Wilderness Confederate order of battle

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 Battle of the Wilderness

Battle of the Wilderness

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Both armies suffered heavy casualties, a harbinger of a bloody war of attrition by...

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 Union order of battle

Wilderness Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately...

is listed separately.

Military rank

Gen = General
General (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. General ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army or General of the Air Force; the Marine Corps does not have an...
LTG = Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General (United States)
In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
Maj = Major
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
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...

Other

(w) = wounded
Wounded
Wounded may refer to:* The Wounded, a Dutch wave-rock band* "The Wounded" , a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation* "Wounded ", a song by the American rock band Third Eye Blind...
(mw) = mortally wounded
(k) = killed in action
Killed in action
Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
(c) = captured
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...

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....

General Staff:

Chief Engineer: MG Martin L. Smith
Martin Luther Smith
Martin Luther Smith was an American soldier and civil engineer, serving as a major general in the Confederate States Army...
Chief of Artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
William N. Pendleton
William Nelson Pendleton was an American teacher, Episcopal priest, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his position as Gen. Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery for most of the conflict...
Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Walter H. Taylor
Walter H. Taylor
Walter Herron Taylor was an American banker, lawyer, soldier, politician, author, and railroad executive from Norfolk, Virginia. During the American Civil War, he was an officer in the Confederate States Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel as an aide to General Robert E. Lee...
Aide de Camp: Ltc Charles Marshall
Charles Marshall (Colonel)
Charles Marshall was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. Marshall served as an aide de camp, assistant adjutant general and military secretary to Gen. Robert E. Lee. He was also an uncle of WWII General George Marshall.-Early life:Marshall was born in Warrenton, Virginia to...
Aide de Camp: Maj Charles S. Venable
Charles S. Venable
Charles Scott Venable was a mathematician, astronomer, and military officer. In mathematics, he is noted for authoring a series of publications as a University of Virginia professor.-Biography:...

First Corps
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a military unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. It was formed in early 1861 and served until the spring of 1865, mostly in the Eastern Theater. The corps was commanded by James Longstreet for much of its...

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...

(w)

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...

MG 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...

General Staff:

Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Gilbert M. Sorrel
Moxley Sorrel
Gilbert Moxley Sorrel was a Confederate States Army officer and historian of the Confederacy.-Early life:Sorrel was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of one of the wealthiest men in the city, Francis Sorrel. He was the brother-in-law of William W...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
McLaws' Lafayette McLaws Lafayette McLaws was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... (old) 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 Brigade Col John W. Henagan	2nd South Carolina: Ltc Franklin Gaillard (k) 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance (k) 7th South Carolina: Cpt James Mitchell 8th South Carolina: Ltc Eli T. Stackhouse Eli T. Stackhouse Eli Thomas Stackhouse was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.-Biography:... 15th South Carolina 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment The 15th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Initial battle:... : Col John B. Davis 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Cpt B. M. Whitener
	Wofford's Brigade BG William T. Wofford William T. Wofford William Tatum Wofford was an officer during the Mexican-American War and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	16th Georgia 18th Georgia 18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally brigaded with the three Texas regiments of John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade, it was transferred to Thomas R.R. Cobb's Georgia Brigade after the Battle of Antietam in... 24th Georgia 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was part of Thomas Cobb's brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg.- Organization :... 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 BG Benjamin G. Humphreys Benjamin G. Humphreys Benjamin Grubb Humphreys was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction.-Early life:Humphreys was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi, on the...	13th Mississippi: Maj George L. Donald 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi: Cpt William H. Lewis 21st Mississippi 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment The 21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry was a Confederate infantry regiment from Mississippi in the American Civil War. The regiment was involved in several well documented battles including the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Chickamauga.... : Col Daniel N. Moody
	Bryan's Brigade BG Goode Bryan Goode Bryan Goode Bryan was a planter, politician, military officer, and American Civil War general in the Confederate States Army. His brigade played a prominent role during the Battle of the Wilderness, fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition.-Early life and career:Bryan was born in Hancock...	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.... : Col Willis C. Holt 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.... : Col Peter McGlashan 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... : Col Edward Ball 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
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...	Jenkins' Brigade BG Micah Jenkins Micah Jenkins Micah Jenkins , was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life:... (k) Col 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...	1st South Carolina: Col James R. Hagood 2nd South Carolina (Rifles): Col Robert E. Bowen 5th South Carolina: Col Asbury Coward 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
	Law's Evander M. Law Evander McIver Law was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... Brigade Col William F. Perry	4th Alabama: Col Pinckney D. Bowles Pinckney Downie Bowles Pinckney Downie Bowles was a lawyer, county prosecutor, probate judge, and a Confederate military officer during the American Civil War.-Early years:... 15th Alabama 44th Alabama 47th Alabama 48th Alabama: Ltc William M. Hardwick
	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: Ltc Bolivar H. Gee
	Gregg's Brigade Texas Brigade The Texas Brigade, also often referred to as Hood's Brigade, was an infantry brigade in the Confederate States Army that distinguished itself for its fierce tenacity and fighting capability during the American Civil War.-Organization:... 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:... (w)	3rd Arkansas 3rd Arkansas Infantry 3rd Arkansas, or 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was a Confederate Army regiment during the American Civil War, and the most celebrated unit from that state. Formed and initially commanded by Colonel Albert Rust, and later falling under the command of Colonel Van H... : Col Van H. Manning Van H. Manning Vannoy Hartrog Manning was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.-Early life:... (w&c) 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: Col John P. Bane 5th Texas: Ltc King Bryan
	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... (w) Col Dudley M. Du Bose Dudley M. Du Bose Dudley McIver Du Bose was a lawyer, soldier, and a U.S. Representative from Georgia.-Early life:Du Bose was born in Shelby County, Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and graduated from the Lebanon Law School in 1856...	2nd Georgia 15th Georgia: Col Dudley M. Du Bose 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
Artillery BG Edward P. 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... Maj Tyler C. Jordan	Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery Moody's (Louisiana) Battery Parker's (Virginia) Battery J. D. 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 Maj Samuel P. Hamilton Maj Wade H. Gibbes	Callaway's (Georgia) Battery Carlton's (Georgia) Battery McCarthy's (Virginia) Battery Manly's (North Carolina) Battery

