Seven Days Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3][4] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Gen Robert E. Lee
Jackson's Command
MG Thomas J. Jackson
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First (Whiting's) Division
BG William H.C. Whiting |
First (Hood's) Brigade
BG John B. Hood
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Third (Whiting's) Brigade
Col Evander M. Law
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- 4th Alabama: Ltc O. K. McLemore (w), Cpt L. H. Scruggs
- 2nd Mississippi: Col John M. Stone
- 11th Mississippi: Col P. F. Liddell
- 6th North Carolina: Ltc Isaac E. Avery (w), Maj R. F. Webb
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Artillery |
- Balthis' Battery, Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. L. Balthis (w)
- Reilly's Battery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Reilly
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Second (Jackson's) Division
MG Thomas J. Jackson |
First Brigade[5]
BG Charles S. Winder
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Second Brigade[5][6]
Ltc Richard H. Cunningham, Jr.
BG John R. Jones(w - White Oak Swamp)
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Third Brigade[5]
Col Samuel V. Fulkerson (mw)
Col Edward T. H. Warren
BG Wade Hampton
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Fourth Brigade[5]
BG Alexander Lawton
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- 13th Georgia: Col Marcellus Douglass
- 26th Georgia: Col E. N. Atkinson
- 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans (w)
- 38th Georgia: Ltc L. J. Parr (w), Cpt William H. Battey
- 60th Georgia: Ltc W. H. Stiles
- 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar
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Third (Ewell's) Division
MG Richard S. Ewell |
Fourth Brigade[5]
BG Arnold Elzey (w - Gaines' Mill)
Col James A. Walker
BG Jubal Early
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Seventh Brigade[5]
BG Isaac R. Trimble
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- 15th Alabama: Col James Cantey
- 21st Georgia: Maj T. W. Hooper (w)
- 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey
- 21st North Carolina: Ltc William W. Kirkland
- 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj Rufus W. Wharton
- Courtney's Battery, Henrico (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt A. R. Courtney
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Eight Brigade[5]
BG Richard Taylor
Col Isaac G. Seymour (k - Gaines' Mill)
Col Leroy T. Stafford
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- 6th Louisiana: Col I. G. Seymour (k - Gaines' Mill)
- 7th Louisiana: Ltc David B. Penn
- 8th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Kelly
- 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford
- 1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Maj C. R. Wheat (k - Gaines' Mill)
- Carrington's Battery, Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt J. McDonald Carrington
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Maryland Line
Col Bradley T. Johnson
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- 1st Maryland: Col Bradley T. Johnson
- Brockenbrough's Battery, Baltimore (Maryland) Artillery: Cpt J. B. Brockenbrough
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Unattached |
Cavalry |
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D. H. Hill's Division
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
D. H. Hill's Division[7]
MG Daniel H. Hill |
First Brigade
BG Robert E. Rodes
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- 3rd Alabama: Ltc Charles A. Battle
- 5th Alabama: Col Charles C. Pegues (mw)
- 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon
- 12th Alabama: Ltc Bristow B. Gayle
- 26th Alabama: Col Edward O'Neal
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Second Brigade
BG George B. Anderson (w - Malvern Hill)
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Third Brigade
BG Samuel Garland
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- 5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae
- 12th North Carolina: Col Benjamin O. Wade
- 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales
- 20th North Carolina: Col Alfred Iverson, Jr. (w), Ltc Franklin J. Faison (k), Maj William H. Toon
- 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie (w), Lt I. J. Young (w)
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Fourth Brigade
Col Alfred H. Colquitt
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- 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry
- 6th Georgia: Ltc J .M. Newton
- 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best
- 27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith
- 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen (mw)
