Spotsylvania Court House Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate States Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
of the American Civil War
. The Union order of battle
is listed separately.
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee
General Staff:
First Corps
MG Richard H. Anderson
General Staff:
Second Corps
LTG Richard S. Ewell
General Staff:
Third Corps
LTG Ambrose P. Hill
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MG Jubal A. Early
Cavalry Corps
MG James E.B. Stuart
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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 Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania , was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged...
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
Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- Gen = GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
- LTG = Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
- MG = Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
- BG = Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
- 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...
Other
- (w) = woundedWoundedWounded may refer to:* The Wounded, a Dutch wave-rock band* "The Wounded" , a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation* "Wounded ", a song by the American rock band Third Eye Blind...
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in actionKilled in actionKilled in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
- (c) = capturedPrisoner of warA prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
Army of Northern VirginiaArmy of Northern VirginiaThe Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac...
Gen Robert E. LeeRobert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
General Staff:
- Chief Engineer: MG Martin L. SmithMartin Luther SmithMartin Luther Smith was an American soldier and civil engineer, serving as a major general in the Confederate States Army...
- Chief of Artillery: BG William N. PendletonWilliam N. PendletonWilliam 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...
- Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Walter H. TaylorWalter H. TaylorWalter Herron Taylor was an American banker, lawyer, soldier, politician, author, and railroad executive from Norfolk, Virginia. During the American Civil War, he was an officer in the Confederate States Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel as an aide to General Robert E. Lee...
- Aide de Camp: Ltc Charles MarshallCharles Marshall (Colonel)Charles Marshall was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. Marshall served as an aide de camp, assistant adjutant general and military secretary to Gen. Robert E. Lee. He was also an uncle of WWII General George Marshall.-Early life:Marshall was born in Warrenton, Virginia to...
- Aide de Camp: Maj Charles S. VenableCharles S. VenableCharles Scott Venable was a mathematician, astronomer, and military officer. In mathematics, he is noted for authoring a series of publications as a University of Virginia professor.-Biography:...
First CorpsFirst Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaThe First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a military unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. It was formed in early 1861 and served until the spring of 1865, mostly in the Eastern Theater. The corps was commanded by James Longstreet for much of its...
MG Richard H. AndersonRichard H. Anderson
Richard Heron Anderson was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...
General Staff:
- Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Gilbert M. SorrelMoxley SorrelGilbert Moxley Sorrel was a Confederate States Army officer and historian of the Confederacy.-Early life:Sorrel was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of one of the wealthiest men in the city, Francis Sorrel. He was the brother-in-law of William W...
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McLaws' Lafayette McLaws Lafayette McLaws was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... (old) Division BG 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 Col John W. Henagan |
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Humphreys' Brigade
BG Benjamin G. Humphreys Benjamin G. Humphreys Benjamin Grubb Humphreys was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction.-Early life:Humphreys was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi, on the... |
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Wofford's Brigade
BG William T. Wofford William T. Wofford William Tatum Wofford was an officer during the Mexican-American War and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Bryan's Brigade
BG Goode Bryan Goode Bryan Goode Bryan was a planter, politician, military officer, and American Civil War general in the Confederate States Army. His brigade played a prominent role during the Battle of the Wilderness, fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition.-Early life and career:Bryan was born in Hancock... |
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Field's Division MG Charles W. Field Charles W. Field Charles William Field was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army. His division was considered as one of the finest in the Army of Northern Virginia... |
Jenkins' Micah Jenkins Micah Jenkins , was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life:... Brigade Col John Bratton John Bratton John Bratton was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... |
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Gregg's Brigade
BG John Gregg John Gregg (CSA) John Gregg was an American judge, politician, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Siege of Petersburg.-Early life and career:... |
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Law's Evander M. Law Evander McIver Law was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... Brigade Col William F. Perry |
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Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson George T. Anderson George Thomas Anderson was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "Tige," Anderson was noted as one of Robert E... |
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Benning's Henry L. Benning Henry Lewis Benning was a lawyer, legislator, judge on the Georgia Supreme Court, and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is also noted for the U.S... Brigade Col Dudley M. Du Bose Dudley M. Du Bose Dudley McIver Du Bose was a lawyer, soldier, and a U.S. Representative from Georgia.-Early life:Du Bose was born in Shelby County, Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and graduated from the Lebanon Law School in 1856... |
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Artillery BG Edward P. Alexander Edward Porter Alexander Edward Porter Alexander was an engineer, an officer in the U.S. Army, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and later a railroad executive, planter, and author.... |
Huger's Battalion 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... Maj Tyler C. Jordan |
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Haskell's Battalion
Maj John C. Haskell |
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Cabell's Battalion
Col Henry C. Cabell Maj Samuel P. Hamilton Maj Wade H. Gibbes |
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Second CorpsSecond Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaThe Second 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. It was officially created and named following the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, but comprised units in a corps organization for quite...
