Boydton Plank Road Confederate order of battle

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The following Confederate States Army regiments and commanders fought in the Battle of Boydton Plank Road on October 27 to 28, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

  • Gen = General
  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major

Other[]

Third Corps[]

MG Henry Heth[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Heth's Division
MG Henry Heth

Davis' Brigade


BG Joseph R. Davis

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


BG John R. Cooke

  • 15th North Carolina Infantry
  • 27th North Carolina Infantry
  • 46th North Carolina Infantry
  • 48th North Carolina Infantry
  • 55th North Carolina Infantry
MacRae's Brigade


BG William MacRae

  • 11th North Carolina Infantry
  • 26th North Carolina Infantry
  • 44th North Carolina Infantry
  • 47th North Carolina Infantry
  • 52nd North Carolina Infantry
Archer's Brigade


Col R.M. Mayo

  • 13th Alabama Infantry
  • 1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army)
  • 7th Tennessee Infantry
  • 14th Tennessee Infantry
Lane's Brigade, Wilcox's Division


BG James H. Lane

  • 18th North Carolina Infantry
  • 28th North Carolina Infantry
  • 33rd North Carolina Infantry
  • 37th North Carolina Infantry
McGowan's Brigade, Wilcox's Division


BG Samuel McGowan

  • 1st South Carolina Infantry (Provisional Army)
  • 12th South Carolina Infantry
  • 13th South Carolina Infantry
  • 14th South Carolina Infantry
  • Orr's Rifles

Mahone's Division
MG William Mahone

Sanders' Brigade


Col J. Horace King

  • 8th Alabama Infantry
  • 9th Alabama Infantry
  • 10th Alabama Infantry
  • 11th Alabama Infantry
  • 13th Alabama Infantry
  • 14th Alabama Infantry
Weisiger's Brigade


BG David A. Weisiger

  • 6th Virginia Infantry
  • 12th Virginia Infantry
  • 16th Virginia Infantry
  • 41st Virginia Infantry
  • 61st Virginia Infantry
Harris' Brigade


BG Nathaniel H. Harris

Cavalry Corps[]

LTG Wade Hampton

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

W.H.F. Lee's Division
MG W.H.F. Lee

Barringer's Brigade


BG Rufus Barringer

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


BG Richard L. T. Beale

  • 9th Virginia Cavalry
  • 10th Virginia Cavalry
  • 13th Virginia Cavalry
Dearing's Brigade


BG James Dearing

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

Notes[]

  1. ^ Heth commanded the Third Corps in A. P. Hill's absence.

Sources[]

  • Katcher, Philip. The Army of Robert E. Lee. London, United Kingdom: Arms and Armour Press, 1994. ISBN 1-85409-174-3.
  • Trudeau, Noah Andre. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864–April 1865. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. ISBN 0-316-85327-5.
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