Second Corps
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was a military organization within the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during much of the American Civil War. It was officially created and named following the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, but comprised units in a corps organization for quite...

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...

General Staff:

Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. Pendleton
Sandie Pendleton
Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton was an officer on the staff of Confederate Generals Thomas J. Jackson, Richard S. Ewell and Jubal A. Early during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
Asst. Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner
Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
Hunter McGuire
Hunter Holmes McGuire, M.D. was a physician, teacher, and orator. He started several schools and hospitals which later became part of the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. His statue sits prominently on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol...
Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Early's Division MG Jubal A. Early Jubal Anderson Early Jubal Anderson Early was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served under Stonewall Jackson and then Robert E. Lee for almost the entire war, rising from regimental command to lieutenant general and the command of an infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia...	Hays' Brigade Louisiana Tigers Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brigade, and eventually to all Louisiana troops... BG Harry T. Hays Harry T. Hays Harry Thompson Hays was an American Army officer serving in the Mexican-American War and a general who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....	5th Louisiana: Ltc Bruce Menger 6th Louisiana: Maj William H. Manning 7th Louisiana: Maj J. Moore Wilson 8th Louisiana 9th Louisiana 9th Louisiana Infantry The Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brigade, and eventually to all Louisiana...
	Pegram's Brigade BG John Pegram John Pegram (general) John Pegram was a career soldier from Virginia who served as an officer in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He became the first former U.S... (w) Col John S. Hoffman	13th Virginia 13th Virginia Infantry The 13th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Col James B. Terrill 31st Virginia 31st Virginia Infantry The 31st 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.... : Col John S. Hoffman 49th Virginia 49th Virginia Infantry The 49th 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.... : Col Jonathan C. Gibson 52nd Virginia 52nd Virginia Infantry The 52nd 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.... 58th Virginia 58th Virginia Infantry The 58th 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....
	Gordon's Brigade BG John B. Gordon John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the...	13th Georgia 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans Clement A. Evans Clement Anselm Evans was a Confederate infantry general in the American Civil War. He was also a noted politician, preacher, historian and prolific author.... 38th Georgia 60th Georgia: Ltc Thomas J. Berry 61st Georgia 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-History:Part of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade, the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was mustered in South Carolina in May 1862...
Johnson's Division MG Edward Johnson Edward Johnson (general) Edward Johnson , also known as Allegheny Johnson , was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...	Stonewall Brigade Stonewall Brigade The Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was a famous combat unit in United States military history. It was trained and first led by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a professor from Virginia Military Institute... 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...	2nd Virginia 2nd Virginia Infantry The 2nd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in today’s West Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought as part of the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Cpt Charles H. Stewart 4th Virginia 4th Virginia Infantry The 4th 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 in the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Col William Terry 5th Virginia 5th Virginia Infantry The 5th 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 in the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... 27th Virginia 27th Virginia Infantry The 27th 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 Stonewall Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Ltc Charles L. Haynes 33rd Virginia 33rd Virginia Infantry The 33rd 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...
	Jones' Brigade BG John M. Jones John M. Jones John Marshall Jones was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life:... (k) Col William A. Witcher	21st Virginia 21st Virginia Infantry The 21st 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.... : Col William A. Witcher 25th Virginia 25th Virginia Infantry The 25th 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 the Northwest and Army of Northern Virginia... : Col John C. Higginbotham 42nd Virginia 42nd Virginia Infantry The 42nd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... 44th Virginia 44th Virginia Infantry The 44th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... 48th Virginia 48th Virginia Infantry The 48th 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.... 50th Virginia 50th Virginia Infantry The 50th 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 and in Tennessee....