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Fifth Brigade
BG Roswell S. Ripley
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- 44th Georgia: Col Robert A. Smith (mw), Cpt John W. Beck
- 48th Georgia: Col William Gibson
- 1st North Carolina: Col M. S. Stokes (k), Cpt H. A. Brown, Ltc William P. Bynum
- 3rd North Carolina: Col Gaston Meares (k), Ltc William L. De Rosset
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Artillery |
- Bondurant's Battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt J. W. Bondurant
- Carter's Battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter
- Nelson's Battery, Hanover (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt G. W. Nelson
- Hardaway's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway
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Jones' Battalion[8]
Maj Hilary P. Jones
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- Clark's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt P. H. Clark
- Peyton's Battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Lt C. W. Fry
- Rhett's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt A. Burnet Rhett
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Magruder's Command
MG John B. Magruder
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG David R. Jones |
First Brigade
BG Robert Toombs
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- 2nd Georgia: Col Edgar M. Butt (w), Ltc William R. Holmes
- 15th Georgia: Col William M. McIntosh (mw), Ltc William T. Millican, Maj T. J. Smith, Cpt S. Z. Hearns
- 17th Georgia: Col Henry L. Benning
- 20th Georgia: Col C. B. Cumming
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Third (Jones') Brigade
Col George T. Anderson
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- 1st Georgia Regulars: Col William J. Magill
- 7th Georgia: Ltc W. W. White (w), Maj E. W. Hoyle (w), Cpt George H. Carmical
- 8th Georgia: Col L. M. Lamar (w&c), Cpt George O. Dawson
- 9th Georgia: Col R. A. Turnipseed
- 11th Georgia: Ltc William Luffman
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Artillery
Maj John J. Garnett
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- Brown's Battery, Wise (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James S. Brown
- Hart's Battery, Washington (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James F. Hart
- Moody's (Louisiana) Battery: Cpt George V. Moody
- Lane's Battery:[9] Cpt John Lane
- Woolfolk's Battery, Ashland (Virginia) Artillery:[10] Lt James Woolfolk
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McLaws' Division
MG Lafayette McLaws |
First Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes
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- 10th Georgia: Col Alfred Cumming (w), Cpt W. C. Holt
- 53rd Georgia: Col L. T. Doyal
- 5th Louisiana: Col T. G. Hunt
- 10th Louisiana: Ltc Eugene Waggaman (w&c)
- 15th Virginia: Col T. P. August (w)
- 32nd Virginia: Ltc William R. Wilis
- Manly's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt Basil C. Manly
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Fourth Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw
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- 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy, Maj F. Gaillard
- 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance
- 7th South Carolina: Col D. Wyatt Aiken
- 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan
- Kemper's Battery, Alexandria (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Del Kemper
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Magruder's Division
MG John B. Magruder |
Second Brigade
BG Howell Cobb
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- 16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan
- 24th Georgia: Col Robert McMillan
- Cobb's (Georgia) Legion
- 2nd Louisiana: Col J. T. Norwood (mw)
- 15th North Carolina: Col Henry A. Dowd (w)
- Carlton's Battery, Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton
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Third Brigade
BG Richard Griffith (mw - Savage's Station)
Col William Barksdale
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- 13th Mississippi: Col William Barksdale, Ltc J. W. Carter (w), Maj Kennon McElroy
- 17th Mississippi: Col W. D. Holder (w), Ltc John C. Fiser
- 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas Griffin (w), Ltc William H. Luse
- 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys, Ltc W. L. Brandon (w), Cpt William C. F. Brooks
- McCarthy's (Virginia) Battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt E. S. McCarthy
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Artillery
Col Stephen D. Lee
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- Page's Battery, Magruder (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas Jefferson Page, Jr.
