Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• Gen = General
• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant
• Sgt = Sergeant

Other

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

Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
McLaws' Division      MG Lafayette McLaws	Kershaw's Brigade   BG Joseph B. Kershaw	2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance (w), Ltc William D. Rutherford (w), Maj Robert C. Maffett (w), Cpt William W. Hance (w), Cpt John C. Sumner (k), Cpt John K.G. Nance 7th South Carolina: Ltc Elbert Bland (w) 8th South Carolina: Cpt Eli T. Stackhouse 15th South Carolina:[3] Col William D. DeSaussure 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice
	Barksdale's Brigade   BG William Barksdale	13th Mississippi: Col John W. Carter 17th Mississippi: Col John C. Fiser 18th Mississippi: Ltc William H. Luse 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys
	Cobb's Brigade   BG Thomas R.R. Cobb (mw)   Col Robert E. McMillan	16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan 18th Georgia:[4] Ltc Solon Z. Ruff 24th Georgia: Col Robert E. McMillan, Ltc Jefferson M. Lamar Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Luther Glenn Phillip's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Robert T. Cook (k), Maj Joseph Hamilton
	Semmes' Brigade   BG Paul J. Semmes	10th Georgia: Col John B. Weems 50th Georgia: Col William R. Manning 51st Georgia: Col William M. Slaughter 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
	Artillery   Col Henry C. Cabell[5]	Manly's (North Carolina) battery Cpt Basil C. Manly Read's (Georgia) battery: Cpt John P.W. Read McCarthy's battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Carlton's Battery, Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton
Anderson's Division      MG Richard H. Anderson	Wilcox's Brigade   BG Cadmus M. Wilcox	8th Alabama: Col Young L. Royston 9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry 10th Alabama: Col William H. Forney 11th Alabama: Col John C. C. Sanders 14th Alabama:[6] Col Lucius Pinkard
	Mahone's Brigade   BG William Mahone	6th Virginia: Col Thomas J. Cornprew 12th Virginia: Cpt John R. Lewellen 16th Virginia: Maj Francis D. Holliday 41st Virginia: Col William A. Parham 61st Virginia: Ltc William F. Niemeyer
	Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston	12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey 19th Mississippi: Col Thomas Hardin (k) 48th Mississippi (5 companies): Ltc Thomas B. Manlove
	Wright's Brigade   BG Ambrose R. Wright	3rd Georgia: Col Edward J. Walker 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones 48th Georgia: Cpt Matthew R. Hall 2nd Georgia Battalion:[7] Cpt Charles J. Moffett
	Perry's Brigade   BG Edward A. Perry[8]	2nd Florida: Ltc Lewis G. Pyles 5th Florida Col John C. Hately 8th Florida: Col David Lang (w, Dec. 13), Cpt Thomas R. Love
	Artillery   Ltc John S. Saunders	Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin Huger's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Frank Huger Lewis' (Virginia) battery:[9] Cpt John W. Lewis Norfolk (Virginia) Light Artillery Blues: Lt William T. Peet
Pickett's Division      MG George Pickett	Garnett's Brigade   BG Richard B. Garnett[10]	8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers 19th Virginia: Col Henry Gantt 28th Virginia: Col Robert C. Allen 56th Virginia: Col William D. Stuart
	Armistead's Brigade   BG Lewis A. Armistead	9th Virginia: Ltc James S. Gilliam 14th Virginia: Col James G. Hodges 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds 53rd Virginia: Col William R. Aylett 57th Virginia: Col David Dyer
	Kemper's Brigade   BG James L. Kemper	1st Virginia: Col Lewis B. Williams, Jr. 3rd Virginia:[6] Col Joseph Mayo, Jr. 7th Virginia: Col Waller T. Patton 11th Virginia: Maj Kirkwood Otey 24th Virginia: Col William R. Terry
	Jenkins' Brigade   BG Micah Jenkins	1st South Carolina (Hagood's): Col Daniel H. Hamilton 2nd South Carolina (Rifles): Col Robert E. Bowen 5th South Carolina: Col Ashbury Coward 6th South Carolina: Col John M. Steedman Hampton's Legion (Infantry Battalion): Ltc Robert B. Arnold Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
	Corse' s Brigade[11]   BG Montgomery D. Corse	15th Virginia: Cpt Emmett M. Morrison 17th Virginia: Maj Arthur Hebert[12] 30th Virginia: Col Alfred T. Harrison 32nd Virginia: Col Edgar B. Montague
	Artillery[13]   Maj James Dearing	Dearing's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Joseph Blount Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Richmond Fayette (Virginia) Artillery:[14] Cpt Miles C. Macon
Hood's Division      MG John B. Hood	Law's Brigade   BG Evander M. Law	4th Alabama: Col Pinckney D. Bowles 44th Alabama:[15] Ltc Charles A. Derby 6th North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Webb 54th North Carolina: Col James C. S. McDowell 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Godwin
	Robertson' s Brigade   BG Jerome B. Robertson	3rd Arkansas:[7] Col Van H. Manning 1st Texas: Col Philip A. Work 4th Texas: Col John C.G. Key 5th Texas: Col Robert M. Powell
	Anderson's Brigade   BG George T. Anderson	1st Georgia Regulars: Cpt Richard A. Wayne 7th Georgia: Ltc George H. Carmichael 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. Mounger 11th Georgia: Col Francis H. Little
	Toombs' Brigade   Col Henry L. Benning	2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes 15th Georgia: Col William T. Millican 17th Georgia: Col Wesley C. Hodges 20th Georgia: Col John R. Cummings
	Artillery   Maj Mathias W. Henry	Bachman's battery, German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Simons Garden's battery, Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden Reilly's battery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Reilly
Ransom's Division      BG Robert Ransom, Jr.	Ransom's Brigade   BG Robert Ransom, Jr.	24th North Carolina: Ltc John L. Harris 25th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel C. Bryson 35th North Carolina: Col Matt W. Ransom 49th North Carolina: Ltc Lee McAfee Branch's (Virginia) battery: Cpt James R. Branch
	Cooke's Brigade   BG John R. Cooke (w, Dec. 13)   Col Edward D. Hall	15th North Carolina:[16] Ltc William MacRae 27th North Carolina: Col John A. Gilmer, Jr. 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall 48th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel H. Walkup Cooper's Stafford (Virginia) battery: Cpt Samuel Cooper
First Corps Artillery[17]	Washington (Louisiana) Artillery   Col James B. Walton	1st Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires 2nd Company: Cpt John B. Richardson 3rd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller 4th Company: Cpt Benjamin F. Eshleman
	Alexander's Battalion   Ltc E. Porter Alexander	Bedford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan Bath (Virginia) battery: Cpt John L. Eubank Madison (Louisiana) Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody Parker's (Virginia) battery: Cpt William W. Parker Brook's (South Carolina) battery(Rhett): Cpt Andrew B. Rhett Ashland (Virginia) battery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.

