First Battle of Bull Run order of battle: Confederate
Appearance
The following Confederate units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle[1] and the reports.[2]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- 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
Confederate forces
BG Joseph E. Johnston,[3] Commanding
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General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: Col Thomas Jordan
- Chief Engineer: Ltc Thomas H. Williamson
- Chief Signal Officer: Cpt Edward P. Alexander
Headquarters Escort:
- Lay's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt John F. Lay
Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Brigade |
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Second Brigade |
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Third Brigade |
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Fourth Brigade |
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Fifth Brigade |
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Sixth Brigade
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Seventh (Demi) Brigade
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Reserve Brigade |
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Unassigned Infantry |
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BG Joseph E. Johnston
General Staff:
- Chief of Artillery: Col William N. Pendleton
- Chief Engineer: Maj William H.C. Whiting
Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Brigade
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Second Brigade
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Third Brigade
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Fourth Brigade[5]
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Artillery |
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Cavalry |
Notes
- ^ The Manassas Campaign, Virginia, July 21, 1861 - Order of battle; Manassas National Battlefield Park - The Battle of First Manassas, Confederate order of battle
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume II, pages, 1024-1026
- ^ Commanded combined Confederate forces (see: Johnston's report)
- ^ Wounded but did not leave the field (see: Johnston's report)
- ^ The 13th Virginia under Colonel Ambrose P. Hill remained at Manassas Junction (see: F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, page 221/Note 55)
References
- Manassas National Battlefield Park - The Battle of First 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
- The Manassas Campaign, Virginia, July 21, 1861.
- Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles, Volume 1 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
- 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.