The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Opequon on September 19, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately. The battle was fought on September 19, 1864 near Winchester , Virginia , and Opequon Creek . The battle is also known as the Third Battle of Winchester and the Battle of Opequon Creek .
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Other [ ]
w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed
c = captured
Army of the Valley District [ ]
LTG Jubal Early [Note 1]
Staff:
Adjutant general: Ltc Alexander Pendleton
Size as of September 10, 1864 = 15,514 men.[3]
Infantry - 10,116
Cavalry - 4,585
Artillery - 813
Breckinridge's Corps [ ]
MG John C. Breckinridge
Staff:
Chief of Artillery: Ltc John Floyd King[4]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Breckinridge's Division
BG Gabriel C. Wharton
Smith's Brigade
Col Thomas Smith
Forsberg's Brigade
Col Augustus Forsberg (w )[5]
Maj William A. Yonce (mw )[5]
Patton's Brigade
Col George S. Patton (mw )[6]
Gordon's Division[Note 2]
MG John B. Gordon
Evans' Brigade
Col Edmund N. Atkinson
13th Georgia Infantry: Ltc John H. Baker
26th Georgia Infantry: Col Edmund N. Atkinson
31st Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Lowe[8]
38th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Philip E. Davant
60th Georgia Infantry: Col William H. Stiles
61st Georgia Infantry : Col John H. Lamar
12th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Cpt J.W. Anderson
Terry's Brigade
BG William R. Terry
2nd Virginia Infantry
4th Virginia Infantry
5th Virginia Infantry
27th Virginia Infantry
33rd Virginia Infantry
(2nd Grouping): Col Robert H. Dungan
21st Virginia Infantry
25th Virginia Infantry
44th Virginia Infantry
48th Virginia Infantry
50th Virginia Infantry
(3rd Grouping): Ltc Samuel Saunders (w )
10th Virginia Infantry
23rd Virginia Infantry
37th Virginia Infantry
York's Brigade
BG Zebulon York (w )[9]
Col William R. Peck (w )[10]
Louisiana Infantry (1): Col William R. Peck
5th Louisiana Infantry
6th Louisiana Infantry
7th Louisiana Infantry
8th Louisiana Infantry
9th Louisiana Infantry
Louisiana Infantry (2): Col Eugene Waggaman
1st Louisiana Infantry
2nd Louisiana Infantry
10th Louisiana Infantry
14th Louisiana Infantry
15th Louisiana Infantry
Rodes' Division
MG Robert E. Rodes (k )[6]
BG Cullen A. Battle
Battle's Brigade
BG Cullen Battle
Col Samuel B. Pickens (w )
Col Charles Forsyth
3rd Alabama Infantry: Col Charles Forsyth
5th Alabama Infantry: Col Josephus M. Hall
6th Alabama Infantry: Ltc Isaac F. Culver (w )
12th Alabama Infantry: Col Samuel B. Pickens
61st Alabama Infantry: Ltc Lewis H. Hill
Grimes' Brigade
BG Bryan Grimes
32nd North Carolina Infantry: Col David G. Cowand[11]
43rd North Carolina Infantry : Col Thomas S. Kenan
45th North Carolina Infantry : Col John R. Winston[12]
53rd North Carolina Infantry: Col James T. Moorehead[13]
2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion: Maj John M. Hancock
Cox's Brigade
Col William R. Cox
1st North Carolina Infantry : Col Hamilton A. Brown
2nd North Carolina Infantry: Col William R. Cox
3rd North Carolina Infantry : Col Stephen Thurston
4th North Carolina Infantry : Col Edwin A. Osborne
14th North Carolina Infantry: Col Risden Tyler Bennett (c )[12]
30th North Carolina Infantry: Col Francis M. Parker
Cook's Brigade
BG Philip Cook
4th Georgia Infantry: Ltc William H. Willis
12th Georgia Infantry: Col Edward Willis
21st Georgia Infantry: Col John T. Mercer
44th Georgia Infantry : Col William H. Peebles
Ramseur's Division
MG Stephen D. Ramseur
Pegram's Brigade
BG John Pegram
13th Virginia Infantry : Ltc George A. Goodman (w , c )[10]
31st Virginia Infantry : Col John S. Hoffman
49th Virginia Infantry : Col Jonathan Gibson
52nd Virginia Infantry : Col James H. Skinner
58th Virginia Infantry : Col Francis H. Board
Hoke's Brigade
BG Archibald C. Godwin (k )[9]
Ltc Anderson Ellis (w )
Ltc William S. Davis
6th North Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Webb
21st North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Wiley F. Hartsfield
54th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Anderson Ellis
57th North Carolina Infantry: Maj John Beard
Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston
5th North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas M. Garrett
12th North Carolina Infantry: Col Henry E. Coleman
20th North Carolina Infantry : Col Thomas F. Toon
23rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Charles C. Blacknall (mw )[14]
Artillery
Col Thomas H. Carter
Braxton's Battalion
Ltc Carter M. Braxton[Note 3]
McLaughlin's Battalion
Maj William McLaughlin
Nelson's Battalion
Ltc William Nelson[Note 4]
Amherst Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
Fluvanna Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John L. Massie
Georgia Regular Battery: Lt. Thomas A. Maddox
Cavalry Corps [ ]
MG Fitzhugh Lee (w )[6]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Lee's Division
BG Williams Wickham
Lomax's Brigade
Col William Payne
5th Virginia Cavalry : Col Reuben B. Boston
6th Virginia Cavalry : Col Julian Harrison
15th Virginia Cavalry : Col Charles R. Collins
Wickham's Brigade
Col Thomas T. Munford
1st Virginia Cavalry : Col Richard W. Carter
2nd Virginia Cavalry : Col Thomas T. Munford
3rd Virginia Cavalry : Col Thomas H. Owen
4th Virginia Cavalry
Horse Artillery
Maj James Breathed
1st Stuart Horse Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Philip P. Johnston
Lynchburg Beauregard Battery: Cpt John J. Shoemaker
Lomax's Division
MG Lunsford L. Lomax
Imboden's Brigade
Col George H. Smith
18th Virginia Cavalry
23rd Virginia Cavalry : Ltc Charles T. O'Ferrall
62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
Johnson's Brigade
BG Bradley T. Johnson
1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Ridgely Brown
2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion: Maj Henry W. Gilmor
8th Virginia Cavalry : Col James M. Corns
21st Virginia Cavalry : Col William E. Peters
36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion : Maj James W. Sweeney
37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion : Ltc James R. Claiburne
McCausland's Brigade
Col Milton Ferguson[Note 5]
14th Virginia Cavalry : Col James Cochran[17]
16th Virginia Cavalry
17th Virginia Cavalry
22nd Virginia Cavalry : Col John T. Radford
Jackson's Brigade
Ltc William P. Thompson
19th Virginia Cavalry
20th Virginia Cavalry
46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Vaughn's Brigade
Ltc Onslow Bean
16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion
1st Tennessee Cavalry
12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry
59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
60th –61st–62nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Horse Artillery
Charlottesville Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Jackson
Roanoke Battery (Virginia): Cpt Warren Lurty
Staunton Battery (Virginia): Cpt John H. McClanahan
Notes [ ]
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^ The main source herein is Appendix 1 in Scott Patchan's The Last Battle of Winchester... [1] Some additional information has been used from the text of the same book, and is footnoted. Official Records... by Ainsworth and Kirkley of the United States War Department, Volume XLIII, Chapter LV, did not have an order of battle for Third Winchester, but has been used for small bits of information that are footnoted.[2]
^ All three brigades in Gordon's Division are consolidations of depleted units. Evans' Brigade lost so many officers that inspectors believed it interfered seriously with its good management. Terry's Brigade consisted of remnants of the Stonewall, Jones, and Steuart brigades formerly of Johnson's Division. York's Brigade was composed of fragments of Hays' and Stafford's brigades.[7]
^ Patchan describes Braxton as a Major in his Appendix 1 and in some portions of his text, but as a Lieutenant Colonel in Chapters 18 and 19 of his book.[15] [16]
^ Patchan describes Nelson as a Major in his Appendix 1, but as a Lieutenant Colonel in Chapter 13 of his book.[4]
^ The official commander of this brigade, BG John C. McCausland , was absent during the battle for undisclosed reasons.[4]
Citations [ ]
^ Patchan 2013 , Appendix 1 of e-book
^ Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902 , pp. 554–611
^ Patchan 2013 , Appendix 3 of e-book
^ a b c Patchan 2013 , Ch. 13 of e-book
^ a b Patchan 2013 , Ch. 20 of e-book
^ a b c Early & Early 1912 , p. 427
^ Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902 , p. 609
^ Wert 2010 , p. 57
^ a b Early & Early 1912 , p. 423
^ a b Patchan 2013 , Ch. 14 of e-book
^ Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902 , p. 605
^ a b Patchan 2013 , Ch. 16 of e-book
^ Clark 1901 , pp. 255–257
^ Wert 2010 , p. 48
^ Patchan 2013 , Ch. 18 of e-book
^ Patchan 2013 , Ch. 19 of e-book
^ Wert 2010 , p. 72
References [ ]
Ainsworth, Fred C.; Kirkley, Joseph W. (1902). The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - Series I Volume XLIII Part I - Additions and Corrections, Chapter LV . Washington, District of Columbia: Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-91867-807-2 . OCLC 427057 . Retrieved 2020-11-06 .
Clark, Walter (1901). Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina, in the Great War 1861-'65 (Vol. 3) . Raleigh, North Carolina: Published by the state. OCLC 1300611 . Retrieved 2020-12-28 .
Early, Jubal A.; Early, Ruth H. (1912). Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early, C.S.A. Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott Co. ISBN 9781468192155 . OCLC 1370161 . Retrieved 2020-11-13 .
Patchan, Scott C. (2013). The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7-September 19, 1864 . El Dorado Hills, Calif: Savas Beatie. ISBN 978-1-932714-98-2 . OCLC 751578151 .
Wert, Jeffry D. (2010). From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 . Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-80932-972-4 . OCLC 463454602 .