Battle of Williamsburg order of battle: Confederate explained

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

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant
• Bvt = Brevet Rank

Other

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

Army of Northern Virginia

See main article: Army of Northern Virginia. Gen Joseph E. Johnston
Commanding in the field: MG James Longstreet

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division     MG James Longstreet     BG Richard H. Anderson^[1]	First Brigade   BG A. P. Hill	1st Virginia Infantry: Col Louis B. Williams (w), Maj William H. Palmer (w) 7th Virginia Infantry: Col James L. Kemper 11th Virginia Infantry: Col Samuel Garland (w) 17th Virginia Infantry: Col Montgomery D. Corse
	Second Brigade   BG Richard H. Anderson   Col Micah Jenkins	4th South Carolina Battalion: Maj Charles S. Mattison 5th South Carolina: Col John R.R. Giles 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton Palmetto (S. C.) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walker Louisiana Foot Rifles: Cpt McGavock Godwyn Fauqueir (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Williamsburg (Virginia) Artillery (2 guns): Cpt William R. Garret Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 guns): Cpt Edward S. McCarthy
	Third Brigade   BG George Pickett	8th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Norbourne Berkeley 18th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Henry A. Carrington 19th Virginia Infantry: Col John B Strange 28th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert C. Allen Lynchburg (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James Dearing
	Fourth Brigade   BG Cadmus M. Wilcox	9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry 10th Alabama: Col John Woodward 19th Mississippi: Col Christopher H. Mott (k), Ltc Lucius Q. C. Lamar
	Fifth Brigade   BG Roger A. Pryor	8th Alabama: Ltc Thomas E. Irby (k) 14th Alabama: Maj Owen K. McLemore 14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) Richmond (Virginia) Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton
	Colston's Brigade   BG Raleigh E. Colston	3rd Virginia Infantry: Col Joseph Mayo 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales 14th North Carolina: Col Philetus W. Roberts Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery (3 guns): Lt Lestang Fortier
Magruder's Command     BG D.R. Jones^[2]     BG Lafayette McLaws^[3]	Semmes' Brigade   BG Paul J. Semmes	5th Louisiana 10th Georgia 10th Louisiana Infantry: Col Antoine J. de Marigny 15th Virginia Infantry
	Kershaw's Brigade   BG Joseph B. Kershaw	2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina
	Forces at Williamsburg   Col Benjamin S. Ewell	17th Virginia Infantry (Company H)^[4] 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) 52nd Virginia Militia 68th Virginia Militia 115th Virginia Militia Companies B and C, Allens' Battalion^[5]
D. H. Hill's Division     MG D. H. Hill	Early's Brigade   BG Jubal A. Early (W)   Col Duncan K. McRae (w)^[6]	5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae 23rd North Carolina: Col John F. Hoke, Maj Daniel H. Christie 24th Virginia Infantry: Col William R. Terry (w), Maj Richard L. Maury 38th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Powhatan B. Whittle
	Rodes' Brigade   BG Robert E. Rodes	5th Alabama: Col Christopher C. Pegues 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon 12th Alabama: Col Robert T. Jones 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor 2nd Florida: Col George T. Ward (k)
	Rains' Brigade   BG Gabriel J. Rains	13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 26th Alabama Col Edward A. O'Neal 6th Georgia: Col Alfred H. Colquitt 23rd Georgia: Col Thomas Hutcherson
	Featherston's Brigade   BG W.S. Featherston	27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen 4th North Carolina: Col George B. Anderson 49th Virginia: Col William "Extra Billy" Smith
	Unattached	2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor
Cavalry	Cavalry Brigade   BG J. E. B. Stuart	1st Virginia Cavalry 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas F. Goode 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col Williams C. Wickham(w),(Maj William H. F. Payne (w), Cpt Robert E. Utterback Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion: Ltc William T. Martin Wise Legion Cavalry: Col J. Lucius Davis Pelham's (Virginia) Horse Artillery: Cpt John Pelham
from MG G.W. Smith's Command	Unattached	Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion^[7]

References

• Hastings, Earl C. and David S. Hastings. A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; White Mane Publishing Company, 1997.
• Web site: Richard. J.. The Armies at the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862. History of War. 20 June 2007. 2 February 2016.
• Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.

Notes and References

1. commanding the left
2. acting
3. commanding division in the field
4. Old Dominion Rifles
5. 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
6. minor wound, stayed in command
7. fought in the action of May 4