The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War . The following order of battle is the organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.
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
Other [ ]
w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed
Confederate forces near Petersburg [ ]
Gen Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia [ ]
Gen Robert E. Lee
Provost Guard: Maj. David B. Bridgford
Engineers: MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
1st Confederate Engineers
2nd Confederate Engineers
First Corps [ ]
LTG James Longstreet
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Kershaw's Division
MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.)
Kershaw's Brigade
Col John Doby Kennedy
2nd South Carolina
3rd South Carolina
7th South Carolina
8th South Carolina
15th South Carolina
20th South Carolina
3rd South Carolina Battalion
Wofford's Brigade
Col John C. C. Sanders
Humphreys' Brigade
Maj George B. Gerald
Bryan's Brigade
Col James P. Simms
10th Georgia
50th Georgia
51st Georgia
53rd Georgia
Field's Division
MG Charles W. Field
Bratton's Brigade
BG John Bratton
Col Joseph Walker
1st South Carolina
2nd South Carolina Rifles
5th South Carolina
6th South Carolina
Palmetto Sharpshooters
Law's Brigade
Col William F. Perry
4th Alabama
15th Alabama
44th Alabama
47th Alabama
48th Alabama
Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson
7th Georgia
8th Georgia
9th Georgia
11th Georgia
59th Georgia
Gregg's Brigade (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)
BG John Gregg
Col Frederick S. Bass
Ltc Clinton McK. Winkler
Benning's Brigade
BG Henry L. Benning
2nd Georgia
15th Georgia
17th Georgia
20th Georgia
Pickett's Division
MG George E. Pickett
Terry's Brigade
BG William R. Terry
1st Virginia
3rd Virginia
7th Virginia
11th Virginia
24th Virginia
Hunton's Brigade
BG Eppa Hunton
8th Virginia
18th Virginia
19th Virginia
28th Virginia
56th Virginia
Steuart's Brigade
BG George H. Steuart
9th Virginia
14th Virginia
38th Virginia
53rd Virginia
57th Virginia
Corse's Brigade
BG Montgomery D. Corse
15th Virginia
17th Virginia
29th Virginia
30th Virginia
32nd Virginia
Corps Artillery
BG Edward Porter Alexander
Huger's Battalion
Ltc Frank Huger
Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery
Poindexter's (Louisiana) Battery
Parker's (Virginia) Battery
Smith's (Virginia) Battery
Taylor's (Virginia) Battery
Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery
Haskell's Battalion
Maj
Flanner's (North Carolina) Battery
Garden's (South Carolina) Battery
Lamkin's (Virginia) Battery
Ramsay's (North Carolina) Battery
Cabell's Battalion
Col
Callaway's (Georgia) Battery
Carlton's (Georgia) Battery
Anderson's (Virginia) Battery
Manly's (North Carolina) Battery
1st Virginia Artillery Battalion
Dance's (Virginia) Battery
Smith's (Virginia) Battery
Graham's (Virginia) Battery
Griffin's (Virginia) Battery
Johnson's Battalion
Pollock's (Virginia) Battery
Wilkes' (Virginia) Battery
Stark's Battalion
Green's (Virginia) Battery
Armistead's (Virginia) Battery
French's (Virginia) Battery
Third Corps [ ]
LTG A. P. Hill
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Mahone's Division
BG William Mahone
Sander' Brigade
Col Joseph H. King
8th Alabama
9th Alabama
10th Alabama
11th Alabama
14th Alabama
Harris' Brigade
BG Nathaniel H. Harris
Mahone's Brigade
BG David A. Weisiger
6th Virginia
12th Virginia
16th Virginia
41st Virginia
61st Virginia
Wright's Brigade
Col William Gibson
3rd Georgia
22nd Georgia
48th Georgia
64th Georgia
2nd Georgia Battalion
10th Georgia Battalion
Finnegan's Brigade
BG Joseph Finegan
Col Theodore W. Brevard, Jr.
