Second Battle of Bull Run order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run, called the Second Battle of Manassas by Confederate records, of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] during the battle,^{[2] [3]} the casualty returns^[4] and the reports.^[5]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• Gen = 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 in action
• (c) = captured

Army of Northern Virginia

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

Right Wing

MG James Longstreet

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Anderson's Division     MG Richard H. Anderson	Armistead's Brigade   BG Lewis A. Armistead	9th Virginia: Ltc James Gilliam 14th Virginia: Col James Hodges 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds 53rd Virginia: Ltc John Grammar 57th Virginia: Ltc David Dyer 5th Virginia Battalion
	Mahone's Brigade   BG William Mahone (w)   Col David A. Weisiger	6th Virginia: Col George T. Rogers 12th Virginia: Col David A. Weisiger 16th Virginia: Col Charles A. Crump (k) 41st Virginia: Ltc William A. Parham
	Wright's Brigade   BG Ambrose R. Wright	44th Alabama: Ltc Charles A. Derby (w) 3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia
	Artillery   Col Stephen D. Lee	Brooks (South Carolina) Artillery: Lt William Elliot Ashland (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. Bath (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John L. Eubank Bedford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan Portsmith (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Thomas J. Oakham Parker's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William W. Parker
Jones' Division^[6]     BG David R. Jones	Toomb's Brigade   Col Henry L. Benning   BG Robert Toombs^[7]	2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes 15th Georgia: Col William T. Millican 17th Georgia: Maj John H. Pickett (w), Cpt Augustus C. Jones (k), Cpt Hiram L. French 20th Georgia: Maj James D. Waddell
	Drayton's Brigade   BG Thomas F. Drayton	50th Georgia 51st Georgia Phillip's (Georgia) Legion 15th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion^[8]
	Jones' Brigade   Col George T. Anderson	1st Georgia (Regulars): Maj John D. Walker 7th Georgia: Col William T. Wilson (mw) 8th Georgia: Ltc John R. Towers 9th Georgia: Col Benjamin Beck 11th Georgia: Ltc William Luffman Wise (Virginia) Artillery
Wilcox's Division     BG Cadmus M. Wilcox	Wilcox's Brigade   BG Cadmus M. Wilcox	8th Alabama: Maj Hilary A. Herbert 9th Alabama: Maj Jere H. J. Williams 10th Alabama: Maj John H. Caldwell 11th Alabama: Cpt John C. C. Sanders Thomas (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Edwin J. Anderson
	Pryor's Brigade   BG Roger A. Pryor	14th Alabama: Ltc James A. Broome 2nd Florida 5th Florida 8th Florida 3rd Virginia: Col Joseph Mayo, Jr. Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
	Featherston's Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston	12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey 19th Mississippi 2nd Mississippi Battalion Dixie (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Chapman
Hood's Division     BG John B. Hood	Hood's Brigade   BG John B. Hood	18th Georgia: Col William T. Wofford Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion: Ltc Martin W. Gary 1st Texas: Ltc Phillip A. Work 4th Texas: Ltc Benjamin F. Carter 5th Texas: Col Jerome B. Robertson (w), Cpt King Bryan (w), Cpt Ike N. M. Turner
	Whiting's Brigade   Col Evander M. Law	4th Alabama: Ltc Owen K. McLemore 2nd Mississippi: Col John M. Stone 11th Mississippi: Col Philip F. Liddell 6th North Carolina: Maj Robert F. Webb
	Artillery   Maj Bushrod W. Frobel	Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James Reilly German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt William K. Bachman Palmetto (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden
Kemper's Division     BG James L. Kemper	Kemper's Brigade   Col Montgomery D. Corse (w)   Col William R. Terry	1st Virginia: Ltc Frederick G. Skinner (w) 7th Virginia: Col Waller T. Patton (w) 11th Virginia: Maj Adam Clement 17th Virginia: Ltc Morton Marye (w), Maj Arthur Herbert 24th Virginia: Col William R. Terry
	Jenkins' Brigade   BG Micah Jenkins (w)   Col Joseph Walker	1st South Carolina: Col Thomas J. Glover (k) 2nd South Carolina (Rifles) 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina 4th South Carolina Battalion Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
	Pickett's Brigade   Col Eppa Hunton	8th Virginia: Ltc Norborne Berkeley 18th Virginia: Maj George G. Cabell 19th Virginia: Col John B. Strange 28th Virginia: Col Robert C. Allen 56th Virginia: Col William D. Stuart
	Artillery	Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Loudoun (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Arthur L. Rogers
Reporting directly	Evans' Brigade   BG Nathan G. Evans^[9]   Col Peter F. Stevens	17th South Carolina: Col John H. Means (mw), Ltc Fitzhugh W. McMaster 18th South Carolina: Col James M. Gadberry (k), Ltc William H. Wallace 22nd South Carolina: Col Stephen D. Goodlett (w) 23rd South Carolina: Col Henry L. Benbow (w), Cpt Matthew V. Bancroft Holcombe Legion: Col Peter F. Stevens, Ltc Francis G. Palmer (w), Maj William J. Crawley Macbeth (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Robert Boyce
Right Wing Reserve Artillery     Col James B. Walton^[10]	Washington (Louisiana) Artillery	1st Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires 2nd Company:^[11] Cpt John B. Richardson 3rd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller 4th Company:^[12] Cpt Benjamin F. Eshleman^[13]
	Miscellaneous Batteries	Turner (Virginia) Artillery Moorman's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman Norfolk (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Frank Huger

