Second Battle of Bull Run order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run, called the Second Battle of Manassas by Confederate records, of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the battle,[2][3] the casualty returns[4] and the reports.[5]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- Gen = 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 in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
Right Wing
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Anderson's Division
|
Armistead's Brigade |
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| Mahone's Brigade
|
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| Wright's Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
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Jones' Division[6]
|
Toomb's Brigade
|
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| Drayton's Brigade |
| |
| Jones' Brigade |
| |
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Wilcox's Division
|
Wilcox's Brigade
|
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| Pryor's Brigade |
| |
| Featherston's Brigade |
| |
|
Hood's Division
|
Hood's Brigade
|
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| Whiting's Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Kemper's Division
|
Kemper's Brigade
|
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| Jenkins' Brigade
|
| |
| Pickett's Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Reporting directly |
Evans' Brigade
|
|
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Right Wing Reserve Artillery
|
Washington (Louisiana) Artillery | |
| Miscellaneous Batteries |
|
Left Wing
Chief of Artillery: Col Stapleton Crutchfield
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Jackson's Division
|
Winder's Brigade
|
|
| Jones' Brigade |
| |
| Taliaferro's Brigade
|
| |
| Starke's Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
| Branch's Brigade |
| |
| Pender's Brigade |
| |
| Anderson's (old) Brigade
|
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| Gregg's Brigade
|
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| Archer's Brigade |
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| Field's Brigade
|
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| Artillery |
| |
|
Ewell's Division
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Lawton's Brigade
|
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| Trimble's Brigade
|
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| Early's Brigade |
| |
| Hays' Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
|
Cavalry
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Stuart's Division[18]
|
Robertson's Brigade |
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| Lee's Brigade[19]
|
| |
| Horse Artillery[20] |
|
Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XII, Part 2, pages 546-551; Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2, pages 499-500; Manassas National Battlefield Park - Battle of Second Manassas, Confederate Order of Battle
- ^ Artillery organisation taken from F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia pages 22-26
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XII, Part 2, pages 560-562, 810-814
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XII, Part 2, pages 829-830, 872-874; Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, pages 1326, 1404
- ^ Major John J. Garnett Chief of Artillery (see: Walton's report)
- ^ Released from arrest on August 30, 1862 (see: Benning's report, John J. Hennessy, Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas, pages 47-48)
- ^ Not mentioned by the Manassas National Battlefield Park, Official Records, John J. Hennessy or F. Ray Sibley, Jr. (see: The 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion)
- ^ On August 30, 1862 Evans commanded Hood's Division as well as his own brigade (see: Evans's report)
- ^ Chief of Artillery Right Wing (see: Walton's report)
- ^ Attached to Toombs' Brigade
- ^ Attached to Kemper's Division
- ^ F. Ray Sibley, Jr. lists Eshleman as a major of the Washington Artillery and Lieutenant Joseph Norcom, Jr. in command of the 4th Company, but Walton in his report lists him as captain of the 4th Company (see: Walton's report; F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia page 24)
- ^ Turned the command over to Captain Colston on August 30, 1862 (see: Colston's report)
- ^ Assigned to command on August 30, 1862 (see: Johnson's report)
- ^ Ordered to the rear on account of sickness on August 30, 1862 (see: Johnson's report)
- ^ a b Norton claims he was the senior officer present and Miller was his second in command. Miller reports he was the senior officer present. (see: Norton's and Miller's report)
- ^ Hampton's Brigade (1st North Carolina, 2nd South Carolina, 10th Virginia, Cobb's Georgia Legion and Jeff. Davis Legion) detached, rejoined September 2, 1862
- ^ The 3rd Virginia was on picket duty along the Rappahannock River until September 3, 1862, and was not at Second Manassas (see: F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia page 245/note 126)
- ^ Hart's (South Carolina) battery detached, rejoined September 2, 1862
References
- Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
- Hennessy, John J., Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8061-3187-0
- Manassas National Battlefield Park - Battle of Second Manassas
- Sibley, Jr., F. Ray, The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1996. ISBN 0-942597-73-7
- 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.