Battle of Monocacy order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in Maryland's Frederick County Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, during 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

Other

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

Army of the Valley

LTG Jubal A. Early

Breckinridge's Corps

MG John C. Breckinridge

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Gordon's Division     MG John B. Gordon	Evans' Brigade   BG Clement A. Evans (w)   Col E. N. Atkinson	13th Georgia: Col J. H. Baker (w) 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson, Ltc James S. Blain 31st Georgia: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia: Maj Thomas H. Bomar 60th Georgia: Cpt Milton Russell 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar (k), Ltc J. D. VanValkenburg (k), Cpt Eliphalet F. Sharp 12th Georgia Battalion: Maj George Hanvey (w); Cpt J. W. Anderson
	Consolidated Louisiana Brigade   BG Zebulon York	Hays' Louisiana Brigade Col William R. Peck 5th Louisiana Maj Alexander Hart 6th Louisiana Ltc Joseph Hanlon 7th Louisiana Ltc Thomas M. Terry 8th Louisiana Cpt Louis Prados 9th Louisiana Ltc John J. Hodges (w)Stafford's Brigade: Col Eugene Waggaman 1st Louisiana Cpt Joseph Taylor 2nd Louisiana Ltc Michael A. Grogan 10th Louisiana Ltc Henry D. Monier 14th Louisiana Ltc David Zable 15th Louisiana Cpt H. J. Egan
	Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade   BG William Terry	Stonewall Brigade Col John H. S. Funk 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments Second Brigade: Col Robert H. Dungan 21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments Third Brigade: Capt William B. Yancy 10th, 23rd, 37th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments
Breckinridge's Division     BG John Echols	Echols' Brigade   Col George Smith Patton	22nd Virginia Infantry Col George Smith Patton 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion Ltc Clarence Derrick 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion Ltc George M. Edgar
	Wharton's Brigade   BG Gabriel C. Wharton	45th Virginia Infantry Maj Francis Miller 51st Virginia Infantry Col Augustus Forsberg 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters Maj Peter J. Otey
	Smith's Brigade   Col Thomas Smith	36th Virginia Infantry 60th Virginia Infantry 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion Maj Blake Lynch Woodson
	Vaughn's Brigade   BG John C. Vaughn	1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Colonel James E. Carter 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Major Robert McFarland 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Captain Jasper N. Aiken 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Colonel William L. Eakin 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Major George W. Day 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel John R.Neal 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Winn

Rodes' Corps

MG Robert E. Rodes

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Rodes' Division     MG Robert E. Rodes	Grimes' Brigade   BG Bryan Grimes (absent, wounded)	32nd North Carolina: Col Edmund C. Brabble 43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan 45th North Carolina: Col Samuel H. Boyd 53rd North Carolina: Col William Owens 2nd North Carolina Battalion
	Cooks' Brigade   BG Philip Cook	4th Georgia: Col Phillip Cook 12th Georgia: Col Edward Willis 21st Georgia: Col John T. Mercer 44th Georgia: Col William H. Peebles
	Cox's Brigade   BG William Ruffin Cox	1st North Carolina Col Hamilton M. Brown 2nd North Carolina: Col J. P. Cobb 3rd North Carolina Col S. D. Thurston 4th North Carolina: Col J. H. Wood 14th North Carolina: Ltc W. A. Johnston 30th North Carolina: Col F. M. Parker
	Battle's Brigade   Col Samuel B. Pickens	3rd Alabama: Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama: Ltc E. L. Hobson 6th Alabama: Col James N. Lightfoot 12th Alabama: Col Samuel B. Pickens 61st Alabama
Ramseur's Division     MG Stephen D. Ramseur	Lilley's Brigade   BG Robert D. Lilley	13th Virginia Infantry Maj Charles Thomas Crittenden 31st Virginia Infantry Col John Stringer Hoffman 49th Virginia Infantry Cpt William D. Moffett 52nd Virginia Infantry Col Augustus Forsberg 58th Virginia Infantry Col Francis Howard Board
	Johnston's Brigade   BG Robert D. Johnston	5th North Carolina: Col John W. Lea 12th North Carolina: Ltc W. S. Davis 20th North Carolina Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina: Col Charles C. Blacknall
	Lewis' Brigade   BG William G. Lewis	6th North Carolina: Ltc S. M. Tate 21st North Carolina: Maj William J. Pfohl 54th North Carolina: Ltc Anderson Ellis 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Goodwin

Artillery Reserve

Chief of Artillery: BG Armistead L. Long

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Battalion	Battery and Others
Artillery Division     Ltc J. Floyd King	Nelson's Battalion   Ltc William Nelson	Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Amherst (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery Cpt John L. Massie
	Braxton's Battalion   Ltc Carter Braxton	Allegheny (Virginia) Artillery Cpt John C. Carpenter Stafford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Raleigh L. Cooper Lee (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. W. Hardwicke
	McLaughlin's Battalion   Maj William McLaughlin	Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Bryan Wise Legion Artillery Cpt W. M. Lowry Monroe (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George B. Chapman

Cavalry

MG Robert Ransom

Brigade	Regiment and Other
McCausland's Brigade   BG John McCausland	14th Virginia Cavalry Col James Cochran 16th Virginia Cavalry Col Milton J. Ferguson 17th Virginia Cavalry Ltc William C. Tavenner (mw) 22nd Virginia Cavalry Col Henry Bowen
Johnson's Brigade   BG Bradley Tyler Johnson	2nd Maryland Cavalry Col Harry W. Gilmor 8th Virginia Cavalry Col James M. Corns 21st Virginia Cavalry Col William E. Peters 25th Virginia Cavalry Col Warren M. Hopkins 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Vincent A. Witcher 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj James W. Sweeney 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Ambrose C. Dunn
Imboden's Brigade   BG John D. Imboden    Col George Smith	18th Virginia Cavalry Col George W. Imboden 23rd Virginia Cavalry Col Robert White 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry: Col George H. Smith Unauthorized Virginia Cavalry Battalion

References

• Leepson, Marc. Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed the Course of American History (New York: Thomas Dunne Books), 2007.
• Monacacy National Battlefield website