Units fighting in the American Civil War
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Williamsburg of 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 Northern Virginia [ ]
Gen Joseph E. Johnston
Commanding in the field: MG James Longstreet
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division
MG James Longstreet
BG Richard H. Anderson [1]
First Brigade
BG A. P. Hill
1st Virginia Infantry : Col Louis B. Williams (w ), Maj William H. Palmer (w )
7th Virginia Infantry : Col James L. Kemper
11th Virginia Infantry : Col Samuel Garland (w )
17th Virginia Infantry : Col Montgomery D. Corse
Second Brigade
BG Richard H. Anderson
Col Micah Jenkins
4th South Carolina Battalion: Maj Charles S. Mattison
5th South Carolina: Col John R.R. Giles
6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton
Palmetto (S. C.) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walker
Louisiana Foot Rifles: Cpt McGavock Godwyn
Fauqueir (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
Williamsburg (Virginia) Artillery (2 guns): Cpt William R. Garret
Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 guns): Cpt Edward S. McCarthy
Third Brigade
BG George Pickett
8th Virginia Infantry : Ltc Norbourne Berkeley
18th Virginia Infantry : Ltc Henry A. Carrington
19th Virginia Infantry : Col John B Strange
28th Virginia Infantry : Col Robert C. Allen
Lynchburg (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James Dearing
Fourth Brigade
BG Cadmus M. Wilcox
9th Alabama : Col Samuel Henry
10th Alabama : Col John Woodward
19th Mississippi: Col Christopher H. Mott (k ), Ltc Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Fifth Brigade
BG Roger A. Pryor
8th Alabama : Ltc Thomas E. Irby (k )
14th Alabama : Maj Owen K. McLemore
14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones
32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment)
Richmond (Virginia) Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton
Colston's Brigade
BG Raleigh E. Colston
3rd Virginia Infantry : Col Joseph Mayo
13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales
14th North Carolina: Col Philetus W. Roberts
Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Battery (3 guns): Lt Lestang Fortier
Magruder's Command
BG D.R. Jones [2]
BG Lafayette McLaws [3]
Semmes' Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes
Kershaw's Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw
2nd South Carolina
3rd South Carolina
7th South Carolina
8th South Carolina
Forces at Williamsburg
Col Benjamin S. Ewell
17th Virginia Infantry (Company H)[4]
32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment)
52nd Virginia Militia
68th Virginia Militia
115th Virginia Militia
Companies B and C, Allens' Battalion[5]
D. H. Hill's Division
MG D. H. Hill
Early's Brigade
BG Jubal A. Early (W )
Col Duncan K. McRae (w )[6]
5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae
23rd North Carolina: Col John F. Hoke, Maj Daniel H. Christie
24th Virginia Infantry : Col William R. Terry (w ), Maj Richard L. Maury
38th Virginia Infantry : Ltc Powhatan B. Whittle
Rodes' Brigade
BG Robert E. Rodes
5th Alabama: Col Christopher C. Pegues
6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon
12th Alabama: Col Robert T. Jones
12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor
2nd Florida : Col George T. Ward (k )
Rains' Brigade
BG Gabriel J. Rains
Featherston's Brigade
BG W.S. Featherston
Unattached
2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor
Cavalry
Cavalry Brigade
BG J. E. B. Stuart
from MG G.W. Smith's Command
Unattached
Notes [ ]
^ commanding the left
^ acting
^ commanding division in the field
^ Old Dominion Rifles
^ 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
^ minor wound, stayed in command
^ fought in the action of May 4
References [ ]
Hastings, Earl C. and David S. Hastings. A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; White Mane Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 1-57249-042-X
Richard, J. (20 June 2007). "The Armies at the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862" . History of War . Retrieved 2 February 2016 .
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War , Volume 2 (Pdf) , New York: The Century Co., 1887.