	Steuart's Brigade BG George H. Steuart	1st North Carolina: Col Hamilton A. Brown 3rd North Carolina: Col Stephen D. Thruston 10th Virginia 10th Virginia Infantry The 10th 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.... 23rd Virginia 23rd Virginia Infantry The 23rd 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.... 37th Virginia 37th Virginia Infantry The 37th 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....
	Stafford's Brigade BG Leroy A. Stafford (mw) Col Zebulon York	1st Louisiana 2nd Louisiana: Col Jesse M. Williams Jesse M. Williams Jesse Milton Williams commanded a Louisiana regiment in the American Civil War. He briefly held brigade command at the Battle of Gettysburg. Prior to the Civil War, Williams attended the University of Alabama and lived in Mansfield, Louisiana.The 2nd Louisiana Infantry was organized in 1861,... 10th Louisiana 14th Louisiana: Col Zebulon York Zebulon York Zebulon York was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was among a small group of Northern-born Confederate generals.-Early life:York was a native of Avon, Maine... 15th Louisiana
Rodes' Division MG Robert E. Rodes Robert E. Rodes Robert Emmett Rodes was a railroad civil engineer and a promising young Confederate general in the American Civil War, killed in battle in the Shenandoah Valley.-Education, antebellum career:...	Daniel's Brigade BG Junius Daniel Junius Daniel Junius Daniel was a planter and career military officer, serving in the United States Army, then in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, as a brigadier general. His troops were instrumental in the Confederates' success at the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg...	32nd North Carolina 45th North Carolina 53rd North Carolina 2nd North Carolina Battalion
	Doles' Brigade BG George P. Doles George P. Doles George Pierce Doles was a Georgia businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps.-Early life:...	4th Georgia 12th Georgia: Col Edward Willis 44th Georgia: Col William H. Peebles
	Ramseur's Brigade BG Stephen D. Ramseur Stephen Dodson Ramseur Stephen Dodson Ramseur was one of the youngest Confederate generals in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in battle at the Battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.-Early life:...	2nd North Carolina: Col William R. Cox William R. Cox William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States... 4th North Carolina: Col Bryan Grimes Bryan Grimes Bryan Grimes was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war.... , Maj Edwin A. Osborne 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett Risden Tyler Bennett Risden Tyler Bennett was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1883 and 1887.-Biography:... 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker
	Battle's Brigade BG Cullen A. Battle Cullen A. Battle Cullen Andrews Battle was an American attorney, politician, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	3rd Alabama: Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama 6th Alabama 12th Alabama 61st Alabama
	Johnston's Brigade BG Robert D. Johnston	5th North Carolina: Col Thomas M. Garrett 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman 20th North Carolina: Col Thomas F. Toon Thomas F. Toon Thomas Fentress Toon was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... 23rd North Carolina
Artillery BG Armistead L. Long	Brown's Division Col John T. Brown J. Thompson Brown John Thompson Brown was a Confederate artillerist in the American Civil War. He was killed by a sharpshooter in the Battle of the Wilderness.-Civil War:... (k)	Hardaway's Battalion: Ltc Robert A. Hardaway Robert A. Hardaway -Pre-War:Robert Archelaus Hardaway was a native of Georgia – born there B. Feb. 2, 1829; but he was raised in Alabama. His parents were Robert Stanfield Hardaway and his second wife, Martha Bibb Jarratt. Hardaway was educated at St. Joseph's College , and Emory College, later Emory University, in... , Maj David Watson Dance's (Virginia) Battery Graham's (Virginia) Battery C. B. Griffin's (Virginia) Battery Jones' (Virginia) Battery B. H. Smith's (Virginia) Battery Braxton's Battalion: Ltc Carter M. Braxton, Maj Marcellus N. Moorman Carpenter's (Virginia) Battery Cooper's (Virginia) Battery Hardwicke's (Virginia) Battery Nelson's Battalion: Ltc William Nelson Kirkpatrick's (Virginia) Battery Massie's (Virginia) Battery Fluvanna Artillery The Fluvanna Artillery was an artillery battery formed from citizens of Fluvanna County, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It participated in the Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns, as well as the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864 under Confederate Major General Jubal Early.With the... Milledge's (Georgia) Battery
Artillery BG Armistead L. Long	Carter's Division Col Thomas H. Carter	Cutshaw's Battalion: Maj Wilfred E. Cutshaw, Maj Robert M. Stribling Carrington's (Virginia) Battery A. W. Garber's (Virginia) Battery Tanner's (Virginia) Battery Page's Battalion: Maj Richard C. M. Page W. P. Carter's (Virginia) Battery Fry's (Virginia) Battery Page's (Virginia) Battery Reese's (Alabama) Battery