Left Wing

MG Thomas J. Jackson

Chief of Artillery: Col Stapleton Crutchfield

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Jackson's Division     BG William B. Taliaferro (w)     BG William E. Starke	Winder's Brigade   Col William S. Baylor (k)   Col Andrew J. Grigsby (w)	2nd Virginia: Ltc Lawson Botts (k), Cpt John W. Rowan,^[14] Cpt Raleigh T. Colston 4th Virginia: Ltc Robert D. Gardner 5th Virginia: Maj Hazael J. Williams 27th Virginia: Col Andrew J. Grigsby 33rd Virginia: Col John F. Neff (k), Cpt George Huston
	Jones' Brigade   Col Bradley T. Johnson	21st Virginia: Cpt William A. Witcher 42nd Virginia: Cpt John E. Penn 48th Virginia: Lt Virginius Dabney (w), Cpt William W. Goldsborough^[15] (w) 1st Virginia Battalion: Maj John Seddon,^[16] Cpt Octavius C. Henderson
	Taliaferro's Brigade   Col Alexander G. Taliaferro	47th Alabama: Col James W. Jackson 48th Alabama: Col James L. Sheffield 10th Virginia: Ltc Samuel T. Walker (w) 23rd Virginia 37th Virginia
	Starke's Brigade   BG William E. Starke   Col Leroy A. Stafford	1st Louisiana 2nd Louisiana: Col Jesse M. Williams 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford 10th Louisiana: Ltc William Spencer (k) 15th Louisiana: Col Edmund Pendleton 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion: Ltc Georges A. G. De Coppens
	Artillery   Maj Lindsay M. Shumaker	Baltimore (Maryland) Artillery: Cpt John B. Brockenbrough Alleghany (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Joseph Carpenter Danville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George W. Wooding Cutshaw's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William E. Cutshaw Rice's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William H. Rice Hampden (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Caskie Lee (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles I. Raine Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William T. Poague Winchester (Virginia) Artillery: Lt David R. Barton
A. P. Hill's Light Division     MG Ambrose P. Hill	Branch's Brigade   BG Lawrence O. Branch	7th North Carolina: Cpt Robert B. MacRae 18th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas J. Purdie 28th North Carolina: Col James H. Lane 33rd North Carolina: Col Robert F. Hoke 37th North Carolina: Col William M. Barbour
	Pender's Brigade   BG William D. Pender	16th North Carolina: Cpt Leroy W. Stowe (w) 22nd North Carolina: Maj Christopher C. Cole 34th North Carolina: Col Richard H. Riddick 38th North Carolina: Cpt John Ashford
	Anderson's (old) Brigade   Col Edward L. Thomas	14th Georgia: Col Robert W. Folsom 35th Georgia 45th Georgia: Maj Washington L. Grice 49th Georgia: Ltc Seaborn M. Manning
	Gregg's Brigade   BG Maxcy Gregg	1st South Carolina: Maj Edward McGrady Jr. (w), Cpt George W. McCreary 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles): Col J. Foster Marshall (k), Ltc Daniel A. Ledbetter (k), Cpt Joseph J. Norton,^[17] Cpt George McD. Miller 12th South Carolina: Col Dixon Barnes 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver E. Edwards (w), Cpt David R. Duncan 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan (w), Ltc William D. Simpson
	Archer's Brigade   BG James J. Archer	5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt Thomas Bush (k), Lt Charles M. Hooper 19th Georgia: Cpt Frank M. Johnston 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Peter Turney 7th Tennessee: Maj Samuel G. Shepard 14th Tennessee: Col William A. Forbes (mw), Maj James W. Lockert
	Field's Brigade   BG Charles W. Field (w)   Col John M. Brockenbrough	40th Virginia: Col John M. Brockenbrough 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo (w) 55th Virginia: Col Frank Mallory 22nd Virginia Battalion
	Artillery   Ltc R. Lindsay Walker	Branch (North Carolina) Artillery: Lt John R. Potts Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt David G. McIntosh Crenshaw's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William G. Crenshaw Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Carter M. Braxton Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Greenlee Davidson Middlesex (Virginia) Artillery: Lt William B. Hardy Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William R. J. Pegram
Ewell's Division     MG Richard S. Ewell (w)     BG Alexander R. Lawton	Lawton's Brigade   BG Alexander R. Lawton   Col Marcellus Douglass	13th Georgia: Col Marcellus Douglass 26th Georgia 31st Georgia 38th Georgia 60th Georgia: Maj Thomas J. Berry 61st Georgia
	Trimble's Brigade   BG Isaac R. Trimble (w)   Cpt William F. Brown (k)	15th Alabama: Maj Alexander A. Lowther 12th Georgia: Cpt William F. Brown 21st Georgia: Cpt Thomas C. Glover 21st North Carolina: Ltc Sanders Fulton (k) 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooter
	Early's Brigade   BG Jubal A. Early	13th Virginia: Col James A. Walker 25th Virginia: Col George H. Smith (w) 31st Virginia: Col John S. Hoffman 44th Virginia 49th Virginia: Col William Smith 52nd Virginia 58th Virginia: Col Samuel Letcher
	Hays' Brigade   Col Henry Forno (w)   Col Henry B. Strong	5th Louisiana: Maj Bruce Menger 6th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Strong 7th Louisiana 8th Louisiana: Maj Trevanion D. Lewis 14th Louisiana
	Artillery	Louisiana Guard Battery: Cpt Louis E. D'Aquin 1st Maryland Battery: Cpt William F. Dement Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery: Cpt William D. Brown Johnson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John R. Johnson Courtney (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. Latimer Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Asher W. Garber

