Spotsylvania Court House Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
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[edit] Abbreviations used
[edit] Military rank
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
[edit] Other
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
[edit] Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee
General Staff:
- Chief Engineer: MG Martin L. Smith
- Chief of Artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
- Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Walter H. Taylor
- Aide de Camp: Ltc Charles Marshall
- Aide de Camp: Maj Charles S. Venable
[edit] First Corps
General Staff:
- Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Gilbert M. Sorrel
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McLaws' (old) Division [2] |
Kershaw's Brigade
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| Humphreys' Brigade |
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| Wofford's Brigade |
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| Bryan's Brigade
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Field's Division |
Jenkins' Brigade
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| Gregg's Brigade
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| Law's Brigade [3]
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| Anderson's Brigade |
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| Benning's Brigade |
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Artillery |
Huger's Battalion
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| Haskell's Battalion
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| Cabell's Battalion
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[edit] Second Corps
LTG Richard S. Ewell
General Staff:
- Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. Pendleton
- Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
- Asst. Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
- Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
- Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner (w)
- Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
- Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
- Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
- Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Early's Division [5] |
Pegram's Brigade
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| Johnston's Brigade [6]
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| Gordon's Brigade
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Johnson's Division |
Stonewall Brigade
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| Jones' Brigade
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| Steuart's Brigade
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| Hays' Brigade [7][8]
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Stafford’s old Brigade
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Rodes' Division |
Daniel's Brigade [9]
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| Ramseur's Brigade [10]
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| Battle's Brigade [11][12]
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| Doles' Brigade [13] |
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Artillery |
Hardaway's Battalion
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| Nelson's Battalion
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| Braxton's Battalion
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| Cutshaw's Battalion [15] |
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| Page's Battalion [15]
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[edit] Third Corps
LTG Ambrose P. Hill (ill)
MG Jubal A. Early [17]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Anderson's Division |
Perrin's Brigade
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| Mahone's Brigade
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| Harris's Brigade
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| Perry's Brigade |
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| Wright's Brigade |
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Heth's Division |
Davis's Brigade [19] |
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| Cooke's Brigade
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| Walker's Brigade [20]
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| Kirkland's Brigade |
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Wilcox's Division |
Lane's Brigade |
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| McGowan's Brigade
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| Scales' Brigade |
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| Thomas' Brigade |
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Artillery |
Poague's Battalion
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| Pegram's Battalion
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| McIntosh's Battalion
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| Cutts' Battalion
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| Richardson's Battalion
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[edit] Cavalry Corps
MG James E.B. Stuart (mw)
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Hampton's Division [21] |
Young's Brigade [22][23][24]
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| Rosser's Brigade | ||
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Fitzhugh Lee's Division |
Lomax' Brigade | |
| Wickham's Brigade | ||
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W.H.F. Lee's Division |
Chambliss' Brigade | |
| Gordon's Brigade |
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Horse Artillery |
Breathed's Battalion
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Pickett's Division (Kemper's- under Colonel William R. Terry, Hunton's, Barton's - under Colonel Birkett D. Fry and Corse's Brigade) detached. The division (except Hunton's Brigade) rejoined the Corps between May 21 and May 23, 1864. Gordon C. Rhea, To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864, The Order of Battle
- ^ Kershaw was not official assigned until June 4, 1864
- ^ Brigadier General Evander M. Law was under arrest[citation needed]
- ^ This Battery was equipped; armed with small guns
- ^ Hoke's Brigade (6th, 21st, 54th and 57th North Carolina Regiments and the 1st Battalion North Carolina Sharpshooters) detached [1] [2]. Rejoined the division on May 21, 1864 [3] Gordon C. Rhea, To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864, The Order of Battle
- ^ Johnston's Brigade was transferred on May 8, 1864 from Rodes' Division [4] [5]
- ^ Hays' Brigade was transferred on May 8, 1864 from Early's Division and united for service with Stafford’s Brigade [6] [7]
- ^ On May 12, Colonel Zebulon York commanded the portion of the brigade formerly under Stafford. Gordon C. Rhea, The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864, The Order of Battle
- ^ According to Rhea in The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864, The Order of Battle, the 43rd North Carolina was also in this Brigade. But the 43rd North Carolina was detached with Hoke's Brigade [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
- ^ Ramseur was wounded on May 12, 1864 but did not leave the field [14] [15]
- ^ According to Rhea in The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864, The Order of Battle, the 26th Alabama was also in this Brigade. But the 26th Alabama was exchanged on February 12, 1864 for the 61st Alabama, and was reported on May 12 at Macon, Georgia. [16] [17] [18]
- ^ Battle was wounded in the foot but did not relinquish the command
- ^ The 21st Georgia was detached with Hoke's Brigade [19] [20]
- ^ Colonel Carter are mentioned in the report from General Long as commanding artillery Division but the composition is not stated [21]
- ^ a b Page's and Cutshaw's Battalions were consolidated on May 13, 1864 under the command of Major Page [22]
- ^ a b assigned on May 13, 1864 temporarily to Hardaway's Battalion [23] [24]
- ^ assigned on May 8, 1864
- ^ According to Eicher in Civil War High Commands, p. 426 Brigadier General Perry was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness and was not in command
- ^ The 26th Mississippi and the 1st Confederate Battalion were ordered to join the Brigade on March 25, 1864 [25] [26] [27]. Rhea in The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864, The Order of Battle lists only the 26th Mississippi.
- ^ Archer's and Walker's Brigade consolidated Gordon C. Rhea, The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864, The Order of Battle
- ^ Elements from Butler's South Carolina Brigade (4th, 5th and 6th South Carolina Cavalry) started arriving May 20, 1864 [28] Gordon C. Rhea, To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864, The Order of Battle; in The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864, The Order of Battle Rhea lists the brigade in this division, in The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864, The Order of Battle not.
- ^ Brigadier General Pierce M. B. Young was not present, Colonel Wright (Cobb's Legion) was in command Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All, p. 14
- ^ the 7th Georgia was assigned on June 7, 1864 Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All, p. 14
- ^ the 20th Georgia Battalion was ordered to join the Army of Northern Virginia on May 25, 1864 [29], arrrived on May 28, 1864 (Gordon C. Rhea, Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26 – June 3, 1864, p. 67) and was assigned to the Brigade on June 7, 1864 (Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All, p. 14)
[edit] See also
[edit] 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.
- Freeman, Douglas S. (1934) R. E. Lee, A Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
- Rhea, Gordon C. The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8071-3021-4
- Rhea, Gordon C. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8071-3067-2
- Rhea, Gordon C. To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8071-3111-3
- Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26 – June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-8071-3244-9
- 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
- 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
- Sketch of the Forty-third Regiment, North Carolina troops. (Infantry)
