Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle


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. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding

First Corps">First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia">First Corps

LTG James Longstreet
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

McLaws' Division

MG Lafayette McLaws		Kershaw's Brigade

BG Joseph B. Kershaw
  • 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy
  • 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance, Ltc William D. Rutherford, Maj Robert C. Maffett,
Cpt William W. Hance, Cpt John C. Sumner, Cpt John K.G. Nance
  • 7th South Carolina: Ltc Elbert Bland
  • 8th South Carolina: Cpt Eli T. Stackhouse
  • 15th South Carolina: Col William D. DeSaussure
  • 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice
McLaws' Division

MG Lafayette McLaws		Barksdale's Brigade

BG William Barksdale
  • 13th Mississippi: Col John W. Carter
  • 17th Mississippi: Col John C. Fiser
  • 18th Mississippi: Ltc William H. Luse
  • 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys
McLaws' Division

MG Lafayette McLaws		Cobb's Brigade

BG Thomas R.R. Cobb

Col Robert E. McMillan
  • 16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan
  • 18th Georgia: Ltc Solon Z. Ruff
  • 24th Georgia: Col Robert E. McMillan, Ltc Jefferson M. Lamar
  • Cobb's Legion: Ltc Luther Glenn
  • Phillip's Legion: Ltc Robert T. Cook, Maj Joseph Hamilton
McLaws' Division

MG Lafayette McLaws		Semmes' Brigade

BG Paul J. Semmes
  • 10th Georgia: Col John B. Weems
  • 50th Georgia: Col William R. Manning
  • 51st Georgia: Col William M. Slaughter
  • 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
McLaws' Division

MG Lafayette McLaws		Artillery

Col Henry C. Cabell
  • Manly's battery Cpt Basil C. Manly
  • Read's battery: Cpt John P.W. Read
  • McCarthy's battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy
  • Carlton's Battery, Troup Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton
Anderson's Division

MG Richard H. Anderson		Wilcox's Brigade

BG Cadmus M. Wilcox
  • 8th Alabama: Col Young L. Royston
  • 9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry
  • 10th Alabama: Col William H. Forney
  • 11th Alabama: Col Sydenham Moore
  • 14th Alabama: Col Lucius Pinkard
Anderson's Division

MG Richard H. Anderson		Mahone's Brigade

BG William Mahone
  • 6th Virginia: Col Thomas J. Cornprew
  • 12th Virginia: Cpt John R. Lewellen
  • 16th Virginia: Maj Francis D. Holliday
  • 41st Virginia: Col William A. Parham
  • 61st Virginia: Ltc William F. Niemeyer
Anderson's Division

MG Richard H. Anderson		Featherston's Brigade

BG Winfield S. Featherston
  • 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor
  • 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey
  • 19th Mississippi: Col Thomas Hardin
  • 48th Mississippi : Ltc Thomas B. Manlove
Anderson's Division

MG Richard H. Anderson		Wright's Brigade

BG Ambrose R. Wright
  • 3rd Georgia: Col Edward J. Walker
  • 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones
  • 48th Georgia: Cpt Matthew R. Hall
  • 2nd Georgia Battalion: Cpt Charles J. Moffett
Anderson's Division

MG Richard H. Anderson		Perry's Brigade

BG Edward A. Perry
  • 2nd Florida: Ltc Lewis G. Pyles
  • 5th Florida Col John C. Hately
  • 8th Florida: Col David Lang, Cpt Thomas R. Love
Anderson's Division

MG Richard H. Anderson		Artillery

Ltc John S. Saunders
  • Donaldsonville Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin
  • Huger's battery: Cpt Frank Huger
  • Lewis' battery: Cpt John W. Lewis
  • Norfolk Light Artillery Blues: Lt William T. Peet
Pickett's Division

MG George Pickett		Garnett's Brigade

BG Richard B. Garnett
  • 8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton
  • 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers
  • 19th Virginia: Col John B. Strange
  • 28th Virginia: Col Robert C. Allen
  • 56th Virginia: Col William D. Stuart
Pickett's Division

