Bristoe campaign order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Bristoe campaign (October 13–November 7, 1863) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization from September 30, 1863,^[1] the casualty returns^[2] and the reports.^[3]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• Gen = General
• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain

Other

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

Army of Northern Virginia

See main article: Army of Northern Virginia. Gen Robert E. Lee^[4]

Second Corps

See main article: Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. LTG Richard S. Ewell

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and others
Early's Division     MG Jubal A. Early	Hays' Brigade   BG Harry T. Hays	5th Louisiana 6th Louisiana 7th Louisiana 8th Louisiana 9th Louisiana
	Hoke's Brigade   Col Archibald C. Godwin (c)   Ltc Samuel McD. Tate	6th North Carolina 21st North Carolina 54th North Carolina 57th North Carolina 1st Battalion North Carolina Sharpshooters
	Gordon's Brigade   BG John B. Gordon	13th Georgia 26th Georgia 31st Georgia 38th Georgia 60th Georgia 61st Georgia
	Pegram's Brigade   BG John Pegram	13th Virginia 31st Virginia 49th Virginia 52nd Virginia 58th Virginia
Johnson's Division     MG Edward Johnson	Stonewall Brigade   BG James A. Walker	2nd Virginia 4th Virginia 5th Virginia 27th Virginia 33rd Virginia
	Steuart's Brigade   BG George H. Steuart	1st Maryland Battalion 1st North Carolina 3rd North Carolina 10th Virginia 23rd Virginia 37th Virginia
	Jones' Brigade   BG John M. Jones	21st Virginia 25th Virginia 42nd Virginia 44th Virginia 48th Virginia 50th Virginia
	Stafford's Brigade   BG Leroy A. Stafford^[5]	1st Louisiana 2nd Louisiana 10th Louisiana 14th Louisiana 15th Louisiana
Rodes' Division     MG Robert E. Rodes	Daniel's Brigade   BG Junius Daniel	32nd North Carolina 43rd North Carolina 45th North Carolina 53rd North Carolina 2nd North Carolina Battalion
	Ramseur's Brigade   BG Stephen D. Ramseur	2nd North Carolina 4th North Carolina 14th North Carolina 30th North Carolina
	Doles' Brigade   BG George P. Doles	4th Georgia 12th Georgia 21st Georgia 44th Georgia
	Battle's Brigade   BG Cullen A. Battle	3rd Alabama 5th Alabama 6th Alabama 12th Alabama 26th Alabama
	Johnston's Brigade   Col Thomas M. Garrett	5th North Carolina: Ltc John W. Lea 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman 20th North Carolina: Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina: Cpt Frank Bennett
Artillery     BG Armistead L. Long	Brown's Battalion   Col J. Thompson Brown^[6]   Maj Robert A. Hardaway	2nd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers 3rd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers Powhatan (Virginia) Artillery Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery Salem (Virginia) Flying Artillery
	Nelson's Battalion   Ltc William Nelson	Milledge's (Georgia) Battery Amherst (Virginia) Artillery Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery
	Andrews' Battalion   Ltc Richard S. Andrews	1st Maryland Artillery Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery Alleghany (Virginia) Artillery Lee (Virginia) Battery
	Jones' Battalion   Ltc Hilary P. Jones   Cpt James McD. Carrington^[7]	Louisiana Guard Battery Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James McD. Carrington Courtney (Virginia) Artillery Staunton (Virginia) Artillery
	Carter's Battalion   Ltc Thomas H. Carter	Jefferson Davis (Alabama) Artillery King William (Virginia) Artillery Morris (Virginia) Artillery Orange (Virginia) Artillery

Third Corps

See main article: Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. LTG Ambrose P. Hill

• Provost Guard: 5th Alabama Battalion

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and others
Anderson's Division     MG Richard H. Anderson	Wilcox's (old) Brigade   Col John C. C. Sanders	8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama
	Posey's Brigade   BG Carnot Posey (mw)	12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi 19th Mississippi 48th Mississippi
	Mahone's Brigade   BG William Mahone	6th Virginia 12th Virginia 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia
	Wright' s Brigade   BG Ambrose R. Wright	3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion
	Perry's Brigade   BG Edward A. Perry	2nd Florida 5th Florida 8th Florida: Ltc William Baya (w)
Heth's Division     MG Henry Heth	Davis' Brigade   BG Joseph R. Davis	2nd Mississippi 11th Mississippi 42nd Mississippi 55th North Carolina
	Archer's and Walker's Brigade^[8]   BG Henry H. Walker	Archer's Brigade 13th Alabama 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee 14th Tennessee Walker's Brigade 40th Virginia 47th Virginia 55th Virginia 22nd Virginia Battalion
	Kirkland's Brigade   BG William W. Kirkland (w)   Col Thomas C. Singletary^[9]	11th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 44th North Carolina: Col Thomas C. Singletary 47th North Carolina 52nd North Carolina
	Cooke's Brigade   BG John R. Cooke (w)   Col Edward D. Hall	15th North Carolina 27th North Carolina 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall 48th North Carolina
Wilcox's Division     MG Cadmus M. Wilcox	Lane' s Brigade   BG James H. Lane	7th North Carolina 18th North Carolina 28th North Carolina 33rd North Carolina 37th North Carolina
	McGowan's Brigade   BG Abner M. Perrin	1st South Carolina (Provisional Army) 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles) 12th South Carolina 13th South Carolina 14th South Carolina
	Thomas' Brigade   BG Edward L. Thomas	14th Georgia 35th Georgia 45th Georgia 49th Georgia
	Scales' Brigade   BG Alfred M. Scales	13th North Carolina 16th North Carolina 22nd North Carolina 34th North Carolina 38th North Carolina
Artillery     Col R. Lindsay Walker	Cutts' Battalion   Ltc Allen S. Cutts	Irwin (Georgia) Battery Patterson's (Georgia) Battery Ross' (Georgia) Battery
	McIntosh' s Battalion   Maj David G. McIntosh	Hardaway (Alabama) Artillery Danville (Virginia) Artillery Johnson's (Virginia) Battery 2nd Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery
	Garnett's Battalion   Ltc John J. Garnett	Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery Moore's Company (Virginia) Artillery Lewis (Virginia) Artillery Norfolk (Virginia) Blues Artillery
	Pegram's Battalion   Maj William R. J. Pegram	Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery Crenshaw (Virginia) Battery Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery Letcher (Virginia) Artillery Purcell (Virginia) Artillery
	Poague's Battalion   Ltc William T. Poague	Madison (Mississippi) Artillery Graham's (North Carolina) Artillery Albemarle (Virginia) Artillery Brooke's (Virginia) Battery

