Petersburg Confederate order of battle

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. D.B. Bridgford
  • 5th Alabama Battalion
  • 1st Virginia Battalion
  • 48th Georgia (1 Company)
  • 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

• Engineers MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
  • 1st Confederate Engineers
  • 2nd Confederate Engineers

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Kershaw's Division      BG 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 C.C. Sanders	16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips' (Georgia) Legion 3rd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters
	Humphreys' Brigade    Maj G.B. Gerald	13th Mississippi 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi
	Bryan's Brigade    Col J.P. Simms	10th Georgia 50th Georgia 51st Georgia 53rd Georgia
Field's Division      MG Charles W. Field	Bratton's Brigade    BG John Bratton    Col J. 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 F.S. Bass    Ltc C.M. Winkler	3rd Arkansas 1st Texas 4th Texas 5th Texas
	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 John C. Haskell	Flanner's (North Carolina) Battery Garden's (South Carolina) Battery Lamkin's (Virginia) Battery Ramsay's (North Carolina) Battery
	Cabell's Battalion    Col Henry C. Cabell	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 Artillery 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 J.H. King	8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama
	Harris' Brigade    BG Nathaniel H. Harris	12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi 19th Mississippi 48th Mississippi
	Mahone's Brigade    BG David A. Weiseger	6th Virginia 12th Virginia 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia
	Wright's Brigade    Col W. Gibson	3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 64th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion 10th Georgia Battalion
	Finnegan's Brigade    BG Joseph Finegan Replaced by Col Theodore Washington Brevard	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 W. 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	1st South Carolina (Provisional Army) 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles) 12th South Carolina 13th South Carolina 14th South Carolina
	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 W.H. Wallace	17th South Carolina 18th South Carolina 22nd South Carolina 23rd South Carolina 26th South Carolina
	Gracie's Brigade    BG Archibald Gracie, Jr.	41st Alabama 43rd Alabama 59th Alabama 60th Alabama 23rd Alabama Sharpshooters Battalion
	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.T. 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. H. 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	28th 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 E.F. Moseley	Young's (Virginia) Battery Miller's (North Carolina) Battery Slaten's (Georgia) Battery Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery
	Boggs' Artillery Battalion    Maj F.J. Boggs	Darracott's (Virginia) Battery Martin's (Virginia) Battery
	Coit's Artillery Battalion    Maj J.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	10th Georgia Cavalry Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Cavalry Phillips' (Georgia) Legion Cavalry Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cavalry
	Dunovant's Brigade    BG John Dunovant (k)    Col B.H. Rutledge	4th South Carolina Cavalry 5th South Carolina Cavalry 6th South Carolina Cavalry
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 O.R. Funsten Sr.	7th Virginia Cavalry 11th Virginia Cavalry 12th Virginia Cavalry 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
	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.L. 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 J.M. Hughs	17th-23rd Tennessee 15th-44th Tennessee 63rd Tennessee
Gary's Cavalry Brigade    BG Martin Witherspoon Gary	7th Georgia Cavalry Hampton South Carolina Legion Cavalry 7th South Carolina Cavalry 24th Virginia Cavalry

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 J.W. Atkinson	10th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery 19th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery
	Second Division (Inner Line)    Ltc J. Howard	18th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery 20th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery
	Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion    Ltc C.E. Lightfoot	Hudgin's (Virginia) Artillery Rives' (Virginia) Artillery Barham's (Virginia) Artillery
Miscellaneous Artillery
	Chaffin's Bluff    Maj W.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. A. Leyden	Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E
	Naval Batteries    Lt C.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	Holcombe South Carolina Legion 44th Virginia Battalion Hood's Virginia Battalion Reserves Independent Signal Corps Hobson's Company 2nd Class Militia
	Fort Clifton	34th Virginia (detachment) Miller's (North Carolina) Artillery (detachment)
	Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford    Ltc John J. Garnett	Confederate States Zouave Battalion 62nd Georgia Cavalry (Company H) 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 (Companys A,B,C)
	Smith's Artillery Battalion	Epes' (Virginia) Artillery Kevill's (Virginia) Artillery Battery Danztler

References

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