Cedar Creek Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate States Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek
. The Union order of battle
is listed separately.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek
Battle of Cedar Creek
The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. The final Confederate invasion of the North, led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, was effectively ended...
. The Union order of battle
Cedar Creek Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...
is listed separately.
Military rank abbreviations used
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant colonelLieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
- Maj = MajorMajorMajor is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Infantry
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Ramseur's Division MG S.D. Ramseur Stephen Dodson Ramseur Stephen Dodson Ramseur was one of the youngest Confederate generals in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in battle at the Battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.-Early life:... (mw) BG Bryan Grimes Bryan Grimes Bryan Grimes was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war.... |
Battle's Brigade BG Cullen A. Battle Cullen A. Battle Cullen Andrews Battle was an American attorney, politician, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... (w) |
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Grimes' Brigade
BG Bryan Grimes Bryan Grimes Bryan Grimes was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war.... |
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Cook's Brigade
BG Philip Cook |
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Cox's Brigade
BG William R. Cox William R. Cox William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States... |
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Kershaw's Division MG Joseph B. Kershaw Joseph B. Kershaw Joseph Brevard Kershaw was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Kershaw's Brigade Maj James M. Goggin James M. Goggin James Monroe Goggin was an Andorran businessman and soldier. He served as an officer in the Andorran Army during the mid 1800s, and very briefly as a general in 1864.-Early life and Texas:... |
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Humphreys' Brigade
Col Daniel M. Moody (w) |
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Wofford's Brigade
Col Christopher C. Sanders |
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Bryan's Brigade
Col James P. Simms |
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Pegram's Division BG John Pegram John Pegram (general) John Pegram was a career soldier from Virginia who served as an officer in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He became the first former U.S... |
Pegram's Brigade Col John S. Hoffman |
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Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston |
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Godwin's Brigade
LtCol William T. Davis |
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Gordon's Division MG John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the... |
Evans' Brigade Col Edmund N. Atkinson |
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Hays'/Stafford's Brigade's
Col William R. Peck William R. Peck William Raine Peck was a wealthy American plantation owner, politician, and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War... |
Remnants of 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th Louisiana Regiments |
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Terry's Brigade BG William Terry |
Old Stonewall Brigade Stonewall Brigade The Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was a famous combat unit in United States military history. It was trained and first led by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a professor from Virginia Military Institute...
Jones’ Old Brigade
Steuart’s Old Brigade
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Wharton's Division BG Gabriel C. Wharton Gabriel C. Wharton Gabriel Colvin Wharton was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work.... |
Wharton's Brigade Cpt R. H. Logan |
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Echol's Brigade
Cpt Edmund S. Read |
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Smith's Brigade
Col Thomas Smith |
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Cavalry
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Lomax's Division MG Lunsford L. Lomax Lunsford L. Lomax Lunsford Lindsay Lomax was an American educator, farmer, and officer in the United States Army who resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
Imboden's Brigade Col George H. Smith George Hugh Smith George H. Smith was a Confederate Civil War veteran and prominent Los Angeles lawyer and judge.-Early life and career:... |
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Johnson's Brigade
BG Bradley T. Johnson |
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McCausland's Brigade
BG John McCausland John McCausland John McCausland, Jr. was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the razing of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War.... |
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Jackson's Brigade
BG Henry B. Davidson |
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Horse Artillery |
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Rosser's Division BG Thomas L. Rosser Thomas L. Rosser Thomas Lafayette Rosser was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and later an officer in the Spanish American War and railroad construction engineer. A favorite of J.E.B... |
Wickham's Brigade Col Thomas H. Owen |
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Payne's Brigade
BG William H. F. Payne William H. F. Payne William Henry Fitzhugh Payne was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Rosser's Brigade
Col Oliver R. Funsten |
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Army Reserve Artillery
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Artillery Col Thomas H. Carter Thomas H. Carter (Colonel) Thomas Henry Carter was an artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His battalion played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:... |
Braxton's Battalion Maj Marcellus N. Moorman |
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Cutshaw's Battalion
Maj Wilfred Cutshaw |
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Kings Battalion
Maj William McLaughlin |
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Nelson's Battalion
Ltc William Nelson |
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