Seven Days Battles order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,^[1] the casualty returns^[2] and the reports.^{[3] [4]} The Union order of battle is listed separately.

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

Jackson's Command

MG Thomas J. Jackson (34207)

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First (Whiting's) Division     BG William H.C. Whiting (5529)	First (Hood's) Brigade   BG John B. Hood (2969)	18th Georgia (631): Ltc Solon Z. Ruff 1st Texas (614): Col Alexis T. Rainey (w) 4th Texas (616): Col John Marshall (k), Cpt W. P. Townsend 5th Texas (532): Col Jerome B. Robertson Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion (Infantry Battalion) (576): Ltc Martin W. Gary
	Third (Whiting's) Brigade   Col Evander M. Law (2318)	4th Alabama (462): Ltc Owen K. McLemore (w), Cpt L. H. Scruggs 2nd Mississippi (608): Col John M. Stone 11th Mississippi (623): Col Philip F. Liddell 6th North Carolina (625): Ltc Isaac E. Avery (w), Maj R. F. Webb
	Artillery (242)	Balthis' Battery, Staunton (Virginia) Artillery (111 4x6pounder): Cpt W. L. Balthis (w) Reilly's Battery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery (131 2x10Parrott,2x3inch,2x24pound howitzer): Cpt James Reilly
Second (Jackson's) Division     MG Thomas J. Jackson	First Brigade^[5]   BG Charles S. Winder	2nd Virginia: Col James W. Allen (k), Ltc Lawson Botts 4th Virginia: Col Charles A. Ronald 5th Virginia: Col William S. Baylor 27th Virginia: Col Andrew J. Grigsby (w), Cpt G.C. Smith 33rd Virginia: Col John F. Neff Carpenter's Battery, Allegheny (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John C. Carpenter
	Second Brigade^[6]   Ltc Richard H. Cunningham, Jr.   BG John R. Jones (w - White Oak Swamp)	21st Virginia: Ltc R. H. Cunningham Jr., Maj John B. Moseley 42nd Virginia: Ltc William Martin 48th Virginia: Cpt John M. Vermillion 1st Virginia Battalion: Cpt B. W. Leigh Caskie's Battery, Hampden (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Caskie
	Third Brigade   Col Samuel V. Fulkerson (mw)   Col Edward T. H. Warren   BG Wade Hampton	10th Virginia: Col Edward T. H. Warren 23rd Virginia: Cpt A. V. Scott 37th Virginia: Maj Titus V. Williams Wooding's Battery, Danville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George W. Wooding
	Fourth Brigade   BG Alexander Lawton	13th Georgia: Col Marcellus Douglass 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans (w) 38th Georgia: Ltc L. J. Parr (w), Cpt William H. Battey 60th Georgia: Ltc W. H. Stiles 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar
Third (Ewell's) Division     MG Richard S. Ewell	Fourth Brigade   BG Arnold Elzey (w - Gaines' Mill)   Col James A. Walker   BG Jubal Early	12th Georgia: Cpt James G. Rodgers 13th Virginia: Col James A. Walker 25th Virginia: Ltc John C. Higginbotham 31st Virginia: Col John S. Hoffman 44th Virginia: Ltc Norvell Cobb 52nd Virginia: Ltc J. H. Skinner 58th Virginia: Col Francis H. Board
	Seventh Brigade   BG Isaac R. Trimble	15th Alabama: Col James Cantey 21st Georgia: Maj T. W. Hooper (w) 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey 21st North Carolina: Ltc William W. Kirkland 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj Rufus W. Wharton Courtney's Battery, Henrico (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt A. R. Courtney
	Eight Brigade   BG Richard Taylor   Col Isaac G. Seymour (k - Gaines' Mill)   Col Leroy A. Stafford	6th Louisiana: Col Isaac G. Seymour (k - Gaines' Mill) 7th Louisiana: Ltc Davidson Bradfute Penn 8th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Kelly 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford 1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Maj C.R. Wheat (k - Gaines' Mill) Carrington's Battery, Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt J. McDonald Carrington
	Maryland Line   Col Bradley T. Johnson	1st Maryland: Col Bradley T. Johnson Brockenbrough's Battery, Baltimore (Maryland) Artillery: Cpt J. B. Brockenbrough
Unattached	Cavalry	2nd Virginia: Col Thomas T. Munford