LTG Richard S. EwellRichard S. Ewell
Richard Stoddert Ewell was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E...
General Staff:
- Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. PendletonSandie PendletonAlexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton was an officer on the staff of Confederate Generals Thomas J. Jackson, Richard S. Ewell and Jubal A. Early during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
- Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
- Asst. Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
- Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
- Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner (w)
- Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
- Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuireHunter McGuireHunter Holmes McGuire, M.D. was a physician, teacher, and orator. He started several schools and hospitals which later became part of the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. His statue sits prominently on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol...
- Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
- Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock
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Early's Division MG Jubal A. Early Jubal Anderson Early Jubal Anderson Early was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served under Stonewall Jackson and then Robert E. Lee for almost the entire war, rising from regimental command to lieutenant general and the command of an infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia... BG John B. 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... |
Pegram's 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... Brigade Col John S. Hoffman |
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Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston (w) Col Thomas M. Garrett (k) Col Thomas F. Toon Thomas F. Toon Thomas Fentress Toon was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Gordon's Brigade
BG John B. Gordon Col Clement A. Evans Clement A. Evans Clement Anselm Evans was a Confederate infantry general in the American Civil War. He was also a noted politician, preacher, historian and prolific author.... |
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Johnson's Division MG Edward Johnson Edward Johnson (general) Edward Johnson , also known as Allegheny Johnson , was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... (c) |
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... BG James A. Walker James A. Walker James Alexander Walker was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms... (w) |
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Jones' John M. Jones John Marshall Jones was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life:... Brigade Col William Witcher (w) |
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Steuart's Brigade
BG George H. Steuart (c) |
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Hays' Brigade
BG Harry T. Hays Harry T. Hays Harry Thompson Hays was an American Army officer serving in the Mexican-American War and a general who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.... (w) Col William Monaghan |
Hays’ old Brigade Louisiana Tigers Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brigade, and eventually to all Louisiana troops...
Stafford’s old Brigade
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Rodes' Division MG Robert E. Rodes Robert E. Rodes Robert Emmett Rodes was a railroad civil engineer and a promising young Confederate general in the American Civil War, killed in battle in the Shenandoah Valley.-Education, antebellum career:... |
Daniel's Brigade BG Junius Daniel Junius Daniel Junius Daniel was a planter and career military officer, serving in the United States Army, then in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, as a brigadier general. His troops were instrumental in the Confederates' success at the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg... (mw) |
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Ramseur's Brigade
BG Stephen 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:... (w) Col 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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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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Doles' Brigade
BG George P. Doles George P. Doles George Pierce Doles was a Georgia businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps.-Early life:... |
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Artillery BG Armistead L. Long Col Thomas H. Carter |
Hardaway's Battalion Ltc Robert A. Hardaway Robert A. Hardaway -Pre-War:Robert Archelaus Hardaway was a native of Georgia – born there B. Feb. 2, 1829; but he was raised in Alabama. His parents were Robert Stanfield Hardaway and his second wife, Martha Bibb Jarratt. Hardaway was educated at St. Joseph's College , and Emory College, later Emory University, in... (w) Maj David Watson (mw) Cpt Willis J. Dance Willis J. Dance -Pre-War:Willis Jefferson Dance was born in Virginia on June 21, 1821. In 1860, Dance lived in Eggleston's District in Powhatan County, Virginia, using the Post Office at Powhatan Court House. Age 38, he was married to Margaret C. Dance, age 37. Dance had real estate valued at $3,500 and... |
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Nelson's Battalion
Ltc William Nelson |
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Braxton's Battalion
Ltc Carter M. Braxton Maj Marcellus N. Moorman |
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Cutshaw's Battalion
Maj Wilfred E. Cutshaw Maj Robert M. Stribling |
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Page's Battalion
Maj Richard C. M. Page |
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Third CorpsThird Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaThe 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 Ambrose P. HillA. 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...
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MG Jubal A. Early
Jubal Anderson Early
Jubal Anderson Early was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served under Stonewall Jackson and then Robert E. Lee for almost the entire war, rising from regimental command to lieutenant general and the command of an infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia...