- Read's Battery, Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt J. P. W. Read
- Richardson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt L. W. Richardson
- Kirkpatrick's Battery, Amherst (Virginia) Artillery:[11] Cpt Thomas H. J. Kirkpatrick
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Longstreet's Division
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Longstreet's Division
MG James Longstreet[12]
BG Richard H. Anderson
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First Brigade
BG James L. Kemper
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Second Brigade
BG Richard H. Anderson
Col Micah Jenkins
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- 2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col J. V. Moore
- 4th South Carolina (Battalion): Maj C. B. Mattison
- 5th South Carolina: Ltc A. Jackson
- 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton
- Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walke
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Third Brigade
BG George Pickett (w - Gaines' Mill)
Col Eppa Hunton
Col John B. Strange
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Fourth Brigade
BG Cadmus M. Wilcox
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- 8th Alabama: Ltc Y. L. Royston (w)
- 9th Alabama: Maj J. H. J. Williams, Cpt J. H. King (w)
- 10th Alabama: Col J. J. Woodward (k), Maj J. H. Caldwell (w)
- 11th Alabama: Ltc S. F. Hale (w), Cpt George Field (w)
- Anderson's Battery, Thomas (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Edwin J. Anderson
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Fifth Brigade
BG Roger A. Pryor
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- 14th Alabama: Ltc D. W. Baine (k)
- 2nd Florida: Col Edward A. Perry
- 14th Louisiana: Col Zebulon York
- 1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion: Ltc G. Coppens
- 3rd Virginia: Ltc J. V. Scott (w)
- Maurin's Battery, Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
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Sixth Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston
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- 12th Mississippi: Maj W. H. Lilly (w), Cpt S. B. Thomas
- 19th Mississippi: Maj John Mullins (w)
- 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor (k)
- Smith's (Virginia) Battery, 3rd Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
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Artillery |
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Huger's Division
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Huger's Division
MG Benjamin Huger |
Second Brigade
BG William Mahone
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Third Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright
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- 44th Alabama: Col James Kent
- 3rd Georgia: Maj J. R. Sturges (k), Cpt R. B. Nisbet
- 4th Georgia: Col George P. Doles
- 22nd Georgia: Col R. H. Jones, Maj Joseph Wasden
- 1st Louisiana: Ltc W. R. Shivers (w), Cpt M. Nolan
- Huger's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Frank Huger
- Ross' Battery:[9] Cpt H. M. Ross
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Fourth Brigade
BG Lewis A. Armistead
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Ransom's Brigade[13] (Second Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)
BG Robert Ransom, Jr.
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- 24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke
- 25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge
- 26th North Carolina: Col Zebulon B. Vance
- 35th North Carolina: Col Matthew W. Ranson (w), Ltc O. C. Petway (k)
- 48th North Carolina: Col Robert C. Hill
- 49th North Carolina: Col Stephen D. Ramseur (w)
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Walker's Brigade[13] (Fourth Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)
BG John G. Walker
Col Van H. Manning
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- 3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning
- 2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj George W. Ross
- 27th North Carolina: Col John R. Cooke
- 46th North Carolina: Col E. D. Hall
- 30th Virginia: Col A. T. Harrison
- Goodwyn's (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt Edward A. Goodwyn
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A. P. Hill's Light Division
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
A.P. Hill's Light Division[14]
MG Ambrose P. Hill |
First Brigade
BG Charles W. Field
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Second Brigade
BG Maxcy Gregg
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- 1st South Carolina: Col Daniel H. Hamilton
- 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col John F. Marshall
- 12th South Carolina: Col David Barnes (w)
- 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver Edwards
- 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan (w)
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Third Brigade
BG Joseph R. Anderson (w - Frayser's Farm)
Col Edward L. Thomas
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- 14th Georgia: Col Robert W. Folsom (w)
- 35th Georgia: Col Edward L. Thomas (w)
- 45th Georgia: Col Thomas Hardeman (w)
- 49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane (w)
- 3rd Louisiana Battalion: Ltc Edward Pendleton
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Fourth Brigade
BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
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- 7th North Carolina: Col Reuben P. Campbell (k), Ltc E. Graham Haywood (w), Maj J. L. Hill
- 18th North Carolina: Col Robert H. Cowan
- 28th North Carolina: Col James H. Lane (w)
- 33rd North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Hoke
- 37th North Carolina: Col Charles C. Lee (k), Ltc William Barbour
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Fifth Brigade
BG James J. Archer
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- 5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Vandegraaf (w)