2nd Florida
5th Florida
8th Florida
9th Florida
10th Florida
11th Florida
Heth's Division
MG Henry Heth
Davis' Brigade
BG Joseph R. Davis
1st Confederate Battalion
2nd Mississippi
11th Mississippi
26th Mississippi
42nd Mississippi
55th North Carolina
Cooke's Brigade
BG John R. Cooke
15th North Carolina
27th North Carolina
46th North Carolina
48th North Carolina
MacRae's Brigade
BG William MacRae
11th North Carolina
26th North Carolina
44th North Carolina
47th North Carolina
52nd North Carolina
Archer's Brigade
BG James J. Archer (Archer was in command until 16 October 1864. Mayo then took over. Archer received a furlough and died 24 October 1864.)
Col Robert M. Mayo
13th Alabama
1st Tennessee (Provisional Army)
7th Tennessee
14th Tennessee
2nd Maryland
40th Virginia
47th Virginia
55th Virginia
22nd Virginia Battalion
Wilcox's Division
MG Cadmus M. Wilcox
Lane's Brigade
BG James H. Lane
7th North Carolina
18th North Carolina
28th North Carolina
33rd North Carolina
37th North Carolina
Scales' Brigade
BG Alfred M. Scales
13th North Carolina
16th North Carolina
22nd North Carolina
34th North Carolina
38th North Carolina
McGowan's Brigade
BG Samuel McGowan
Thomas's Brigade
BG Edward L. Thomas
14th Georgia
35th Georgia
45th Georgia
49th Georgia
Corps Artillery
Col R. Lindsay Walker
Cutts' Battalion
Col Allen S. Cutts
Patterson's (Georgia) Battery
Ross's (Georgia) Battery
Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery
McIntosh's Battalion
Ltc David G. McIntosh
Dement's (Maryland) Battery
Chesapeake (Maryland) Battery
Hurt's (Alabama) Battery
Price's (Virginia) Battery
Donald's (Virginia) Battery
Pegram's Battalion
Ltc William J. Pegram
Brander's (Virginia) Battery
Ellett's (Virginia) Battery
Cayce's (Virginia) Battery
Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery
Poague's Battalion
Ltc William T. Poague
Utterback's (Virginia) Battery
Richard's (Mississippi) Battery
William's (North Carolina) Battery
Johnston's (Virginia) Battery
Penick's (Virginia) Battery
Richardson's Battalion
Ltc Charles Richardson
Grandy's (Virginia) Battery
Landry's (Louisiana) Battery
Moore's (Virginia) Battery
Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion :
Ltc Benjamin F. Eshleman
First Company
Second Company
Third Company
Fourth Company
Fourth Corps [ ]
LTG Richard H. Anderson
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Johnson's Division
MG Bushrod Johnson
Elliott's Brigade
BG William Henry Wallace
17th South Carolina
18th South Carolina
22nd South Carolina
23rd South Carolina
26th South Carolina
Gracie's Brigade
BG Archibald Gracie, Jr.
Ransom's Brigade
BG Matt Whitaker Ransom
24th North Carolina
25th North Carolina
35th North Carolina
49th North Carolina
56th North Carolina
Wise's Brigade
Col. J. Thomas Goode
26th Virginia
34th Virginia
46th Virginia
59th Virginia
Hoke's Division
MG Robert F. Hoke
Martin's Brigade
BG William Whedbee Kirkland
17th North Carolina
42nd North Carolina
66th North Carolina
Clingman's Brigade
Col. Hector McKethan
8th North Carolina
31st North Carolina
51st North Carolina
61st North Carolina
Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood
11th South Carolina
21st South Carolina
25th South Carolina
27th South Carolina
Colquitt's Brigade
BG Alfred H. Colquitt
6th Georgia
19th Georgia
23rd Georgia
27th Georgia
28th Georgia
Corps Artillery
Col Hilary P. Jones
38th Virginia Artillery Battalion
Ltc John P.W. Read
Blount's (Virginia) Battery
Sullivan's (Virginia) Battery
Macon's (Virginia) Battery
Marshall's (Virginia) Battery
Moseley's Artillery Battalion
Ltc Edgar F. Moseley
Young's (Virginia) Battery
Miller's (North Carolina) Battery
Slaten's (Georgia) Battery
Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery
Boggs' Artillery Battalion
Maj Francis J. Boggs
Darracott's (Virginia) Battery
Martin's (Virginia) Battery
Coit's Artillery Battalion
Maj James C. Coit
Wright's (Virginia) Battery
Pegram's (Virginia) Battery
Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery
Kelly's (South Carolina) Battery
Cavalry Corps [ ]
MG Wade Hampton III
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Butler's Division
BG Matthew C. Butler
Young's Brigade
BG Pierce M. B. Young
Dunovant's Brigade
BG John Dunovant (k )
Col Benjamin H. Rutledge
Fitzhugh Lee's Division
BG Thomas L. Rosser
Wickham's Brigade
Col Thomas T. Munford
1st Virginia Cavalry
2nd Virginia Cavalry
3rd Virginia Cavalry
4th Virginia Cavalry
Rosser's Brigade
Col Oliver R. Funsten Sr.
