Confederate Order of Battle

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
(Unit composition as of Sept. 1st, 1862)

leecolor.jpg (5471 bytes)

General Robert E. Lee

The Confederate organizational structure was quite simple when compared to the Union army. During the battles of August 28 - September 1, 1862, General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia consisted of two large Corps or Wings commanded by Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson (Left Wing) and Maj. Gen. James Longstreet (Right Wing). Lee also had a independent cavalry division, led by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, which he used as a mobile strike force and for scouting.

Jackson's Corps numbered about 15,000 troops and Stuart's cavalry, who was under Jackson's operational control, added an additional 5,000. Altogether, this gave Lee about 20,000 troops to use for his flanking movement. The order of battle below does not include Longstreet's Right Wing since he arrived too late to be a factor in the battle. Longstreet's only loss was an ordnance officer, who was captured when he wandered into enemy lines.

Civil War regiments on both sides could contain as many as 800 - 1000 men, however most combat regiments would average about 400. To make it easier to understand how the battle developed, Confederate units are shown on the maps by brigade. Each brigade would normally have 4 to 7 regiments of infantry with division artillery in support.

To further clarify the names of the armies... Pope's Union army was named "Army of Virginia" since it's operations were based in that Confederate state, not because it represented Virginia. Lee's army was named "Army of Northern Virginia" because it's operations were also based in Virginia, but unlike Pope, he did represent the state. In fact, Virginia contributed no less than 5 infantry brigades in Jackson's Corps, 2 of the 3 cavalry brigades in Stuart's Cavalry and the majority of the army's artillery. [Editor's Note: I try to be unbiased, but for the record I'm a Virginian :-). ]

For our international visitors who have had difficulty understanding which states were Union and Confederate, I hope this order of battle helps. I do appreciate the input.

 

SECOND CORPS, A. N. VA.,
LEFT WING, OR JACKSON'S CORPS.
Unit composition as of Sept. 1st, 1862

Jacksoncolorsmall.jpg (3228 bytes)

Maj. Gen. T. J. JACKSON.

JACKSON'S DIVISION

Brig. Gen. WILLIAM E. STARKE
(Killed  Sept. 17)

Stonewall Brigade
Brig. Gen. A.J. Grigsby

47th Alabama.
2d Virginia.
4th Virginia.
5th Virginia.
27th Virginia.
33d Virginia.

Campbell's Brigade
Colonel Bradley T. Johnson

(Blocking Centreville to Chantilly Road)

21st Virginia.
42d Virginia.
48th Virginia.
1st Virginia Battalion.

Taliaferro's Brigade
Brig. Gen. A.G. Taliaferro's

48th Alabama.
10th Virginia.
23d Virginia.
37th Virginia.

Starke's Brigade
Colonel Leroy A. Stafford

1st Louisiana.
2d Louisiana.
9th Louisiana.
10th Louisiana.
15th Louisiana.
Coppen's (Louisiana) battalion.
Division Artillery
Maj. L. M. Shumaker
Brockenbrough's (Maryland) battery.
Carpenter's (Virginia) battery.
Caskie's battery, Hampden (Virginia) Artillery.
Cutshaw's (Virginia) battery.
Poague's battery, Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery.
Raine's battery, Lee (Virginia) Artillery.
Rice's (Virginia) battery.
Wooding's battery, Danville (Virginia) Artillery.

 

HILL'S LIGHT DIVISION
Maj. Gen. AMBROSE P. HILL

Branch's Brigade
Colonel James H. Lane

7th North Carolina.
18th North Carolina.
28th North Carolina
33d North Carolina.
37th North Carolina.

Gregg's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg

1st South Carolina.
1st South Carolina Rifles.
12th South Carolina.
13th South Carolina,
14th South Carolina.

Field's Brigade
Brig. Gen. J.M. Brockenbrough

40th Virginia.
47th Virginia.
55th Virginia.
22d Virginia Battalion.

Pender's Brigade
Brig. Gen. William D. Pender

16th North Carolina.
22d North Carolina.
34th North Carolina.
38th North Carolina.

Archer's Brigade
Brig. Gen. James J. Archer

5th Alabama Battalion.
19th Georgia.
1st Tennessee (Provisional Army).
7th Tennessee.
14th Tennessee.

Thomas' Brigade
Brig. Gen. Edward L. Thomas

14th Georgia.
35th Georgia.
45th Georgia.
49th Georgia.
Division Artillery
Lieut. Col. R. L. Walker

Braxton's battery, Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery.
Crenshaw (Virginia) Battery.
Davidson's battery, Letcher (Virginia) Artillery.
Fleet's battery, Middlesex (Virginia) Artillery.
Latham's battery, Branch (North Carolina) Artillery.
McIntosh's battery, Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery.
Pegram's battery, Purcell (Virginia) Artillery.

 

EWELL'S DIVISION
Maj. Gen. R S. EWELL.
Brig. Gen. A. R. LAWTON.

Lawton's Brigade
Colonel M. Douglass

13th Georgia.
26th Georgia.
31st Georgia.
38th Georgia.
60th Georgia.
61st Georgia.

Trimble's Brigade
Captain William F. Brown
(Killed Sept. 1st)

15th Alabama.
12th Georgia.
21st Georgia.
21st North Carolina.
1st North Carolina Battalion.

Early's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Jubal Early

13th Virginia.
25th Virginia.
31st Virginia.
44th Virginia.
49th Virginia.
52d Virginia.
58th Virginia.
Hays' Brigade
Colonel H.B. Strong
5th Louisiana.
6th Louisiana.
7th Louisiana.
8th Louisiana.
14th Louisiana.
Division Artillery

 

Balthis' battery, Staunton (Virginia) Artillery.
Brown's battery, Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery.
D'Aquin's battery Louisiana Guard Artillery
Dement's (Maryland) battery.
John R. Johnson's (Virginia) battery.
Latimer's battery, Courtney (Virginia) Artillery.

 

STUART'S CAVALRY DIVISION
stuartriding2.jpg (7764 bytes)
Maj Gen. J. E. B. STUART.

 

Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee

1st Virginia.
3d Virginia.
4th Virginia.
5th Virginia.
9th Virginia.

Robertson's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson

2d Virginia.
6th Virginia.
7th Virginia.
12th Virginia.
17th Virginia Battalion.

Hampton's Brigade
(Did not participate in the battle)

1st North Carolina.
2d South Carolina.
10th Virginia.
Cobb (Georgia) Legion.
Jeff. Davis Legion.
Division Artillery

Capt. John Pelham

Pelham's (Virginia) battery.
Two guns were also temporarily attached from  the Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, Longstreet's Corps.

Hart's (South Carolina) battery. (Did not participate in the campaign)

 

  Back Next

 

[ The Battle ] [ The Exhibit ]  [ Guest book ] [ What's New ] [ Preservation ] [ Credits ] [Letters]

 

  Copyright ©  1995 - 2007 eSpd.com ®, All Rights Reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Web site established 1995. Last modified: May 29, 2007.To Contact eSpd® Please write to ESPD® P.O. Box 325, Palmetto, FL 34220
  Note: All colorized historical pictures, maps and recovered  artifacts may not be used without explicit permission from ESPD®,  This also includes the Intellectual property and  history derived from the only archeological survey ever conducted of the Ox Hill Battlefield  (Chantilly).