The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War . Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3] [4] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Other [ ]
Army of Northern Virginia [ ]
Gen Robert E. Lee
Jackson's Command [ ]
MG Thomas J. Jackson
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First (Whiting's) Division
BG William H.C. Whiting
First (Hood's) Brigade
BG John B. Hood
Third (Whiting's) Brigade
Col Evander M. Law
4th Alabama: Ltc Owen K. McLemore (w ), Cpt L. H. Scruggs
2nd Mississippi: Col John M. Stone
11th Mississippi: Col Philip F. Liddell
6th North Carolina: Ltc Isaac E. Avery (w ), Maj R. F. Webb
Artillery
Balthis' Battery, Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. L. Balthis (w )
Reilly's Battery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Reilly
Second (Jackson's) Division
MG Thomas J. Jackson
First Brigade[5]
BG Charles S. Winder
Second Brigade[5] [6]
Ltc Richard H. Cunningham, Jr.
BG John R. Jones (w - White Oak Swamp )
21st Virginia : Maj John B. Moseley, Ltc R. H. Cunningham Jr., Maj John B. Moseley
42nd Virginia : Ltc William Martin
48th Virginia : Cpt John M. Vermillion
1st Virginia Battalion : Cpt B. J. Leigh
Caskie's Battery, Hampden (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Casket
Third Brigade[5]
Col Samuel V. Fulkerson (mw )
Col Edward T. H. Warren
BG Wade Hampton
Fourth Brigade[5]
BG Alexander Lawton
13th Georgia: Col Marcellus Douglass
26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson
31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans (w )
38th Georgia: Ltc L. J. Parr (w ), Cpt William H. Battey
60th Georgia: Ltc W. H. Stiles
61st Georgia : Col John H. Lamar
Third (Ewell's) Division
MG Richard S. Ewell
Fourth Brigade[5]
BG Arnold Elzey (w - Gaines' Mill )
Col James A. Walker
BG Jubal Early
12th Georgia: Cpt James G. Rodgers
13th Virginia : Col James A. Walker
25th Virginia : Ltc John C. Higginbotham
31st Virginia : Col John S. Hoffman
44th Virginia : Ltc Norvell Cobb
52nd Virginia : Ltc J. H. Skinner
58th Virginia : Col Francis H. Board
Seventh Brigade[5]
BG Isaac R. Trimble
15th Alabama : Col James Cantey
21st Georgia: Maj T. W. Hooper (w )
16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey
21st North Carolina: Ltc William W. Kirkland
1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj Rufus W. Wharton
Courtney's Battery, Henrico (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt A. R. Courtney
Eight Brigade[5]
BG Richard Taylor
Col Isaac G. Seymour (k - Gaines' Mill )
Col Leroy A. Stafford
6th Louisiana: Col Isaac G. Seymour (k - Gaines' Mill )
7th Louisiana: Ltc David B. Penn
8th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Kelly
9th Louisiana : Col Leroy A. Stafford
1st Louisiana Special Battalion : Maj C.R. Wheat (k - Gaines' Mill )
Carrington's Battery, Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt J. McDonald Carrington
Maryland Line
Col Bradley T. Johnson
1st Maryland : Col Bradley T. Johnson
Brockenbrough's Battery, Baltimore (Maryland) Artillery: Cpt J. B. Brockenbrough
Unattached
Cavalry
D. H. Hill's Division [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
D. H. Hill's Division[7]
MG Daniel H. Hill
First Brigade
BG Robert E. Rodes [8]
Col. John B. Gordon
3rd Alabama : Ltc Charles A. Battle
5th Alabama: Col Charles C. Pegues (mw )
6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon (w - Malvern Hill )
12th Alabama: Ltc Bristow B. Gayle
26th Alabama : Col Edward O'Neal
Second Brigade
BG George B. Anderson (w - Malvern Hill ) [9]
Col Charles C. Tew
2nd North Carolina: Col Charles C. Tew
4th North Carolina : Col Bryan Grimes
14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett
30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker
Third Brigade
BG Samuel Garland
5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae
12th North Carolina: Col Benjamin O. Wade
13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales
20th North Carolina : Col Alfred Iverson, Jr. (w - Gaines' Mill ), Ltc Franklin J. Faison (k ), Maj William H. Toon
23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie (w ), Lt I. J. Young (w )
Fourth Brigade
Col Alfred H. Colquitt
13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry
6th Georgia : Ltc J .M. Newton
23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best
27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith
28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen (mw )
Fifth Brigade
BG Roswell S. Ripley
44th Georgia : Col Robert A. Smith (mw ), Cpt John W. Beck
48th Georgia: Col William Gibson
1st North Carolina : Col Montford S. Stokes (mw ), Cpt H. A. Brown, Ltc William P. Bynum
3rd North Carolina : Col Gaston Meares (k ), Ltc William L. De Rosset
Artillery