- 19th Georgia: Ltc Thomas C. Johnson (mw)
- 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Ltc James C. Shackelford (mw)
- 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner (w)
- 14th Tennessee: Col William A. Forbes
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Sixth Brigade
BG William D. Pender
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- 2nd Arkansas Battalion: Maj W. N. Bronaugh (k)
- 16th North Carolina: Ltc John McElroy
- 22nd North Carolina: Col James Conner (w), Ltc R. H. Gray
- 34th North Carolina: Col Richard H. Riddick (w)
- 38th North Carolina: Col William J. Hoke (w)
- 22nd Virginia Battalion: Cpt J. C. Johnson
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Artillery
Ltc Lewis M. Coleman
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- Andrews' (Maryland) Battery: Cpt R. Snowden Andrews
- Bachman's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt William K. Bachman
- Braxton's (Virginia) Battery, Fredericksburg Artillery: Cpt Carter M. Braxton
- Crenshaw's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William G. Crenshaw
- Johnson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marmaduke Johnson
- McIntosh's Battery, Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt David G. McIntosh
- Pegram's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William J. Pegram
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Department of North Carolina
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Department of North Carolina[15]
MG Theophilus H. Holmes |
Third Brigade
Col Junius Daniel
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- 43rd North Carolina: Col T. S. Kenan
- 45th North Carolina: Ltc J. H. Morehead
- 50th North Carolina: Col M. D. Craton
- Burroughs' Cavalry Battalion: Maj Edgar Burroughs
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Artillery
Col James Deshler
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- Branch's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James R. Branch
- Brem's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt T. H. Brem
- French's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt David A. French
- Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Edward Graham
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Wise's Command[16]
BG Henry A. Wise
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- 26th Virginia: Col P. R. Page
- 46th Virginia: Col R. T. W. Duke
- 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery
- Andrews' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. G. Andrews
- Rives' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt J. H. Rives
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Artillery Reserve
Division |
Battalions |
Batteries |
Artillery Reserve
BG William N. Pendleton |
1st Virginia Artillery[17]
Col J. Thompson Brown
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- Richmond Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton
- Coke's (Williamsburg) Battery: Cpt John A. Coke
- Watson's battery: Cpt David Watson
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Nelson's Battalion[18]
Maj William Nelson
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- Huckstep's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Charles T. Huckstep
- Page's Battery: Cpt R. C. M. Page
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Richardson's Battalion[19]
Maj Charles Richardson
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- Ancell's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John J. Ancell
- Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Jr.
- Davidson's Battery, Letcher (Virginia) Artillery:[20] Cpt Greenlee Davidson
- Masters' (Virginia) Battery:[20] Cpt L. Masters
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Sumter (Georgia) Artillery[21]
Ltc Allen S. Cutts
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- Blackshear's Battery: Cpt James A. Blackshear
- Price's Battery: Cpt John V. Price
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Miscellaneous[22] |
- Chapman's battery, Dixie (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. H. Chapman
- Dabney's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. J. Dabney
- Dearing's (Lynchburg) Battery: Cpt James Dearing
- Grimes' (Virginia) Portsmouth Battery: Cpt Carey F. Grimes
- Hamilton's Battery: Cpt B. P. Hamilton
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Cavalry
Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 483-489
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 973-984
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2,
pages 12-19
- ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 These brigades are numbered as of the Valley District.
- ↑ Cunningham commanded the brigade in the absence of Jones until June 29, when Jones took over. Jones was wounded on July 1, after which command devolved again on Cunningham.
- ↑ Served part of time under Longstreet and Jackson.
- ↑ Temporarily assigned from the Artillery Reserve.
- 1 2 Of the Sumter (Georgia) Artillery, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
- ↑ Of Richardson's Battalion, from the Artillery Reserve.
- ↑ Of Nelson's Battalion, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
- ↑ Commanding part of time D.H. Hill's Division, his own Division, and A.P. Hill's Light Division.
- 1 2 Belonging to the Department of North Carolina, temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
- ↑ Served part of time under Longstreet.
- ↑ Ransom's (Second) and Walker's (Fourth) Brigade temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
- ↑ Temporarily attached.
- ↑ Only the batteries mentioned in the reports are here given.
- ↑ Kirkpatrick's Battery served with Magruder's Division.
- ↑ Woolfolk's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command.
- 1 2 From A.P. Hill's Light Division, temporarily attached.
- ↑ Lane's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command and Ross' Battery with Huger's Division.
- ↑ Including all batteries mentioned in the reports and not otherwise accounted for.
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