The Confederate order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of Northern Virginia (multiple commander names indicate command succession during the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863)). Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]
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 in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
[edit]General Robert E. Lee, Commanding
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff and Inspector General: Col Robert H. Chilton
- Chief of Artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
- Medical Director: Dr. Lafayette Guild
- Chief of Ordnance: Ltc Briscoe G. Baldwin
- Chief of Commissary: Ltc Robert G. Cole
- Chief Quartermaster: Ltc James L. Corley
- Judge Advocate General: Maj Henry E. Young
- Military Secretary and Acting Asst. Chief of Artillery: Col Armistead L. Long
- Asst. Inspector General: Col Henry L. Peyton
- Asst. Inspector General and Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Henry E. Young
- Asst. Inspector General and Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Giles B. Cook
- Aide de Camp and Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Walter H. Taylor
- Aide de Camp and Asst. Military Secretary: Maj Charles Marshall
- Aide de Camp and Asst. Inspector General: Maj Charles S. Venable
- Aide de Camp: Maj Thomas M. R. Talcott
- Aide de Camp: Lt George W. Peterkin
- Engineer: Col William P. Smith
- Engineer: Cpt Samuel R. Johnston
General Headquarters:
- Escort: 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion (companies A & C)
First Corps
[edit]LTG James Longstreet, Commanding
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Moxley Sorrel (w)
- Signal Officer: Cpt Jacob H. Manning
- Quartermaster: Maj Samuel P. Mitchell
- Commissary and subsistence: Maj Raphael J. Moses
- Asst. Adjutant General & Asst. Inspector General: Maj Osmun Latrobe
- Asst. Adjutant General & Assistant Inspector General: Maj John Walter Fairfax
- Ordnance Officer: Lt. Col. Peyton T. Manning
- Engineer: Maj John J. Clarke
- Aide de Camp: Cpt Thomas J. Goree
- Medical Director: Dr. John S. D. Cullen
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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McLaws' Division
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Kershaw's Brigade: |
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Barksdale's Brigade
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Semmes' Brigade
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Wofford's Brigade |
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Cabell's Artillery Battalion
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Pickett's Division[5]
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Garnett's Brigade
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Kemper's Brigade
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Armistead's Brigade
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Dearing's Artillery Battalion
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Hood's Division
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Law's Brigade
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Robertson's Brigade
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Anderson's Brigade
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Benning's Brigade |
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Henry's Artillery Battalion
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Artillery Reserve
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Alexander's Artillery Battalion
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Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion
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Second Corps
[edit]LTG Richard S. Ewell, Commanding
General Staff:
- Supernumerary: MG Isaac R. Trimble[7]
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Charles J. Faulkner
- Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Alexander S. Pendleton
- Asst. Adjutant General: Maj George C. Brown
- Aide de Camp: Cpt James P. Smith
- Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner
- Asst. Adjutant General & Asst. Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
- Asst. Inspector General: Maj Benjamin H. Green
- Asst. Quartermaster: Maj John A. Harman
- Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks
- Engineer: Cpt Henry B. Richardson (w&c)
- Topographical engineer: Cpt Jedediah Hotchkiss
- Ordnance: Maj William Allen
- Signal Officer: Cpt Richard E. Wilbourn
- Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
- Escort: Randolph's Company Virginia Cavalry, Cpt William F. Randolph
- Provost Guard: 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Early's Division
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Hays' Brigade |
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Smith's Brigade[8] |
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Hoke's Brigade[9]
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Gordon's Brigade |
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Jones' Artillery Battalion
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Cavalry[10] | ||
Johnson's Division
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Steuart's Brigade |
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Stonewall Brigade |
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Nicholls' Brigade |
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Jones' Brigade
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Andrews' Artillery Battalion
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Rodes' Division
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Daniel's Brigade |
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Doles' Brigade |
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Iverson's Brigade |
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Ramseur's Brigade |
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Rodes' (old) Brigade
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Carter's Artillery Battalion
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Artillery Reserve
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First Virginia Artillery Battalion
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Nelson's Artillery Battalion
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Third Corps
[edit]LTG Ambrose P. Hill, Commanding
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: Maj William H. Palmer
- Signal Officer: Cpt Richard H. T. Adams
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Anderson's Division
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Wilcox's Brigade |
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Mahone's Brigade |
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Wright's Brigade
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Perry's Brigade
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Posey's Brigade
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Cutts’ Artillery Battalion
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Heth's Division
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Pettigrew's Brigade[11]
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Heth's (old) Brigade |
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Archer's Brigade
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Davis' Brigade
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Garnett's Artillery Battalion
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Pender's Division
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McGowan's Brigade
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Lane's Brigade
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Thomas' Brigade |
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Scales' Brigade
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Poague's Artillery Battalion |
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Artillery Reserve
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McIntosh's Artillery Battalion |
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Pegram's Artillery Battalion
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Cavalry units
[edit]Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Stuart's Division
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Hampton's Brigade
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Robertson's Brigade[13] |
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Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade
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Jenkins' Brigade
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William H. F. Lee's Brigade
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Jones' Brigade[13] |
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Stuart's Horse Artillery |
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Imboden's Command[13] |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 2, pages 283-291; Gettysburg National Military Park-Army of Northern Virginia
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 2, pages 338-346
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 2, pages 9-13
- ^ arrived on July 3
- ^ Corse's Brigade was detached at Hanover Junction
- ^ assigned July 4
- ^ transferred to Third Corps on July 3
- ^ The 13th Virginia and 58th Virginia were detached at Winchester
- ^ The 54th North Carolina was detached at Winchester and the 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters served as Provost Guard
- ^ attached June 23, 1863 from Jones' Brigade
- ^ The 44th North Carolina was detached at Hanover Junction
- ^ a b assumed July 3
- ^ a b c d not present at Gettysburg
- ^ commanded also Jones' Brigade
- ^ served with Second Corps
References
[edit]- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Gettysburg National Military Park - The Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg
- Civil War Trust - Gettysburg Confederate order of battle
- Civilwarhome - Gettysburg Confederate order of battle
- Gettysburg Discussion Group - Confederate order of battle
- Eicher, John H. Gettysburg Order of Battle at Gettysburg Discussion Group website.