The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in Maryland 's Frederick County Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, during the American Civil War . The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Other [ ]
w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed
Army of the Valley [ ]
LTG Jubal A. Early
Breckinridge's Corps [ ]
MG John C. Breckinridge
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Gordon's Division
MG John B. Gordon
Evans' Brigade
BG Clement A. Evans (w )
Col E. N. Atkinson
13th Georgia: Col J. H. Baker (w )
26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson, Ltc James S. Blain
31st Georgia: Col John H. Lowe
38th Georgia: Maj Thomas H. Bomar
60th Georgia: Cpt Milton Russell
61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar (k ), Ltc J. D. VanValkenburg (k ), Cpt E. F. Sharp
12th Georgia Battalion: Cpt J. W. Anderson
Consolidated Louisiana Brigade
BG Zebulon York
Hays' Louisiana Brigade : Col William R. Peck
5th Louisiana: Maj Alexander Hart
6th Louisiana: Ltc Joseph Hanlon
7th Louisiana: Ltc Thomas M. Terry
8th Louisiana: Cpt Louis Prados
9th Louisiana, Ltc John J. Hodges (w )
Stafford's Brigade : Col Eugene Waggaman
1st Louisiana: Cpt Joseph Taylor
2nd Louisiana: Ltc Michael A. Grogan
10th Louisiana: Ltc Henry D. Monier
14th Louisiana: Ltc David Zable
15th Louisiana: Cpt H. J. Egan
Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade
BG William Terry
Terry's Brigade: BG William Terry
2nd , 4th , 5th , 27th , and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments
Stonewall Brigade : Col John H. S. Funk
21st , 25th , 42nd , 44th , 48th , and 50th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments
Jones’ Brigade : Col Robert H. Dungan
10th , 23rd , 37th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments
Breckinridge's Division
BG John Echols
Echols' Brigade
Col George Smith Patton
Wharton's Brigade
BG Gabriel C. Wharton
Smith's Brigade
Col Thomas Smith
Vaughn's Brigade
BG John C. Vaughn
1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Colonel James E. Carter
39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Major Robert McFarland
43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Captain Jasper N. Aiken
59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Colonel William L. Eakin
12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Major George W. Day
16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel John R.Neal
16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Winn
Rodes' Corps [ ]
MG Robert E. Rodes
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Rodes' Division
MG Robert E. Rodes
Grimes' Brigade
BG Bryan Grimes (absent, wounded)
32nd North Carolina
43rd North Carolina
45th North Carolina
53rd North Carolina
2nd North Carolina Battalion
Cooks' Brigade
BG Philip Cook
4th Georgia
12th Georgia
21st Georgia
44th Georgia
Cox's Brigade
BG William Ruffin Cox
1st North Carolina : Col Hamilton M. Brown
2nd North Carolina: Col J. P. Cobb
3rd North Carolina : Col S. D. Thurston
4th North Carolina: Col J. H. Wood
14th North Carolina: Ltc W. A. Johnston
30th North Carolina: Col F. M. Parker
Battle's Brigade
Col Samuel B. Pickens
3rd Alabama
5th Alabama: Ltc E. L. Hobson
6th Alabama
12th Alabama
61st Alabama
Ramseur's Division
MG Stephen D. Ramseur
Lilley's Brigade
BG Robert D. Lilley
13th Virginia Infantry : Maj Charles Thomas Crittenden
31st Virginia Infantry : Col John Stringer Hoffman
49th Virginia Infantry : Cpt William D. Moffett
52nd Virginia Infantry : Col Augustus Forsberg
58th Virginia Infantry : Col Francis Howard Board
Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston
5th North Carolina: Col John W. Lea
12th North Carolina: Ltc W. S. Davis
20th North Carolina : Col Thomas F. Toon
23rd North Carolina: Col Charles C. Blacknall
Lewis' Brigade
BG William G. Lewis
6th North Carolina: Ltc S. M. Tate
21st North Carolina: Maj William J. Pfohl
54th North Carolina: Ltc Anderson Ellis
57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Goodwin
Artillery Reserve [ ]
Chief of Artillery: BG Armistead L. Long
Division
Battalion
Battery and Others
Artillery Division
Ltc J. Floyd King
Nelson's Battalion
Ltc William Nelson
Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge
Amherst (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery : Cpt John L. Massie
Braxton's Battalion
Ltc Carter Braxton
Allegheny (Virginia) Artillery : Cpt John C. Carpenter
Stafford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Raleigh L. Cooper
Lee (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. W. Hardwicke
McLaughlin's Battalion
Maj William McLaughlin
Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Bryan
Wise Legion Artillery : Cpt W. M. Lowry
Monroe (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George B. Chapman
Cavalry [ ]
MG Robert Ransom
Brigade
Regiment and Other
McCausland's Brigade
BG John McCausland
14th Virginia Cavalry : Col James Cochran
16th Virginia Cavalry : Col Milton J. Ferguson
17th Virginia Cavalry : Ltc William C. Tavenner (mw )
22nd Virginia Cavalry : Col Henry Bowen
Johnson's Brigade
BG Bradley Tyler Johnson
1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion
8th Virginia Cavalry
21st Virginia Cavalry
22nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion
34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
36th Virginia Cavalry
Imboden's Brigade
BG John D. Imboden Col George Smith
18th Virginia Cavalry
23rd Virginia Cavalry
62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
Unauthorized Virginia Cavalry Battalion
References [ ]
Leepson, Marc. Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed the Course of American History (New York: Thomas Dunne Books), 2007. ISBN 0-3123-6364-8
Monacacy National Battlefield website