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Battle of Williamsburg order of battle: Confederate

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Williamsburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Army of Northern Virginia

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Gen Joseph E. Johnston
Commanding in the field: MG James Longstreet

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division


     MG James Longstreet
     BG Richard H. Anderson[1]

First Brigade


   BG A. P. Hill

Second Brigade


   BG Richard H. Anderson
   Col Micah Jenkins

  • 4th South Carolina Battalion: Maj Charles S. Mattison
  • 5th South Carolina: Col John R.R. Giles
  • 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton
  • Palmetto (S. C.) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walker
  • Louisiana Foot Rifles: Cpt McGavock Godwyn
  • Fauqueir (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
  • Williamsburg (Virginia) Artillery (2 guns): Cpt William R. Garret
  • Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 guns): Cpt Edward S. McCarthy
Third Brigade


   BG George Pickett

Fourth Brigade


   BG Cadmus M. Wilcox

Fifth Brigade


   BG Roger A. Pryor

Colston's Brigade


   BG Raleigh E. Colston

Magruder's Command


     BG D.R. Jones[2]
     BG Lafayette McLaws[3]

Semmes' Brigade


   BG Paul J. Semmes

Kershaw's Brigade


   BG Joseph B. Kershaw

  • 2nd South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina
  • 7th South Carolina
  • 8th South Carolina
Forces at Williamsburg


   Col Benjamin S. Ewell

  • 17th Virginia Infantry (Company H)[4]
  • 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment)
  • 52nd Virginia Militia
  • 68th Virginia Militia
  • 115th Virginia Militia
  • Companies B and C, Allens' Battalion[5]

D. H. Hill's Division


     MG D. H. Hill

Early's Brigade


   BG Jubal A. Early (W)
   Col Duncan K. McRae (w)[6]

Rodes' Brigade


   BG Robert E. Rodes

Rains' Brigade


   BG Gabriel J. Rains

Featherston's Brigade


   BG W.S. Featherston

Unattached
  • 2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor
Cavalry Cavalry Brigade


   BG J. E. B. Stuart

from MG G.W. Smith's Command Unattached

Notes

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  1. ^ commanding the left
  2. ^ acting
  3. ^ commanding division in the field
  4. ^ Old Dominion Rifles
  5. ^ 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
  6. ^ minor wound, stayed in command
  7. ^ fought in the action of May 4

References

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  • Hastings, Earl C. and David S. Hastings. A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; White Mane Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 1-57249-042-X
  • Richard, J. (20 June 2007). "The Armies at the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862". History of War. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  • Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.