Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] 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
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
  • Sgt = Sergeant

Other[]

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k =killed
  • c = captured

Army of Northern Virginia[]

Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

First Corps[]

LTG James Longstreet

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

McLaws' Division


     MG Lafayette McLaws

Kershaw's Brigade


  BG Joseph B. Kershaw

  • 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy
  • 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance (w), Ltc William D. Rutherford (w), Maj Robert C. Maffett (w),
    Cpt William W. Hance (w), Cpt John C. Sumner (k), Cpt John K.G. Nance
  • 7th South Carolina: Ltc Elbert Bland (w)
  • 8th South Carolina: Cpt Eli T. Stackhouse
  • 15th South Carolina:[3] Col William D. DeSaussure
  • 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice
Barksdale's Brigade


  BG William Barksdale

Cobb's Brigade


  BG Thomas R.R. Cobb (mw)
  Col Robert E. McMillan

Semmes' Brigade


  BG Paul J. Semmes

  • 10th Georgia: Col John B. Weems
  • 50th Georgia: Col William R. Manning
  • 51st Georgia: Col William M. Slaughter
  • 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
Artillery


  Col Henry C. Cabell[5]

  • Manly's (North Carolina) battery Cpt Basil C. Manly
  • Read's (Georgia) battery: Cpt John P.W. Read
  • McCarthy's battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy
  • Carlton's Battery, Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton

Anderson's Division


     MG Richard H. Anderson

Wilcox's Brigade


  BG Cadmus M. Wilcox

Mahone's Brigade


  BG William Mahone

  • 6th Virginia: Col Thomas J. Cornprew
  • 12th Virginia: Cpt John R. Lewellen
  • 16th Virginia: Maj Francis D. Holliday
  • 41st Virginia: Col William A. Parham
  • 61st Virginia: Ltc William F. Niemeyer
Featherston's Brigade


  BG Winfield S. Featherston

  • 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor
  • 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey
  • 19th Mississippi: Col Thomas Hardin (k)
  • 48th Mississippi (5 companies): Ltc Thomas B. Manlove
Wright's Brigade


  BG Ambrose R. Wright

  • 3rd Georgia: Col Edward J. Walker
  • 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones
  • 48th Georgia: Cpt Matthew R. Hall
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion:[7] Cpt Charles J. Moffett
Perry's Brigade


  BG Edward A. Perry[8]

  • 2nd Florida: Ltc Lewis G. Pyles
  • 5th Florida Col John C. Hately
  • 8th Florida: Col David Lang (w, Dec. 13), Cpt Thomas R. Love
Artillery


  Ltc John S. Saunders

  • Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
  • Huger's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Frank Huger
  • Lewis' (Virginia) battery:[9] Cpt John W. Lewis
  • Norfolk (Virginia) Light Artillery Blues: Lt William T. Peet

Pickett's Division


     MG George Pickett

Garnett's Brigade


  BG Richard B. Garnett[10]

Armistead's Brigade


  BG Lewis A. Armistead

  • 9th Virginia: Ltc James S. Gilliam
  • 14th Virginia: Col James G. Hodges
  • 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds
  • 53rd Virginia: Col William R. Aylett
  • 57th Virginia: Col David Dyer
Kemper's Brigade


  BG James L. Kemper

Jenkins' Brigade


  BG Micah Jenkins

  • 1st South Carolina (Hagood's): Col Daniel H. Hamilton
  • 2nd South Carolina (Rifles): Col Robert E. Bowen
  • 5th South Carolina: Col Ashbury Coward
  • 6th South Carolina: Col John M. Steedman
  • Hampton's Legion (Infantry Battalion): Ltc Robert B. Arnold
  • Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
Corse' s Brigade[11]


  BG Montgomery D. Corse

  • 15th Virginia: Cpt Emmett M. Morrison
  • 17th Virginia: Maj Arthur Hebert[12]
  • 30th Virginia: Col Alfred T. Harrison
  • 32nd Virginia: Col Edgar B. Montague
Artillery[13]


  Maj James Dearing

  • Dearing's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Joseph Blount
  • Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
  • Richmond Fayette (Virginia) Artillery:[14] Cpt Miles C. Macon

Hood's Division


     MG John B. Hood

Law's Brigade


  BG Evander M. Law

  • 4th Alabama: Col Pinckney D. Bowles
  • 44th Alabama:[15] Ltc Charles A. Derby
  • 6th North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Webb
  • 54th North Carolina: Col James C. S. McDowell
  • 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Godwin
Robertson' s Brigade


