New Market Confederate order of battle

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

Department of Western Virginia
Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, commanding

Infantry Division

1st Brigade
Brig. Gen. John Echols
22nd Virginia Infantry, Col. George S. Patton
23rd Virginia Battalion, Lt. Col. Clarence Derrick
26th Virginia Battalion, Lt. Col. George M. Edgar
2nd Brigade
Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton
51st Virginia Infantry, Lt. Col. John P. Wolfe
62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry, Col. George H. Smith
30th Virginia Battalion, Lt. Col. J. Lyle Clark
Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry, Capt. Charles H. Woodson

Attached commands

Hart's Engineer Company, Capt. William T. Hart (fought as infantry)
Augusta-Rockingham Reserves, Col. William Harman
Davis' Co. Maryland Cavalry, Capt. T. Sturgis Davis (fought as infantry)
23rd Virginia Cavalry, Col. Robert White (fought as infantry)
V.M.I. Cadets, Lt. Col. Scott Ship

Cavalry
Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden

18th Virginia Cavalry, Col. George W. Imboden
43rd Virginia Partisans, Lt. Col. John S. Mosby
2nd Maryland Battalion, Maj. Harry W. Gilmor
McNeill's Company, Partisans, Capt. John H. McNeill

Artillery
Maj. William McLaughlin

Chapman’s (Virginia) Battery, Capt. George B. Chapman
Jackson’s (Virginia) Battery, 1st Lt. Randolph H. Blain
McClanahan’s (Virginia) Battery, Capt. John McClanahan
VMI section, Cadet Capt. C. H. Minge

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