Payne's Brigade
BG Lunsford L. Lomax
5th Virginia Cavalry
6th Virginia Cavalry
15th Virginia Cavalry
W.H.F. Lee's Division
MG W.H.F. Lee
Barringer's Brigade
BG Rufus Barringer
1st North Carolina Cavalry
2nd North Carolina Cavalry
3rd North Carolina Cavalry
5th North Carolina Cavalry
Chambliss's Brigade
Col J. Lucius Davis
9th Virginia Cavalry
10th Virginia Cavalry
13th Virginia Cavalry
Dearing's Brigade
BG James Dearing
8th Georgia Cavalry
4th North Carolina Cavalry
16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion
Horse Artillery
Maj R. Preston Chew
Breathed's Battalion
Hart's (South Carolina) Battery
McGregor's (Virginia) Battery
Graham's (Virginia) Battery
Department of Richmond [ ]
LTG Richard S. Ewell
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Johnson's Brigade
Col John M. Hughs
17th/23rd Tennessee
25th/44th Tennessee
63rd Tennessee
Gary's Cavalry Brigade
BG Martin Witherspoon Gary
Richmond forces [ ]
MG James L. Kemper
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Local Defense Brigade
MG G.W.C. Lee
1st Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops
2nd Virginia Local Defense Troops
3rd Virginia Local Defense Troops
4th Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops
5th Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops
2nd Virginia Battalion, Reserves
VMI Cadet Battalion (1 company)
Richmond Ambulance Company
Maryland Line (detachment)
Barton's Command
BG Seth Barton
18th Georgia Battalion
25th Virginia Battalion
1st Virginia Battalion, Reserves
3rd Virginia Battalion, Reserves
4th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Independent Richmond Infantry
1st Virginia Militia
19th Virginia Militia
Independent Richmond Cavalry
Owen's City Cavalry Regiment
1st Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Local Defense Troops
Post of Richmond [ ]
BG William M. Gardner
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Artillery Defenses
Ltc John C. Pemberton
First Division (Inner Line)
Ltc John W. Atkinson
10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
Second Division (Inner Line)
Ltc James Howard
18th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion
Ltc Charles E. Lightfoot
Hudgin's (Virginia) Artillery
Rives' (Virginia) Artillery
Barham's (Virginia) Artillery
Miscellaneous Artillery
Chaffin's Bluff
Maj William S. Basinger
Guerrant's (Virginia) Artillery
Davis' (Virginia) Artillery
Allen's (Virginia) Artillery
Jones' (Virginia) Artillery
Winder's (Virginia) Artillery
9th Georgia Artillery Battalion
Maj. Augustin Leyden
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Naval Batteries
Lt Charles W. Hays
Battery Semmes
Battery Brooke
Battery Wood
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia [ ]
Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Military District
BG Henry A. Wise
Walker's Brigade
BG James A. Walker
1st Virginia Reserves
3rd Virginia Reserves
5th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Withers' Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Maurin's Artillery
Post of Petersburg
Fort Clifton
34th Virginia (detachment)
Miller's (North Carolina) Artillery (detachment)
Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford
Ltc John J. Garnett
Confederate States Zouave Battalion
Company H, 62nd Georgia Cavalry
Bradford's (Mississippi) Artillery (section)
High Bridge
6th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Mattoax Bridge
7th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Staunton River Bridge
8th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Danville Virginia
4th Virginia Reserves
9th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
10th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
11th Virginia Battalion, Reserves
Drewry's Bluff
Coleman's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery
Drewry's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery
Marine Battalion (Companies A, B and C)
Smith's Artillery Battalion
Epes' (Virginia) Artillery
Kevill's (Virginia) Artillery
Battery Danztler
References [ ]
http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/regimental-level-orders-of-battle/