  BG Jerome B. Robertson

  • 3rd Arkansas:[7] Col Van H. Manning
  • 1st Texas: Col Philip A. Work
  • 4th Texas: Col John C.G. Key
  • 5th Texas: Col Robert M. Powell
Anderson's Brigade


  BG George T. Anderson

  • 1st Georgia Regulars: Cpt Richard A. Wayne
  • 7th Georgia: Ltc George H. Carmichael
  • 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers
  • 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. Mounger
  • 11th Georgia: Col Francis H. Little
Toombs' Brigade


  Col Henry L. Benning

  • 2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes
  • 15th Georgia: Col William T. Millican
  • 17th Georgia: Col Wesley C. Hodges
  • 20th Georgia: Col John R. Cummings
Artillery


  Maj Mathias W. Henry

  • Bachman's battery, German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Simons
  • Garden's battery, Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden
  • Reilly's battery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Reilly

Ransom's Division


     BG Robert Ransom, Jr.

Ransom's Brigade


  BG Robert Ransom, Jr.

  • 24th North Carolina: Ltc John L. Harris
  • 25th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel C. Bryson
  • 35th North Carolina: Col Matt W. Ransom
  • 49th North Carolina: Ltc Lee McAfee
  • Branch's (Virginia) battery: Cpt James R. Branch
Cooke's Brigade


  BG John R. Cooke (w, Dec. 13)
  Col Edward D. Hall

  • 15th North Carolina:[16] Ltc William MacRae
  • 27th North Carolina: Col John A. Gilmer, Jr.
  • 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall
  • 48th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel H. Walkup
  • Cooper's Stafford (Virginia) battery: Cpt Samuel Cooper

First Corps Artillery[17]

Washington (Louisiana) Artillery


  Col James B. Walton

  • 1st Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires
  • 2nd Company: Cpt John B. Richardson
  • 3rd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller
  • 4th Company: Cpt Benjamin F. Eshleman
Alexander's Battalion


  Ltc E. Porter Alexander

  • Bedford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan
  • Bath (Virginia) battery: Cpt John L. Eubank
  • Madison (Louisiana) Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody
  • Parker's (Virginia) battery: Cpt William W. Parker
  • Brook's (South Carolina) battery(Rhett): Cpt Andrew B. Rhett
  • Ashland (Virginia) battery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.

Second Corps[]

LTG Thomas J. Jackson

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

D.H. Hill's Division


     MG D.H. Hill

First (Rodes') Brigade


  BG Robert E. Rodes

  • 3rd Alabama: Cullen A. Battle (w, Dec. 13)
  • 5th Alabama: Col Cadwallader Jones
  • 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon
  • 12th Alabama: Ltc Samuel B Pickens
  • 26th Alabama: Col Edward A. O'Neal
Second (Doles') Brigade


  BG George Doles

Third (Colquitt's) Brigade


  BG Alfred H. Colquitt

  • 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry
  • 6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton
  • 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best
  • 27th Georgia: Col Charles T. Zachary
  • 28th Georgia: Maj Tully Graybill
Fourth (Iverson's) Brigade


  BG Alfred Iverson Jr.

  • 5th North Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Garrett
  • 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman
  • 20th North Carolina: Ltc Frank Faison
  • 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie
Fifth (Ramseur's) Brigade


  Col Bryan Grimes

  • 2nd North Carolina: Col William P. Byrum
  • 4th North Carolina: Col Edwin A. Y. Osborne
  • 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett[18]
  • 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker
Artillery


  Maj Hilary P. Jones
  Maj Thomas H. Carter[19]

  • Hardaway's (Alabama) battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway, Cpt William B. Hurt[20]
  • Bondurant's battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt James W. Bondurant
  • Carter's battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter, Cpt William P. P. Carter
  • Page's battery, Morris (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Richard C. M. Page
  • Fry's battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles M. Fry
  • Goochland (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Turner

A. P. Hill's Light Division


     MG A. P. Hill

First (Field's) Brigade


  Col John M. Brockenbrough

  • 40th Virginia: Cpt Timothy E. Betts
  • 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo
  • 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallroy
  • 22nd Virginia Battalion: Ltc Edward P. Tayloe
Second (Gregg's) Brigade


  BG Maxcy Gregg (mw, Dec. 13)
  Col Samuel McGowan

  • 1st South Carolina (Provisional Army): Col Daniel H. Hamilton
  • 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col James L. Orr
  • 12th South Carolina: Col Richard G. Mills Dunovant
  • 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver E. Edwards
  • 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan, Ltc William D. Simpson
Third (Thomas') Brigade


  BG Edward L. Thomas

  • 14th Georgia: Col Arnoldus V. Brumby
  • 35th Georgia: Col Bolling H. Holt
  • 45th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Simmons
  • 49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane
Fourth (Lane's) Brigade