MG George Pickett		Armistead's 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: Col William R. Aylett
  • 57th Virginia: Col David Dyer
Pickett's Division

MG George Pickett		Kemper's Brigade

BG James L. Kemper
  • 1st Virginia: Col Lewis B. Williams, Jr.
  • 3rd Virginia: Col Joseph Mayo, Jr.
  • 7th Virginia: Col Waller T. Patton
  • 11th Virginia: Maj Kirkwood Otey
  • 24th Virginia: Col William R. Terry
Pickett's Division

MG George Pickett		Jenkins' Brigade

BG Micah Jenkins
  • 1st South Carolina : Col Daniel H. Hamilton
  • 2nd South Carolina : Col Robert E. Bowen
  • 5th South Carolina: Col Ashbury Coward
  • 6th South Carolina: Col John M. Steedman
  • Hampton's Legion : Ltc Robert B. Arnold
  • Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
Pickett's Division

MG George Pickett		Corse' s Brigade

BG Montgomery D. Corse
  • 15th Virginia: Cpt Emmett M. Morrison
  • 17th Virginia: Maj Arthur Hebert
  • 30th Virginia: Col Alfred T. Harrison
  • 32nd Virginia: Col Edgar B. Montague
Pickett's Division

MG George Pickett		Artillery

Maj James Dearing
  • Dearing's battery: Cpt Joseph Blount
  • Fauquier Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
  • Richmond Fayette Artillery: Cpt Miles C. Macon
Hood's Division

MG John B. Hood		Law's Brigade

BG Evander M. Law
  • 4th Alabama: Col Pinckney D. Bowles
  • 44th Alabama: Ltc Charles A. Derby
  • 6th North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Webb
  • 54th North Carolina: Col James C. S. McDowell
  • 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Godwin
Hood's Division

MG John B. Hood		Robertson' s Brigade

BG Jerome B. Robertson
  • 3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning
  • 1st Texas: Col Philip A. Work
  • 4th Texas: Col John C.G. Key
  • 5th Texas: Col Robert M. Powell
Hood's Division

MG John B. Hood		Anderson's Brigade

BG George T. Anderson
  • 1st Georgia Regulars: Cpt Richard A. Wayne
  • 7th Georgia: Ltc George H. Carmichael
  • 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers
  • 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. Mounger
  • 11th Georgia: Col Francis H. Little
Hood's Division

MG John B. Hood		Toombs' Brigade

Col Henry L. Benning
  • 2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes
  • 15th Georgia: Col William T. Millican
  • 17th Georgia: Col Wesley C. Hodges
  • 20th Georgia: Col John R. Cummings
Hood's Division

MG John B. Hood		Artillery

Maj Mathias W. Henry
  • Bachman's battery, German Artillery: Cpt James Simons
  • Garden's battery, Palmetto Light Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden
  • Reilly's battery, Rowan Artillery: Cpt James Reilly
Ransom's Division

BG Robert Ransom, Jr.		Ransom's Brigade

BG Robert Ransom, Jr.
  • 24th North Carolina: Ltc John L. Harris
  • 25th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel C. Bryson
  • 35th North Carolina: Col Matt W. Ransom
  • 49th North Carolina: Ltc Lee McAfee
  • Branch's battery: Cpt James R. Branch
Ransom's Division

BG Robert Ransom, Jr.		Cooke's Brigade

BG John R. Cooke

Col Edward D. Hall
  • 15th North Carolina: Ltc William MacRae
  • 27th North Carolina: Col John A. Gilmer, Jr.
  • 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall
  • 48th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel H. Walkup
  • Cooper's Stafford battery: Cpt Samuel Cooper
First Corps ArtilleryWashington Artillery

Col James B. Walton
  • 1st Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires
  • 2nd Company: Cpt John B. Richardson
  • 3rd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller
  • 4th Company: Cpt Benjamin F. Eshleman
First Corps ArtilleryAlexander's Battalion

Ltc E. Porter Alexander
  • Bedford Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan
  • Bath battery: Cpt John L. Eubank
  • Madison Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody
  • Parker's battery: Cpt William W. Parker
  • Brook's battery: Cpt Andrew B. Rhett
  • Ashland battery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.

