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Cold Harbor • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies

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The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Cold Harbor

Commanded by General Robert E. Lee

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* Note: k=killed, mw = mortally wounded, w=wounded, c = captured, r = relieved, ^ moved up to higher command
Regiments and batteries link to unit histories on the companion site, Civil War in the East.com

First Corps – Major General Richard H. Anderson

Field’s Division – Major General Charles W. Field

G.T. Anderson’s Brigade – Brigadier General George T. Anderson

7th Georgia Infantry Regiment
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment
59th Georgia Infantry Regiment

Benning’s Brigade – Colonel Dudley M. DuBose

2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment

Gregg’s Brigade – Brigadier General John Gregg

3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1st Texas Infantry Regiment
4th Texas Infantry Regiment
5th Texas Infantry Regiment

Law’s Brigade – Brigadier General Evander Law

4th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles
15th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Oates
44th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel William F. Perry
47th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Richmond Terrell
48th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Major John W. Wigginton

Jenkins’ Brigade – Colonel John Bratton

1st South Carolina Volunteers
2nd South Carolina Rifle Regiment
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
Palmetto (SC) Sharpshooters

McLaws’s Division – Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw

Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw was promoted to Major General and given permanent command of the division on June 4, after which it was known as Kershaw’s Division.

Bryan’s Brigade – Brigadier General Goode Bryan (to 6/2), Colonel James P. Simms

10th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Willis C. Holt
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Peter McGlashan.
51st Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edward Ball.
53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel James P. Simms (to 6/2)

Humphreys’ Brigade – Brigadier General Benjamin G. Humphreys

13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 
17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 
21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment

Kershaw’s Brigade – Colonel Lawrence M. Keit (mw), Colonel John W. Henagan

2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace
3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William D. Rutherford
7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 
3rd South Carolina Battalion 

Wofford’s Brigade – Brigadier General William T. Wofford

16th Georgia Infantry Regiment
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment
24th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Cobb’s (Georgia) Legion
Phillips’ (Georgia) Legion
3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion

Pickett’s Division – Commanded by Major General George E. Pickett

Barton’s Brigade – Brigadier General Seth Barton

9th Virginia Infantry Regiment
14th Virginia Infantry Regiment
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment
53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
57th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Corse’s Brigade – Brigadier General Montgomery D. Corse

15th Virginia Infantry Regiment
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment
29th Virginia Infantry Regiment
30th Virginia Infantry Regiment
32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment

Hunton’s Brigade – Brigadier General Eppa Hunton

8th Virginia Infantry Regiment
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment
56th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Kemper’s Brigade – Colonel William R Terry

1st Virginia Infantry Regiment
3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment

First Corps Artillery Reserve – Brigadier General E. Porter Alexander

Cabell’s Artillery Battalion – Colonel Henry C. Cabell

Manly’s (NC) Battery – Captain Basil C. Manly
Pulaski (GA) Battery – Captain Callaway
1st Richmond (Va.) Howitzers – Captain Edward S. McCarthy
Troup (GA) Battery – Captain Henry H. Carlton

Haskell’s Artillery Battalion – Major John C. Haskell

Branch (NC) Artillery
Nelson’ (VA) Light Artillery (serving as sharpshooters)
Palmetto (SC) Artillery
1st North Carolina Artillery, Company D

Huger’s Artillery Battalion – Lt. Colonel Frank Huger

Ashland (VA) Battery – Captain Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.
Bath (VA) Battery – Captain Osmond B. Taylor
Bedford (VA) Battery – Captain Smith
Brooks (SC) Artilllery – Captain William W. Fickling
Madison (LA) Artillery – Captain George V. Moody
Richmond (VA) Parker Artillery – Captain William W. Parker

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Second Corps – Major General Jubal A. Early

Gordon’s Division – Major General John B. Gordon

Evans’ (Gordon’s) Brigade – Brigadier General Clement A. Evans

13th Georgia Infantry Regiment
26th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edmund N. Atkinson
31st Georgia Infantry Regiment  – Colonel John H. Lowe
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Major Thomas H. Bomar, Lieutenant Colonel Philip E. Davant
60th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Berry
61st Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John H. Lamar

Terry’s Brigade  – Brigadier General William Terry (consolidated remnants of 3 brigades)

21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th & 50th Virginia Infantry Regiments (Jones’ Brigade, consolidated)  – Colonel Robert H. Dungan
2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th & 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiments (Stonewall Brigade, consolidated)  – Colonel John H.S. Funk
10th, 23rd & 37th Virginia Infantry Regiments (Steuart’s Brigade, consolidated)  – Lieutenant Colonel Samuel H. Saunders

York’s Brigade (consolidated remnants of 2 brigades) – Brigadier General Zebulon York

1st, 2nd, 10th, 14th & 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiments (Stafford’s Brigade, consolidated)  – Colonel Eugene Waggaman
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th Louisiana Infantry Regiments (consolidated) – Colonel William R. Peck

Ramseur’s (Early’s) Division – Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur

Lewis’ (Hoke’s) Brigade  – Lieutenant Colonel William G. Lewis (to BG 6/4)

6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Tate
21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William S. Rankin
54th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Kenneth M. Murchison
57th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Archibald C. Godwin
1st North Carolina Sharpshooters – Major Rufus N. Wharton

Pegram’s/Lilley’s Brigade  – Colonel John S. Hoffman (until 6/4) – Brigadier General Robert Lilley

13th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel James B. Terrill
31st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John S. Hoffman (^), Lieutenant Colonel McCutchen
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Catlett Gibson
52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James H. Skinner
58th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Francis H. Board

Toon’s (Johnston’s) Brigade – Colonel Thomas F. Toon (to BG 6/4)

5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John W. Lea
12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Henry E. Coleman
20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Major Duncan J. Devane
23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Charles C. Blacknall

Rodes’ Division – Major General Robert Rodes

Battle’s (Rodes’) Brigade – Brigadier General Cullen A. Battle

3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment – Captain Watkins Pheland
5th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Edwin L. Hobson
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Isaac F. Culver
12th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Theodore O’ Hara
61st Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel William G. Swanson

Cox’s (Ramseur’s) Brigade – Colonel William R. Cox (to BG 6/4)

1st & 3rd North Carolina Infantry (consolidated) – Lieutenant Colonel William M. Parsley
2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Walter Stallings
4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Osborne
14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel R. Tyler Bennett (w 6/2)
30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Doles’ Brigade  – Brigadier General George P. Doles (k 6/2), Colonel Philip Cook

4th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Philip Cook (^ 6/2), Lieutenant Colonel William H. Willis
12th Georgia Infantry Regiment
21st Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas W. Hooper
44th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James Beck

Grimes’ (Daniel’s) Brigade – Brigadier General Bryan Grimes

32nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel David C. Cowand
45th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John R. Winston
53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James T. Morehead

Second Corps Artillery – Colonel Thomas H. Carter (6/1), Brigadier General Armistead Long

1st Virginia Artillery Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Hardaway

Powhattan (Va.) Artillery – Captain Willis J. Dance
2nd Richmond (Va.) Howitzers – Captain David Watson
3rd Richmond (Va.) Howitzers – Captain Benjamin H. Smith
1st Rockbridge (Va.) Artillery – Captain Archibald Graham
Salem (Va.) Artillery – Captain Charles B. Griffin

Braxton’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Carter M. Braxton

Alleghany (VA) Battery – Captain John Cadwalader Carpenter
Lee (VA) Artillery – Captain W. W. Hardwicke
Stafford (VA) Artillery – Captain Raleigh L. Cooper

Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion – Major Willifred E. Cutshaw

Richmond Orange Artillery – Captain Charles W. Fry
Staunton (Virginia) Artillery – Captain Asher W. Garber

Nelson’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel William Nelson

Amherst (Va.) Artillery – Captain Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
Fluvanna (Va.) Artillery – Captain John L. Massie
Milledge’s Regular (Ga.) Battery – Captain John Milledge

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Third Corps  – Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill

Anderson’s Division – Brigadier General William Mahone (from 5/31)

Harris’ Brigade – Brigadier General Nathaniel H. Harris

12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel Merry B. Harris
16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edward Councill
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas J. Hardin (k 5/12), Lieutenant Colonel Richqard W. Phipps
48th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

Perrin’s Brigade – Brigadier General John C.C. Sanders

8th Alabama Infantry Regiment
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James E. Shelley
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment –  Lieutenant Colonel Geoge E. Tayloe
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Major George W. Taylor

Mahone’s Brigade Colonel David A. Weisiger

6th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Henry W. Williamson
12th Virginia Infantry Regiment
16th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Richard O. Whitehead
41st Virginia Infantry Regiment
61st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Virginius D. Groner

Perry’s & Finegan’s Consolicated Brigades – Brigadier General Joseph Finegan

2nd Florida Infantry Regiment
5th Florida Infantry Regiment
8th Florida Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William Baya
1st Florida Infantry Battalion
2nd Florida Infantry Battalion
4th Florida Infantry Battalion
6th Florida Infantry Battalion

Wright’s Brigade Brigadier – General Ambrose R. Wright

3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment
22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
48th Georgia Infantry Regiment
2nd Georgia Battalion – Major Charles J. Moffett
10th Georgia Battalion

Heth’s Division – Major General Henry Heth

Archer’s & Walker’s Combined Brigades – Brigadier General Birkett D. Fry

Archer’s Old Brigade
13th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment – Major Felix G. Buchanan
7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Samuel G. Shepard
14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment – Colonel William McComb
Walker’s Old Brigade
40th Virginia Infantry Regiment
47th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Robert M. Mayo
55th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel William S. Christian
22nd Virginia Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Tayloe

Cooke’s Brigade – Brigadier General John R. Cooke

15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Davis’ Brigade – Brigadier General Joseph R. Davis

1st Confederate Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel F. B. McClung
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel John M. Stone
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Major Reuben O. Reynolds
26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Nelson
55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Kirkland’s Brigade – Brigadier General William W. Kirkland (w), Colonel George H. Faribault

11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Martin
26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John R. Lane
44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas C. Singletary (w)
47th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel George H. Faribault (^)
52nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Wilcox’s Division – Major General Cadmus M. Wilcox

Lane’s Brigade – Brigadier General James H. Lane (w), Colonel John D. Barry

7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Duncan Cameron Hayward (k 6/3)
18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John D. Barry (^)
28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
33rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Robert V. Cowan
37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William M. Barbour

McGowan’s Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel Isaac F. Hunt (to Col. 6/8), Brigadier General James Conner

1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Comillus W. McCreary
1st South Carolina Rifles Regiment – Colonel George McD. Miller (w 5/12), Lieutenant Colonel William H. Hadden
12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edwin Bookter
13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Benjamin T. Brockman (^5/12), Lieutanant Colonel Isaac Hunt
14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Joseph N. Brown (^ 5/12), Captain J.H. Boatwright

Scales’ Brigade – Brigadier General Alfred M. Scale, Colonel William L.J. Lowrance

13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Joseph H. Hyman
16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William A. Stowe
22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William L.J. Lowrance (^)
38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel John Ashford

Thomas’ Brigade – Brigadier General Edward L. Thomas

14th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Richard Paul Lester
35th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Bolling H. Holt
45th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas J, Simmons
49th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John T. Jordan

Third Corps Artillery Reserve – Commanded by Colonel R. Lindsay Walker

McIntosh’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel David G. McIntosh

Danville (VA) Artillery – Captain Robert Sidney Rice
Lynchburg Lee (VA) Artillery – Captain William B. Hurt
Richmond Johnson’s (Va.) Artillery – Captain Valentine J. Clutter
2nd Rockbridge (Va.) Artillery – Captain William K. Donald

Pegram’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel William J. Pegram –

Crenshaw (VA) Artillery – Captain Thomas Ellett
Fredericksburg (VA) Artillery – Captain John Cadwalader Carpenter
Pee Dee (SC) Artillery – Lieutenant William E. Zimmerman (to South Carolina 6/9)
Richmond Letcher (VA) Artillery – Captain Thomas A. Brander
Richmond Purcell (VA) Artillery – Captain George M. Cayce

Poague’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel William T. Poague (w), Captain Addison W. Utterback

Albemarle (VA) Artillery – Captain James W. Wyatt
Company C, 1st North Carolina Artillery – Captain Arthur B. Williams
Madison’ (MS) Artillery – Captain Thomas Richards
Utterbeck’s (VA) Battery – Captain Addison W. Utterbeck (^)

Richardson’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Richardson

Donaldsonville (LA) Artillery – Captain R. Prosper Landry
Norfolk (VA) Artillery – Captain Joseph Moore
Norfolk (VA) Light Artillery Blues – Captain Charles R. Grandy
Pittsylvania (VA) Artillery – Captain Nathan Pennick

Sumter (Ga.) Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Eshleman

Company A – Captain Hugh M. Ross
Company B – Captain George M. Patterson
Company C – Captain John T. Wingfield

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Unattached Infantry

These two divisions reported directly to General Lee.

Hoke’s Division – Major General Robert F. Hoke (from North Carolina)

Martin’s Brigade- Brigadier General James G. Martin

17th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel W.F. Martin
42nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel C.W. Bradshaw
66th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel A.D. Moore (mw 6/3). Lieutenant Colonel John H. Nethercutt

Clingman’s Brigade – Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman

8th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel J.R. Murchison
31st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel C.W. Knight
51st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel H. McKethan
61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel James D. Radcliffe

Hagood’s Brigade – Brigadier General Johnson Hagood

11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel F.H. Gantt (c 6/3), Lieutenant Colonel Allen C. Izard
21st South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel P.C. Gaillard
25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel P.H. Nelson
27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Major G.W. McIver
7th South Carolina Battalion – Major John V. Glover

Colquitt’s Brigade – Brigadier General Alfred Colquitt

6th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John T. Lofton
19th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel J.H. Neal
23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment – Major Ballenger
27th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Z.T. Zachry
28th Georgia Infantry Regiment  – Colonel Tully Greybill

Read’s Artillery Battalion – Major John P.W. Read

Lynchburg (Va.) Artillery – Captain Joseph Blount
Hampden (Va.) Artillery – Captain William H. Caskie
Richmond (Va.) Fayette Artillery – Captain Miles Cary Macon
Fauquier (Va.) Artillery – Captain William C. Marshall

Breckenridge’s Division – Major General John C. Breckinridge (from the Shenandoah Valley)

Echol’s Brigade – Brigadier General John Echols (to the Shenandoah 6/7)

22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel George S. Patton
23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick
26th Virginia Infantry Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel George M. Edgar

Wharton’s Brigade – Brigadier General Gabrial C. Wharton (to the Shenandoah 6/7)

51st Virginia Infantry Regiment
62nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
30th Virginia Infantry Battalion

King’s Artillery Battalion – Lt. Colonel J. Floyd King, Major Wade H. Gibbes (to the Shenandoah 6/10)

Richmond (Va.) Letcher Artillery
Riggold (Va.) Artillery – Captain Crispin Dickinson
Richmond (Va.) Purcell Artillery – Captain R. Lindsay Walker

McLaughlin’s Artillery Battalion – Major William McLaughlin (to the Shenandoah 6/7)

Monroe (Va.) Artillery – Captain George B. Chapman
Jackson’s (Va.) Battery
Staunton (Va.) Artillery – Captain Asher Garber

Maryland Line – Colonel Bradley T. Johnston

2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment – Colonel Bradley T. Johnston
1st Maryland Battery – Captain William F. Dement
4th Maryland Battery – Captain Roger Preston Chew

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Cavalry Corps

There was no commander of the Cavalry Corps since the death of Major General J.E.B. Stuart on May 12. The divisions were commanded directly by General Lee.

Hampton’s Division – Major General Wade Hampton

Butler’s Brigade – Brigadier General Matthew C. Butler

Rosser’s Brigade – Brigadier General Thomas Rosser

Young’s Brigade – Brigadier General Pierce M. Young

Fitz Lee’s Division – Major General Fitzhugh Lee

Lomax’s Brigade – Brigadier General Lunsford Lomax

Wickham’s Brigade – Brigadier General Williams C. Wickham

W.H.F. Lee’s Division – Major General W.H.F. Lee

Chambliss’ Brigade – Brigadier General J.R. Chambliss

Barringer’s Brigade – Brigadier General Rufus Barringer 

Horse Artillery – Major James Breathed