Cedar Creek Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] during the campaign.^[2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Military rank abbreviations used[]

LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Army of the Valley[]

LTG Jubal Anderson Early, Commanding

Infantry[]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Ramseur's Division MG S.D. Ramseur (k)	Battle's Brigade BG Cullen A. Battle (w)	3rd Alabama: Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama: Ltc Edwin L. Hobson 6th Alabama: Cpt Rinaldo M. Greene 12th Alabama: Cpt Poleman D. Ross 61st Alabama: Maj William E. Pinckard
	Grimes' Brigade BG Bryan Grimes	32nd North Carolina: Colonel David G. Cowand 53rd North Carolina: Colonel David G. Cowand 2nd North Carolina Battalion: Colonel David G. Cowand 43rd North Carolina: Colonel John R. Winston 45th North Carolina: Colonel John R. Winston
	Cook's Brigade BG Philip Cook	4th Georgia: Ltc William H. Willis 12th Georgia: Cpt James Everett 21st Georgia: Cpt Henry T. Battle 44th Georgia: Ltc James W. Beck
	Cox's Brigade BG William Ruffin Cox	1st North Carolina: Cpt William H. Thomson 2nd North Carolina: Cpt. Thomas B. Beall 3rd North Carolina: Cpt William H. Thomson 4th North Carolina: Col Edwin A. Osborne 14th North Carolina: Cpt Joseph Jones 30th North Carolina: Cpt John C. McMillan
Pegram's (Early's) Division BG John Pegram	Pegram's Brigade Col John S. Hoffman	13th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Felix Heiskell 31st Virginia Infantry: Ltc J. S. Kerr McCutchen 49th Virginia Infantry: Cpt John G. Lobban 52nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt John M. Humphreys 58th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Leroy C. James
	Johnston's Brigade BG Robert D. Johnston	5th North Carolina: -- 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman 20th North Carolina: Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina: Col Charles Blacknall 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt R. E. Wilson
	Godwin's Brigade LtCol William S. Davis (w)	6th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel M. Tate 21st North Carolina: -- 54th North Carolina: Cpt Augustus H. Martin 57th North Carolina: Cpt Miles H. Hunter
Gordon's Division MG John Brown Gordon	Evans' Brigade BG Clement A. Evans	13th Georgia: -- 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson 31st Georgia: -- 38th Georgia: -- 60th Georgia: Col William H. Stiles 61st Georgia: -- 12th Georgia Battalion: --
	Hays'/Stafford's Brigades --	Remnants of 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th and 15th Louisiana Regiments: --
	Terry's Brigade^[3] BG William Terry	Old Stonewall Brigade 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Col John H. S. Funk Jones’ Old Brigade 21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Col Robert H. Dungan Steuart’s Old Brigade 10th, 23rd, and 37th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Ltc Samuel H. Saunders
Kershaw's Division MG Joseph B. Kershaw	Conner's Brigade Maj James M. Goggin	2nd South Carolina: Maj Benjamin R. Clyburn (w) 3rd South Carolina: Maj Rutherford P. Todd (w) 7th South Carolina: Cpt Elijah J. Coggans 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henegan 15th South Carolina: -- 20th South Carolina: Col Stephen M. Boykin 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Cpt B. M. Whitener (k)
	Humphreys' Brigade Col Daniel M. Moody (w)	13th Mississippi: Ltc Alfred G. O'Brien 17th Mississippi: Cpt Jesse C. Cochran 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Griffin 21st Mississippi: --
	Wofford's Brigade Col	16th Georgia: Maj James S. Gholston 18th Georgia: Col Joseph Armstrong 24th Georgia: Col Christopher C. Sanders 3rd Georgia Battalion: Ltc Nathan L. Hutchins Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Cpt John H. Burr Phillip's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc William W. Rich
	Bryan's Brigade Col James P. Simms	10th Georgia: Col Willis C. Holt (w) 50th Georgia: Col Peter A.S. McGlashan (w) 51st Georgia: Col Edward Ball (w) 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
Wharton's Division BG Gabriel C. Wharton	Wharton's Brigade --	45th Virginia Infantry: Maj Alexander M. Davis 50th Virginia Infantry: Col Alexander Vandeventer 51st Virginia Infantry: Col Augustus Forsberg 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion: Ltc J. Lyle Clarke
	Echols' Brigade Cpt Edmund S. Read	22nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Henry Dickinson 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion: Cpt John M. Pratt 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Cpt Frank C. Burdett
	Smith's Brigade Col	36th Virginia Infantry: -- 60th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Albert G.P. George 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Cpt William B. Hensley Thomas's Legion: Ltc James R. Love, jr.

Cavalry[]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Lomax's Division MG Lunsford L. Lomax	Imboden's Brigade Col George H. Smith	18th Virginia Cavalry: -- 23rd Virginia Cavalry: -- 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry: --
	Bradley T. Johnson's Brigade BG Bradley T. Johnson	8th Virginia Cavalry: -- 21st Virginia Cavalry: -- 22nd Virginia Cavalry: -- 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: -- 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --
	McCausland's Brigade BG John McCausland	14th Virginia Cavalry: -- 16th Virginia Cavalry: -- 17th Virginia Cavalry: -- 25th Virginia Cavalry: -- 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --
	Jackson's Brigade BG Henry B. Davidson	2nd Maryland Cavalry: -- 19th Virginia Cavalry: -- 20th Virginia Cavalry: -- 46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: -- 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --
Rosser's (Fitz Lee's) Division BG Thomas L. Rosser	Wickham's Brigade Thomas T. Munford --	1st Virginia Cavalry: -- 2nd Virginia Cavalry: -- 3rd Virginia Cavalry: -- 4th Virginia Cavalry: --
	Payne's Brigade Col William H. F. Payne	5th Virginia Cavalry: -- 6th Virginia Cavalry: -- 15th Virginia Cavalry: --
	Rosser's Brigade --	7th Virginia Cavalry: -- 11th Virginia Cavalry: -- 12th Virginia Cavalry: -- 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --

Army Artillery[]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Artillery Col Thomas H. Carter	Braxton's Battalion --	Virginia battery (Carpenter's): -- Virginia battery (Hardwicke's): -- Virginia battery (Cooper's): --
	Cutshaw's Battalion --	Virginia battery, (Carrington's): -- Virginia battery, (Tanner's): -- Virginia battery, (Garber's). --
	Kings Battalion Ltc J. Floyd King	Virginia battery (Bryan's): -- Virginia battery (Chapman's): -- Virginia battery (Lowry's): --
	Carter's Battalion --	Alabama battery (Reese's): -- Virginia battery (W. P. Carter's): -- Virginia battery (Pendleton's): -- Virginia battery (Fry's): --
	Nelson's Battalion Ltc William Nelson	Georgia battery (Milledge's): -- Virginia battery (Kirkpatrick's): -- Snead's (Virginia) Fluvanna Battery (Massie's): --
	Horse Artillery --	Maryland battery (Griffin's): -- Virginia battery (Jackson's): -- Virginia battery (Lurty's): -- Virginia battery (McClanahan's): -- Virginia battery (Johnston's): -- Virginia battery (Shoemaker's): -- Virginia battery (Thomson's): --

Notes[]

^ Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 564-567
^ Composed of the fragmentary remains of fourteen of the regiments of Edward Johnson's division, most of which was captured by the enemy May 12, 1864.

References[]

U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.

[1] Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or the campaign.

[2] Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 564-567

[3] Composed of the fragmentary remains of fourteen of the regiments of Edward Johnson's division, most of which was captured by the enemy May 12, 1864.

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