  BG James H. Lane

  • 7th North Carolina: Ltc Junius L. Hill
  • 18th North Carolina: Col Thomas J. Purdie
  • 28th North Carolina: Col Samuel D. Lowe
  • 33rd North Carolina: Col Clark M. Avery
  • 37th North Carolina: Cpt William M. Barbour
Fifth (Archer's) Brigade


  BG James J. Archer

  • 5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Van de Graaff (w), Cpt Samuel D. Stewart
  • 19th Georgia: Ltc Andrew J. Hutchins
  • 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Peter Turney (w), Ltc Newton J. George (w), Cpt Miller Turney (w),
    Cpt Henry J. Hawkins
  • 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner
  • 14th Tennessee: Ltc James W. Lockert
Sixth (Pender's) Brigade


  BG William D. Pender (w, Dec. 13)
  Col Alfred M. Scales

  • 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales
  • 16th North Carolina: Col John S. McElroy
  • 22nd North Carolina: Maj Christopher C. Cole
  • 34th North Carolina: Col William L. J. Lowrance
  • 38th North Carolina: Col William H. H. Cowles
Artillery


  Ltc R. Lindsay Walker

  • Branch (North Carolina) Artillery: Lt John R. Potts
  • Crenshaw (Virginia) battery: Lt James Ellett
  • Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Edward A. Marye
  • Johnson's (Virginia) battery: Lt Valentine J. Clutter
  • Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Greenlee Davidson
  • Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt David G. Mcintosh
  • Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William Pegram

Ewell's Division


     BG Jubal A. Early

Lawton's Brigade


  Col Edmund N. Atkinson (w&c)
  Col Clement A. Evans

  • 13th Georgia: Col James M. Smith
  • 26th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin F. Grace
  • 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans
  • 38th Georgia: Cpt William L. McLeod
  • 60th Georgia: Col William H. Stiles
  • 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar (w), Maj Charles W. McArthur
Trimble's Brigade


  Col Robert Hoke

  • 15th Alabama: Maj Alexander A. Lowther
  • 12th Georgia: Col Zephaniah T. Connor
  • 21st Georgia: Ltc Thomas W. Hooper
  • 21st North Carolina: Col Saunders Fulton
  • 1st North Carolina Battalion: Maj Rufus N. Wharton
Early's Brigade


  Col James A. Walker

  • 13th Virginia: Ltc James B. Terrill
  • 25th Virginia: Ltc Patrick B. Duffy
  • 31st Virginia: Ltc Francis M. Boykin
  • 44th Virginia: Col Norvell Cobb, Cpt David W. Anderson
  • 49th Virginia: Col Jonathan C. Gibson
  • 52nd Virginia: Col Mathew G. Harmon
  • 58th Virginia: Col Francis H. Board
Hays' (First Louisiana) Brigade


  BG Harry T. Hays

  • 5th Louisiana: Col Henry Forno
  • 6th Louisiana: Col William Monaghan
  • 7th Louisiana: Col Davidson B. Penn
  • 8th Louisiana: Ltc Trevanion D. Lewis
  • 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford
Artillery


  Cpt Joseph W. Latimer

  • Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James McD. Carrington
  • Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery: Lt John E. Plater
  • Courtney (Virginia) Artillery: Lt William A. Tanner
  • First Maryland Battery: Cpt William F. Dement
  • Louisiana Guard Artillery: Cpt Louis E. D'Aquin
  • Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Asher W. Garber

Jackson's Division


     BG William B. Taliaferro

First (Paxton's) Brigade


  BG Elisha F. Paxton

  • 2nd Virginia: Cpt John Q.A. Nadenbousch
  • 4th Virginia: Ltc Robert D. Gardner (w), Maj William Terry
  • 5th Virginia: Ltc Hazel J. Williams
  • 27th Virginia: Ltc James K. Edmondson
  • 33rd Virginia: Col Edwin G. Lee
Second (Jones') Brigade


  BG John R. Jones

  • 21st Virginia: Ltc John M. Patton
  • 42nd Virginia: Cpt Robert W. Withers
  • 48th Virginia: Col Thomas S. Garnett
  • 1st Virginia Battalion: Maj John Seddon
Third (Taliaferro's) Brigade


  Col Edward T.H. Warren

  • 47th Alabama: Col Michael J. Bulger
  • 48th Alabama: Col William M. Hardwick
  • 10th Virginia: Col Simeon B. Gibbons
  • 23rd Virginia: Ltc Simeon T. Walton
  • 37th Virginia: Col Titus V. Williams
Fourth (Starke's) Brigade