Bondurant's Battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt J. W. Bondurant
Carter's Battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter
Nelson's Battery, Hanover (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt G. W. Nelson
Hardaway's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway
Jones' Battalion[10]
Maj Hilary P. Jones
Clark's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt P. H. Clark
Peyton's Battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Lt C. W. Fry
Rhett's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt A. Burnet Rhett
Magruder's Command [ ]
MG John B. Magruder
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG David R. Jones
First Brigade
BG Robert Toombs
2nd Georgia: Col Edgar M. Butt (w ), Ltc William R. Holmes
15th Georgia : Col William M. McIntosh (mw ), Ltc William T. Millican, Maj T. J. Smith, Cpt S. Z. Hearns
17th Georgia : Col Henry L. Benning
20th Georgia: Col Jonathan B. Cumming
Third (Jones') Brigade
Col George T. Anderson
1st Georgia Regulars : Col William J. Magill
7th Georgia: Ltc W. W. White (w ), Maj E. W. Hoyle (w ), Cpt George H. Carmical
8th Georgia: Col Lucius M. Lamar (w&c ), Cpt George O. Dawson
9th Georgia : Col Richard A. Turnipseed
11th Georgia : Ltc William Luffman
Artillery
Maj
Wise (Virginia) Artillery : Cpt James S. Brown
Hart's Battery, Washington (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James F. Hart
Moody's (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt George V. Moody
Lane's Battery:[11] Cpt John Lane
Woolfolk's Battery, Ashland (Virginia) Artillery:[12] Lt James Woolfolk
McLaws' Division
MG Lafayette McLaws
First Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes
10th Georgia : Col Alfred Cumming (w - Malvern Hill ), Cpt W. C. Holt
53rd Georgia: Col Leonard T. Doyal
5th Louisiana: Col Theodore G. Hunt
10th Louisiana : Ltc Eugene Waggaman (w&c )
15th Virginia : Col Thomas P. August (w )
32nd Virginia : Ltc William R. Wilis
Manly's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt Basil C. Manly
Fourth Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw
2nd South Carolina : Col John D. Kennedy , Maj F. Gaillard
3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance
7th South Carolina: Col D. Wyatt Aiken
8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan
Kemper's Battery, Alexandria (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Del Kemper
Magruder's Division
MG John B. Magruder
Second Brigade
BG Howell Cobb
16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan
24th Georgia : Col Robert McMillan
Cobb's (Georgia) Legion
2nd Louisiana: Col J. T. Norwood (mw )
15th North Carolina: Col Henry A. Dowd (w )
Carlton's Battery, Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton
Third Brigade
BG Richard Griffith (mw - Savage's Station )
Col William Barksdale
Artillery
Col Stephen D. Lee
Page's Battery, Magruder (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas Jefferson Page, Jr.
Read's Battery, Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt J. P. W. Read
Richardson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt L. W. Richardson
Kirkpatrick's Battery, Amherst (Virginia) Artillery:[13] Cpt Thomas H. J. Kirkpatrick
Longstreet's Division [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Longstreet's Division
MG James Longstreet [14]
BG Richard H. Anderson [15]
First Brigade
BG James L. Kemper
1st Virginia : Cpt G. F. Norton
7th Virginia : Col Waller T. Patton
11th Virginia : Cpt Kirkwood Otey
17th Virginia : Col Montgomery D. Corse
24th Virginia : Ltc Peter Hairston
Rogers' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Arthur L. Rogers
Second Brigade
BG Richard H. Anderson
Col Micah Jenkins
2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col John V. Moore
4th South Carolina (Battalion): Maj C. B. Mattison
5th South Carolina: Ltc Andrew Jackson (w )
6th South Carolina: Ltc John M. Steedman (w )
Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins , Ltc Joseph Walke
Third Brigade
BG George Pickett (w - Gaines' Mill )
Col Eppa Hunton[16]
Col John B. Strange
8th Virginia : Col Eppa Hunton
18th Virginia : Col Robert E. Withers (w )
19th Virginia : Col John B. Strange, Captain Charles S. Peyton
28th Virginia : Col Robert C. Allen
56th Virginia : Col William D. Stuart
Fourth Brigade
BG Cadmus M. Wilcox
8th Alabama : Ltc Y. L. Royston (w )
9th Alabama : Maj J. H. J. Williams, Cpt J. H. King (w )
10th Alabama : Col John J. Woodward (k ), Maj J. H. Caldwell (w )
11th Alabama : Ltc S. F. Hale (w ), Cpt George Field (w )
Anderson's Battery, Thomas (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Edwin J. Anderson
Fifth Brigade
BG Roger A. Pryor
14th Alabama : Ltc D. W. Baine (k )
2nd Florida : Col Edward A. Perry (w - Glendale )
14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones
1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion: Ltc Georges A.G. De Coppens
3rd Virginia : Ltc Joseph V. Scott (w )
Maurin's Battery, Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
Sixth Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston (w - Glendale )
BG George B. Anderson
12th Mississippi: Maj W. H. Lilly (w ), Cpt S. B. Thomas
19th Mississippi : Maj John Mullins (w )
2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor (k )
Smith's (Virginia) Battery, 3rd Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
Artillery
Huger's Division [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Huger's Division
MG Benjamin Huger
Second Brigade
BG William Mahone
6th Virginia : Col George T. Rogers
12th Virginia : Col David A. Weisiger
16th Virginia : Ltc Joseph H. Ham
41st Virginia : Ltc William A. Parham (w )
49th Virginia : Col William Smith
Grimes' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Carey F. Grimes
Moorman's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt M. N. Moorman
Third Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright
44th Alabama: Col James Kent
3rd Georgia: Maj J. R. Sturges (k ), Cpt R. B. Nisbet
4th Georgia: Col George P. Doles (w - Malvern Hill )
22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones, Maj Joseph Wasden
1st Louisiana: Ltc W. R. Shivers (w ), Cpt M. Nolan
Huger's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Frank Huger
Ross' Battery:[11] Cpt H. M. Ross
Fourth Brigade
BG Lewis A. Armistead
9th Virginia : Ltc James S. Gilliam
14th Virginia : Col James G. Hodges
38th Virginia : Col Edward C. Edmonds
53rd Virginia : Cpt William R. Aylett , Maj George M. Waddill, Cpt R. W. Martin, Col H. B. Tomlin
57th Virginia : Ltc Waddy T. James
5th Virginia Battalion : Cpt William E. Alley
Stribling's (Virginia) Battery, Fauquier Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
Turner's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William H. Turner
Ransom's Brigade[17] (Second Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)
BG Robert Ransom, Jr.
24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke
25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge
26th North Carolina : Col Zebulon B. Vance
35th North Carolina: Col Matthew W. Ranson (w ), Ltc O. C. Petway (k )
48th North Carolina: Col Robert C. Hill
49th North Carolina : Col Stephen D. Ramseur (w - Malvern Hill )
Walker's Brigade[17] (Fourth Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)
BG John G. Walker (w - Malvern Hill )
Col Van H. Manning
3rd Arkansas : Col Van H. Manning
2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj George W. Ross
27th North Carolina: Col John R. Cooke
46th North Carolina : Col Edward D. Hall
30th Virginia : Col Archibald T. Harrison
Goodwyn's (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt Edward A. Goodwyn
A. P. Hill's Light Division [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
A.P. Hill's Light Division [18]
MG Ambrose P. Hill
First Brigade
BG Charles W. Field
Second Brigade
BG Maxcy Gregg
1st South Carolina: Col Daniel H. Hamilton
1st South Carolina Rifles : Col John F. Marshall
12th South Carolina : Col Dixon Barnes (w )
13th South Carolina: Col Oliver Edwards
14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan (w )
Third Brigade
BG Joseph R. Anderson (w - Glendale )
Col Edward L. Thomas
14th Georgia: Col Robert W. Folsom (w )
35th Georgia: Col Edward L. Thomas (w - Mechanicsville )
45th Georgia: Col Thomas Hardeman (w )
49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane (w )
3rd Louisiana Battalion: Ltc Edward Pendleton
Fourth Brigade
BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
7th North Carolina : Col Reuben P. Campbell (k ), Ltc E. Graham Haywood (w ), Maj J. L. Hill
18th North Carolina : Col Robert H. Cowan
28th North Carolina: Col James H. Lane (w )
33rd North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Hoke
37th North Carolina: Col Charles C. Lee (k ), Ltc William Barbour
Fifth Brigade
BG James J. Archer
5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Vandegraaf (w )
19th Georgia: Ltc Thomas C. Johnson (mw )
1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Ltc James C. Shackelford (mw )
7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner (w )
14th Tennessee : Col William A. Forbes
Sixth Brigade
BG William D. Pender (w - Glendale )
Ltc John McElroy
: Maj William N. Bronaugh (k - Mechanicsville )
16th North Carolina: Ltc John McElroy
22nd North Carolina: Col James Conner (w - Gaines' Mill ), Ltc R. H. Gray
34th North Carolina : Col Richard H. Riddick (w )
38th North Carolina: Col William J. Hoke (w )
22nd Virginia Battalion : Cpt J. C. Johnson
Artillery
Ltc Lewis M. Coleman
Andrews' (Maryland) Battery: Cpt R. Snowden Andrews