Second Corps

LTG Thomas J. Jackson

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
D.H. Hill's Division      MG D.H. Hill	First (Rodes') Brigade   BG Robert E. Rodes	3rd Alabama: Cullen A. Battle (w, Dec. 13) 5th Alabama: Col Cadwallader Jones 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon 12th Alabama: Ltc Samuel B Pickens 26th Alabama: Col Edward A. O'Neal
	Second (Doles') Brigade   BG George Doles	4th Georgia: Col Philip Cook 44th Georgia: Col John B. Estes 1st North Carolina: Col Hamilton A. Brown 3rd North Carolina: Col William L. DeRosset
	Third (Colquitt's) Brigade   BG Alfred H. Colquitt	13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best 27th Georgia: Col Charles T. Zachary 28th Georgia: Maj Tully Graybill
	Fourth (Iverson's) Brigade   BG Alfred Iverson Jr.	5th North Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Garrett 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman 20th North Carolina: Ltc Frank Faison 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie
	Fifth (Ramseur's) Brigade   Col Bryan Grimes	2nd North Carolina: Col William P. Byrum 4th North Carolina: Col Edwin A. Y. Osborne 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett[18] 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker
	Artillery   Maj Hilary P. Jones   Maj Thomas H. Carter[19]	Hardaway's (Alabama) battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway, Cpt William B. Hurt[20] Bondurant's battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt James W. Bondurant Carter's battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter, Cpt William P. P. Carter Page's battery, Morris (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Richard C. M. Page Fry's battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles M. Fry Goochland (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Turner
A. P. Hill's Light Division      MG A. P. Hill	First (Field's) Brigade   Col John M. Brockenbrough	40th Virginia: Cpt Timothy E. Betts 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallroy 22nd Virginia Battalion: Ltc Edward P. Tayloe
	Second (Gregg's) Brigade   BG Maxcy Gregg (mw, Dec. 13)   Col Samuel McGowan	1st South Carolina (Provisional Army): Col Daniel H. Hamilton 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col James L. Orr 12th South Carolina: Col Richard G. Mills Dunovant 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver E. Edwards 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan, Ltc William D. Simpson
	Third (Thomas') Brigade   BG Edward L. Thomas	14th Georgia: Col Arnoldus V. Brumby 35th Georgia: Col Bolling H. Holt 45th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Simmons 49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane
	Fourth (Lane's) Brigade   BG James H. Lane	7th North Carolina: Ltc Junius L. Hill 18th North Carolina: Col Thomas J. Purdie 28th North Carolina: Col Samuel D. Lowe 33rd North Carolina: Col Clark M. Avery 37th North Carolina: Cpt William M. Barbour
	Fifth (Archer's) Brigade   BG James J. Archer	5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Van de Graaff (w), Cpt Samuel D. Stewart 19th Georgia: Ltc Andrew J. Hutchins 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Peter Turney (w), Ltc Newton J. George (w), Cpt Miller Turney (w), Cpt Henry J. Hawkins 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner 14th Tennessee: Ltc James W. Lockert
	Sixth (Pender's) Brigade   BG William D. Pender (w, Dec. 13)   Col Alfred M. Scales	13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales 16th North Carolina: Col John S. McElroy 22nd North Carolina: Maj Christopher C. Cole 34th North Carolina: Col William L. J. Lowrance 38th North Carolina: Col William H. H. Cowles