Cavalry Corps

See main article: Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. MG J. E. B. Stuart

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and others
Hampton's Division^[10]     MG J. E. B. Stuart	Gordon's Brigade   BG James B. Gordon^[11] (w)	1st North Carolina: Col Thomas Ruffin (k), Maj Rufus Barringer (w), Cpt William H. H. Cowles 2nd North Carolina 4th North Carolina: Col Dennis D. Ferebee (w) 5th North Carolina
	Butler's Brigade   BG Pierce M. B. Young^[12]	1st South Carolina: Ltc John D. Twiggs 2nd South Carolina: Col Thomas J. Lipscomb Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips (Georgia) Legion Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion: Ltc Joseph F. Waring
	Jones' Brigade^[13]   Col Oliver R. Funsten   BG Thomas L. Rosser^[14]	7th Virginia: Ltc Thomas Marshall 11th Virginia: Ltc Mottrom D. Ball 12th Virginia: Ltc Thomas B. Massie
Fitzhugh Lee's Division     MG Fitzhugh Lee	William H. F. Lee's Brigade   Col John R. Chambliss Jr.	9th Virginia: Maj Thomas Waller (w) 10th Virginia 13th Virginia: Maj Joseph E. Gillette (w)
	Lomax's Brigade   BG Lunsford L. Lomax	1st Maryland Battalion: Ltc Ridgely Brown 5th Virginia: Col Thomas L. Rosser, Ltc Henry C. Pate 6th Virginia: Col Julian Harrison (w), Ltc John S. Green 15th Virginia: Maj Charles R. Collins
	Wickham's Brigade   Col Thomas H. Owen	1st Virginia: Col Richard W. Carter 2nd Virginia 3rd Virginia: Ltc William R. Carter 4th Virginia: Cpt William B. Newton (k), Cpt Robert Randolph
Horse Artillery	Beckham's Battalion   Maj Robert F. Beckham	Breathed's (Virginia) Battery Chew's (Virginia) Battery Griffin's (Maryland) Battery Hart's (South Carolina) Battery McGregor's (Virginia) Battery Moorman's (Virginia) Battery

Reserve Artillery

BG William N. Pendleton^[15]

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Battalions	Batteries
First Corps Artillery	Cabell's Battalion   Col Henry C. Cabell	Fraser (Georgia) Battery Troup (Georgia) Artillery Manly's (North Carolina) Battery 1st Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers
	Haskell's Battalion   Maj John C. Haskell	Branch (North Carolina) Artillery Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery Palmetto South Carolina Artillery

References

• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .
• Sibley, F. Ray Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1996.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies], U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.

Notes and References

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 1, pages 398-404
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 1, pages 412-414
3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 1, pages 1047-1049
4. The First Corps was detached September 9, 1863 for service with the Army of Tennessee
5. Brigadier General Stafford (Nominated Brigadier General on October 8, 1863 with date of rank 8 October 1863) was assigned sometime between October 8 and October 31, 1863 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 2, page 777; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 2, page 818; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 504 and 798)
6. Brown commanded Nelson's and his own Battalion. Brown's Battalion was commanded by Hardaway (see: Long's report)
7. Commanded the Battalion from November 3, 1863 till the Army recrossed the Rapidan (see: Jones' report)
8. Archer's and Walker's Brigade were consolidated under Brigadier General Walker (see: Walker's report)
9. For Singletary succeeding Kirkland see: F. Ray Sibley Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, page 58
10. Hampton was absent from a wound he received at Gettysburg, Stuart commanded his division directly (see: Stuart's report)
11. Wounded but remained in command (see: Stuart's report)
12. Promoted to Brigadier General (Nominated October 10, 1863, with date of rank September 28, 1863) and assigned to command of Butler's Brigade on October 15, 1863 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 2, page 788; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 585 and 800)
13. The 35th Virginia Battalion was on detached service in Loudoun County, Virginia (see: Funsten's report)
14. Promoted to Brigadier General (Nominated October 10, 1863, with date of rank September 28, 1863) and assigned to command of Jones' Brigade on October 15, 1863 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIX, Part 2, page 788; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 462 and 798)
15. Chief of Artillery to the whole Army