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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".... |
Perrin's Brigade BG Abner M. Perrin Abner Monroe Perrin Abner Monroe Perrin was a Confederate general in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania.-Early life:... (k) Col John C. C. Sanders |
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Mahone's Brigade
Col David A. Weiseger |
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Harris's Brigade
BG Nathaniel H. Harris |
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Perry's Brigade
BG Edward A. Perry Edward A. Perry Edward Aylesworth Perry was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the 14th Governor of Florida.-Early life:He was a descendant of Arthur Perry, one of the earliest settlers of New England... |
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Wright's Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright Ambrose R. Wright Ambrose Ransom Wright was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Heth's Division MG Henry Heth Henry Heth Henry "Harry" Heth was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He is best remembered for inadvertently precipitating the Battle of Gettysburg, when he sent some of his troops of the Army of Northern Virginia to the small Pennsylvania village,... |
Davis's Brigade BG Joseph R. Davis Joseph R. Davis Joseph Robert Davis was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. His troops played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:... |
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Cooke's Brigade
BG John R. Cooke (w) |
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Walker's Brigade
BG Henry H. Walker (w) Col Robert M. Mayo |
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Kirkland's Brigade
BG William W. Kirkland |
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Wilcox's Division MG Cadmus M. Wilcox Cadmus M. Wilcox Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
Lane's Brigade BG James H. Lane James H. Lane (general) James Henry Lane was a university professor and Confederate general in the American Civil War.He is considered to be the father of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is the namesake of the University's oldest building, Lane Hall.-Early life:Lane was born in Mathews Court... |
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McGowan's Brigade
BG Samuel McGowan Samuel McGowan (general) Samuel McGowan was a general from South Carolina in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times... (w) Col Joseph N. Brown |
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Scales' Brigade
BG Alfred M. Scales Alfred Moore Scales Alfred Moore Scales was a North Carolina state legislature, Confederate general in the American Civil War and the 45th Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889, and Congressman.-Early life:... |
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Thomas' Brigade
BG Edward L. Thomas |
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Artillery Col Reuben L. Walker |
Poague's Battalion Ltc William T. Poague William T. Poague William Thomas Poague was a Confederate States Army officer serving in the Artillery during the American Civil War... Maj George Ward |
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Pegram's Battalion
Ltc William J. Pegram Maj Joseph McGraw |
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McIntosh's Battalion
Ltc David G. McIntosh Maj Marmaduke Johnson |
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Cutts' Battalion
Col Allen S. Cutts Allen S. Cutts -Pre-War:Allan Sherod Cutts was born in Pulaski County, Georgia on December 4, 1826. He was the twelfth and last child of Major Cutts, a farmer born in North Carolina, and Elizabeth Linsey Cutts, born in Indiana. Allen S. Cutts was raised on the farms his father occupied in Georgia... Maj John Lane |
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Richardson's Battalion
Ltc Charles Richardson Maj Merritt B. Miller |
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Cavalry CorpsCavalry Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaThe Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was the only organized cavalry corps in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Prior to the establishment of a formal corps, cavalry organization in the Confederacy consisted mostly of partisan ranger units and some battalions, a few...
MG James E.B. StuartJ.E.B. Stuart
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...
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Hampton's Division MG Wade Hampton Wade Hampton III Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S... |
Young's Pierce M. B. Young Pierce Manning Butler Young was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a post-war politician, diplomat, and four-term United States Congressman from Georgia.... Brigade Col Gilbert J. Wright |
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Rosser's Brigade
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... |
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Fitzhugh Lee's Division MG Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:... |
Lomax' Brigade BG 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:... |
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Wickham's Brigade
BG Williams C. Wickham Williams Carter Wickham Williams Carter Wickham was a lawyer, judge, politician, and an important Confederate cavalry general who fought in the Virginia campaigns during the American Civil War... |
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W.H.F. Lee's Division MG William H.F. Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee , known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S. Congress.-Early life:Lee was born at Arlington House in... |
Chambliss' Brigade BG John R. Chambliss John R. Chambliss John Randolph Chambliss, Jr. was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army. A brigadier general of cavalry, Chambliss was killed in action during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom.-Early life:Chambliss was... |
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Gordon's Brigade
BG James B. Gordon James B. Gordon James Byron Gordon was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge.-Early life:... |
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Horse Artillery Maj Roger P. Chew R. Preston Chew Roger Preston Chew was a noted horse artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a prominent West Virginia businessman and railroad executive.... |
Breathed's Battalion Maj James Breathed |
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