Siege of Petersburg order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. The following order of battle is the organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.
Abbreviations used edit
Military rank edit
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other edit
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Confederate forces near Petersburg edit
Gen Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia edit
Gen Robert E. Lee
- Provost Guard: Maj. David B. Bridgford
- 5th Alabama Battalion
- 1st Virginia Battalion
- 48th Georgia (1 company)
- 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
- Engineers: MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
- 1st Confederate Engineers
- 2nd Confederate Engineers
First Corps edit
LTG James Longstreet
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Kershaw's Division
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Kershaw's Brigade |
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Wofford's Brigade |
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Humphreys' Brigade
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Bryan's Brigade
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Field's Division
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Bratton's Brigade
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Law's Brigade
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Anderson's Brigade |
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Gregg's Brigade (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)
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Benning's Brigade |
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Pickett's Division
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Terry's Brigade | |
Hunton's Brigade
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Steuart's Brigade | ||
Corse's Brigade | ||
Corps Artillery
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Huger's Battalion
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Haskell's Battalion
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Cabell's Battalion
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1st Virginia Artillery Battalion |
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Johnson's Battalion |
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Stark's Battalion |
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Third Corps edit
LTG A. P. Hill
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Mahone's Division
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Sander' Brigade
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Harris' Brigade |
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Mahone's Brigade | ||
Wright's Brigade
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Finnegan's Brigade |
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Heth's Division
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Davis' Brigade |
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Cooke's Brigade |
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MacRae's Brigade |
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Archer's Brigade
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Wilcox's Division
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Lane's Brigade |
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Scales' Brigade |
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McGowan's Brigade |
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Thomas's Brigade |
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Corps Artillery
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Cutts' Battalion
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McIntosh's Battalion |
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Pegram's Battalion |
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Poague's Battalion |
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Richardson's Battalion
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Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion:
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Fourth Corps edit
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Johnson's Division
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Elliott's Brigade |
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Gracie's Brigade |
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Ransom's Brigade |
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Wise's Brigade
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Hoke's Division
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Martin's Brigade |
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Clingman's Brigade
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Hagood's Brigade |
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Colquitt's Brigade |
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Corps Artillery
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38th Virginia Artillery Battalion
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Moseley's Artillery Battalion
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Boggs' Artillery Battalion
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Coit's Artillery Battalion
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Cavalry Corps edit
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Butler's Division
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Young's Brigade | |
Dunovant's Brigade
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Fitzhugh Lee's Division
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Wickham's Brigade | |
Rosser's Brigade
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Payne's Brigade | ||
W.H.F. Lee's Division
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Barringer's Brigade |
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Chambliss's Brigade
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Dearing's Brigade |
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Horse Artillery
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Breathed's Battalion |
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Department of Richmond edit
LTG Richard S. Ewell
Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Johnson's Brigade
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Gary's Cavalry Brigade |
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Richmond forces edit
Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Local Defense Brigade
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Barton's Command
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Independent Richmond Infantry |
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Independent Richmond Cavalry |
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Post of Richmond edit
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Artillery Defenses
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First Division (Inner Line)
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Second Division (Inner Line)
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Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion
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Miscellaneous Artillery | ||
Chaffin's Bluff
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9th Georgia Artillery Battalion
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Naval Batteries
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Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia edit
Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Military District
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Walker's Brigade |
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Post of Petersburg |
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Fort Clifton |
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Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford
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High Bridge |
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Mattoax Bridge |
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Staunton River Bridge |
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Danville Virginia |
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Drewry's Bluff |
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Smith's Artillery Battalion |
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References edit
http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/regimental-level-orders-of-battle/