Third Corps
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was a military organization within the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during much of the American Civil War. The corps was formed in mid-1863 and served until Lee's surrender April 9, 1865, near the end of the war.-Formation:After the death of...

LTG Ambrose 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
Anderson's Division MG 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... 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"....	Perrin's Brigade BG Abner M. Perrin	8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama
	Harris' Brigade BG Nathaniel H. Harris	12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi: Col Samuel E. Baker 19th Mississippi: Col Thomas J. Hardin 48th Mississippi
	Mahone's Brigade 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".... Col David A. Weisiger	6th Virginia 6th Virginia Infantry The 6th 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.... : Ltc Henry W. Williamson 12th Virginia 12th Virginia Infantry The 12th 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.... : Col David A. Weisiger 16th Virginia 16th Virginia Infantry The 16th 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.... : Ltc Richard O. Whitehead 41st Virginia 41st Virginia Infantry The 41st 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... 61st Virginia 61st Virginia Infantry The 61st 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.... : Col Virginius D. Groner
	Wright's Brigade BG Ambrose R. Wright Ambrose R. Wright Ambrose Ransom Wright was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...	3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj Charles J. Moffett
	Perry's Brigade BG Edward A. Perry Edward A. Perry Edward Aylesworth Perry was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the 14th Governor of Florida.-Early life:He was a descendant of Arthur Perry, one of the earliest settlers of New England... (w)	2nd Florida 2nd Florida Infantry An integral part of the 2nd Florida Regiment, the 2nd Florida was organized in April and July 1861 and mustered into Confederate service for 12 months near Jacksonville, Florida on July 13, 1861. It was reorganized on May 11, 1862.Assignments for the 2nd were:... 5th Florida 8th Florida
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' 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:... Brigade Col John M. Stone John Marshall Stone John Marshall Stone was an American politician from Mississippi who served longer as Governor of that state than anyone else, from 1876 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1896.- Background :...	1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi 11th Mississippi 26th Mississippi 42nd Mississippi 55th North Carolina
	Cooke's Brigade BG John R. Cooke John Rogers Cooke John Rogers Cooke was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was the son of Union general Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate cavalry leader Jeb Stuart.-Biography:...	15th North Carolina 27th North Carolina 46th North Carolina 48th North Carolina
	Kirkland's Brigade BG William W. 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:...	11th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 44th North Carolina 47th North Carolina 52nd North Carolina
	Walker' s Brigade BG Henry H. Walker	40th Virginia 40th Virginia Infantry The 40th 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. Prior to the reorganization of the army after Chancellorsville, it was part of... 47th Virginia 47th Virginia Infantry The 47th 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 and was a unit in A.P. Hill's Light Division.... : Col Robert M. Mayo 55th Virginia: Col William S. Christian 22nd Virginia Battalion 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion The 22nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry Regulars was raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and, served as infantry. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... 13th Alabama 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Maj Felix G. Buchanan 7th Tennessee: Ltc Samuel G. Shepard 14th Tennessee: Col William McComb
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: Ltc William L. Davidson 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.... : Col John D. Barry John D. Barry John Decatur Barry was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... 28th North Carolina 33rd North Carolina: Ltc Robert V. Cowan 37th North Carolina: Col William M. Barbour
	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: Col Joseph H. Hyman 16th North Carolina: Col William A. Stowe 22nd North Carolina 34th North Carolina: Col William L. J. Lowrance William Lee J. Lowrance William Lee Joshua Lowrance commanded a North Carolina regiment in the American Civil War. At the Battle of Gettysburg he briefly led the brigade of the wounded Alfred M. Scales.... 38th North Carolina: Ltc John Ashford
	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): Ltc Washington P. Shooter 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles): Ltc George McD. Miller 12th South Carolina: Col John L. Miller 13th South Carolina: Col Benjamin T. Brockman Benjamin T. Brockman Benjamin T. Brockman was a merchant and a Confederate officer in the American Civil War.Brockman was born in South Carolina, the eldest son of Colonel and Senator Thomas Patterson Brockman and the granduncle of Tallulah Brockman Bankhead... 14th South Carolina: Col Joseph N. Brown
	Thomas' Brigade BG Edward L. Thomas	14th Georgia 35th Georgia 45th Georgia 49th Georgia: Ltc John T. Jordan
Artillery Col Reuben L. Walker	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... Maj George Ward	Richards' (Mississippi) Battery Utterback's (Virginia) Battery Williams' (North Carolina) Battery Wyatt's (Virginia) Battery
	Pegram's Battalion Ltc William J. Pegram William Ransom Johnson Pegram William Ransom Johnson Pegram, known as "Willie" or "Willy", was an important young artillery officer in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in the Battle of Five Forks. He was the younger brother of Confederate General John... Maj Joseph McGraw	Brander's (Virginia) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery Marye's (Virginia) Battery Zimmerman's (South Carolina) Battery
	McIntosh' s Battalion Ltc David G. McIntosh Maj Marmaduke Johnson	Clutter's (Virginia) Battery Donald's (Virginia) Battery Hurt's (Alabama) Battery Price's (Virginia) Battery
	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... Maj John Lane	Patterson's (Georgia) Battery Ross' (Georgia) Battery Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery
	Richardson's Battalion Ltc Charles Richardson Maj Merritt B. Miller	Grandy's (Virginia) Battery Landry's (Louisiana) Battery Moore's (Virginia) Battery Penick's (Virginia) Battery

