Seven Days Battles order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3][4] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
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
Gen Robert E. Lee
Jackson's Command
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First (Whiting's) Division
|
First (Hood's) Brigade
|
|
| Third (Whiting's) Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Second (Jackson's) Division
|
First Brigade[5] |
|
| Second Brigade[5][6]
|
| |
| Third Brigade[5]
|
| |
| Fourth Brigade[5] |
| |
|
Third (Ewell's) Division
|
Fourth Brigade[5]
|
|
| Seventh Brigade[5] |
| |
| Eight Brigade[5]
|
| |
| Maryland Line |
| |
| Unattached | Cavalry |
D. H. Hill's Division
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
D. H. Hill's Division[7]
|
First Brigade
|
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Third Brigade |
| |
| Fourth Brigade |
| |
| Fifth Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Jones' Battalion[10]
|
|
Magruder's Command
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
First Brigade |
|
| Third (Jones') Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
McLaws' Division
|
First Brigade |
|
| Fourth Brigade |
| |
|
Magruder's Division
|
Second Brigade
|
|
| Third Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Longstreet's Division
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| Longstreet's Division | First Brigade |
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Third Brigade
|
| |
| Fourth Brigade |
| |
| Fifth Brigade |
| |
| Sixth Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
Huger's Division
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Huger's Division
|
Second Brigade |
|
| Third Brigade |
| |
| Fourth Brigade |
| |
| Ransom's Brigade[17] (Second Brigade from the Department of North Carolina) |
| |
| Walker's Brigade[17] (Fourth Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)
|
|
A. P. Hill's Light Division
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| First Brigade |
| |
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Third Brigade
|
| |
| Fourth Brigade |
| |
| Fifth Brigade |
| |
| Sixth Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Department of North Carolina
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Department of North Carolina[19]
|
Third Brigade
|
|
| Artillery
|
| |
| Wise's Command[20] |
|
Artillery Reserve
| Division | Battalions | Batteries |
|---|---|---|
|
Artillery Reserve
|
1st Virginia Artillery[21] |
|
| Nelson's Battalion[22]
|
| |
| Richardson's Battalion[23]
|
||
| Sumter (Georgia) Artillery[25]
|
| |
| Miscellaneous[26] |
|
Cavalry
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|
| Cavalry |
|
Notes
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 483-489
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 502-510 and pages 973-984
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 12-19
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ a b c d e f g These brigades are numbered as of the Valley District.
- ^ Cunningham commanded the brigade in the absence of Jones until June 29, when Jones took over. Jones was wounded on July 1, after which command devolved again on Cunningham.
- ^ Served part of time under Longstreet and Jackson.
- ^ Turned over command to John B. Gordon due to illness June 29.
- ^ Commanded Winfield Featherston's brigade July 1.
- ^ Temporarily assigned from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ a b Of the Sumter (Georgia) Artillery, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ Of Richardson's Battalion, from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ Of Nelson's Battalion, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ Commanding part of time D.H. Hill's Division, his own Division, and A.P. Hill's Light Division.
- ^ Temporarily commanded Longstreet's division June 29-30.
- ^ Stepped down from brigade command June 29 due to illness.
- ^ a b Belonging to the Department of North Carolina, temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
- ^ Served part of time under Longstreet.
- ^ Ransom's (Second) and Walker's (Fourth) Brigade temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
- ^ Temporarily attached.
- ^ Only the batteries mentioned in the reports are here given.
- ^ Kirkpatrick's Battery served with Magruder's Division.
- ^ Woolfolk's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command.
- ^ a b From A.P. Hill's Light Division, temporarily attached.
- ^ Lane's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command and Ross' Battery with Huger's Division.
- ^ Including all batteries mentioned in the reports and not otherwise accounted for.
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.