Battle of Fort Stedman order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman on March 25, 1865. 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

Other

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

Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

See main article: Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. MG John B. Gordon

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Rodes' Division MG Bryan Grimes	Battle's Brigade Col Samuel B. Pickens	3rd Alabama Infantry: Cpt Cornelius Robinson, Jr. 5th Alabama Infantry: Col Edwin L. Hobson, Cpt Thomas M. Riley 6th Alabama Infantry: Maj Isaac M. Culver 12th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Poleman D. Ross 61st Alabama Infantry: Cpt Augustus P. Fannin
	Grimes' Brigade Col David G. Cowand	32nd North Carolina Infantry: Maj John W. Rierson^[1] (mw) 43rd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Cary Whitaker 45th North Carolina Infantry: Col John R. Winston 53rd North Carolina Infantry: Col James T. Morehead, Jr. (c) 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion
	Cox's Brigade BG William Ruffin Cox	1st North Carolina Infantry 2nd North Carolina Infantry: Maj James T. Scales 3rd North Carolina: Ltc William M. Parsley^[2] 4th North Carolina Infantry 14th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc William A. Johnston 30th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt David C. Allen
	Cook's Brigade BG Philip Cook (w) Col Edwin A. Nash	4th Georgia Infantry: Col Edwin A. Nash 12th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Oliver F. Evans (w) 21st Georgia Infantry: Cpt Edward Smith 44th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Thomas R. Daniel (c)
		Divisional Sharpshooters: Col Hamilton A. Brown^[3] (c)
Early's Division BG James A. Walker	Johnston's Brigade BG Robert D. Johnston (w) Col John W. Lea	5th North Carolina Infantry: Col John W. Lea, Maj James M. Taylor 12th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Robert W. Alston (w), Maj Kemp Plummer (w) 20th North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas F. Toon (w), Maj Duncan Devane 23rd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Abner D. Peace 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion: Lt Richard W. Woodruff
	Lewis' Brigade BG William G. Lewis Cpt John Beard	6th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Samuel McDowell Tate 21st North Carolina Infantry: Maj James F. Beall (w) 54th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Augustus H. Martin 57th North Carolina Infantry: Col Hamilton C. Jones (w), Cpt, John Beard, Cpt Philip Carpenter
	Pegram's Brigade Ltc John G. Kasey (c) Maj Henry Kyd Douglas	13th Virginia Infantry: Cpt George Cullen 31st Virginia Infantry: Cpt Nathan Clawson 49th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William D. Moffet (w), Cpt Robert D. Funkhouser (c) 52nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Samuel W. Paxton (w) 58th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Samuel S. Turner
Gordon's Division BG Clement A. Evans	Evans' Brigade Col John H. Baker (w) Col John H. Lowe	13th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Divany A. Kidd (k) 26th Georgia Infantry: Cpt James Knox 31st Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Philip E. Davant 60th-61st Georgia Infantry: Col Walter B. Jones 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Cpt Samuel H. Crump
	Terry's Brigade BG William Terry (w) Col John D. Whitehead	2nd Virginia Infantry: Cpt Joseph J. Jenkins 4th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Hamilton D. Wade 5th Virginia Infantry 10th Virginia Infantry 21st Virginia Infantry: Cpt Reuben J. Jordan 23rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John P. Fitzgerald 25th Virginia Infantry: Col Norvell Cobb^[4] 27th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Charles L. Haynes 33rd Virginia Infantry 37th Virginia Infantry: Col Titus V. Williams 42nd Virginia Infantry: Maj Jesse Richardson (w) 44th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William A. Gilliam 48th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert H. Dungan
	York's Brigade Ltc Eugene Waggaman	1st Louisiana Infantry 2nd Louisiana Infantry 5th Louisiana Infantry 6th Louisiana Infantry 7th Louisiana Infantry 8th Louisiana Infantry 9th Louisiana Infantry 10th Louisiana Infantry: Ltc Henry Monier 14th Louisiana Infantry 15th Louisiana Infantry

Fourth Corps

See main article: Fourth Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

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Johnson's Division MG Bushrod Johnson	Wise's Brigade BG Henry A. Wise	26th Virginia Infantry: Maj William K. Perrin 34th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Randolph Harrison 46th Virginia Infantry: Cpt John H. White 59th Virginia Infantry: Maj Robert G. Mosby
	Wallace's Brigade BG William H. Wallace	17th South Carolina Infantry: Col Fitz William McMaster 18th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc William B. Allison 22nd South Carolina Infantry: Col William G. Burt 23rd South Carolina Infantry: Col Henry L. Benbow 26th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc Joshua Hilary Hudson Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion: Col William J. Crawley
	Moody's Brigade BG Young M. Moody	41st Alabama Infantry: Col Martin L. Stansel 43rd Alabama Infantry: Maj William J. Mims 59th Alabama Infantry: Ltc Daniel S. Troy 60th Alabama Infantry: Col John W.A. Sanford 23rd Alabama Infantry Battalion: Maj Nicholas Stallworth
	Ransom's Brigade BG Matt W. Ransom Col Henry M. Rutledge	24th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc John L. Harris (w) 25th North Carolina Infantry: Col Henry M. Rutledge 35th North Carolina Infantry: Col James T. Johnston (c) 49th North Carolina Infantry: Col Leroy M. McAfee (w), Ltc James T. Davis (k), Cpt Henry A. Chambers 56th North Carolina Infantry: Maj John W. Graham (w)
Artillery	Blount's Battalion	Marshall's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William C. Marshall

Reserve

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From Third Corps	Cooke's Brigade, Heth's Division BG John R. Cooke	15th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Gray W. Hammon 27th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Joseph C. Webb 46th North Carolina Infantry: Col William L. Saunders 48th North Carolina Infantry: Col Samuel H. Walkup 55th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt John T. Peden
	McComb's Brigade, Heth's Division BG William McComb	2nd Maryland Infantry 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-23rd Tennessee Infantry: Col Horace Ready 25th-44th Tennessee Infantry: Cpt Jonathan E. Spencer 63rd Tennessee Infantry: Cpt John W. Robertson
	Lane's Brigade, Wilcox's Division BG James H. Lane Col John D. Barry	18th North Carolina Infantry: Col John D. Barry, Ltc John W. McGill 28th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt T. James Linbarger 33rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Robert V. Cowan 37th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Jackson L. Bost
	Thomas' Brigade, Wilcox's Division 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: Col John T. Jordon 3rd Company, Washington Artillery: Lt Frank McElroy
From W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps	Dearing's Brigade BG James Dearing	8th Georgia Cavalry 4th North Carolina Cavalry 16th North Carolina Cavalry

References

• Wyrick, William C. "Bursting of the Storm: Action at Petersburg, March 25, 1865", in Blue & Gray, Volume XXVIII, number 5. ISSN 0741-2207.

Notes and References

1. also commanded the 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion
2. also commanded the 1st North Carolina Infantry
3. commanding officer of the 1st North Carolina Infantry
4. detached from 44th Virginia Infantry