	Artillery   Ltc R. Lindsay Walker	Branch (North Carolina) Artillery: Lt John R. Potts Crenshaw (Virginia) battery: Lt James Ellett Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Edward A. Marye Johnson's (Virginia) battery: Lt Valentine J. Clutter Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Greenlee Davidson Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt David G. Mcintosh Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William Pegram
Ewell's Division      BG Jubal A. Early	Lawton's Brigade   Col Edmund N. Atkinson (w&c)   Col Clement A. Evans	13th Georgia: Col James M. Smith 26th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin F. Grace 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans 38th Georgia: Cpt William L. McLeod 60th Georgia: Col William H. Stiles 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar (w), Maj Charles W. McArthur
	Trimble's Brigade   Col Robert Hoke	15th Alabama: Maj Alexander A. Lowther 12th Georgia: Col Zephaniah T. Connor 21st Georgia: Ltc Thomas W. Hooper 21st North Carolina: Col Saunders Fulton 1st North Carolina Battalion: Maj Rufus N. Wharton
	Early's Brigade   Col James A. Walker	13th Virginia: Ltc James B. Terrill 25th Virginia: Ltc Patrick B. Duffy 31st Virginia: Ltc Francis M. Boykin 44th Virginia: Col Norvell Cobb, Cpt David W. Anderson 49th Virginia: Col Jonathan C. Gibson 52nd Virginia: Col Mathew G. Harmon 58th Virginia: Col Francis H. Board
	Hays' (First Louisiana) Brigade   BG Harry T. Hays	5th Louisiana: Col Henry Forno 6th Louisiana: Col WIlliam Monaghan 7th Louisiana: Col Davidson B. Penn 8th Louisiana: Ltc Trevanion D. Lewis 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford
	Artillery   Cpt Joseph W. Latimer	Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James McD. Carrington Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery: Lt John E. Plater Courtney (Virginia) Artillery: Lt William A. Tanner First Maryland Battery: Cpt William F. Dement Louisiana Guard Artillery: Cpt Louis E. D'Aquin Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Asher W. Garber
Jackson's Division      BG William B. Taliaferro	First (Paxton's) Brigade   BG Elisha F. Paxton	2nd Virginia: Cpt John Q.A. Nadenbousch 4th Virginia: Ltc Robert D. Gardner (w), Maj William Terry 5th Virginia: Ltc Hazel J. Williams 27th Virginia: Ltc James K. Edmondson 33rd Virginia: Col Edwin G. Lee
	Second (Jones') Brigade   BG John R. Jones	21st Virginia: Ltc John M. Patton 42nd Virginia: Cpt Robert W. Withers 48th Virginia: Col Thomas S. Garnett 1st Virginia Battalion: Maj John Seddon
	Third (Taliaferro's) Brigade   Col Edward T.H. Warren	47th Alabama: Col Michael J. Bulger 48th Alabama: Col William M. Hardwick 10th Virginia: Col Simeon B. Gibbons 23rd Virginia: Ltc Simeon T. Walton 37th Virginia: Col Titus V. Williams
	Fourth (Starke's) Brigade   Col Edmund Pendleton	1st Louisiana (Volunteers): Ltc Michael Nolan 2nd Louisiana: Col Jesse M. Williams, Maj Michael A. Grogan 10th Louisiana: Ltc John M. Legett 14th Louisiana: Cpt Henry M. Verlander 15th Louisiana: Ltc McG. Goodwyn Coppens' (Louisiana) Zouave Battalion: Ltc M. Alfred Coppens
	Artillery   Cpt John B. Brockenbrough (w)	Carpenter's Alleghany (Virginia) battery: Lt George McKendree, Lt William T. Lambie (w) Danville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George W. Wooding (w), Lt Joseph H. Jones (w) Hampden (Virginia) Artillery:[21] Cpt William H. Caskie Lee (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Charles W. Stratham 2nd Rockbridge (Virginia) battery: Lt George M. Lusk

Reserve Artillery

BG William N. Pendleton[22]