Cavalry Corps
Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was the only organized cavalry corps in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Prior to the establishment of a formal corps, cavalry organization in the Confederacy consisted mostly of partisan ranger units and some battalions, a few...

MG James E.B. Stuart

J.E.B. Stuart

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Hampton's Division MG Wade Hampton 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...	Young's 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.... Brigade Col Gilbert J. Wright	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 Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion
	Rosser's Brigade 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...	7th Virginia 7th Virginia Cavalry The 7th Virginia Cavalry also known as Ashby's Cavalry was a Confederate cavalry regiment raised in the spring of 1861 by Colonel Angus W. McDonald, Sr. The regiment was composed primarily of men from the counties of the upper Shenandoah Valley as well as from the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun... : Col Richard H. Dulany 11th Virginia 11th Virginia Cavalry The 11th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... 12th Virginia 12th Virginia Cavalry The 12th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Ltc Thomas B. Massie 35th Virginia Battalion
Fitzhugh Lee's Division MG Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:...	Lomax'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 5th Virginia Cavalry The 5th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... : Col Henry C. Pate 6th Virginia 6th Virginia Cavalry The 6th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... : Col John S. Green 15th Virginia 15th Virginia Cavalry The 15th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... : Col Charles R. Collins
	Wickham's Brigade BG Williams C. Wickham	1st Virginia 1st Virginia Cavalry The 1st Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... 2nd Virginia 2nd Virginia Cavalry The 2nd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... : Col Thomas T. Munford Thomas T. Munford Thomas Taylor Munford was an American farmer and Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.-Biography:... 3rd Virginia 3rd Virginia Cavalry The 3rd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... : Col Thomas H. Owen 4th Virginia 4th Virginia Cavalry The 4th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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....
W.H.F. Lee's Division MG William 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...	Chambliss' Brigade BG John R. Chambliss John R. Chambliss John Randolph Chambliss, Jr. was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army. A brigadier general of cavalry, Chambliss was killed in action during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom.-Early life:Chambliss was...	9th Virginia 9th Virginia Cavalry The 9th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... 10th Virginia 10th Virginia Cavalry The 10th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry 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.... 13th Virginia 13th Virginia Cavalry The 13th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
	Gordon's Brigade BG James B. Gordon James B. Gordon James Byron Gordon was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge.-Early life:...	1st North Carolina 2nd North Carolina: Col Clinton M. Andrews 5th North Carolina: Col Stephen B. Evans
Horse Artillery Maj Roger P. 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 Maj James Breathed	Hart's (South Carolina) Battery Johnston's (Virginia) Battery McGregor's (Virginia) Battery Shoemaker's (Virginia) Battery Thomson's (Virginia) Battery

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