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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the final military encounter of the American Civil War, the 1865 Appomattox campaign, which lasted from March 29 to April 9 and resulted in Confederate surrender on April 9 at the Appomattox Court House. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

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Military rank

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Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
Staff:

Division Brigade Regiments and others

Headquarters units

Escort
  • 39th Virginia Battalion: Cpt Samuel B. Brown
Provost Guard


Maj D. B. Bridgford

  • 1st Virginia Battalion
  • 44th Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Company B
Engineers


Col T. M. R. Talcott

  • 1st Confederate Engineers
  • 2nd Confederate Engineers

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet
Staff:

  • Corps medical director: Surgeon John Cullen
Division Brigade Regiments and others

Pickett's Division


     MG George E. Pickett

Steuart's Brigade


   BG George H. Steuart

  • 9th Virginia Infantry: Cpt John P. Wilson,jr.
  • 14th Virginia Infantry: Maj William D. Shelton
  • 38th Virginia Infantry: Col George K. Griggs
  • 53rd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Henry Edmunds
  • 57th Virginia Infantry: Ltc William H. Ramsey
Corse's Brigade


   BG Montgomery D. Corse (c, April 6)
   Col Arthur Herbert

  • 15th Virginia Infantry: Maj Charles H. Clarke
  • 17th Virginia Infantry: Col Arthur Herbert
  • 29th Virginia Infantry: Lt John A. Coulson
  • 30th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert S. Chew
  • 32nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Samuel W. Armistead
Hunton's Brigade


   BG Eppa Hunton (c, April 6)
   Maj Michael P. Spessard

  • 8th Virginia Infantry
  • 18th Virginia Infantry: Lt Charles H. Wilkinson
  • 19th Virginia Infantry: Maj. Waller M. Boyd (c., April 6), Lt. James Y. Bragg
  • 28th Virginia Infantry: Maj Michael P. Spessard
  • 56th Virginia Infantry: Cpt John W. Jones
Terry's Brigade


   BG William R. Terry (w, March 31)
   Col Joseph Mayo, Jr.
   Maj William W. Bentley

  • 1st Virginia Infantry: Ltc Francis H. Langley (c, April 6)
  • 3rd Virginia Infantry
  • 7th Virginia Infantry: Col Charles C. Flowerree (c, April 6)
  • 11th Virginia Infantry
  • 24th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Richard L. Maury (c, April 7), Maj William W. Bentley

Field's Division


     MG Charles W. Field

Perry's Brigade


   BG William F. Perry

  • 4th Alabama Infantry: Ltc Lawrence H. Scruggs
  • 15th Alabama Infantry: Col Alexander A. Lowther
  • 44th Alabama Infantry: Ltc John A. Jones
  • 47th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Eli D. Clower
  • 48th Alabama Infantry: Maj John W. Wigginton
Anderson's Brigade


   BG George T. Anderson

  • 7th Georgia Infantry: Col George H. Carmical
  • 8th Georgia Infantry: Col John R. Towers
  • 9th Georgia Infantry: Maj John W. Arnold
  • 11th Georgia Infantry: Cpt William H. Ramsey
  • 59th Georgia Infantry: Col Jack Brown
Benning's Brigade


   BG Henry L. Benning

  • 2nd Georgia Infantry: Cpt Thomas Chaffin,jr.
  • 15th Georgia Infantry: Maj Peter J. Shannon
  • 17th Georgia Infantry: Maj James B. Moore
  • 20th Georgia Infantry
Gregg's Brigade


   Col R. M. Powell

  • 3rd Arkansas Infantry: Ltc Robert S. Taylor
  • 1st Texas Infantry: Col Frederick S. Bass
  • 4th Texas Infantry: Ltc Clinton M. Winkler
  • 5th Texas Infantry: Cpt W. T. Hill
Bratton's Brigade


   BG John Bratton

  • 1st South Carolina Infantry: Col James R. Hagood
  • 5th South Carolina Infantry: Col Asbury Coward
  • 6th South Carolina Infantry: Col John M. Steedman
  • 2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col Robert E. Bowen
  • Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters

Kershaw's Division


     MG Joseph B. Kershaw (c, April 6)

DuBose's Brigade


   BG Dudley M. DuBose (c, April 6)
   Cpt J. F. Espy

  • 16th Georgia Infantry: Lt William W. Montgomery
  • 18th Georgia Infantry: Cpt J. F. Espy, Lt Gideon J. Lasseter
  • 24th Georgia Infantry: Cpt J. A. Jarrard
  • 3rd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
  • Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Lt W. G. Steed
  • Philip's (Georgia) Legion: Lt A. J. Reese
Humphrey's Brigade