Battalions	Batteries
Brown's Battalion   Col J. Thompson Brown	Brooke's (Virginia)Warrenton Light Artillery battery;: Cpt James V. Brooke Dance's battery, Powhatan Artillery:[23] Cpt Willis J. Dance Hupp's battery, Salem Artillery:[23] Cpt Abraham Hupp Poague's (Virginia) battery, Rockbridge Artillery:[23] Cpt William T. Poague Smith's battery, Richmond Third Howitzers:[23] Cpt Benjamin H. Smith Watson's battery, Richmond Second Howitzers:[23] Cpt David Watson
Cutts' (Georgia) Battalion	Co. A, Sumter (Ga.) Flying Artillery Battalion (Ross's Battery): Cpt Hugh M. Ross Co. B, Sumter (Ga.) Flying Artillery Battalion (Patterson's Battery): Cpt George M. Patterson Co. C, Sumter (Ga.) Flying Artillery Battalion (Lane's Battery): Cpt John Lane
Nelson's Battalion   Maj William Nelson	Kirkpatrick's (Virginia) battery, Amherst Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Massie's (Virginia) battery, Fluvanna Artillery: Cpt John L. Massie Milledge's (Georgia) battery: Cpt John Milledge
Miscellaneous Batteries[24]	Ells' Macon Light Artillery: Cpt Henry N. Ells Nelson's (Virginia) battery, Hanover Artillery: Cpt George W. Nelson

Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
MG James E.B. Stuart	First Brigade[25]   BG Wade Hampton	1st North Carolina: Col Laurence S. Baker 1st South Carolina: Col John L. Black 2nd South Carolina: Col Matthew C. Butler Cobb (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Pierce M.B. Young Phillip's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc William W. Rich
	Second Brigade   BG Fitzhugh Lee	1st Virginia: Col James H. Drake 2nd Virginia: Col Thomas T. Munford 3rd Virginia: Col Thomas H. Owen 4th Virginia: Col Williams C. Wickham 5th Virginia:[26] Thomas L. Rosser
	Third Brigade   BG W.H.F. Lee	2nd North Carolina: Col Seth Williams 9th Virginia: Col Richard L.T. Beale 10th Virginia: Col J. Lucius Davis 13th Virginia: Col John R. Chambliss, Jr. 15th Virginia: Col William B. Ball
	Fourth Brigade[27]   BG William E. Jones	6th Virginia: Col John S. Green 7th Virginia: Col Richard H. Dulany 12th Virginia: Col Asher W. Harman 17th Virginia Battalion: Ltc Oliver R. Funsten White's (Virginia) Battalion: Maj Elijah V. White
	Artillery[28]   Maj John Pelham	Breathed's (Virginia) battery: Cpt James Breathed Chew's (Virginia) battery:[29] Cpt R. Preston Chew Hart's (South Carolina) battery: Cpt James F. Hart Henry's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Matthew W. Henry Moorman's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman

Notes

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 538-545
2. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
3. Transferred from Drayton's brigade, Nov. 26
4. Transferred from Robertson's brigade, Nov. 26
5. Cabell also commanded Nelson's Battalion and Branch's, Cooper's, Dearing's, Ells', Eubank's, Lane's, Macon's and Ross' batteries.
6. Transferred from Pryor's brigade, Nov. 10
7. Transferred from Cooke's brigade, Nov. 26
8. Assigned Nov. 10
9. Assigned Dec. 1
10. Assigned Nov. 26; Corse was assigned Nov. 6, vice Pickett promoted, and was succeeded by Garnett.
11. Brigade organized and Corse assigned Nov. 26
12. Promoted Col, Dec. 13
13. Other batteries of this division are probably noted as "miscellaneous" (see Reserve Artillery) their assignments not being clearly indicated by the reports. Stribling's battery was assigned Dec. 1 "for service with the brigade to which it has long been attached".
14. Transferred from McLaws' division, Dec. 8
15. Transferred from Wright's brigade, Nov. 26
16. Transferred from Cobb's brigade, Nov. 26
17. Not assigned to divisions
18. OR 21 Page 1073
19. Promoted and assigned command, Dec. 12
20. Assigned command, Dec. 3
21. Attached from Dearing's Artillery
22. Majors John J. Garnett, Samuel P. Hamilton and Thomas J. Page, jr. are mentioned in the reports as commanding artillery battalion but their composition is not stated.
23. Of the First Virginia Light Artillery
24. Mentioned in the reports but assignments not indicated
25. Detached on a raid to Dúmfries
26. Transferred from Third Brigade, between Nov. 10 and Dec. 31.
27. In the Shenandoah Valley
28. Roster for Dec. 16; Hart's, Breathed's, Moorman's and Chew's batteries appear as attached respectively to the First, Second, Third and Fourth Brigades.
29. Probably in the Shenandoah Valley with the Fourth (Jones') Brigade.

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.
• National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle).
• Civil War Home: Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle