Battle of McDowell order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of McDowell of the American Civil War. 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
• Sgt = Sergeant

Other

• w = wounded
• mW = mortally wounded
• k = killed

Jackson's Command

MG Thomas J. Jackson

Valley District

MG Thomas J. Jackson

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Jackson's Division     MG Thomas J. Jackson	Second Brigade   Col John Campbell	21st Virginia Infantry - Ltc John M. Patton, Jr. 42nd Virginia Infantry - Ltc William Martin 48th Virginia Infantry - Maj John Baxter Moseley 1st Virginia (Irish) Battalion - Cpt B.W. Leigh
	Third Brigade   BG William B. Taliaferro	10th Virginia Infantry - Col Simeon B. Gibbons (k) 23rd Virginia Infantry - Col Alexander Taliaferro 37th Virginia Infantry - Col Samuel V. Fulkerson

Army of the Northwest

BG Edward "Allegheny" Johnson (w)

Brigades	Regiments and Others
Conner's Brigade   Col. Zephaniah T. Conner	12th Georgia Infantry - Maj Willis A. Hawkins 25th Virginia Infantry - Col George H. Smith (w) 31st Virginia Infantry - Ltc William L. Jackson
Scott's Brigade   Col. William C. Scott	44th Virginia Infantry - Maj Norvell Cobb 52nd Virginia Infantry - Col Michael G. Harman (w) 58th Virginia Infantry - Col Samuel H. Letcher

References

• May 8, 1862 - Engagement Near McDowell (Bull Pasture Mountain), Va. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. United States War Department. Volume XII, Chapter XXIV, pp. 460–488. (1885)