D. H. Hill's Division

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D. H. Hill's Division^[7]     MG Daniel H. Hill	First Brigade   BG Robert E. Rodes^[8]   Col. John B. Gordon	3rd Alabama: Ltc Charles A. Battle 5th Alabama: Col Charles C. Pegues (mw) 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon (w - Malvern Hill) 12th Alabama: Ltc Bristow B. Gayle 26th Alabama: Col Edward O'Neal
	Second Brigade   BG George B. Anderson (w - Malvern Hill) ^[9]   Col Charles C. Tew	2nd North Carolina: Col Charles C. Tew 4th North Carolina: Col Bryan Grimes 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker
	Third Brigade   BG Samuel Garland	5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae 12th North Carolina: Col Benjamin O. Wade 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales 20th North Carolina: Col Alfred Iverson, Jr. (w - Gaines' Mill), Ltc Franklin J. Faison (k), Maj William H. Toon 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie (w), Lt I. J. Young (w)
	Fourth Brigade   Col Alfred H. Colquitt	13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 6th Georgia: Ltc J .M. Newton 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best 27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen (mw)
	Fifth Brigade   BG Roswell S. Ripley	44th Georgia: Col Robert A. Smith (mw), Cpt John W. Beck 48th Georgia: Col William Gibson 1st North Carolina: Col Montford S. Stokes (mw), Cpt H. A. Brown, Ltc William P. Bynum 3rd North Carolina: Col Gaston Meares (k), Ltc William L. De Rosset
	Artillery	Bondurant's Battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt J. W. Bondurant Carter's Battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter Nelson's Battery, Hanover (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt G. W. Nelson Hardaway's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway
	Jones' Battalion^[10]   Maj Hilary P. Jones	Clark's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt P. H. Clark Peyton's Battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Lt C. W. Fry Rhett's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt A. Burnet Rhett

Magruder's Command

MG John B. Magruder

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First Division     BG David R. Jones	First Brigade   BG Robert Toombs	2nd Georgia: Col Edgar M. Butt (w), Ltc William R. Holmes 15th Georgia: Col William M. McIntosh (mw), Ltc William T. Millican, Maj T. J. Smith, Cpt S. Z. Hearns 17th Georgia: Col Henry L. Benning 20th Georgia: Col Jonathan B. Cumming
	Third (Jones') Brigade   Col George T. Anderson	1st Georgia Regulars: Col William J. Magill 7th Georgia: Ltc W. W. White (w), Maj E. W. Hoyle (w), Cpt George H. Carmical 8th Georgia: Col Lucius M. Lamar (w&c), Cpt George O. Dawson 9th Georgia: Col Richard A. Turnipseed 11th Georgia: Ltc William Luffman
	Artillery   Maj John J. Garnett	Wise (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James S. Brown Hart's Battery, Washington (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James F. Hart Madison Louisiana Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody Lane's Battery:^[11] Cpt John Lane Woolfolk's Battery, Ashland (Virginia) Artillery:^[12] Lt James Woolfolk
McLaws' Division     MG Lafayette McLaws	First Brigade   BG Paul J. Semmes	10th Georgia: Col Alfred Cumming (w - Malvern Hill), Cpt W. C. Holt 53rd Georgia: Col Leonard T. Doyal 5th Louisiana: Col Theodore G. Hunt 10th Louisiana: Ltc Eugene Waggaman (w&c) 15th Virginia: Col Thomas P. August (w) 32nd Virginia: Ltc William R. Wilis Manly's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt Basil C. Manly
	Fourth Brigade   BG Joseph B. Kershaw	2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy, Maj F. Gaillard 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance 7th South Carolina: Col D. Wyatt Aiken 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan Kemper's Battery, Alexandria (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Del Kemper
Magruder's Division     MG John B. Magruder	Second Brigade   BG Howell Cobb	16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan 24th Georgia: Col Robert McMillan Cobb's (Georgia) Legion 2nd Louisiana: Col J. T. Norwood (mw) 15th North Carolina: Col Henry A. Dowd (w) Carlton's Battery, Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton
	Third Brigade   BG Richard Griffith (mw - Savage's Station)   Col William Barksdale	13th Mississippi: Col William Barksdale, Ltc J. W. Carter (w), Maj Kennon McElroy 17th Mississippi: Col William D. Holder (w), Ltc John C. Fiser 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas Griffin (w), Ltc William H. Luse 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys, Ltc William L. Brandon (w), Cpt William C. F. Brooks McCarthy's (Virginia) Battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt E. S. McCarthy
	Artillery   Col Stephen D. Lee	Page's Battery, Magruder (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas Jefferson Page, Jr. Read's Battery, Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt J. P. W. Read Richardson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt L. W. Richardson Kirkpatrick's Battery, Amherst (Virginia) Artillery:^[13] Cpt Thomas H. J. Kirkpatrick

