The following units and commanders of the Confederate army fought in the Battle of Globe Tavern from August 18 to 21, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Other [ ]
August 18–19 [ ]
Operations south of Petersburg [ ]
Gen P. G. T. Beauregard , Petersburg Defense Force
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Mahone's Division
MG William Mahone
Weisiger's Brigade
BG David A. Weisiger
6th Virginia Infantry
12th Virginia Infantry
16th Virginia Infantry
41st Virginia Infantry
61st Virginia Infantry
Colquitt's Brigade
(from Hoke's Division)
BG Alfred H. Colquitt
6th Georgia Infantry
19th Georgia Infantry
23rd Georgia Infantry
27th Georgia Infantry
28th Georgia Infantry
Clingman's Brigade
(from Hoke's Division)
BG Thomas L. Clingman (w )
Col Hector M. McKethan
8th North Carolina Infantry
31st North Carolina Infantry
51st North Carolina Infantry: Col Hector M. McKethan
61st North Carolina Infantry
Heth's Division
MG Henry Heth
Davis' Brigade
Cpt Robert W. Thomas
1st Confederate Battalion
2nd Mississippi Infantry
11th Mississippi Infantry: Maj Reuben O. Reynolds
26th Mississippi Infantry
42nd Mississippi Infantry
55th North Carolina Infantry
Walker's Brigade
Col Robert M. Mayo (ill, August 18)
Col William S. Christian
13th Alabama Infantry
2nd Maryland Battalion
1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army)
7th Tennessee Infantry
14th Tennessee Infantry
40th Virginia Infantry
47th Virginia Infantry
55th Virginia Infantry : Col William S. Christian
22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion
Colquitt's Brigade
(from Hoke's Division)
BG Alfred H. Colquitt
6th Georgia Infantry
19th Georgia Infantry
23rd Georgia Infantry
27th Georgia Infantry
28th Georgia Infantry
Third Corps Artillery
Col Reuben L. Walker
Pegram's Battalion
Col William Pegram
Richard's (Mississippi) Battery
Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery
Braxton's (Virginia) Battery
Brander's (Virginia) Battery
Cayce's (Virginia) Battery
Ellett's (Virginia) Battery
August 21 [ ]
Operations south of Petersburg [ ]
Gen P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg Defense Force
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [ ]
LTG A. P. Hill
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Mahone's Division
MG William Mahone
Sanders' Brigade
BG John C. C. Sanders (k )
Col J. Horace King
8th Alabama Infantry
9th Alabama Infantry : Col J. Horace King
10th Alabama Infantry
11th Alabama Infantry
13th Alabama Infantry
14th Alabama Infantry
Harris' Brigade
Col Joseph M. Jayne
12th Mississippi Infantry
16th Mississippi Infantry: Col Edward G. Counsell (mw )
19th Mississippi Infantry
48th Mississippi Infantry
Wright's Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright
3rd Georgia Infantry
22nd Georgia Infantry
48th Georgia Infantry
64th Georgia Infantry
2nd Georgia Infantry Battalion
10th Georgia Infantry Battalion
Hagood's Brigade
(from Hoke's Division)
BG Johnson Hagood
11th South Carolina Infantry
21st South Carolina Infantry
25th South Carolina Infantry
27th South Carolina Infantry: Col Peter Charles Gaillard
7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion: Cpt John L. Jones
Finegan's Brigade
BG Joseph Finegan
2nd Florida Infantry
5th Florida Infantry
8th Florida Infantry
9th Florida Infantry: Cpt John William Pearson of Company B (mw )
10th Florida Infantry
11th Florida Infantry
Heth's Division
MG Henry Heth
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
McRae's Brigade
BG William MacRae
11th North Carolina Infantry
26th North Carolina Infantry
44th North Carolina Infantry
47th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc John W. Lyell (w )
52nd North Carolina Infantry
Kirkland's Brigade
(from Hoke's Division)
BG William W. Kirkland
17th North Carolina Infantry
42nd North Carolina Infantry
66th North Carolina Infantry
Ransom's Brigade
(from Johnson's Division)
Ltc John L. Harris
24th North Carolina Infantry
25th North Carolina Infantry
35th North Carolina Infantry
49th North Carolina Infantry
56th North Carolina Infantry
Third Corps Artillery
Col Reuben L. Walker
Pegram's Battalion
Col William Pegram
Richard's (Mississippi) Battery
Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery
Braxton's (Virginia) Battery
Brander's (Virginia) Battery
Cayce's (Virginia) Battery
Ellett's (Virginia) Battery
Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
W.H.F. Lee's Division
Barringer's Brigade
BG Rufus Barringer
1st North Carolina Cavalry
2nd North Carolina Cavalry
3rd North Carolina Cavalry
5th North Carolina Cavalry
Dearing's Brigade
BG James Dearing
7th Confederate Cavalry
62nd Georgia Cavalry
4th North Carolina Cavalry
6th North Carolina Cavalry
Petersburg Artillery
Sources [ ]
Calkins, Chris. "The Battle of Weldon Railroad (or Globe Tavern), August 18–19 & 21, 1864", in Blue & Gray , Volume XXIII, issue 5 (Winter 2007). ISSN 0741-2207.
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 . Little, Brown and Company, 1991. ISBN 0-316-85327-5 .