Third Battle of Winchester order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately. The battle was fought on September 19, 1864, near Winchester, Virginia, and Opequon Creek. The battle is also known as the Battle of Opequon or the Battle of Opequon Creek.

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
c = captured

Army of the Valley District

LTG Jubal Early
Staff:
Adjutant general: Ltc Alexander Pendleton

Size as of September 10, 1864 = 15,514 men.

Infantry - 10,116

Cavalry -4,585

Artillery -813

Breckinridge's Corps

MG John C. Breckinridge

Staff:
Chief of Artillery: Ltc John Floyd King

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Breckinridge's Division BG Gabriel C. Wharton	Smith's Brigade Col Thomas Smith	36th Virginia Infantry: Col Thomas Smith 60th Virginia Infantry 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion Thomas' Legion (North Carolina): Col James R. Love II
	Forsberg's Brigade Col Augustus Forsberg (w) Maj William A. Yonce (mw)	45th Virginia Infantry 51st Virginia Infantry: Maj William A. Yonce (mw) 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt Stephen Adam (w)
	Patton's Brigade Col George S. Patton (mw)	22nd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John C. McDonald 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc Clarence Derrick (w&c) 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc George M. Edgar (c)
Gordon's Division MG John B. Gordon	Evans' Brigade^[1] Col Edmund N. Atkinson	13th Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Baker 26th Georgia Infantry: Ltc James Blain 31st Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Philip E. Davant; Maj. Thomas Bomar 60th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Milton Russell 61st Georgia Infantry: Cpt Eliphalet F. Sharp 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Cpt James W. Anderson (w&c)
	Terry's Brigade^[2] BG William R. Terry	Stonewall Brigade: Col John H.S. Funk (mw); Col Abraham Spengler 2nd Virginia Infantry 4th Virginia Infantry 5th Virginia Infantry 27th Virginia Infantry 33rd Virginia Infantry - Col Abraham Spengler Second: Col Robert H. Dungan 21st Virginia Infantry 25th Virginia Infantry 43rd Virginia Infantry 44th Virginia Infantry 48th Virginia Infantry 50th Virginia Infantry Third Brigade: Ltc Samuel Saunders (w); Cpt William B. Yancy (w&c) 10th Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Infantry 37th Virginia Infantry
	York's Brigade^[3] BG Zebulon York (w) Col William R. Peck (w)	Hays' Old Brigade: Col William R. Peck^[4] 5th Louisiana Infantry - Maj Alexander Hart 6th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Joseph Hanlon 7th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Thomas M. Terry 8th Louisiana Infantry - Capt Louis Prados 9th Louisiana Infantry Old Fourth Brigade: Col Eugene Waggaman 1st Louisiana Infantry - Capt. Joseph Taylor 2nd Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Michael A. Grogan 10th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Henry Monier 14th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc David Zable 15th Louisiana Infantry - Capt H. J. Egan
Rodes' Division MG Robert E. Rodes (k) BG Cullen A. Battle	Battle's Brigade BG Cullen Battle Col Samuel B. Pickens (w) Col Charles Forsyth	3rd Alabama Infantry: Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama Infantry: Col Josephus M. Hall 6th Alabama Infantry: Ltc Isaac F. Culver (w) 12th Alabama Infantry: Col Samuel B. Pickens 61st Alabama Infantry: Ltc Lewis H. Hill
	Grimes' Brigade BG Bryan Grimes	32nd North Carolina Infantry: Col David G. Cowand 43rd North Carolina Infantry: Maj Walter J. Boggan 45th North Carolina Infantry: Col John R. Winston 53rd North Carolina Infantry: Col James T. Morehead 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion: Maj John M. Hancock
	Cox's Brigade Col William R. Cox	1st North Carolina Infantry: Col Hamilton A. Brown 2nd North Carolina Infantry: Col William R. Cox 3rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Stephen Thurston 4th North Carolina Infantry: Col Edwin A. Osborne 14th North Carolina Infantry: Col Risden Tyler Bennett (c) 30th North Carolina Infantry: Col Francis M. Parker
	Cook's Brigade BG Philip Cook	4th Georgia Infantry: Ltc William H. Willis 12th Georgia Infantry: Col Edward Willis 21st Georgia Infantry: Col John T. Mercer 44th Georgia Infantry: Col William H. Peebles
Ramseur's Division MG Stephen D. Ramseur	Pegram's Brigade BG John Pegram	13th Virginia Infantry: Ltc George A. Goodman (w, c); Maj. Charles T. Crittenden 31st Virginia Infantry: Col John S. Hoffman 49th Virginia Infantry: Col Jonathan C. Gibson; Capt. William D. Moffett 52nd Virginia Infantry: Col James H. Skinner (?) 58th Virginia Infantry: Capt. Leroy C. James
	Hoke's Brigade BG Archibald C. Godwin (k) Ltc Anderson Ellis (w) Ltc William S. Davis	6th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Samuel McD. Tate 21st North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Wiley F. Hartsfield; Maj. William J. Pfohl 54th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Anderson Ellis 57th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Hamilton C. Jones (?); Capt John Beard
	Johnston's Brigade BG Robert D. Johnston	5th North Carolina Infantry: Col John W. Lea 12th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc William S. Davis 20th North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Charles C. Blacknall (mw)
Artillery Col Thomas H. Carter	Braxton's Battalion Ltc Carter M. Braxton	Allegheny Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John C. Carpenter Lee Battery (Virginia): Cpt William W. Hardwick Stafford Battery (Virginia): Cpt Raleigh Cooper
	McLaughlin's Battalion Maj William McLaughlin	Lewisburg Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Bryan Monroe Battery (Virginia): Cpt George B. Chapman Wise Legion Battery (Virginia): Cpt William M. Lowry
	Nelson's Battalion Ltc William Nelson	Amherst Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Fluvanna Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John L. Massie Georgia Regular Battery: Lt. Thomas A. Maddox

Cavalry Corps

MG Fitzhugh Lee (w)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Lee's Division BG Williams Wickham	Lomax's Brigade Col William Payne	5th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston 6th Virginia Cavalry: Col Julian Harrison 15th Virginia Cavalry: Col Charles R. Collins
	Wickham's Brigade Col Thomas T. Munford	1st Virginia Cavalry: Col Richard W. Carter 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas T. Munford 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas H. Owen 4th Virginia Cavalry
	Horse Artillery Maj James Breathed	1st Stuart Horse Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Philip P. Johnston Lynchburg Beauregard Battery: Cpt John J. Shoemaker
Lomax's Division MG Lunsford L. Lomax	Imboden's Brigade Col George H. Smith	18th Virginia Cavalry 23rd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Charles T. O'Ferrall 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
	Johnson's Brigade BG Bradley T. Johnson	1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion: Cpt Gustavus W. Dorsey 2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion: Maj Harry Gilmor 8th Virginia Cavalry: Col James M. Corns 21st Virginia Cavalry: Col William E. Peters 27th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj James W. Sweeney 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc James R. Claiburne
	McCausland's Brigade Col Milton Ferguson	14th Virginia Cavalry: Col James Cochran 16th Virginia Cavalry 17th Virginia Cavalry 22nd Virginia Cavalry: Col John T. Radford
	Jackson's Brigade Ltc William P. Thompson	19th Virginia Cavalry 20th Virginia Cavalry 46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
	Vaughn's Brigade Ltc Onslow Bean	16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion 1st Tennessee Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry 60th - 61st - 62nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry
	Horse Artillery	Charlottesville Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Jackson Roanoke Battery (Virginia): Cpt Warren Lurty Staunton Battery (Virginia): Cpt John H. McClanahan

Notes

References

Book:
Book: Clark , Walter . Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina, in the Great War 1861-'65 (Vol. 3) . Published by the state . 1901 . Raleigh, North Carolina . 1300611 . 2020-12-28.
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Notes and References

Officers from NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0182.jpg . BG Clement A. Evans was wounded at the Battle of Monocacy, and would not return until the end of the month.
Officers from NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0163.jpg . Terry's Brigade was made up of the consolidated remnants of Edward Johnson's Division, destroyed at Spotsylvania. They were formed into three regiments based around the three original brigades they were part of.
Officers from NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0196.jpg . York's Brigade consisted of the remnants of Harry Hays' and Leroy Stafford's Louisiana Brigades, which had not been able to replace much of their losses from the year previous, and were further depleted throughout the year at places such as the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Monocacy.
Col William Monaghan (6th Louisiana Infantry), the senior colonel, had been killed in a skirmish on August 29th.