Longstreet's Division

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Longstreet's Division     MG James Longstreet^[14]     BG Richard H. Anderson^[15]	First Brigade   BG James L. Kemper	1st Virginia: Cpt G. F. Norton 7th Virginia: Col Waller T. Patton 11th Virginia: Cpt Kirkwood Otey 17th Virginia: Col Montgomery D. Corse 24th Virginia: Ltc Peter Hairston Rogers' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Arthur L. Rogers
	Second Brigade   BG Richard H. Anderson   Col Micah Jenkins	2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col John V. Moore 4th South Carolina (Battalion): Maj C. B. Mattison 5th South Carolina: Ltc Andrew Jackson (w) 6th South Carolina: Ltc John M. Steedman (w) Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walker
	Third Brigade   BG George Pickett (w - Gaines' Mill)   Col Eppa Hunton^[16]   Col John B. Strange	8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers (w) 19th Virginia: Col John B. Strange, Captain Charles S. Peyton 28th Virginia: Col Robert C. Allen 56th Virginia: Col William D. Stuart
	Fourth Brigade   BG Cadmus M. Wilcox	8th Alabama: Ltc Y. L. Royston (w) 9th Alabama: Maj J. H. J. Williams, Cpt J. H. King (w) 10th Alabama: Col John J. Woodward (k), Maj J. H. Caldwell (w) 11th Alabama: Ltc S. F. Hale (w), Cpt George Field (w) Anderson's Battery, Thomas (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Edwin J. Anderson
	Fifth Brigade   BG Roger A. Pryor	14th Alabama: Ltc D. W. Baine (k) 2nd Florida: Col Edward A. Perry (w - Glendale) 14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion: Ltc Georges A.G. De Coppens 3rd Virginia: Ltc Joseph V. Scott (w) Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
	Sixth Brigade   BG Winfield S. Featherston (w - Glendale)   BG George B. Anderson	12th Mississippi: Maj W. H. Lilly (w), Cpt S. B. Thomas 19th Mississippi: Maj John Mullins (w) 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor (k) Smith's (Virginia) Battery, 3rd Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
	Artillery	Washington Louisiana (Artillery) Battalion: Col James B. Walton

Huger's Division

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Huger's Division     MG Benjamin Huger	Second Brigade   BG William Mahone	6th Virginia: Col George T. Rogers 12th Virginia: Col David A. Weisiger 16th Virginia: Ltc Joseph H. Ham 41st Virginia: Ltc William A. Parham (w) 49th Virginia: Col William Smith Grimes' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Carey F. Grimes Moorman's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt M. N. Moorman
	Third Brigade   BG Ambrose R. Wright	44th Alabama: Col James Kent 3rd Georgia: Maj J. R. Sturges (k), Cpt R. B. Nisbet 4th Georgia: Col George P. Doles (w - Malvern Hill) 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones, Maj Joseph Wasden 1st Louisiana: Ltc W. R. Shivers (w), Cpt M. Nolan Huger's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Frank Huger Ross' Battery: Cpt H. M. Ross
	Fourth Brigade   BG Lewis A. Armistead	9th Virginia: Ltc James S. Gilliam 14th Virginia: Col James G. Hodges 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds 53rd Virginia: Cpt William R. Aylett, Maj George M. Waddill, Cpt R. W. Martin, Col H. B. Tomlin 57th Virginia: Ltc Waddy T. James 5th Virginia Battalion: Cpt William E. Alley Stribling's (Virginia) Battery, Fauquier Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Turner's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William H. Turner
	Ransom's Brigade^[17] (Second Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)   BG Robert Ransom, Jr.	24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke 25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge 26th North Carolina: Col Zebulon B. Vance 35th North Carolina: Col Matthew W. Ranson (w), Ltc O. C. Petway (k) 48th North Carolina: Col Robert C. Hill 49th North Carolina: Col Stephen D. Ramseur (w - Malvern Hill)
	Walker's Brigade (Fourth Brigade from the Department of North Carolina)   BG John G. Walker (w - Malvern Hill)   Col Van H. Manning	3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning 2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj George W. Ross 27th North Carolina: Col John R. Cooke 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall 30th Virginia: Col Archibald T. Harrison Goodwyn's (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt Edward A. Goodwyn

A. P. Hill's Light Division

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A.P. Hill's Light Division^[18]     MG Ambrose P. Hill	First Brigade   BG Charles W. Field	40th Virginia: Col John M. Brockenbrough 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallory 60th Virginia: Col William E. Starke (w), Ltc B. H. Jones, Maj J. C. Summers
	Second Brigade   BG Maxcy Gregg	1st South Carolina: Col Daniel H. Hamilton 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col John F. Marshall 12th South Carolina: Col Dixon Barnes (w) 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver Edwards 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan (w)
	Third Brigade   BG Joseph R. Anderson (w - Glendale)   Col Edward L. Thomas	14th Georgia: Col Robert W. Folsom (w) 35th Georgia: Col Edward L. Thomas (w - Mechanicsville) 45th Georgia: Col Thomas Hardeman (w) 49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane (w) 3rd Louisiana Battalion: Ltc Edward Pendleton
	Fourth Brigade   BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch	7th North Carolina: Col Reuben P. Campbell (k), Ltc E. Graham Haywood (w), Maj J. L. Hill 18th North Carolina: Col Robert H. Cowan 28th North Carolina: Col James H. Lane (w) 33rd North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Hoke 37th North Carolina: Col Charles C. Lee (k), Ltc William Barbour
	Fifth Brigade   BG James J. Archer	5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Vandegraaf (w) 19th Georgia: Ltc Thomas C. Johnson (mw) 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Ltc James C. Shackelford (mw) 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner (w) 14th Tennessee: Col William A. Forbes
	Sixth Brigade   BG William D. Pender (w - Glendale)   Ltc John McElroy	2nd Arkansas Battalion: Maj William N. Bronaugh (k - Mechanicsville) 16th North Carolina: Ltc John McElroy 22nd North Carolina: Col James Conner (w - Gaines' Mill), Ltc R. H. Gray 34th North Carolina: Col Richard H. Riddick (w) 38th North Carolina: Col William J. Hoke (w) 22nd Virginia Battalion: Cpt J. C. Johnson
	Artillery   Ltc Lewis M. Coleman	Andrews' (Maryland) Battery: Cpt R. Snowden Andrews Bachman's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt William K. Bachman Braxton's (Virginia) Battery, Fredericksburg Artillery: Cpt Carter M. Braxton Crenshaw's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William G. Crenshaw Johnson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marmaduke Johnson McIntosh's Battery, Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt David G. McIntosh Pegram's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William J. Pegram

Department of North Carolina

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Department of North Carolina^[19]     MG Theophilus H. Holmes	Third Brigade   Col Junius Daniel	43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan 45th North Carolina: Ltc J. H. Morehead 50th North Carolina: Col Marshall D. Craton Burroughs' Cavalry Battalion: Maj Edgar Burroughs
	Artillery   Col James Deshler	Branch's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James R. Branch Brem's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt T. H. Brem French's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt David A. French Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Edward Graham
	Wise's Command^[20]   BG Henry A. Wise	26th Virginia: Col Powahtan R. Page 46th Virginia: Col Richard T.W. Duke 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery Andrews' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. G. Andrews Rives' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt J. H. Rives

Artillery Reserve

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Artillery Reserve     BG William N. Pendleton	1st Virginia Artillery^[21]   Col J. Thompson Brown	Richmond Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton Coke's (Williamsburg) Battery: Cpt John A. Coke Watson's Battery: Cpt David Watson
	Nelson's Battalion^[22]   Maj William Nelson	Huckstep's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Charles T. Huckstep Page's Battery: Cpt R. C. M. Page
	Richardson's Battalion^[23]   Maj Charles Richardson	Ancell's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John J. Ancell Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Jr. Davidson's Battery, Letcher (Virginia) Artillery:^[24] Cpt Greenlee Davidson Masters' (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Leander Masters
	Sumter (Georgia) Artillery^[25]   Ltc Allen S. Cutts	Blackshear's Battery: Cpt James A. Blackshear Price's Battery: Cpt John V. Price
	Miscellaneous^[26]	Chapman's Battery, Dixie (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. H. Chapman Dabney's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. J. Dabney Dearing's (Lynchburg) Battery: Cpt James Dearing Grimes' (Virginia) Portsmouth Battery: Cpt Carey F. Grimes Hamilton's Battery: Cpt B. P. Hamilton

Cavalry

References

• 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. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 483-489
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 502-510 and pages 973-984
3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2,pages 12-19
4. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
5. These brigades are numbered as of the Valley District.
6. Cunningham commanded the brigade in the absence of Jones until June 29, when Jones took over. Jones was wounded on July 1, after which command devolved again on Cunningham.
7. Served part of time under Longstreet and Jackson.
8. Turned over command to John B. Gordon due to illness June 29.
9. Commanded Winfield Featherston's brigade July 1.
10. Temporarily assigned from the Artillery Reserve.
11. Of the Sumter (Georgia) Artillery, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
12. Of Richardson's Battalion, from the Artillery Reserve.
13. Of Nelson's Battalion, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
14. Commanding part of time D.H. Hill's Division, his own Division, and A.P. Hill's Light Division.
15. Temporarily commanded Longstreet's division June 29–30.
16. Stepped down from brigade command June 29 due to illness.
17. Belonging to the Department of North Carolina, temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
18. Served part of time under Longstreet.
19. Ransom's (Second) and Walker's (Fourth) Brigade temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
20. Temporarily attached.
21. Only the batteries mentioned in the reports are here given.
22. Kirkpatrick's Battery served with Magruder's Division.
23. Woolfolk's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command.
24. From A.P. Hill's Light Division, temporarily attached.
25. Lane's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command and Ross' Battery with Huger's Division.
26. Including all batteries mentioned in the reports and not otherwise accounted for.