   Col William H. Fitzgerald (c, April 6)
   Cpt Gwin R. Cherry

  • 13th Mississippi Infantry: Lt W. H. Davis
  • 17th Mississippi Infantry: Cpt Gwin R. Cherry
  • 18th Mississippi Infantry: Lt John W. Gower
  • 21st Mississippi Infantry: Lt Benjamin George
Simms' Brigade


   BG James P. Simms (c, April 6)
   Cpt George W. Waldron

  • 10th Georgia Infantry: Lt John B. Evans
  • 50th Georgia Infantry: Cpt George W. Waldron, Lt Hillary W. Cason
  • 51st Georgia Infantry: Cpt H. R. Thomas
  • 53rd Georgia Infantry: Cpt R. H. Woods

Artillery


     BG Edward P. Alexander

Cabell's Battalion


   Maj S. P. Hamilton

  • Anderson's (Virginia) Battery
  • Frasier's (Georgia) Battery
  • Carlton's (Georgia) Battery
  • 1st Company Richmond Howitzers (Virginia)
  • Manly's (North Carolina) Battery
Huger's Battalion


   Maj Tyler C. Jordan

  • Moody's (Louisiana) Battery: Lt George Poindexter
  • Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery: Lt E. L. Purse
  • Parker's (Virginia) Battery: Lt Edwin S. Wooldridge
  • Virginia Battery: Cpt John Donneli Smith
  • Taylor's (Virginia) Battery: Lt John H. Weddell
  • Virginia Battery: Lt James Woolfolk
Haskell's Battalion


   Maj John C. Haskell

  • North Carolina Battery: Cpt Henry G. Flanner
  • Ramsay's (North Carolina) Battery: Lt Jesse F. Woodard
  • South Carolina Battery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden
  • Lamkin's (Virginia) Battery: Lt Fletcher T. Massie

Second Corps

MG John B. Gordon
Staff:

  • Assistant adjutant general: Maj Robert W. Hunter
Division Brigade Regiments and others

Formerly Ramseur's Division


     MG Bryan Grimes

Battle's Brigade


   Col Edwin L. Hobson

  • 3rd Alabama Infantry: Cpt Cornelius Robinson, Jr.
  • 5th Alabama Infantry: Col Edwin L. Hobson, Cpt Thomas M. Riley
  • 6th Alabama Infantry: Maj Isaac F. Culver
  • 12th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Poleman D. Rose
  • 61st Alabama Infantry: Cpt Augustus B. Fanin, jr
Grimes' Brigade


   Col David G. Cowand

  • 32nd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt P. C. Shuford
  • 43rd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Wiley J. Cobb
  • 45th North Carolina Infantry: Col John R. Winston
  • 53rd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Thomas E. Ashcraft
  • 2nd North Carolina Battalion
Cox's Brigade


   BG William Ruffin Cox

  • 1st North Carolina Infantry: Maj Louis C. Latham
  • 2nd North Carolina Infantry: Maj James T. Scales
  • 3rd North Carolina: Maj William T. Ennett
  • 4th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt John B. Forcum
  • 14th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc William A. Johnston.
  • 30th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt David C. Allen
Cook's Brigade


   Ltc Edwin A. Nash

  • 4th Georgia: Col Edwin A. Nash, Cpt John M. Shiver
  • 12th Georgia: Cpt Josiah N. Beall
  • 21st Georgia: Cpt Edward Smith
  • 44th Georgia: Cpt John A. Tucker
  • Co.B - Sumter Georgia Artillery
Archer's Battalion


   Ltc Fletcher H. Archer

  • 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves: Cpt Joseph A. Rogers
  • 44th Virginia Battalion: Cpt A. B. Morrison

Formerly J. Pegram's Division


     BG James A. Walker

R.D. Johnston's Brigade


   Col John W. Lea

  • 5th North Carolina Infantry: Col John W. Lea, Cpt James M. Taylor
  • 12th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt P. Durham
  • 20th North Carolina Infantry: Lt Archibald F. Lawhon
  • 23rd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Abner D. Peace
  • 1st North Carolina Sharpshooters Battalion: Lt R. W. Woodruff
Lewis' Brigade


   BG William G. Lewis (w, April 7)
   Cpt John Beard

  • 6th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Joseph H. Dickey
  • 21st North Carolina Infantry: Cpt John H. Miller
  • 54th North Carolina Infantry
  • 57th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt John Beard
Walker's Brigade


