Five Forks Confederate order of battle

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

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  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded

Confederate Army[]

MG George Pickett, Commanding

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Pickett's Division

Steuart's Brigade


   BG George H. Steuart

  • 9th Virginia: Col
  • 14th Virginia: Col William White
  • 38th Virginia: Col
  • 53rd Virginia: Col William R. Aylett
  • 57th Virginia: Col
Corse's Brigade


   BG Montgomery Dent Corse

  • 15th Virginia: Ltc Emmett M. Morrison
  • 17th Virginia: Col Arthur Herbert
  • 29th Virginia: Col James Giles
  • 30th Virginia: Col Robert S. Chew
  • 32nd Virginia: Ltc William R. Willis
Hunton's Brigade


   BG Eppa Hunton

  • 8th Virginia: Ltc Edmund Berkeley
  • 18th Virginia: Col Henry A. Carrington
  • 19th Virginia: Maj Waller M. Boyd
  • 28th Virginia: Ltc William M. Wingfield
  • 56th Virginia: Col William E. Green
Terry's Brigade


   Col Robert M. Mayo

  • 1st Virginia: Ltc Frank H. Langley
  • 3rd Virginia: Ltc Joseph V. Scott
  • 7th Virginia: Col Charles C. Floweree
  • 11th Virginia: Cpt Robert M. Mitchell, Jr.
  • 24th Virginia: Maj William Bentley
Pegram's Artillery Battalion


   Col William Pegram (mw)
   Ltc Joseph McGraw

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Johnson's Division[1]

Wallace's Brigade


   BG William Henry Wallace

  • 17th South Carolina: Col Fitz William McMaster
  • 18th South Carolina: Ltc W. B. Allison
  • 22nd South Carolina: Col William G. Burt
  • 23rd South Carolina: Col Henry L. Benbow
  • 26th South Carolina: Col Alexander D. Smith
  • Holcombe Legion (South Carolina): Col William J. Crawley
Ransom's Brigade


   BG Matt Whitaker Ransom

  • 24th North Carolina:
  • 25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge
  • 35th North Carolina: Col James T. Johnson
  • 49th North Carolina: Col Lee M. McAfee
  • 56th North Carolina: Ltc G. Gratiott Luke

Cavalry Corps[]

MG Fitzhugh Lee

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Fitzhugh Lee's Cavalry Division


     Col Thomas T. Munford

Payne's Brigade


   BG William H. F. Payne (w)
   Col Reuben B. Boston

  • 5th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc James H. Allen
  • 6th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston, Ltc Daniel T. Richards
  • 8th Virginia Cavalry: Maj Thomas P. Bowen
  • 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj James W. Sweeney
Munford's Brigade


   Col Thomas T. Munford

  • 1st Virginia Cavalry: Col William A. Morgan
  • 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Cary Breckenridge
  • 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas H. Owen
  • 4th Virginia Cavalry: Maj Charles Old
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

William H. F. Lee's Cavalry Division


     MG William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

Barrington's Brigade


   BG Rufus Barringer

  • 1st North Carolina Cavalry:
  • 2nd North Carolina Cavalry:
  • 3rd North Carolina Cavalry:
  • 5th North Carolina Cavalry: Col James H. McNeill
Beale's Brigade


   BG Richard L. T. Beale

  • 9th Virginia Cavalry: Maj Samuel A. Swann
  • 10th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Zachariah S. McGruder
  • 13th Virginia Cavalry: Maj Benjamin F. Winfield
  • 14th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc George Jackson
Roberts' Brigade


   BG William Paul Roberts

  • 4th North Carolina Cavalry: Col Dennis D. Ferebee
  • 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion:

Rosser's Cavalry Division


     MG Thomas L. Rosser

Dearing's Brigade


   BG James Dearing

  • 7th Virginia Cavalry: Col Richard Henry Dulany
  • 11th Virginia Cavalry: Maj Edward H. McDonald
  • 12th Virginia Cavalry: Col Asher W. Harman
  • 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Elijah V. White
McCausland's Brigade


   BG John McCausland

  • 16th Virginia Cavalry: Col Milton Ferguson
  • 17th Virginia Cavalry: Maj Frederick F. Smith
  • 21st Virginia Cavalry: Maj Stephen P. Halsey
  • 22nd Virginia Cavalry: Maj Henry F. Kendrick
  • McGregor's Battery: Maj William M. McGregor

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Temporarily attached from Johnson's Division, Anderson's Corps.

References[]

  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
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