Battle of Boydton Plank Road order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army regiments and commanders fought in the Battle of Boydton Plank Road on October 27 to 28, 1864. 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

Other

• (w) = wounded
• (mw) = mortally wounded
• (k) = killed in action
• (c) = captured

Third Corps

See main article: Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. MG Henry Heth^[1]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Heth's Division MG Henry Heth	Davis' Brigade BG Joseph R. Davis	1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi Infantry 11th Mississippi 26th Mississippi Infantry 42nd Mississippi Infantry
	Cooke's Brigade BG John R. Cooke	15th North Carolina Infantry 27th North Carolina Infantry 46th North Carolina Infantry 48th North Carolina Infantry 55th North Carolina Infantry
	MacRae's Brigade BG William MacRae	11th North Carolina Infantry 26th North Carolina Infantry 44th North Carolina Infantry 47th North Carolina Infantry 52nd North Carolina Infantry
	Archer's Brigade Col R.M. Mayo	13th Alabama Infantry 1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee Infantry 14th Tennessee Infantry
	Lane's Brigade, Wilcox's Division BG James H. Lane	18th North Carolina Infantry 28th North Carolina Infantry 33rd North Carolina Infantry 37th North Carolina Infantry
	McGowan's Brigade, Wilcox's Division BG Samuel McGowan	1st South Carolina Infantry (Provisional Army) 12th South Carolina Infantry 13th South Carolina Infantry 14th South Carolina Infantry Orr's Rifles
Mahone's Division MG William Mahone	Sanders' Brigade Col J. Horace King	8th Alabama Infantry 9th Alabama Infantry 10th Alabama Infantry 11th Alabama Infantry 13th Alabama Infantry 14th Alabama Infantry
	Weisiger's Brigade BG David A. Weisiger	6th Virginia Infantry 12th Virginia Infantry 16th Virginia Infantry 41st Virginia Infantry 61st Virginia Infantry
	Harris' Brigade BG Nathaniel H. Harris	12th Mississippi Infantry 16th Mississippi Infantry 19th Mississippi Infantry 48th Mississippi Infantry

Cavalry Corps

See main article: Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. LTG Wade Hampton

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
W.H.F. Lee's Division MG W.H.F. Lee	Barringer's Brigade BG Rufus Barringer	1st North Carolina Cavalry 2nd North Carolina Cavalry 3rd North Carolina Cavalry 5th North Carolina Cavalry
	Beale's Brigade BG Richard L. T. Beale	9th Virginia Cavalry 10th Virginia Cavalry 13th Virginia Cavalry
	Dearing's Brigade BG James Dearing	8th Georgia Cavalry 4th North Carolina Cavalry 16th North Carolina Cavalry

Sources

• Katcher, Philip. The Army of Robert E. Lee. London, United Kingdom: Arms and Armour Press, 1994. .
• Trudeau, Noah Andre. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864 - April 1865. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. .

Notes and References

1. Heth commanded the Third Corps in A. P. Hill's absence.