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The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
at the Wilderness
Commanded by General Robert E. Lee

* 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 – Lieutenant General James Longstreet (w 5/5)
Major General Charles W. Field (5/5-5/6)
Major General Richard Anderson (as of 5/7)

Field’s Division Major General Charles W. Field

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 – Lt. Colonel Bolivar H. Gee

Benning’s Brigade – Brigadier General Henry L. Benning (w 5/6), Colonel Dudley M. DuBose

2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Dudley M. DuBose
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment

Gregg’s Brigade – Brigadier General John Gregg (w 5/6*)

3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment – Colonel Van H. Manning
1st Texas Infantry Regiment
4th Texas Infantry Regiment – Colonel John P. Bane
5th Texas Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel King Bryan

Law’s Brigade Colonel William F. Perry (Note: General Law was under arrest)

4th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles
15th Alabama Infantry Regiment
44th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel William F. Perry
47th Alabama Infantry Regiment
48th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William M. Hardwick

Jenkins’ Brigade – Brigadier General Micah Jenkins (k 5/6), Colonel John Bratton

1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel James R. Hagood
2nd South Carolina Rifle Regiment – Colonel Robert E. Bowen
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel A. Coward
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John Bratton
Palmetto (SC) Sharpshooters – Colonel Joseph Walker

McLaws’ Division – Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw
(note – General McLaws had left the army and would not return, but had not been formally replaced)

First Corps Artillery – 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 – Colonel James B. Walton

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

Huger’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant 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

Second Corps – Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell

Early’s Division – Major General Jubal A. Early

Hays’ Brigade – Brigadier General Harry T. Hays

5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Menger
6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment – Major William H. Manning
7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment – Major J. Moore Wilson
8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

Pegram’s Brigade – Brigadier General John Pegram (w), Colonel John S. Hoffman

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

Gordon’s Brigade – Brigadier General John B. Gordon

13th Georgia Infantry Regiment
26th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edmund N. Atkinson
31st Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Clement A. Evans
38th Georgia Infantry Regiment
60th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Berry
61st Georgia Infantry Regiment

Johnson’s Division – Major General Edward Johnson

Stonewall Brigade – Brigadier General James Walker

2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment – Captain James H. Stewart
4th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Terry
5th Virginia Infantry Regiment
27th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. Haynes
33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment – Major Jacob B. Golladay

Jones’ Brigade Brigadier General John M. Jones (k), Colonel William A. Witcher

21st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel William A. Witcher
25th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John C. Higginbotham
42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
44th Virginia Infantry Regiment
48th Virginia Infantry Regiment
50th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Steuart’s Brigade – Brigadier General George H. Steuart

1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Hamilton A. Brown
3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Stephen D. Thruston
10th Virginia Infantry Regiment
23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
37th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Stafford’s Brigade – Colonel Zebulon York

1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment
2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment – Colonel Jesse M. Williams
10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment – Colonel Zebulon York
15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

Rodes’ Division – Major General Robert E. Rodes

Battle’s Brigade – Brigadier General Cullen A. Battle

3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel Charles Forsyth
5th Alabama Infantry Regiment
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment
12th Alabama Infantry Regiment
61st Alabama Infantry Regiment

Daniels’ Brigade – Brigadier General Junius Daniel

32nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
45th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
2nd North Carolina Battalion
(Note: the 43rd North Carolina was detatched to North Carolina)

Doles’ Brigade Brigadier General George P. Doles

4th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel William A. Witcher
12th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Edward Willis
44th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Wiliam H. Peebles

Johnston’s Brigade Brigadier General Robert D. Johnston

5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas M. Garrett
12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Henery E. Coleman
20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas F. Toon
23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Ramseur’s Brigade – Brigadier General Stephen D. Ramseur

2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William R. Cox
4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Bryan Grimes
14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel R. Tyler Bennett
30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Francis M. Parker

Second Corps Artillery – Brigadier General Armistead Long

Brown’s Artillery Division Colonel J. Thompson Brown

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

Allaghany (VA) Artillery
Lynchburg (VA) Lee Artillery
Stafford (VA) Artillery

Hardaway’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Hardaway

Powhattan (Va.) Artillery
2nd Richmond (Va.) Howitzers – Captain David Watson
3rd Richmond (VA) Howitzers
1st Rockbridge (Va.) Artillery
Salem (VA) Flying Artillery

Nelson’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel William Nelson

Amhearst (VA) Artillery
Fluvanna (VA) Artillery
Milledge’s (GA) Battery – Captain John Milledge

Carter’s Artillery Division – Colonel Thmas H. Carter

Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion – Major Wilfred E. Cutshaw

Charlottesville (VA) Artillery – Captain James McDowell Carrington
Staunton (VA) Artillery – Captain Asher W. Garber
Courtney (VA) Artillery – Captain William A. Tanner