Second Corps">Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia">Second Corps

LTG Thomas J. Jackson
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

D.H. Hill's Division

MG D.H. Hill		First Brigade

BG Robert E. Rodes
  • 3rd Alabama: Cullen A. Battle
  • 5th Alabama: Col Cadwallader Jones
  • 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon
  • 12th Alabama: Ltc Samuel B Pickens
  • 26th Alabama: Col Edward A. O'Neal
D.H. Hill's Division

MG D.H. Hill		Second Brigade

BG George Doles
  • 4th Georgia: Col Philip Cook
  • 44th Georgia: Col John B. Estes
  • 1st North Carolina: Col Hamilton A. Brown
  • 3rd North Carolina: Col William L. DeRosset
D.H. Hill's Division

MG D.H. Hill		Third Brigade

BG Alfred H. Colquitt
  • 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry
  • 6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton
  • 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best
  • 27th Georgia: Col Charles T. Zachary
  • 28th Georgia: Maj Tully Graybill
D.H. Hill's Division

MG D.H. Hill		Fourth Brigade

BG Alfred Iverson Jr.
  • 5th North Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Garrett
  • 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman
  • 20th North Carolina: Ltc Frank Faison
  • 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie
D.H. Hill's Division

MG D.H. Hill		Fifth Brigade

Col Bryan Grimes
  • 2nd North Carolina: Col William P. Byrum
  • 4th North Carolina: Col Edwin A. Y. Osborne
  • 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. Bennett
  • 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker
D.H. Hill's Division

MG D.H. Hill		Artillery

Maj Hilary P. Jones

Maj Thomas H. Carter
  • Hardaway's battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway, Cpt William B. Hurt
  • Bondurant's battery, Jeff Davis Artillery: Cpt James W. Bondurant
  • Carter's battery, King William Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter, Cpt William P. P. Carter
  • Page's battery, Morris Artillery: Cpt Richard C. M. Page
  • Fry's battery, Orange Artillery: Cpt Charles M. Fry
  • Goochland Artillery: Cpt William H. Turner
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		First Brigade

Col John M. Brockenbrough
  • 40th Virginia: Cpt Timothy E. Betts
  • 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo
  • 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallroy
  • 22nd Virginia Battalion: Ltc Edward P. Tayloe
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		Second Brigade

BG Maxcy Gregg

Col Samuel McGowan
  • 1st South Carolina : Col Daniel H. Hamilton
  • 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col James L. Orr
  • 12th South Carolina: Col Richard G. Mills Dunovant
  • 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver E. Edwards
  • 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan, Ltc William D. Simpson
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		Third Brigade

BG Edward L. Thomas
  • 14th Georgia: Col Arnoldus V. Brumby
  • 35th Georgia: Col Bolling H. Holt
  • 45th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Simmons
  • 49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		Fourth Brigade

BG James H. Lane
  • 7th North Carolina: Ltc Junius L. Hill
  • 18th North Carolina: Col Thomas J. Purdie
  • 28th North Carolina: Col Samuel D. Lowe
  • 33rd North Carolina: Col Clark M. Avery
  • 37th North Carolina: Cpt William M. Barbour
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		Fifth Brigade

BG James J. Archer
  • 5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Van de Graaff, Cpt Samuel D. Stewart
  • 19th Georgia: Ltc Andrew J. Hutchins
  • 1st Tennessee : Col Peter Turney, Ltc Newton J. George, Cpt Miller Turney,
Cpt Henry J. Hawkins
  • 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner
  • 14th Tennessee: Ltc James W. Lockert
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		Sixth Brigade

BG William D. Pender

Col Alfred M. Scales
  • 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales
  • 16th North Carolina: Col John S. McElroy
  • 22nd North Carolina: Maj Christopher C. Cole
  • 34th North Carolina: Col William L. J. Lowrance
  • 38th North Carolina: Col William H. H. Cowles
A. P. Hill's Light Division

