Siege of Petersburg order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. The following order of battle is the organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.

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

Other

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

Confederate forces near Petersburg

Gen Robert E. Lee

Army of Northern Virginia

See main article: Army of Northern Virginia. Gen Robert E. Lee

• Provost Guard: Maj. David B. Bridgford
  • 5th Alabama Battalion
  • 1st Virginia Battalion
  • 48th Georgia (1 company)
  • 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
• Engineers: MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
  • 1st Confederate Engineers
  • 2nd Confederate Engineers

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet

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Kershaw's Division     MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.)	Kershaw's Brigade   Col John Doby Kennedy	2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina 15th South Carolina 20th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion
	Wofford's Brigade   BG Dudley M. Du Bose	16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips' (Georgia) Legion 3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
	Humphreys' Brigade   Maj George B. Gerald	13th Mississippi 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi
	Bryan's Brigade   Col James P. Simms	10th Georgia 50th Georgia 51st Georgia 53rd Georgia
Field's Division     MG Charles W. Field	Bratton's Brigade   BG John Bratton   Col Joseph Walker	1st South Carolina 2nd South Carolina Rifles 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters
	Law's Brigade   Col William F. Perry	4th Alabama 15th Alabama 44th Alabama 47th Alabama 48th Alabama
	Anderson's Brigade   BG George T. Anderson	7th Georgia 8th Georgia 9th Georgia 11th Georgia 59th Georgia
	Gregg's Brigade (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)   BG John Gregg   Col Frederick S. Bass   Ltc Clinton McK. Winkler	3rd Arkansas 1st Texas 4th Texas 5th Texas
	Benning's Brigade   BG Henry L. Benning	2nd Georgia 15th Georgia 17th Georgia 20th Georgia
Pickett's Division     MG George E. Pickett	Terry's Brigade   BG William R. Terry	1st Virginia 3rd Virginia 7th Virginia 11th Virginia 24th Virginia
	Hunton's Brigade   BG Eppa Hunton	8th Virginia 18th Virginia 19th Virginia 28th Virginia 56th Virginia
	Steuart's Brigade   BG George H. Steuart	9th Virginia 14th Virginia 38th Virginia 53rd Virginia 57th Virginia
	Corse's Brigade   BG Montgomery D. Corse	15th Virginia 17th Virginia 29th Virginia 30th Virginia 32nd Virginia
Corps Artillery     BG Edward Porter Alexander	Huger's Battalion   Ltc Frank Huger	Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery Poindexter's (Louisiana) Battery Parker's (Virginia) Battery Smith's (Virginia) Battery Taylor's (Virginia) Battery Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery
	Haskell's Battalion   Maj John C. Haskell	Flanner's (North Carolina) Battery Garden's (South Carolina) Battery Lamkin's (Virginia) Battery Ramsay's (North Carolina) Battery
	Cabell's Battalion   Col Henry C. Cabell	Callaway's (Georgia) Battery Carlton's (Georgia) Battery Anderson's (Virginia) Battery Manly's (North Carolina) Battery
	1st Virginia Artillery Battalion	Dance's (Virginia) Battery Smith's (Virginia) Battery Graham's (Virginia) Battery Griffin's (Virginia) Battery
	Johnson's Battalion	Pollock's (Virginia) Battery Wilkes' (Virginia) Battery
	Stark's Battalion	Green's (Virginia) Battery Armistead's (Virginia) Battery French's (Virginia) Battery

Third Corps

LTG A. P. Hill

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Mahone's Division     BG William Mahone	Sander' Brigade   Col Joseph H. King	8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama
	Harris' Brigade   BG Nathaniel H. Harris	12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi 19th Mississippi 48th Mississippi
	Mahone's Brigade   BG David A. Weisiger	6th Virginia 12th Virginia 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia
	Wright's Brigade   Col William Gibson	3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 64th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion 10th Georgia Battalion
	Finnegan's Brigade   BG Joseph Finegan   Col Theodore W. Brevard, Jr.	2nd Florida 5th Florida 8th Florida 9th Florida 10th Florida 11th Florida
Heth's Division     MG Henry Heth	Davis' Brigade   BG Joseph R. Davis	1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi 11th Mississippi 26th Mississippi 42nd Mississippi 55th North Carolina
	Cooke's Brigade   BG John R. Cooke	15th North Carolina 27th North Carolina 46th North Carolina 48th North Carolina
	MacRae's Brigade   BG William MacRae	11th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 44th North Carolina 47th North Carolina 52nd North Carolina
	Archer's Brigade   BG James J. Archer (Archer was in command until 16 October 1864. Mayo then took over. Archer received a furlough and died 24 October 1864.)   Col Robert M. Mayo	13th Alabama 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee 14th Tennessee 2nd Maryland 40th Virginia 47th Virginia 55th Virginia 22nd Virginia Battalion
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
	Scales' Brigade   BG Alfred M. Scales	13th North Carolina 16th North Carolina 22nd North Carolina 34th North Carolina 38th North Carolina
	McGowan's Brigade   BG Samuel McGowan	1st South Carolina (Provisional Army) 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles) 12th South Carolina 13th South Carolina 14th South Carolina
	Thomas's Brigade   BG Edward L. Thomas	14th Georgia 35th Georgia 45th Georgia 49th Georgia
Corps Artillery     Col R. Lindsay Walker	Cutts' Battalion   Col Allen S. Cutts	Patterson's (Georgia) Battery Ross's (Georgia) Battery Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery
	McIntosh's Battalion   Ltc David G. McIntosh	Dement's (Maryland) Battery Chesapeake (Maryland) Battery Hurt's (Alabama) Battery Price's (Virginia) Battery Donald's (Virginia) Battery
	Pegram's Battalion   Ltc William J. Pegram	Brander's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery
	Poague's Battalion   Ltc William T. Poague	Utterback's (Virginia) Battery Richard's (Mississippi) Battery William's (North Carolina) Battery Johnston's (Virginia) Battery Penick's (Virginia) Battery
	Richardson's Battalion   Ltc Charles Richardson	Grandy's (Virginia) Battery Landry's (Louisiana) Battery Moore's (Virginia) Battery
	Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion   Ltc Benjamin F. Eshleman	First Company Second Company Third Company Fourth Company

Fourth Corps

LTG Richard H. Anderson

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Johnson's Division     MG Bushrod Johnson	Elliott's Brigade   BG William Henry Wallace	17th South Carolina 18th South Carolina 22nd South Carolina 23rd South Carolina 26th South Carolina
	Gracie's Brigade   BG Archibald Gracie, Jr.	41st Alabama 43rd Alabama 59th Alabama 60th Alabama 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion
	Ransom's Brigade   BG Matt Whitaker Ransom	24th North Carolina 25th North Carolina 35th North Carolina 49th North Carolina 56th North Carolina
	Wise's Brigade   Col. J. Thomas Goode	26th Virginia 34th Virginia 46th Virginia 59th Virginia
Hoke's Division     MG Robert F. Hoke	Martin's Brigade   BG William Whedbee Kirkland	17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North Carolina
	Clingman's Brigade   Col. Hector McKethan	8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina
	Hagood's Brigade   BG Johnson Hagood	11th South Carolina 21st South Carolina 25th South Carolina 27th South Carolina
	Colquitt's Brigade   BG Alfred H. Colquitt	6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th Georgia
Corps Artillery     Col Hilary P. Jones	38th Virginia Artillery Battalion   Ltc John P.W. Read	Blount's (Virginia) Battery Sullivan's (Virginia) Battery Macon's (Virginia) Battery Marshall's (Virginia) Battery
	Moseley's Artillery Battalion   Ltc Edgar F. Moseley	Young's (Virginia) Battery Miller's (North Carolina) Battery Slaten's (Georgia) Battery Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery
	Boggs' Artillery Battalion   Maj Francis J. Boggs	Darracott's (Virginia) Battery Martin's (Virginia) Battery
	Coit's Artillery Battalion   Maj James C. Coit	Wright's (Virginia) Battery Pegram's (Virginia) Battery Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery Kelly's (South Carolina) Battery