Cavalry

See main article: Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

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Stuart's Division^[18]     MG James E. B. Stuart	Robertson's Brigade   BG Beverly Robertson	2nd Virginia: Col Thomas T. Munford (w) 6th Virginia: Col Thomas S. Flournoy 7th Virginia: Col William E. Jones, Cpt Samuel B. Myers 12th Virginia: Col Asher W. Harman 17th Virginia Battalion: Maj William Patrick (mw)
	Lee's Brigade^[19]   BG Fitzhugh Lee	1st Virginia: Col L. Tiernan Brien 4th Virginia: Col Williams C. Wickham 5th Virginia: Col Thomas L. Rosser 9th Virginia: Col William H. F. Lee
	Horse Artillery^[20]	Virginia Battery (Stuart Horse Artillery): Cpt John Pelham

References

• Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
• Hennessy, John J., Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1993.
• Manassas National Battlefield Park - Battle of Second Manassas
• Sibley, Jr., F. Ray, 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. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XII, Part 2, pages 546-551; Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2, pages 499-500; Manassas National Battlefield Park - Battle of Second Manassas, Confederate Order of Battle
3. Artillery organisation taken from F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia pages 22-26
4. Official Records, Series I, Volume XII, Part 2, pages 560-562, 810-814
5. Official Records, Series I, Volume XII, Part 2, pages 829-830, 872-874; Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, pages 1326, 1404
6. Major John J. Garnett Chief of Artillery (see: Walton's report)
7. Released from arrest on August 30, 1862 (see: Benning's report, John J. Hennessy, Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas, pages 47-48)
8. Not mentioned by the Manassas National Battlefield Park, Official Records, John J. Hennessy or F. Ray Sibley, Jr. (see: The 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion)
9. On August 30, 1862 Evans commanded Hood's Division as well as his own brigade (see: Evans's report)
10. Chief of Artillery Right Wing (see: Walton's report)
11. Attached to Toombs' Brigade
12. Attached to Kemper's Division
13. F. Ray Sibley, Jr. lists Eshleman as a major of the Washington Artillery and Lieutenant Joseph Norcom, Jr. in command of the 4th Company, but Walton in his report lists him as captain of the 4th Company (see: Walton's report; F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia page 24)
14. Turned the command over to Captain Colston on August 30, 1862 (see: Colston's report)
15. Assigned to command on August 30, 1862 (see: Johnson's report)
16. Ordered to the rear on account of sickness on August 30, 1862 (see: Johnson's report)
17. Norton claims he was the senior officer present and Miller was his second in command. Miller reports he was the senior officer present. (see: Norton's and Miller's report)
18. [Wade Hampton III|Hampton's]
19. The 3rd Virginia was on picket duty along the Rappahannock River until September 3, 1862, and was not at Second Manassas (see: F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia page 245/note 126)
20. Hart's (South Carolina) battery detached, rejoined September 2, 1862