  Col Edmund Pendleton

  • 1st Louisiana (Volunteers): Ltc Michael Nolan
  • 2nd Louisiana: Col Jesse M. Williams, Maj Michael A. Grogan
  • 10th Louisiana: Ltc John M. Legett
  • 14th Louisiana: Cpt Henry M. Verlander
  • 15th Louisiana: Ltc McG. Goodwyn
  • Coppens' (Louisiana) Zouave Battalion: Ltc M. Alfred Coppens
Artillery


  Cpt John B. Brockenbrough (w)

Reserve Artillery[]

BG William N. Pendleton[22]

Battalions Batteries
Brown's Battalion


  Col J. Thompson Brown

Cutts' (Georgia) Battalion
  • Co. A, Sumter (Ga.) Flying Artillery Battalion (Ross's Battery): Cpt Hugh M. Ross
  • Co. B, Sumter (Ga.) Flying Artillery Battalion (Patterson's Battery): Cpt George M. Patterson
  • Co. C, Sumter (Ga.) Flying Artillery Battalion (Lane's Battery): Cpt John Lane
Nelson's Battalion


  Maj William Nelson

  • Kirkpatrick's (Virginia) battery, Amherst Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
  • Massie's (Virginia) battery, Fluvanna Artillery: Cpt John L. Massie
  • Milledge's (Georgia) battery: Cpt John Milledge
Miscellaneous Batteries[24]
  • Ells' Macon Light Artillery: Cpt Henry N. Ells
  • Nelson's (Virginia) battery, Hanover Artillery: Cpt George W. Nelson

Cavalry[]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

MG James E.B. Stuart

First Brigade[25]


  BG Wade Hampton

Second Brigade


  BG Fitzhugh Lee

Third Brigade


  BG W.H.F. Lee

  • 2nd North Carolina: Col Seth Williams
  • 9th Virginia: Col Richard L.T. Beale
  • 10th Virginia: Col J. Lucius Davis
  • 13th Virginia: Col John R. Chambliss, Jr.
  • 15th Virginia: Col William B. Ball
Fourth Brigade[27]


  BG William E. Jones

Artillery[28]


  Maj John Pelham

  • Breathed's (Virginia) battery: Cpt James Breathed
  • Chew's (Virginia) battery:[29] Cpt R. Preston Chew
  • Hart's (South Carolina) battery: Cpt James F. Hart
  • Henry's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Matthew W. Henry
  • Moorman's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman

Notes[]

  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 538-545
  2. ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  3. ^ Transferred from Drayton's brigade, Nov. 26
  4. ^ Transferred from Robertson's brigade, Nov. 26
  5. ^ Cabell also commanded Nelson's Battalion and Branch's, Cooper's, Dearing's, Ells', Eubank's, Lane's, Macon's and Ross' batteries.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Transferred from Pryor's brigade, Nov. 10
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Transferred from Cooke's brigade, Nov. 26
  8. ^ Assigned Nov. 10
  9. ^ Assigned Dec. 1
  10. ^ Assigned Nov. 26; Corse was assigned Nov. 6, vice Pickett promoted, and was succeeded by Garnett.
  11. ^ Brigade organized and Corse assigned Nov. 26
  12. ^ Promoted Col, Dec. 13
  13. ^ Other batteries of this division are probably noted as "miscellaneous" (see Reserve Artillery) their assignments not being clearly indicated by the reports. Stribling's battery was assigned Dec. 1 "for service with the brigade to which it has long been attached".
  14. ^ Transferred from McLaws' division, Dec. 8
  15. ^ Transferred from Wright's brigade, Nov. 26
  16. ^ Transferred from Cobb's brigade, Nov. 26
  17. ^ Not assigned to divisions
  18. ^ OR 21 Page 1073
  19. ^ Promoted and assigned command, Dec. 12
  20. ^ Assigned command, Dec. 3
  21. ^ Attached from Dearing's Artillery
  22. ^ Majors John J. Garnett, Samuel P. Hamilton and Thomas J. Page, jr. are mentioned in the reports as commanding artillery battalion but their composition is not stated.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Of the First Virginia Light Artillery
  24. ^ Mentioned in the reports but assignments not indicated
  25. ^ Detached on a raid to Dúmfries
  26. ^ Transferred from Third Brigade, between Nov. 10 and Dec. 31.
  27. ^ In the Shenandoah Valley
  28. ^ Roster for Dec. 16; Hart's, Breathed's, Moorman's and Chew's batteries appear as attached respectively to the First, Second, Third and Fourth Brigades.
  29. ^ Probably in the Shenandoah Valley with the Fourth (Jones') Brigade.

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