Cavalry Corps

MG Wade Hampton III

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Butler's Division     BG Matthew C. Butler	Young's Brigade   BG Pierce M. B. Young	10th Georgia Cavalry: Col Valentine H. Taliaferro Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Cavalry: Col Gilbert J. Wright Phillips' (Georgia) Legion Cavalry: Col William W. Rich Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cavalry: Ltc J. Fred Waring
	Dunovant's Brigade   BG John Dunovant (k)   Col Benjamin H. Rutledge	4th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Benjamin H. Rutledge, Ltc William Stokes 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Ltc Robert J. Jeffords (k), Cpt Zimmerman Davis 6th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Hugh A. Aiken (k), Ltc Lovick P. Miller
Fitzhugh Lee's Division     BG Thomas L. Rosser	Wickham's Brigade   Col Thomas T. Munford	1st Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William A. Morgan 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Cary Breckinridge 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William R. Carter (mw), Maj Henry Carrington 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col William H.F. Payne
	Rosser's Brigade   Col Oliver R. Funsten Sr.	7th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas C.A. Marshall (w), Maj Samuel B. Myers 11th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Mottrom D. Ball 12th Virginia. Cavalry: Ltc Thomas B. Massie (w), Maj John L. Knott 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Elijah V. White
	Payne's Brigade   BG Lunsford L. Lomax	5th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston (c), Ltc James H. Allen 6th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Daniel T. Richards 15th Virginia. Cavalry: Ltc John Cooper
W.H.F. Lee's Division     MG W.H.F. Lee	Barringer's Brigade   BG Rufus Barringer	1st North Carolina Cavalry: Ltc William H.H. Cowles 2nd North Carolina Cavalry: Col William P. Roberts 3rd North Carolina Cavalry: Col John A. Baker (c), Ltc Roger Moore 5th North Carolina Cavalry: Col James H. McNeill
	Chambliss's Brigade  BG John R. Chambliss (k)   Col J. Lucius Davis	9th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Waller 10th Virginia Cavalry: Col J. Lucius Davis, Ltc Robert Caskie (w), Maj William R. Clement 13th Virginia Cavalry: Col Jefferson Phillips
	Dearing's Brigade   BG James Dearing	8th Georgia Cavalry: Col Joel R. Griffin 4th North Carolina Cavalry: Col Dennis D. Ferebee 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Col John T. Kennedy
Horse Artillery     Maj R. Preston Chew	Breathed's Battalion    MajJames Breathed (w)     Cpt William McGregor	Hart's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt James F. Hart (w), Lt E. Lindsley Halsey McGregor's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William McGregor, Lt George W. Brown Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Archibald Graham

Department of Richmond

LTG Richard S. Ewell

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Johnson's Brigade   Col John M. Hughs	17th/23rd Tennessee: Col Richard H. Keeble (k), Col Horace Ready 25th/44th Tennessee: Ltc Robert B. Snowden (w), Cpt Jonathan E. Spencer 63rd Tennessee: Col Abram Fulkerson (w&c), Ltc William H. Fulkerson
	7th Georgia Cavalry: Ltc Joseph L. McAllister (mw), Maj Edward C. Anderson Jr. (w), Cpt John M. Davies Infantry Battalion, Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion (Mounted): Col Thomas M. Logan (w), Ltc Robert B. Arnold 7th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Alexander C. Haskell (w), Maj Edward Boykin 24th Virginia Cavalry: Col William T. Robins (w), Ltc Theophilus G. Barham

Richmond forces

MG James L. Kemper

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Local Defense Brigade   MG G.W.C. Lee	1st Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Cpt A.J. Suddith 2nd Virginia Local Defense Troops: Ltc D.E. Scruggs 3rd Virginia Local Defense Troops: Ltc John McAnerney Jr. 4th Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Cpt Martin W. Curlin 5th Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Cpt Philip J. Ennis 2nd Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc John H. Guy VMI Cadet Battalion (1 company): Cpt Andrew Pizzini Richmond Ambulance Company: Maj John Dooley
Barton's Command   BG Seth Barton	18th Georgia Battalion: Maj William S. Basinger 25th Virginia Battalion: Ltc Wyatt M. Elliot 1st Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc Richard T.W. Duke 3rd Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc F.H. Archer 4th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj D.E. Godwin
Independent Richmond Cavalry	1st Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Maj Samuel A. Swann

Post of Richmond

BG William M. Gardner

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Artillery Defenses     Ltc John C. Pemberton
	First Division (Inner Line)   Ltc John W. Atkinson	10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj James O. Hensley 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj N.R. Cary
	Second Division (Inner Line)   Ltc James Howard	18th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj Mark B. Hardin 20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj James E. Robertson
	Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion   Ltc Charles E. Lightfoot	Hudgins’ (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert E. Hudgins Rives' (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt J. Henry Rives Barham's (Virginia) Artillery: Lt William R. Barham
Miscellaneous Artillery
	Chaffin's Bluff   Maj William S. Basinger	Guerrant's (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John Guerrant Davis' (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Lemuel T. Davis Allen's (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William T. Allen (w) Jones' (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Andrew J. Jones Winder's (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles S. Winder
	9th Georgia Artillery Battalion   Maj. Augustin Leyden	Company A: Cpt William A. Barnes Company B: Cpt Edwin H. Guess Company C: Cpt Andrew M. Wolihin Company D: Cpt Tyler M. Peeples Company E: Cpt William S. Everett
	Naval Batteries   Lt Charles W. Hays	Battery Semmes Battery Brooke Battery Wood

Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

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1st Military District     BG Henry A. Wise
	Walker's Brigade   BG James A. Walker	1st Virginia Reserves: Col Benjamin L. Farinholt 3rd Virginia Reserves: Col Richard A. Booker 5th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Col Patrick M. Henry Withers' Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Col Robert E. Withers Maurin's Artillery: Maj Victor A. Maurin
	Post of Petersburg	Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion: Col William J. Crawley 44th Virginia Battalion: Maj Peter V. Batte (c), Cpt Thomas W. Branch Hood's Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc William H. Hood Independent Signal Corps: Maj James F. Milligan Hobson's Company, Second Class Militia: Cpt Owen H. Hobson
	Fort Clifton  ↵Ltc Henry T. Guion	34th Virginia (detachment) Miller's (North Carolina) Artillery (detachment)
	Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford   Ltc John J. Garnett	Confederate States Zouave Battalion: Marie Alfred Coppens Company H, 62nd Georgia Cavalry: Cpt Thomas R. Janes Bradford's (Mississippi) Artillery (section): Lt Andrew J. Cochran
	High Bridge	6th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc Robert Smith
	Mattoax Bridge	7th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj George Chrisman
	Staunton River Bridge	8th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj William A.J. Miller
	Danville Virginia	4th Virginia Reserves: Maj David B. Godwin 9th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj Archibald Taylor 10th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj William W. Byrd 11th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc Samuel M. Wallace
	Drewry's Bluff	Coleman's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery: Cpt Wiley G. Coleman Drewry's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery: Cpt Augustus Drewry Marine Battalion (Companies A, B and C): Cpt John R. Tucker
	Smith's Artillery Battalion	Epes' (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Branch J. Epes Kevill's (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas Kevill Battery Danztler

References

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