MG A. P. Hill		Artillery

Ltc R. Lindsay Walker
  • Branch Artillery: Lt John R. Potts
  • Crenshaw battery: Lt James Ellett
  • Fredericksburg Artillery: Lt Edward A. Marye
  • Johnson's battery: Lt Valentine J. Clutter
  • Letcher Artillery: Cpt Greenlee Davidson
  • Pee Dee Artillery: Cpt David G. Mcintosh
  • Purcell Artillery: Cpt William Pegram
Ewell's Division

BG Jubal A. Early		Lawton's Brigade

Col Edmund N. Atkinson

Col Clement A. Evans
  • 13th Georgia: Col James M. Smith
  • 26th Georgia: Cpt Benjamin F. Grace
  • 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans
  • 38th Georgia: Cpt William L. McLeod
  • 60th Georgia: Col William H. Stiles
  • 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar, Maj Charles W. McArthur
Ewell's Division

BG Jubal A. Early		Trimble's Brigade

Col Robert Hoke
  • 15th Alabama: Maj Alexander A. Lowther
  • 12th Georgia: Col Zephaniah T. Connor
  • 21st Georgia: Ltc Thomas W. Hooper
  • 21st North Carolina: Col Saunders Fulton
  • 1st North Carolina Battalion: Maj Rufus N. Wharton
Ewell's Division

BG Jubal A. Early		Early's Brigade

Col James A. Walker
  • 13th Virginia: Ltc James B. Terrill
  • 25th Virginia: Ltc Patrick B. Duffy
  • 31st Virginia: Ltc Francis M. Boykin
  • 44th Virginia: Col Norvell Cobb, Cpt David W. Anderson
  • 49th Virginia: Col Jonathan C. Gibson
  • 52nd Virginia: Col Mathew G. Harmon
  • 58th Virginia: Col Francis H. Board
Ewell's Division

BG Jubal A. Early		Hays' Brigade

BG Harry T. Hays
  • 5th Louisiana: Col Henry Forno
  • 6th Louisiana: Col WIlliam Monaghan
  • 7th Louisiana: Col Davidson B. Penn
  • 8th Louisiana: Ltc Trevanion D. Lewis
  • 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford
Ewell's Division

BG Jubal A. Early		Artillery

Cpt Joseph W. Latimer
  • Charlottesville Artillery: Cpt James McD. Carrington
  • Chesapeake Artillery: Lt John E. Plater
  • Courtney Artillery: Lt William A. Tanner
  • First Maryland Battery: Cpt William F. Dement
  • Louisiana Guard Artillery: Cpt Louis E. D'Aquin
  • Staunton Artillery: Lt Asher W. Garber
Jackson's Division

BG William B. Taliaferro		First Brigade

BG Elisha F. Paxton
  • 2nd Virginia: Cpt John Q.A. Nadenbousch
  • 4th Virginia: Ltc Robert D. Gardner, Maj William Terry
  • 5th Virginia: Ltc Hazel J. Williams
  • 27th Virginia: Ltc James K. Edmondson
  • 33rd Virginia: Col Edwin G. Lee
Jackson's Division

BG William B. Taliaferro		Second Brigade

BG John R. Jones
  • 21st Virginia: Ltc John M. Patton
  • 42nd Virginia: Cpt Robert W. Withers
  • 48th Virginia: Col Thomas S. Garnett
  • 1st Virginia Battalion: Maj John Seddon
Jackson's Division

BG William B. Taliaferro		Third Brigade

Col Edward T.H. Warren
  • 47th Alabama: Col Michael J. Bulger
  • 48th Alabama: Col William M. Hardwick
  • 10th Virginia: Col Simeon B. Gibbons
  • 23rd Virginia: Ltc Simeon T. Walton
  • 37th Virginia: Col Titus V. Williams
Jackson's Division