Bachman's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt William K. Bachman
Braxton's (Virginia) Battery, Fredericksburg Artillery: Cpt Carter M. Braxton
Crenshaw's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William G. Crenshaw
Johnson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marmaduke Johnson
McIntosh's Battery, Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery : Cpt David G. McIntosh
Pegram's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William J. Pegram
Department of North Carolina [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Department of North Carolina[19]
MG Theophilus H. Holmes
Third Brigade
Col Junius Daniel
43rd North Carolina : Col Thomas S. Kenan
45th North Carolina : Ltc J. H. Morehead
50th North Carolina : Col Marshall D. Craton
Burroughs' Cavalry Battalion: Maj Edgar Burroughs
Artillery
Col James Deshler
Branch's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James R. Branch
Brem's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt T. H. Brem
French's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt David A. French
Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Edward Graham
Wise's Command[20]
BG Henry A. Wise
26th Virginia : Col Powahtan R. Page
46th Virginia : Col Richard T.W. Duke
4th Virginia Heavy Artillery
Andrews' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. G. Andrews
Rives' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt J. H. Rives
Artillery Reserve [ ]
Division
Battalions
Batteries
Artillery Reserve
BG William N. Pendleton
1st Virginia Artillery[21]
Col J. Thompson Brown
Richmond Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton
Coke's (Williamsburg) Battery: Cpt John A. Coke
Watson's battery: Cpt David Watson
Nelson's Battalion[22]
Maj William Nelson
Huckstep's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Charles T. Huckstep
Page's Battery: Cpt R. C. M. Page
Richardson's Battalion[23]
Maj Charles Richardson
Ancell's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John J. Ancell
Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Jr.
Davidson's Battery, Letcher (Virginia) Artillery:[24] Cpt Greenlee Davidson
Masters' (Virginia) Battery:[24] Cpt L. Masters
Sumter (Georgia) Artillery[25]
Ltc Allen S. Cutts
Blackshear's Battery: Cpt James A. Blackshear
Price's Battery: Cpt John V. Price
Miscellaneous[26]
Chapman's battery, Dixie (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. H. Chapman
Dabney's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. J. Dabney
Dearing's (Lynchburg) Battery: Cpt James Dearing
Grimes' (Virginia) Portsmouth Battery: Cpt Carey F. Grimes
Hamilton's Battery: Cpt B. P. Hamilton
Cavalry [ ]
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Cavalry
BG J.E.B. Stuart
Notes [ ]
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 483-489
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 502-510 and pages 973-984
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2,
pages 12-19
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ a b c d e f g These brigades are numbered as of the Valley District.
^ Cunningham commanded the brigade in the absence of Jones until June 29, when Jones took over. Jones was wounded on July 1, after which command devolved again on Cunningham.
^ Served part of time under Longstreet and Jackson.
^ Turned over command to John B. Gordon due to illness June 29.
^ Commanded Winfield Featherston's brigade July 1.
^ Temporarily assigned from the Artillery Reserve.
^ a b Of the Sumter (Georgia) Artillery, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
^ Of Richardson's Battalion, from the Artillery Reserve.
^ Of Nelson's Battalion, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
^ Commanding part of time D.H. Hill's Division, his own Division, and A.P. Hill's Light Division.
^ Temporarily commanded Longstreet's division June 29–30.
^ Stepped down from brigade command June 29 due to illness.
^ a b Belonging to the Department of North Carolina, temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
^ Served part of time under Longstreet.
^ Ransom's (Second) and Walker's (Fourth) Brigade temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
^ Temporarily attached.
^ Only the batteries mentioned in the reports are here given.
^ Kirkpatrick's Battery served with Magruder's Division.
^ Woolfolk's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command.
^ a b From A.P. Hill's Light Division, temporarily attached.
^ Lane's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command and Ross' Battery with Huger's Division.
^ Including all batteries mentioned in the reports and not otherwise accounted for.
References [ ]
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion : a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.