Crater Confederate order of battle - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater

Battle of the Crater

The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg. It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade The...

(July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Union order of battle

Crater Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military Rank:* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...

is listed separately.

Military Rank

Gen = General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
Maj = Major
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

III Corps
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was a military organization within the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during much of the American Civil War. The corps was formed in mid-1863 and served until Lee's surrender April 9, 1865, near the end of the war.-Formation:After the death of...

LTG A. P. Hill

A. P. Hill

Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. , was a career U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Richard H. Anderson's Division BG William Mahone William Mahone William Mahone was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Congress. Small of stature, he was nicknamed "Little Billy"....	Mahone's (Virginia) Brigade Col David Weisiger	6th Virginia: Col George Thomas Rogers 12th Virginia: Cpt Richard W. Jones 16th Virginia: Ltc Richard Owen Whitehead 41st Virginia: Maj William H. Etheridge 61st Virginia: Ltc William H. Stewart
	Wilcox's (Alabama) Brigade Col John C. C. Sanders	8th Alabama: Cpt M. M. Mordecai 9th Alabama: Col J. Horace King 10th Alabama: Cpt W. L. Brewster 11th Alabama: Ltc George Edward Tayloe 14th Alabama: Cpt Elias Folk
	Wright's (Georgia) Brigade Ltc Matthew R. Hall	3rd Georgia: Ltc Claiborne Snead 22nd Georgia: Col George H. Jones 48th Georgia: Ltc Reuben W. Carswell 64th Georgia: Col John W. Evans

Artillery

BG William N. Pendleton

William N. Pendleton

William Nelson Pendleton was an American teacher, Episcopal priest, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his position as Gen. Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery for most of the conflict...

First Corps Ltc Frank Huger Frank Huger Frank Huger, a son of Gen Benjamin Huger, served as a Confederate artillerist in the American Civil War.-Pre War:Francis Kinloch Huger, a son of Benjamin Huger and Elizabeth Celestine Pinckney, was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1837. Like his father, Frank Huger attended the United States Military...	Haskell's Battalion Maj John C. Haskell	Branch Battery (North Carolina): Cpt Henry G. Flanner Nelson Battery (Virginia): Cpt James N. Lamkin
	13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery Maj Wade Hampton Gibbs	Company A, Otey Battery: Cpt David Norvell Walker Company B, Ringgold Battery: Cpt Crispin Dickenson Company C, Davidson's Battery: Lt John H. Chamberlayne Mortar Battery (manned by men of Otey & Ringgold Batteries): Lt Jack Langhorne
Third Corps Col Reuben Lindsay Walker Reuben Lindsay Walker Reuben Lindsay Walker was a Confederate general who served in the artillery during the American Civil War.-Early life:...	Pegram's Battalion Ltc William Ransom Johnson Pegram William Ransom Johnson Pegram William Ransom Johnson Pegram, known as "Willie" or "Willy", was an important young artillery officer in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in the Battle of Five Forks. He was the younger brother of Confederate General John...	Crenshaw's Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Ellett Letcher Light Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Brander

Department of North Carolina And Southern Virginia

Gen P.G.T. Beauregard

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Johnson's Division BG Bushrod Johnson Bushrod Johnson Bushrod Rust Johnson was a teacher, university chancellor, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was one of a handful of Confederate generals who were born and raised in the North.-Early life:...	Ransom's (North Carolina) Brigade Col Lee M. McAfee	24th North Carolina: Col William John Clarke 25th North Carolina: Maj William Simmons Grady 35th North Carolina: Col James Theodore Johnson 49th North Carolina: Ltc John A. Flemming 56th North Carolina: Cpt Lawson Harrill
	Elliott's (South Carolina) Brigade BG Stephen Elliott, Jr.	17th South Carolina: Col Fitz William McMaster 18th South Carolina: Cpt R. H. Glenn 22nd South Carolina: Col David G. Fleming 23rd South Carolina: Cpt E. R. White 26th South Carolina: Col Alexander D. Smith
	Wise's (Virginia) Brigade Col J. Thomas Goode	26th Virginia: Cpt Napoleon B. Street 34th Virginia: Maj John R. Bagby 46th Virginia: Cpt George Norris 59th Virginia: Cpt Henry Wood
Hoke's Division MG Robert Hoke Robert Hoke Robert Frederick Hoke was an American businessman, railroad executive, and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. Hoke and his division played a decisive role during the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864....	Clingman's (North Carolina) Brigade BG Thomas Lanier Clingman Thomas Lanier Clingman Thomas Lanier Clingman , known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861...	61st North Carolina: Col James Dillard Radcliffe
	Colquitt's (Georgia) Brigade [temporarily assigned to Johnson's Division] BG Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred Holt Colquitt was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, 49th Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general....	6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal 23rd Georgia: Col James H. Huggins 27th Georgia: Maj Hezekiah Bussey 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson
Artillery Col Henry Pollard Jones	Branch's Battalion Maj James C. Coit	Halifax Battery (Virginia): Cpt Samuel T. Wright Petersburg Battery (Virginia): Cpt Richard G. Pegram

Military Rank

Artillery

Department of North Carolina And Southern Virginia

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