   Maj Henry K. Douglas

  • 13th Virginia Infantry: Cpt George Cullen
  • 31st Virginia Infantry: Maj William P. Cooper
  • 49th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William D. Moffett
  • 52nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Samuel W. Paxton
  • 58th Virginia Infantry: Lt Robert L. Waldron

Gordon's Division


     BG Clement A. Evans

Evans' Brigade


   Col John H. Lowe

  • 13th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Richard Maltbie
  • 26th Georgia Infantry: Cpt James Knox
  • 31st Georgia Infantry: Cpt Edward C. Perry
  • 38th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Philip E. Davant
  • 60th Georgia Infantry: Col Waters B. Jones
  • 61st Georgia Infantry: Col Waters B. Jones
  • 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion: Sgt. Horace L. Cranford
  • 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion: Cpt Samuel H. Crump
  • 18th Georgia Battalion: Cpt George W. Stiles
Terry's Brigade


   Col Titus V. Williams

  • 2nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Joseph J. Jenkins
  • 4th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Hamilton D. Wade
  • 5th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Peter E. Wilson
  • 10th Virginia Infantry: Ltc D. H. Lee Martz
  • 21st Virginia Infantry: Col William A. Witcher
  • 23rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John P. Fitzgerald
  • 25th Virginia Infantry: Maj Wilson Harper
  • 27th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Franklin C. Wilson
  • 33rd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Henry A. Herrell
  • 37th Virginia Infantry: Cpt John A. Preston
  • 42nd Virginia Infantry: Lt James L. Tompkins
  • 44th Virginia Infantry: Maj David W. Anderson
  • 48th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert H. Dunagan
York's Brigade


   Col Eugene Waggaman

  • 1st Louisiana Infantry
  • 2nd Louisiana Infantry: Cpt A. S. Blythe
  • 5th Louisiana Infantry: Lt Hiram Baxter
  • 6th Louisiana Infantry: Maj William H. Manning
  • 7th Louisiana Infantry
  • 8th Louisiana Infantry: Cpt Louis Prados
  • 9th Louisiana Infantry
  • 10th Louisiana Infantry
  • 14th Louisiana Infantry
  • 15th Louisiana Infantry: Col Edmund Pendleton

Artillery


     BG Armistead L. Long

Nelson's Battalion


   Ltc William Nelson

  • Amherst (Virginia) Artillery
  • Milledge's (Georgia) Artillery
  • Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery
Braxton's Battalion


   Ltc Carter M. Braxton

  • Alleghany (Virginia) Artillery
  • Lee (Virginia) Artillery
  • Stafford (Virginia) Artillery
Cutshaw's Battalion


   Cpt C. W. Fry

  • Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery
  • King William (Virginia) Artillery
  • Morris (Virginia) Artillery
  • Orange (Virginia) Artillery
  • Staunton (Virginia) Artillery
  • Richmond Howitzers, 2nd Company
Hardaway's Battalion


   Ltc Robert A. Hardaway

  • Powhatan Artillery (Virginia)
  • 3rd Company, Richmond Howitzers (Virginia)
  • Rockbridge Artillery (Virginia)
  • Salem Flying Artillery (Virginia)
Johnson's Battalion


   Ltc Marmaduke Johnson

  • Clutter's (Virginia) Battery: Lt Lucas McIntosh.
  • Fredericksburg Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John G. Pollock
Lightfoot's Battalion


  

  • Caroline Artillery (Virginia)
  • Nelson Artillery (Virginia)
  • Surry Artillery (Virginia)
Stark's Battalion


   Ltc Alexander W. Stark

  • Louisiana Guard Artillery Battery (Green's)
  • McComas Artillery/French's Battery (Virginia): Cpt David A. French
  • Armistead's Battery/Matthew's Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Andrew D. Armistead

Third Corps

LTG A. P. Hill (k, April 2)

Provost Guard

  • 5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt Wade Ritter
Division Brigade Regiments and others

Mahone's Division


     MG William Mahone

Forney's Brigade


   BG William H. Forney

  • 8th Alabama Infantry: Ltc John P. Emrich
  • 9th Alabama Infantry: Maj James M. Crow
  • 10th Alabama Infantry: Maj Louis W. Johnson
  • 11th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Martin L. Stewart
  • 13th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Samuel Sellers
  • 14th Alabama Infantry: Cpt John A. Terrell
Weisiger's Brigade


   BG David A. Weisiger

  • 6th Virginia Infantry: Col George T. Rogers
  • 12th Virginia Infantry: Maj Richard W. Jones
  • 16th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Richard O. Whitehead
  • 41st Virginia Infantry: Ltc Joseph P. Minetree
  • 61st Virginia Infantry: Col Virginius D. Groner
Harris' Brigade


   BG Nathaniel H. Harris

  • 12th Mississippi Infantry: Cpt A. K. Jones
  • 16th Mississippi Infantry: Ltc James H. Duncan
  • 19th Mississippi Infantry: Col Richard W. Phipps
  • 48th Mississippi Infantry: Col Joseph M. Jayne
Sorrel's Brigade


   Col George E. Tayloe

  • 3rd Georgia Infantry: Ltc Claiborne Snead
  • 22nd Georgia Infantry: Cpt George W. Thomas
  • 48th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Alexander C. Flanders
  • 64th Georgia Infantry: Cpt James G. Brown
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj Charles J. Moffett
  • 10th Georgia Battalion: Cpt Caleb F. Hill
Finegan's Brigade


   BG Theodore W. Brevard, Jr. (c, April 6)
   Col David Lang

  • 2nd Florida Infantry: Col Walter R. Moore
  • 5th Florida Infantry
  • 8th Florida Infantry: Maj Thomas E. Clarke
  • 9th Florida Infantry
  • 10th Florida Infantry: Col Charles F. Hopkins
  • 11th Florida Infantry

Heth's Division


     MG Henry Heth

Davis' Brigade


   BG Joseph R. Davis

  • 1st Confederate Battalion: Cpt Anthony B. Bartlett
  • 2nd Mississippi Infantry
  • 11th Mississippi Infantry
  • 26th Mississippi Infantry
  • 42nd Mississippi Infantry
Cooke's Brigade


   BG John R. Cooke

  • 15th North Carolina Infantry: Col William H. Yarborough
  • 27th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Joseph C. Webb
  • 46th North Carolina Infantry: Col William L. Saunders
  • 48th North Carolina Infantry: Col Samuel H. Walkup
  • 55th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Walter A. Whitted
MacRae's Brigade


   BG William MacRae

  • 11th North Carolina Infantry: Col William J. Martin
  • 26th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc James T. Adams
  • 44th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Charles M. Stedman
  • 47th North Carolina Infantry
  • 52nd North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Eric Erson
McComb's Brigade


   BG William McComb

  • 2nd Maryland Battalion: Cpt John W. Torsch
  • 1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army): Maj Felix G. Buchanan
  • 7th Tennessee Infantry: Ltc Samuel G. Shepard
  • 14th Tennessee Infantry: Maj James H. Johnson
  • 17th Tennessee Infantry: Col Horace Ready
  • 23rd Tennessee Infantry: Col Horace Ready
  • 25th Tennessee Infantry
  • 44th Tennessee Infantry
  • 63rd Tennessee Infantry

Wilcox's Division


     MG Cadmus M. Wilcox

Thomas' Brigade


   BG Edward L. Thomas

  • 14th Georgia Infantry: Col Richard P. Lester
  • 35th Georgia Infantry: Col Bolling H. Holt
  • 45th Georgia Infantry: Col Thomas J. Simmons
  • 49th Georgia Infantry: Maj James B. Duggan
Lane's Brigade


   BG James H. Lane

  • 18th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Thomas J. Wooten
  • 28th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt T. James Linebarger
  • 33rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Robert V. Cowan
  • 37th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Jackson L. Bost
McGowan's Brigade


   BG Samuel McGowan

  • 1st South Carolina Infantry (Provisional Army): Ltc Andrew P. Butler
  • 12th South Carolina Infantry: Cpt J. C. Bell
  • 13th South Carolina Infantry: Col Isaac F. Hunt
  • 14th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc Edward Croft
  • Orr's (South Carolina) Rifles: Ltc James T. Robertson
Scales' Brigade


   Col Joseph H. Hyman

  • 13th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc E. Benton Withers
  • 16th North Carolina Infantry: Col William A. Stowe
  • 22nd North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas S. Galloway, jr
  • 34th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc George M. Norment
  • 38th North Carolina Infantry: Col John Ashford, Ltc George W. Flowers

Artillery


     Col R. Lindsay Walker

McIntosh's Battalion


   Ltc William M. Owen

  • Hurt's (Alabama) Battery: Lt George A. Ferrell
  • 1st Battery, Washington Artillery (Louisiana): Cpt Edward Owen
  • Chew's (Maryland) Battery
  • Chamberlayne's (Virginia) Battery
  • Donald's (Virginia) Battery: Lt William T. Wilson
  • Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery, 2nd Battery: Cpt Berryman Z. Price
Pegram's Battalion


   Col William J. Pegram (mw, April 2)
   Ltc Joseph McGraw

  • South Carolina Battery: Cpt Thomas E. Gregg
  • Virginia Battery: Cpt George M. Cayce
  • Virginia Battery: Cpt Thomas Ellett
  • Brander's (Virginia) Battery: Lt James E. Tyler
Poague's Battalion


   Ltc William T. Poague

  • Richards' (Mississippi) Battery: Lt John W. Yeargain
  • North Carolina Battery: Cpt Arthur B. Williams
  • Albemarle (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles F. Johnston
  • Brooke (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Addison W. Utterback
  • Lewis' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Nathan Penick
Thirteenth Virginia Battalion


   no commander listed

  • Otey Battery: Cpt David N. Walker
  • Ringgoldi Battery: Cpt Grispin Dickenson
Richardson's Battalion


   Ltc Charles Richardson

  • Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt R. Prosper Landry
  • Moore's (Virginia) Battery
  • Grandy's (Virginia) Battery
  • Huger Artillery
Lane's Battalion


   Maj John Lane

  • Ross' (Georgia) Battery
  • Patterson's (Georgia) Battery
  • Irwin (Georgia) Artillery
Washington Artillery


   Ltc Benjamin F. Eshleman

  • 1st Company (Louisiana)
  • 2nd Company (Louisiana)
  • 3rd Company (Louisiana)
  • 4th Company (Louisiana)

Fourth Corps

LTG Richard H. Anderson

Division Brigade Regiments and others

Johnson's Division


     MG Bushrod R. Johnson
     BG William H. Wallace

Wallace's Brigade


   BG William H. Wallace

  • 17th South Carolina Infantry: Cpt E. A. Crawford
  • 18th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc W. B. Allison
  • 22nd South Carolina Infantry: Col William G. Burt
  • 23rd South Carolina Infantry: Ltc John M. Kinloch
  • 26th South Carolina Infantry: Maj Ceth S. Land
  • Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion
Moody's Brigade


   BG Young M. Moody (c, April 8)
   Col Martin L. Stansel

  • 41st Alabama Infantry: Col Martin L. Stansel
  • 43rd Alabama Infantry: Maj William J. Mims
  • 59th Alabama Infantry: Maj Lewis H. Crumpler
  • 60th Alabama Infantry: Col John W. A. Sanford
  • 23rd Alabama Battalion: Maj Nicholas Stallworth
Wise's Brigade


   BG Henry A. Wise

  • 26th Virginia Infantry: Maj William K. Perrin
  • 34th Virginia Infantry: Col John Thomas Goode
  • 46th Virginia Infantry
  • 59th Virginia Infantry: Col William B. Tabb
Ransom's Brigade


   BG Matthew W. Ransom

  • 24th North Carolina Infantry
  • 25th North Carolina Infantry: Col Henry M. Rutledge
  • 35th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Robert E. Petty
  • 49th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Charles Q. Petty
  • 56th North Carolina Infantry: Col Paul F. Faison

Artillery


     Col Hilary P. Jones

Coit's Battalion


   Maj James C. Coit

  • Wright's (Virginia) Battery
  • Pegram's (Virginia) Battery
  • Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery
Blount's Battalion


   Maj Joseph G. Blount

  • Georgia Battalion: Cpt C. W. Slaten
  • Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery: Lt Alexander D. Brown
  • Miller's (North Carolina) Battery
  • Young's (Virginia) Battery
Stribling's Battalion


   Maj Robert M. Stribling

  • Dickerson's (Virginia) Battery
  • Marshall's (Virginia) Battery: Lt T. Marshall Archer
  • Macon's (Virginia) Battery
  • Sullivan's (Virginia) Battery: Lt William S. Archer
Smith's Battalion


   Cpt William F. Dement

  • 1st Maryland Battery: Lt John Gale
  • Johnston's (Virginia) Battery: Lt Thomas R. Adams
  • Neblett's (Virginia) Battery: Lt Robert J. Braswell
  • Virginia Battery: Cpt John W. Drewry
  • Virginia Battery: Cpt Thomas Kevill
Sturdivant's Battalion


   Cpt N. A. Sturdivant

  • Martin's (Virginia) Battery
  • Sturdivant's (Virginia) Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Fitzhugh Lee

Division Brigade Regiments and others

Fitzhugh Lee's Division


     Col Thomas T. Munford

Munford's Brigade
  • 1st Virginia Cavalry: Col William A. Morgan
  • 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Cary Breckinridge
  • 3rd Virginia Cavalry
  • 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col William B. Wooldridge
Payne's Brigade


   BG William H. F. Payne (w, March 30)
   Col Reuben B. Boston (k, April 6)

  • 5th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston
  • 6th Virginia Cavalry
  • 8th Virginia Cavalry
  • 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Gary's Brigade


   BG Martin W. Gary

  • 7th Georgia Cavalry: Cpt William H. Burroughs
  • 7th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Alexander C. Haskell
  • Hampton Legion (South Carolina): Ltc Robert B. Arnold
  • 24th Virginia Cavalry: Col William T. Robins

W. H. F. Lee's Division


     MG William. H. F. Lee

Barringer's Brigade


   BG Rufus Barringer (c, April 3)

  • 1st North Carolina Cavalry
  • 2nd North Carolina Cavalry
  • 3rd North Carolina Cavalry
  • 5th North Carolina Cavalry
Beale's Brigade


   Cpt Samuel H. Burt

  • 9th Virginia Cavalry
  • 10th Virginia Cavalry
  • 13th Virginia Cavalry
  • 14th Virginia Cavalry
Robert's Brigade


   BG William P. Roberts

  • 4th North Carolina Cavalry
  • 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion

Rosser's Division


     MG Thomas L. Rosser

Dearing's Brigade


   BG James Dearing (mw, April 6)
   Col Asher W. Harman

  • 7th Virginia Cavalry
  • 11th Virginia Cavalry
  • 12th Virginia Cavalry: Col Asher W. Harman
  • 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
McCausland's Brigade
  • 16th Virginia Cavalry
  • 17th Virginia Cavalry
  • 21st Virginia Cavalry
  • 22nd Virginia Cavalry

Horse Artillery


     Ltc R. Preston Chew

Breathed's Battalion


   Maj James Breathed

  • Johnston's (Virginia) Battery
  • Shoemaker's (Virginia) Battery
  • Thomson's (Virginia) Battery
Chew's Battalion
  • Graham's (Virginia) Battery
  • McGregor's (Virginia) Battery

Department of Richmond

LTG Richard S. Ewell (c, April 6)
Ltc Thomas J. Spencer

Division Brigade Regiments and others

G. W. C. Lee's Division
     MG G.W.C. Lee (c, April 6)

Barton's Brigade


   BG Seth M. Barton (c, April 6)

  • 40th Virginia Infantry
  • 47th and 50th Virginia Infantry
  • 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion
  • 25th Virginia Infantry Battalion
Moore's Brigade


   BG Patrick T. Moore

  • 2nd Virginia Local Defense Troops
  • 3rd Virginia Local Defense Troops
  • 1st Virginia Reserves
  • 2nd Virginia Reserves
  • 1st Virginia Reserves Battalion: Ltc Richard T.W. Duke (c, April 6)
  • 2nd Virginia Reserves Battalion
Artillery Brigade


   Col Stapleton Crutchfield (k, April 6)
   2nd Lt Kena K. Chapman

  • 10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
  • 18th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
  • 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
  • 20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
  • 18th Georgia Heavy Artillery Battalion

Other units

Drewry's Bluff garrison


   Maj F. W. Smith (k, April 5)

  • Young's Howitzers (Virginia)
  • Johnston (Eppes) Heavy Artillery (Virginia)
  • Neblett's Artillery (Virginia)
  • Lunenburg Heavy Artillery (Virginia)
  • Pamunkey Heavy Artillery (Virginia)
  • Southside Heavy Artillery (Virginia)
  • United Artillery/Kevill's Company (Virginia)
Naval Brigade


   Commodore John R. Tucker (c, April 6)

  • Composed of sailors from the James River Squadron
Unattached units
  • Chaffin's Bluff: Ltc J. M. Maury
  • Marines: Cpt John D. Simms (c, April 6)

Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Military District


     BG Henry A. Wise

Petersburg


   Maj W. H. Ker

  • 3rd Virginia Reserves Battalion
  • 44th Virginia Battalion
Unattached units
  • Hood's Battalion, Virginia Militia
  • Second-class militia
  • Independent Signal Corps
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