Page’s Artillery Battalion – Major Richard C.M. Page

King William (VA) Artillery – Captain William P. Carter
Richmond Orange Artillery – Captain Charles W. Fry
Louisa Morris (VA) Artillery – Captain Charles R. Montgomery
Jeff Davis (AL) Artillery – Captain William J. Reese

Third Corps – Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill

Anderson’s Division – Major General Richard H. Anderson (to 1st Corps command 5/7), Brigadier General William Mahone

Harris’ Brigade – Brigadier General Nathaniel H. Harris

12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel Merry B. Harris
16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel Samuel E. Baker (k 5/12), Major Edward Councill
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas J. Hardin
48th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

Perrin’s Brigade – Brigadier General Abner M. Perrin

8th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel Hillary A. Herbert
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James E. Shelley
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel John C.C. Sanders
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel James A. Broome (w), Major George W. Taylor

Mahone’s Brigade – Brigadier General William Mahone (^ 5/7), Colonel David A. Weisiger

6th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Henry W. Williamson
12th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel David A. Weisiger (^ 5/7)
16th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Richard O. Whitehead
41th Virginia Infantry Regiment
61st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel Virginius D. Groner

Perry’s Brigade – Brigadier General Edward A. Perry (w 5/6), Colonel David Lang

2nd Florida Infantry
5th Florida Infantry – Colonel Thompson Lamar
8th Florida Infantry – Colonel David Lang (^5/7), Lieutenant Colonel William Baya

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 Brigade – Brigadier General Henry H. Walker

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
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 – Colonel William McRae
27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John A. Gilmer
46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William L. Saunders (w), Lieutenant Colonel Alexander McAlister
48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Samuel Walkup

Davis’ Brigade – Colonel John M. Stone

1st Confederate Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel George Hoke Forney (k), Major F. B. McClung
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Captain J.H. Buchanan
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Major Reuben O. Reynolds
26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Boone (k)
42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment – Colonel William A. Feeney
55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Kirkland’s Brigade – Brigadier General William W. Kirkland

11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Martin
26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John R. Lane (w 5/5), Lieutenant Colonel John T. Jones (mw 5/6), Colonel John R. Lane
44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Thomas C. Singletary
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

7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William Lee Davidson (w&c 5/6)
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 – Brigadier General Samuel McGowan

1st South Carolina Infantry – Colonel Comillus W. McCreary
1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel George McD. Miller
12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel John L. Miller (mw 5/5), Maj. Thomas F. Clyburne (to LtC. 5/6)
13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Benjamin T. Brockman
14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Joseph N. Brown

Scales’ Brigade – Brigadier General Alfred M. Scales

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 Robert W. Folsom (mw 5/6), Lieutenant 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 – Colonel Reuben L. Walker

McIntosh’s Artillery Battalion Lt. 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
Richmond Letcher (VA) Artillery – Captain Thomas A. Brander
Richmond Purcell (VA) Artillery – Captain George M. Cayce

Poague’s Artillery Battalion Lt. Colonel William T. Poague

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 – Colonel Allen S. Cutts

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

Cavalry Corps – Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart

Hampton’s Division – Major General Wade Hampton

Rosser’s Brigade – Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser

7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel R. H. Dulany
11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel O. R. Funsten
12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B. Massie
35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Elijah V. White

Young’s Brigade – Colonel Gilbert J. Wright

Cobb’s (GA) Legion – Colonel Gilbert J. Wright
Philip’s (Ga.) Legion Cavalry – Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich
Jefferson Davis (Ms.) Legion – Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Waring

Fitzhugh Lee’s Division – Major General Fitzhugh Lee

Lomax’s Brigade – Brigadier General Lunsford Lomax

5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Henry C. Pate
6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel John S. Green
15th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Charles R. Collins

Wickham’s Brigade Colonel Thomas T. Munford (Wickham was in Richmond)

1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment
2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment
3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Thomas H. Owen
4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

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

Chambliss’ Brigade – Brigadier General John R. Chambliss

9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Richard L.T. Beale
10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel J. Lucius Davis
13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Jefferson Phillips

Gordon’s Brigade – Brigadier General James B. Gordon

1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Clinton M. Andrews
5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment – Colonel Stephen B. Evans

Horse Artillery – Major R. Preston Chew

Breathed’s Artillery – Battalion Major James Breathed

Ashby (VA) Horse Artillery – Lieutenant James W. Thomson

Lynchburg (VA) Beauregard Rifles – Captain Marcellus N. Moorman
Stuart (VA) Horse Artillery – Captain Philip P. Johnston
2nd Stuart (VA) Horse Artillery – Captain William M. McGregor
Washington (S.C.) Artillery – Captain James F. Hart

The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at the Wilderness Commanded by General Robert E. Lee

First Corps – Lieutenant General James Longstreet (w 5/5) Major General Charles W. Field (5/5-5/6) Major General Richard Anderson (as of 5/7)