Monocacy Confederate order of battle

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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
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