with distinction during the Mexican–American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his defeat and surrender in the critical Siege of Vicksburg in...

    First Division (Inner Line)

      
    Ltc J.W. Atkinson
    • 10th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery
    • 19th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery
    Second Division (Inner Line)

      
    Ltc J. Howard
    • 18th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery
    • 20th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery
    Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion

      
    Ltc C.E. Lightfoot
    • Hudgin's (Virginia) Artillery
    • Rives' (Virginia) Artillery
    • Barham's (Virginia) Artillery

    Miscellaneous Artillery
    Chaffin's Bluff

      
    Maj W.S. Basinger
    • Guerrant's (Virginia) Artillery
    • Davis' (Virginia) Artillery
    • Allen's (Virginia) Artillery
    • Jones' (Virginia) Artillery
    • Winder's (Virginia) Artillery
    9th Georgia Artillery Battalion

      
    Maj. A. Leyden
    • Company A
    • Company B
    • Company C
    • Company D
    • Company E
    Naval Batteries

      
    Lt C.W. Hays
    • Battery Semmes
    • Battery Brooke
    • Battery Wood

    Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

    Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    1st Military District

        
    BG Henry A. Wise
    Walker's Brigade

      
    BG James A. Walker
    James A. Walker
    James Alexander Walker was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms...

    • 1st Virginia Reserves
    • 3rd Virginia Reserves
    • 5th Virginia Battalion Reserves
    • Withers' Virginia Battalion Reserves
    • Maurin's Artillery
    Post of Petersburg
  • Holcombe South Carolina Legion
  • 44th Virginia Battalion
  • Hood's Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • Independent Signal Corps
  • Hobson's Company 2nd Class Militia
  • Fort Clifton
  • 34th Virginia (detachment)
  • Miller's (North Carolina) Artillery (detachment)
  • Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford

      
    Ltc John J. Garnett
    • Confederate States Zouave Battalion
    • 62nd Georgia Cavalry (Company H)
    • Bradford's (Mississippi) Artillery (section)
    High Bridge
  • 6th Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • Mattoax Bridge
  • 7th Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • Staunton River Bridge
  • 8th Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • Danville Virginia
  • 4th Virginia Reserves
  • 9th Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • 10th Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • 11th Virginia Battalion Reserves
  • Drewry's Bluff
  • Coleman's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery
  • Drewry's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery
  • Marine Battalion (Companys A,B,C)
  • Smith's Artillery Battalion
  • Epes' (Virginia) Artillery
  • Kevill's (Virginia) Artillery
  • Battery Danztler
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