BG William B. Taliaferro		Fourth Brigade

Col Edmund Pendleton
  • 1st Louisiana : Ltc Michael Nolan
  • 2nd Louisiana: Col Jesse M. Williams, Maj Michael A. Grogan
  • 10th Louisiana: Ltc John M. Legett
  • 14th Louisiana: Cpt Henry M. Verlander
  • 15th Louisiana: Ltc McG. Goodwyn
  • Coppens' Zouave Battalion: Ltc M. Alfred Coppens
Jackson's Division

BG William B. Taliaferro		Artillery

Cpt John B. Brockenbrough
  • Carpenter's Alleghany battery: Lt George McKendree, Lt William T. Lambie
  • Danville Artillery: Cpt George W. Wooding, Lt Joseph H. Jones
  • Hampden Artillery: Cpt William H. Caskie
  • Lee Artillery: Lt Charles W. Stratham
  • 2nd Rockbridge battery: Lt George M. Lusk

Reserve Artillery

BG William N. Pendleton
BattalionsBatteries
Brown's Battalion

Col J. Thompson Brown
  • Brooke's Warrenton Light Artillery battery;: Cpt James V. Brooke
  • Dance's battery, Powhatan Artillery: Cpt Willis J. Dance
  • Hupp's battery, Salem Artillery: Cpt Abraham Hupp
  • Poague's battery, Rockbridge Artillery: Cpt William T. Poague
  • Smith's battery, Richmond Third Howitzers: Cpt Benjamin H. Smith
  • Watson's battery, Richmond Second Howitzers: Cpt David Watson
Cutts' Battalion
  • Co. A, Sumter Flying Artillery Battalion : Cpt Hugh M. Ross
  • Co. B, Sumter Flying Artillery Battalion : Cpt George M. Patterson
  • Co. C, Sumter Flying Artillery Battalion : Cpt John Lane
    • Nelson's Battalion
    Maj William Nelson
    • Kirkpatrick's battery, Amherst Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
    • Massie's battery, Fluvanna Artillery: Cpt John L. Massie
    • Milledge's battery: Cpt John Milledge
    Miscellaneous Batteries
  • Ells' Macon Light Artillery: Cpt Henry N. Ells
  • Nelson's battery, Hanover Artillery: Cpt George W. Nelson

    • Cavalry">Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia">Cavalry

    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    MG James E.B. Stuart    		First Brigade

    BG Wade Hampton
    • 1st North Carolina: Col Laurence S. Baker
    • 1st South Carolina: Col John L. Black
    • 2nd South Carolina: Col Matthew C. Butler
    • Cobb Legion: Ltc Pierce M.B. Young
    • Phillip's Legion: Ltc William W. Rich
    MG James E.B. StuartSecond Brigade

    BG Fitzhugh Lee
    • 1st Virginia: Col James H. Drake
    • 2nd Virginia: Col Thomas T. Munford
    • 3rd Virginia: Col Thomas H. Owen
    • 4th Virginia: Col Williams C. Wickham
    • 5th Virginia: Thomas L. Rosser
    MG James E.B. StuartThird Brigade

    BG W.H.F. Lee
    • 2nd North Carolina: Col Seth Williams
    • 9th Virginia: Col Richard L.T. Beale
    • 10th Virginia: Col J. Lucius Davis
    • 13th Virginia: Col John R. Chambliss, Jr.
    • 15th Virginia: Col William B. Ball
    MG James E.B. StuartFourth Brigade

    BG William E. Jones
    • 6th Virginia: Col John S. Green
    • 7th Virginia: Col Richard H. Dulany
    • 12th Virginia: Col Asher W. Harman
    • 17th Virginia Battalion: Ltc Oliver R. Funsten
    • White's Battalion: Maj Elijah V. White
    MG James E.B. StuartArtillery

    Maj John Pelham
    • Breathed's battery: Cpt James Breathed
    • Chew's battery: Cpt R. Preston Chew
    • Hart's battery: Cpt James F. Hart
    • Henry's battery: Cpt Matthew W. Henry
    • Moorman's battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman