Battle of Fredericksburg order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Sgt = Sergeant
Other
[edit]- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k =killed
- c = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
[edit]Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
First Corps
[edit]LTG James Longstreet
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
McLaws' Division |
Kershaw's Brigade |
|
| Barksdale's Brigade |
| |
| Cobb's Brigade
|
| |
| Semmes' Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Anderson's Division |
Wilcox's Brigade |
|
| Mahone's Brigade |
| |
| Featherston's Brigade |
| |
| Wright's Brigade |
| |
| Perry's Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Pickett's Division |
Garnett's Brigade |
|
| Armistead's Brigade |
| |
| Kemper's Brigade |
| |
| Jenkins' Brigade |
| |
| Corse' s Brigade[11] |
| |
| Artillery[13]
|
| |
|
Hood's Division
|
Law's Brigade |
|
| Robertson' s Brigade |
| |
| Anderson's Brigade |
| |
| Toombs' Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Ransom's Division |
Ransom's Brigade
|
|
| Cooke's Brigade
|
| |
|
First Corps Artillery[17] |
Washington (Louisiana) Artillery
|
|
| Alexander's Battalion |
|
Second Corps
[edit]| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
D.H. Hill's Division
|
First (Rodes') Brigade |
|
| Second (Doles') Brigade
|
| |
| Third (Colquitt's) Brigade |
| |
| Fourth (Iverson's) Brigade |
| |
| Fifth (Ramseur's) Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
|
First (Field's) Brigade |
|
| Second (Gregg's) Brigade
|
| |
| Third (Thomas') Brigade |
| |
| Fourth (Lane's) Brigade |
| |
| Fifth (Archer's) Brigade |
| |
| Sixth (Pender's) Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Ewell's Division |
Lawton's Brigade
|
|
| Trimble's Brigade
|
| |
| Early's Brigade
|
| |
| Hays' (First Louisiana) Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Jackson's Division |
First (Paxton's) Brigade |
|
| Second (Jones') Brigade |
| |
| Third (Taliaferro's) Brigade |
| |
| Fourth (Starke's) Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Reserve Artillery
[edit]| Battalions | Batteries |
|---|---|
| Brown's Battalion |
|
| Cutts' (Georgia) Battalion |
|
| Nelson's Battalion
|
|
| Miscellaneous Batteries[24] |
|
Cavalry
[edit]| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
| First Brigade[25]
|
| |
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Third Brigade
|
| |
| Fourth Brigade[27] |
| |
| Artillery[28]
|
|
Notes
[edit]- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 538-545
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Transferred from Drayton's brigade, Nov. 26
- ^ Transferred from Robertson's brigade, Nov. 26
- ^ Cabell also commanded Nelson's Battalion and Branch's, Cooper's, Dearing's, Ells', Eubank's, Lane's, Macon's and Ross' batteries.
- ^ a b Transferred from Pryor's brigade, Nov. 10
- ^ a b Transferred from Cooke's brigade, Nov. 26
- ^ Assigned Nov. 10
- ^ Assigned Dec. 1
- ^ Assigned Nov. 26; Corse was assigned Nov. 6, vice Pickett promoted, and was succeeded by Garnett.
- ^ Brigade organized and Corse assigned Nov. 26
- ^ Promoted Col, Dec. 13
- ^ Other batteries of this division are probably noted as "miscellaneous" (see Reserve Artillery) their assignments not being clearly indicated by the reports. Stribling's battery was assigned Dec. 1 "for service with the brigade to which it has long been attached".
- ^ Transferred from McLaws' division, Dec. 8
- ^ Transferred from Wright's brigade, Nov. 26
- ^ Transferred from Cobb's brigade, Nov. 26
- ^ Not assigned to divisions
- ^ OR 21 Page 1073
- ^ Promoted and assigned command, Dec. 12
- ^ Assigned command, Dec. 3
- ^ Attached from Dearing's Artillery
- ^ Majors John J. Garnett, Samuel P. Hamilton and Thomas J. Page, jr. are mentioned in the reports as commanding artillery battalion but their composition is not stated.
- ^ a b c d e Of the First Virginia Light Artillery
- ^ Mentioned in the reports but assignments not indicated
- ^ Detached on a raid to Dúmfries
- ^ Transferred from Third Brigade, between Nov. 10 and Dec. 31.
- ^ In the Shenandoah Valley
- ^ Roster for Dec. 16; Hart's, Breathed's, Moorman's and Chew's batteries appear as attached respectively to the First, Second, Third and Fourth Brigades.
- ^ Probably in the Shenandoah Valley with the Fourth (Jones') Brigade.
References
[edit]- 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.
- National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle).
- Civil War Home: Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle