Trevilian Station Confederate order of battle

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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Trevilian Station of the American Civil War on the Confederate side. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the corps organization during the battle,[1] from the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]

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Army of Northern Virginia[]

Cavalry Corps[]

MG Wade Hampton[4]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hampton's Division
     MG Wade Hampton

Young's Brigade


   Col Gilbert J. Wright

Rosser's Brigade


   BG Thomas L. Rosser (w)
   Col Richard H. Dulany

Butler's Brigade


   BG Matthew C. Butler

  • 4th South Carolina: Col B. Huger Rutledge
  • 5th South Carolina: Maj Joseph H. Morgan
  • 6th South Carolina: Col Hugh K. Aiken (w), Maj Thomas B. Ferguson

Fitzhugh Lee's Division
     MG Fitzhugh Lee

Wickham's Brigade


   BG Williams C. Wickham

Lomax's Brigade


   BG Lunsford L. Lomax

  • 5th Virginia: Cpt Ruben Boston
  • 6th Virginia: Col John S. Green
  • 15th Virginia: Col Charles R. Collins
Independent Command Maryland Line[6] (detachment)
  • 1st Maryland Battalion: Col Bradley T. Johnson
  • Baltimore Light Artillery: Lt John R. McNulty
Horse Artillery


     Maj R. Preston Chew

Breathed's Battalion


   Maj James Breathed

  • Hart's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt James Hart
  • Thomson's (Virginia) Battery: Lt James W. Thomson
  • Shoemaker's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John J. Shoemaker
  • Johnston's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Phillip P. Johnston

Notes[]

  1. ^ Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 333-334
  2. ^ Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 343-345
  3. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 1163–1168
  4. ^ The Division of Major General William H. F. Lee, also assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry command, the independent cavalry command of Brigadier General Martin W. Gary, and the balance of the Confederate horse artillery battalion remained with the Army of Northern Virginia during most of the raid (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, page 335)
  5. ^ Mentioned in Hampton's report
  6. ^ Attached to Lomax's Brigade (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, page 12)

References[]

  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc., 2001. ISBN 978-0-8032-5967-6.
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