Battle of Gettysburg order of battle: Confederate explained

The Confederate order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of Northern Virginia (multiple commander names indicate command succession during the three-day battle (July 1 - 3, 1863)). Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of Northern Virginia

See main article: Army of Northern Virginia. General Robert E. Lee, Commanding

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

First Corps

See main article: First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. LTG James Longstreet, Commanding

General Staff:

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others
McLaws' Division
    MG Lafayette McLaws
Kershaw's Brigade:
  BG Joseph B. Kershaw
Barksdale's Brigade
  BG William Barksdale (mw)
  Col Benjamin G. Humphreys
  • 13th Mississippi: Col James W. Carter (k), Ltc Kennon McElroy (w), Maj John M. Bradley (mw)
  • 17th Mississippi: Col William D. Holder (w), Ltc John C. Fiser (w), Acting Maj Andrew J. Pulliam (w), Acting Maj Richard E. Jones (k), Cpt Gwen R. Cherry
  • 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Griffin (w), Ltc William H. Luse (c), Maj George B. Gerald
  • 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys
Semmes' Brigade
  BG Paul J. Semmes (mw)
  Col Goode Bryan
Wofford's Brigade
  BG William T. Wofford
Cabell's Artillery Battalion
  Col Henry C. Cabell
  Maj Samuel P. Hamilton
  • 1st North Carolina Artillery, Battery A: Cpt Basil C. Manly
  • Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt John C. Fraser (mw), Lt William J. Furlong
  • 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy (w), Lt Robert M. Anderson
  • Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton (w), Lt C. W. Motes
Pickett's Division[5]
    MG George E. Pickett
Garnett's Brigade
  BG Richard B. Garnett (k)
  Maj Charles S. Peyton (w)
Kemper's Brigade
  BG James L. Kemper (w&c)
  Col Joseph Mayo, Jr
Armistead's Brigade
  BG Lewis A. Armistead (mw&c)
  Ltc William White (w)
  Maj Joseph R. Cabell
  Col William R. Aylett [6]
  • 9th Virginia: Maj John C. Owens (mw), Cpt James J. Phillips
  • 14th Virginia: Col James G. Hodges (k), Ltc William White (w), Maj Robert H. Poore (mw)
  • 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds (k), Ltc Powhatan B. Whittle (w&c), Maj Joseph R. Cabell
  • 53rd Virginia: Col William R. Aylett (w), Ltc Rawley W. Martin (w&c), Maj John C. Timberlake (c), Cpt Henry Edmunds
  • 57th Virginia: Col John B. Magruder (mw&c), Ltc Benjamin H. Wade (mw), Maj Clement R. Fontaine
Dearing's Artillery Battalion
  Maj James Dearing
  Maj John P. W. Read (w)
  • Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
  • Hampden (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Caskie
  • Richmond Fayette (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Miles C. Macon
  • Blount's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Joseph G. Blount
Hood's Division
    MG John Bell Hood (w)
    BG Evander M. Law
Law's Brigade
  BG Evander M. Law
  Col James L. Sheffield
  • 4th Alabama: Ltc Laurence H. Scruggs
  • 15th Alabama: Col William C. Oates, Ltc Isaac B. Feagin (w&c)
  • 44th Alabama: Col William F. Perry (w), Ltc John H. Jones, Maj George W. Cary
  • 47th Alabama: Ltc Michael J. Bulger (w&c), Maj James M. Campbell
  • 48th Alabama: Col James L. Sheffield, Ltc W. M. Hardwick (w), Maj C. B. St. John (w), Cpt T. J. Eubanks (w)
Robertson's Brigade
  BG Jerome B. Robertson (w)
  Ltc Philip A. Work
  • 3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning (w), Ltc Robert S. Taylor, Maj John W. Reedy
  • 1st Texas: Ltc Philip A. Work, Maj Frederick S. Bass
  • 4th Texas: Col John C. G. Key (w), Ltc Benjamin F. Carter (mw), Maj John P. Bane
  • 5th Texas: Col Robert M. Powell (w&c), Ltc King Bryan (w), Maj Jefferson C. Rogers
Anderson's Brigade
  BG George T. Anderson (w)
  Ltc William Luffman (w)
  • 7th Georgia: Col William W. White
  • 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers
  • 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. Mounger (k), Maj William M. Jones (w), Cpt George Hillyer
  • 11th Georgia: Col Francis H. Little (w), Ltc William Luffman, Maj Henry D. McDaniel
  • 59th Georgia: Col William A. Jackson Brown (w), Maj Bolivar H. Gee (w), Cpt M. G. Bass
Benning's Brigade
  BG Henry L. Benning
  • 2nd Georgia: Ltc William T. Harris (k), Maj William S. Shepherd
  • 15th Georgia

Col Dudley M. Du Bose, Ltc Stephen Z. Hearnsberger (c)

  • 17th Georgia: Col Wesley C. Hodges
  • 20th Georgia: Col John A. Jones (k), Ltc James D. Waddell
Henry's Artillery Battalion
  Maj Mathias W. Henry
  Maj John C. Haskell
  • Branch (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt Alexander C. Latham
  • Charleston German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt William K. Bachman
  • Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden
  • Rowan North Carolina Artillery: Cpt James Reilly
Artillery Reserve
    Col James B. Walton
Alexander's Artillery Battalion
  Col Edward P. Alexander (w)
  • Ashland (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr (w), Lt James Woolfolk
  • Bedford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan
  • Brooks (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt William W. Fickling
  • Madison Louisiana Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody
  • Richmond (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William W. Parker
  • Bath (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Osmond B. Taylor
Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion
  Maj Benjamin F. Eshleman
  • First Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires
  • Second Company: Cpt John B. Richardson
  • Third Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller
  • Fourth Company: Cpt Joseph Norcom (w), Lt H. A. Battles

Second Corps

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

General Staff:

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others
Early's Division
    MG Jubal A. Early
Hays' Brigade
  BG Harry T. Hays
Smith's Brigade[8]
  BG William Smith
Hoke's Brigade[9]
  Col Isaac E. Avery (mw)
  Col Archibald C. Godwin
Gordon's Brigade
  BG John B. Gordon
  • 13th Georgia: Col James M. Smith
  • 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson
  • 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans (w)
  • 38th Georgia: Ltc William L. McLeod (k), Lt. John Oglesby (k), Lt. W.F. Goodwin (k)
  • 60th Georgia: Cpt Walters B. Jones
  • 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar, Maj Peter Brenan (k)
Jones' Artillery Battalion
  Ltc Hilary P. Jones
  • Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James McD. Carrington
  • Courtney (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William A. Tanner
  • Louisiana Guard Battery: Cpt Charles A. Green
  • Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Asher W. Garber
Cavalry[10]
Johnson's Division
    MG Edward Johnson
Steuart's Brigade
  BG George H. Steuart
Stonewall Brigade
  BG James A. Walker
Nicholls' Brigade
  Col Jesse M. Williams
Jones' Brigade
  BG John M. Jones (w)
  Ltc Robert H. Dungan
Andrews' Artillery Battalion
  Maj Joseph W. Latimer (mw)
  Cpt Charles I. Raine
  • 1st Maryland Battery: Cpt William F. Dement
  • Alleghany (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John C. Carpenter
  • Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery: Cpt William D. Brown (mw), Lt Walter S. Chew
  • Lee (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Charles I. Raine, Lt William W. Hardwicke
Rodes' Division
    MG Robert E. Rodes
Daniel's Brigade
  BG Junius Daniel
  • 32nd North Carolina: Col Edmund C. Brabble, Ltc David G. Cowand, Maj Henry G. Lewis (w&c)
  • 43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan (w&c), Ltc William G. Lewis
  • 45th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel H. Boyd (w&c), Maj John R. Winston (w&c), Cpt A. H. Gallaway (w), Cpt James A. Hopkins
  • 53rd North Carolina: Col William A. Owens, Ltc James T. Morehead, Jr. (w&c), Maj James J. Iredell
  • 2nd North Carolina Battalion: Ltc Hezekiah L. Andrews (k), Maj John M. Hancock (w&c), Cpt Van Brown
Doles' Brigade
  BG George P. Doles
  • 4th Georgia: Ltc David R. E. Winn (k), Maj William H. Willis
  • 12th Georgia: Col Edward S. Willis, Maj Isaac Hardeman (w)
  • 21st Georgia: Col John T. Mercer, Ltc Thomas W. Hooper, Maj Thomas C. Glover
  • 44th Georgia: Col Samuel P. Lumpkin (w&c), Maj William H. Peebles
Iverson's Brigade
  BG Alfred Iverson, Jr.
  • 5th North Carolina: Cpt Speight B. West (w), Cpt Benjamin Robinson (w)
  • 12th North Carolina: Ltc William Davis, Maj Robert W. Alston
  • 20th North Carolina: Ltc Nelson Slough (w), Maj John S. Brooks (w), Cpt Lewis T. Hicks
  • 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie (mw), Ltc Robert D. Johnston (w), Maj Charles C. Blacknall (w&c), Cpt Abner D. Peace (w), Cpt William H. Johnston (w), Cpt Vines E. Turner
Ramseur's Brigade
  BG Stephen D. Ramseur
  • 2nd North Carolina: Maj Daniel W. Hurtt (w), Cpt James T. Scales
  • 4th North Carolina: Col Bryan Grimes, Ltc James M. Wood, Maj Edwin A. Osborne
  • 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett (w), Maj Joseph H. Lambeth
  • 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker (w), Maj William W. Sellers
Rodes' (old) Brigade
  Col Edward A. O'Neal
  • 3rd Alabama: Col Cullen A. Battle, Ltc Charles M. Forsyth, Maj Robert M. Sands
  • 5th Alabama: Col Josephus M. Hall, Maj Eugene Blackford
  • 6th Alabama: Col James N. Lightfoot (w), Maj Isaac F. Culver (w), Cpt Milledge L. Bowie
  • 12th Alabama: Col Samuel B. Pickens, Maj Adolph Proskauer
  • 26th Alabama: Ltc John C. Goodgame
Carter's Artillery Battalion
  Ltc Thomas H. Carter
  • Jefferson Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt William J. Reese
  • King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William P. P. Carter
  • Morris (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Richard C. M. Page (w), Lt Samuel H. Pendleton
  • Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles W. Fry
Artillery Reserve
    Col J. Thompson Brown
First Virginia Artillery Battalion
  Cpt Willis J. Dance
  • 2nd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers: Cpt David Watson
  • 3rd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers: Cpt Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
  • Powhatan (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John M. Cunningham
  • Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Archibald Graham
  • Salem (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Charles B. Griffin
Nelson's Artillery Battalion
  Ltc William Nelson
  • Amherst (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
  • Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John L. Massie
  • Milledge's Georgia Battery: Cpt John Milledge, Jr.

Third Corps

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

General Staff:

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others
Anderson's Division
    MG Richard H. Anderson
Wilcox's Brigade
  BG Cadmus M. Wilcox
Mahone's Brigade
  BG William Mahone
Wright's Brigade
  BG Ambrose R. Wright
  Col William Gibson
  BG Ambrose R. Wright
  • 3rd Georgia: Col Edward J. Walker
  • 22nd Georgia: Col Joseph Wasden (k), Capt Benjamin C. McCurry
  • 48th Georgia: Col William Gibson (w&c), Capt Matthew R. Hall
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj George W. Ross (mw&c), Cpt Charles J. Moffett
Perry's Brigade
  Col David Lang
Posey's Brigade
  BG Carnot Posey (w)
  Col Nathaniel H. Harris
Cutts’ Artillery Battalion
  Maj John Lane
  • Company A: Cpt Hugh M. Ross
  • Company B: Cpt George M. Patterson
  • Company C: Cpt John T. Wingfield (w)
Heth's Division
    MG Henry Heth (w)
    BG James J. Pettigrew (w)
Pettigrew's Brigade[11]
  BG James J. Pettigrew
  Col James K. Marshall (k)
  Maj John T. Jones (w)
  • 11th North Carolina: Col Collett Leventhorpe (w&c), Maj Egbert A. Ross (k), Cpt Francis W. Bird
  • 26th North Carolina: Col Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr (k), Ltc John R. Lane (w), Maj John T. Jones, Cpt H. C. Albright
  • 47th North Carolina: Col George H. Faribault (w), Ltc John A. Graves (c), Ltc J. Owens Rogers
  • 52nd North Carolina: Col James K. Marshall, Ltc Marcus A. Parks (w&c), Maj John Q. Richardson (mw&c)
Heth's (old) Brigade
  Col John M. Brockenbrough
  Col Robert M. Mayo[12]
Archer's Brigade
  BG James J. Archer (w&c)
  Col Birkett D. Fry (w&c)
  Ltc Samuel G. Shepard
  • 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry
  • 5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Van de Graaff
  • 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Ltc Newton J. George (c), Maj Felix G. Buchanan (w), Cpt J. B. Turney
  • 7th Tennessee: Col John A. Fite (c), Ltc Samuel G. Shepard
  • 14th Tennessee: Cpt Bruce L. Phillips
Davis' Brigade
  BG Joseph R. Davis (w)
  Col Hugh R. Miller (mw&c)
Garnett's Artillery Battalion
  Ltc John J. Garnett
  • Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
  • Huger (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Joseph D. Moore
  • Lewis (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John W. Lewis
  • Norfolk (Virginia) Blues Artillery: Cpt Charles R. Grandy
Pender's Division
    MG William D. Pender (mw)
    BG James H. Lane
    MG Isaac R. Trimble (w&c)
    BG James H. Lane
McGowan's Brigade
  Col Abner M. Perrin
Lane's Brigade
  BG James H. Lane
  Col Clark M. Avery
  • 7th North Carolina: Cpt J. McLeod Turner (w&c), Cpt James G. Harris
  • 18th North Carolina: Col John D. Barry
  • 28th North Carolina: Col Samuel D. Lowe (w), Ltc W. H. A. Speer
  • 33rd North Carolina: Col Clark M. Avery, Maj Joseph H. Saunders (w&c)
  • 37th North Carolina: Col William M. Barbour, Ltc William G. Morris, Maj O. N. Brown
Thomas' Brigade
  BG Edward L. Thomas
  • 14th Georgia: Col Robert W. Fulsom
  • 35th Georgia: Col Bolling H. Holt, Ltc William H. McCulloch
  • 45th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Simmons, Ltc Washington L. Grice
  • 49th Georgia: Col Samuel T. Player
Scales' Brigade
  BG Alfred M. Scales (w)
  Ltc George T. Gordon
  Col William L. J. Lowrance
  • 13th North Carolina: Col Joseph H. Hyman (w), Ltc Henry A. Rogers, Maj Elijah B. Withers
  • 16th North Carolina: Cpt Leroy W. Stowe
  • 22nd North Carolina: Col James Conner
  • 34th North Carolina: Col William Lee J. Lowrance (w), Ltc George T. Gordon (w)
  • 38th North Carolina: Col William J. Hoke (w), Ltc John Ashford (w)
Poague's Artillery Battalion
  Maj William T. Poague
  • Albemarle (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James W. Wyatt
  • Charlotte (North Carolina) Artillery:Cpt Joseph Graham
  • Madison (Mississippi) Artillery: Cpt George Ward
  • Brooke's Virginia Battery: Cpt James V. Brooke
Artillery Reserve
    Col Reuben L. Walker
McIntosh's Artillery Battalion
  Maj David G. McIntosh
  • Danville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert S. Rice
  • Hardaway (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt William B. Hurt
  • 2nd Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Samuel Wallace
  • Johnson's Virginia Battery: Cpt Marmaduke Johnson
Pegram's Artillery Battalion
  Maj William R. J. Pegram
  Cpt Ervin B. Brunson
  • Crenshaw (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William G. Crenshaw
  • Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Edward A. Marye
  • Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Brander
  • Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Lt William E. Zimmerman
  • Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Joseph McGraw

Cavalry units

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others
Stuart's Division
    MG J. E. B. Stuart
Hampton's Brigade
  BG Wade Hampton (w)
  Col Laurence S. Baker
Robertson's Brigade[13]
  BG Beverly H. Robertson[14]
  • 4th North Carolina: Col Dennis D. Ferebee
  • 5th North Carolina
Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade
  BG Fitzhugh Lee
Jenkins' Brigade
  BG Albert G. Jenkins (w)
  Ltc Vincent A. Witcher
William H. F. Lee's Brigade
  Col John R. Chambliss, Jr.
Jones' Brigade
  BG William E. Jones
Stuart's Horse Artillery
  Maj Robert F. Beckham
  • Breathed's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James Breathed
  • Chew's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Roger P. Chew
  • Griffin's (Maryland) Battery: Cpt William H. Griffin
  • Hart's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt James F. Hart
  • McGregor's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William M. McGregor
  • Moorman's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman
Imboden's Command
  BG John D. Imboden

References

Notes and References

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 2, pages 283-291; Gettysburg National Military Park-Army of Northern Virginia
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 2, pages 338-346
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 2, pages 9-13
  4. arrived on July 3
  5. Corse's Brigade was detached at Hanover Junction
  6. assigned July 4
  7. transferred to Third Corps on July 3
  8. The 13th Virginia and 58th Virginia were detached at Winchester
  9. The 54th North Carolina was detached at Winchester and the 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters served as Provost Guard
  10. attached June 23, 1863 from Jones' Brigade
  11. The 44th North Carolina was detached at Hanover Junction
  12. assumed July 3
  13. not present at Gettysburg
  14. commanded also Jones' Brigade
  15. served with Second Corps