The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the campaign,Antietam National Battlefield-Army of Northern Virginia; Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages, 803-810; Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam, pages 366-372 the casualty returnsOfficial Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages, 810-813 and the reports.Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages, 1111-1114, 1169-1171; Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, pages, 1312, 1391-1392
Abbreviations used
Military rank Gen = General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant
Other (w) = wounded (mw) = mortally wounded (k) = killed in action (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee
Right Wing MG James Longstreet
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersMcLaws' Division
MG Lafayette McLaws Kershaw's Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy (w), Maj Franklin Gaillard 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance 7th South Carolina: Col David W. Aiken (w), Cpt John S. Hard 8th South Carolina: Ltc Axalla J. Hoole Cobb's Brigade
Ltc Christopher C. SandersTurned over command to Lieutenant Colonel MacRae on account of sickness (see: MacRae's report)
Ltc William MacRae 16th Georgia: Ltc Philip Thomas 24th Georgia: Maj Robert E. McMillan (w) Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Luther Glenn 15th North Carolina: Ltc William MacRae Semmes' Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes 10th Georgia: Maj Willis C. Holt (w), Cpt William Johnston (w), Cpt Philologus H. Loud (w) 53rd Georgia: Ltc Thomas Sloan (mw), Cpt Samuel W. Marshborne 15th Virginia: Cpt Emmett M. Morrison (w), Cpt Edward J. Willis 32nd Virginia: Col Edgar B. Montague Barksdale's Brigade
BG William Barksdale 13th Mississippi: Ltc Kennon McElroyWounded September 15, 1862, but remained in command (see: Barksdale's report) 17th Mississippi: Ltc John C. Fiser 18th Mississippi: Maj James C. Campbell (w), Ltc William H. LuseReached the field just as the battle was closing (see: Barksdale's report) 21st Mississippi: Cpt John Sims, Col Benjamin G. Humphreys Artillery
Maj Samuel P. Hamilton
Col Henry C. CabellJoined during the battle (see: McLaws' report) Manly's (1st North Carolina, Battery A) Battery: Cpt Basil C. Manly Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt John P. W. Read Richmond (Fayette) Artillery: Cpt Miles C. Macon Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. CarltonAnderson's Division
MG Richard H. Anderson (w)
BG Roger A. Pryor Wilcox's Brigade
Col Alfred Cumming (w)
Maj Hilary A. Herbert
Cpt James M. Crow 8th Alabama: Maj Hilary A. Herbert 9th Alabama: Maj Jeremiah H. Johnston (w), Cpt James M. Crow 10th Alabama: Cpt George C. Whatley (k) 11th Alabama: Maj John C. C. Sanders Mahone's BrigadeAttached to Pryor's brigade (see: Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam, page 367)
Col William A. Parham 6th Virginia: Cpt John R. Ludlow 12th Virginia 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia Featherston's BrigadeThe Antietam National Battlefield site and the Official Records lists Brigadier General Featherston in command but he is not mentioned in the reports. For Posey in command see Longstreet's report
Col Carnot Posey 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor 16th Mississippi: Cpt Abram M. Feltus 19th Mississippi: Col Nathaniel H. Harris (w) 2nd Mississippi Battalion: Maj William S. Wilson (mw) Armistead's Brigade
BG Lewis A. Armistead (w)
Col James G. Hodges 9th Virginia: Cpt William J. Richardson 14th Virginia: Col James G. Hodges 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds 53rd Virginia: Cpt William G. Pollard (k) 57th Virginia Pryor's Brigade
BG Roger A. Pryor
Col John C. Hately (w) 14th Alabama: Maj James A. Broome 2nd Florida: Col William D. Ballantine (w), Lt Henry C. Geiger 5th Florida: Col John C. Hately (w), Ltc Thomas B. Lamar (w), Maj Benjamin F. Davis 8th Florida: Ltc Georges A. G. De Coppens (k), Cpt Richard A. Waller (k), Cpt William Baya 3rd Virginia: Col Joseph Mayo, Jr. (w), Ltc Alexander D. Callcote Wright's Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright (w)
Col Robert H. Jones (w)
Col William Gibson 44th Alabama: Ltc Charles A. Derby (k), Maj William F. Perry 3rd Georgia: Cpt Reuben B. Nisbit (w), Cpt John T. Jones 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones (w), Cpt Lawrence D. Lallerstedt (w) 48th Georgia: Col William Gibson Artillery
Maj John S. Saunders Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin Norfolk (Virginia) Artillery (Huger's Battery): Lt Charles R. Phelps Moorman's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman Portsmouth (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Cary F. Grimes (k) Dixie (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. ChapmanJones' Division
BG David R. Jones Toombs' Brigade
BG Robert Toombs (w)Commanded the 2nd, 20th and 50th Georgia and the 2nd Company, Washington Artillery. Colonel Benning commanded the remnant of the brigade. (see: Toombs' report; F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, page 248/Note 47)
Col Henry L. Benning 2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes (k), Maj Skidmore Harris (w), Cpt Abner M. Lewis 15th Georgia: Col William T. Millican (mw), Cpt Thomas H. Jackson 17th Georgia: Cpt John A. McGregor 20th Georgia: Col John B. Cumming Drayton's Brigade
BG Thomas F. Drayton 50th Georgia: Ltc Francis Kearse 51st Georgia Phillips' (Georgia) Legion: Maj Richard "Robert" Thomas CookRichard M. Coffman & Kurt D. Graham, To Honor These Men: A History of the Phillips Georgia Legion Infantry Battalion 15th South Carolina: Col William D. DeSaussure 3rd South Carolina Battalion:F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, page 28 Cpt George M. Gunnels Pickett's Brigade
BG Richard B. Garnett 8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Maj George C. Cabell 19th Virginia: Lt William N. Wood 28th Virginia: Cpt William L. Wingfield 56th Virginia: Cpt John B. McPhail, Jr.Wounded September 14, 1862, but remained in command Kemper's Brigade
BG James L. Kemper 1st Virginia: Cpt George F. Newton, Maj William H. Palmer 7th Virginia: Maj Arthur Herbert 11th Virginia: Cpt Robert Miller Mitchell, Jr.Relieved Maj Adam Clement, wia 9/14; Robert T. Bell, 11th Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (Va.): H. E. Howard, Inc., 1985, roster 17th Virginia: Col Montgomery D. Corse (w) 24th Virginia: Col William R. Terry Jenkins' Brigade
Col Joseph Walker 1st South Carolina (Volunteers): Ltc Daniel Livingston (w) 2nd South Carolina Rifles: Col Robert A. Thompson 5th South Carolina: Cpt Thomas C. Beckham 6th South Carolina: Cpt Edward B. Cantey (w) 4th South Carolina Battalion: Lt W. T. Field Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters: Cpt Alfred H. Foster (w), Cpt Franklin W. Kirkpatrick Jones' Brigade
Col George T. Anderson 1st Georgia (Regulars): Col William J. Magill (w), Cpt Richard A. Wayne 7th Georgia: Col George H. Carmical 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. L. Mounger (w) 11th Georgia: Maj Francis H. LittleDetached September 14, 1862, at Hagerstown, five companies reached Sharpsburg on the morning of September 17, 1862, and served with General Toombs (see: Anderson's report) ArtilleryStribling's, Rogers' and Leake's batteries left at Leesburg, Virginia Wise (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt James S. BrownWalker's Division
BG John G. Walker Walker's Brigade
Col Van H. Manning (w)
Col Edward D. Hall 3rd Arkansas: Cpt John W. Reedy 27th North Carolina: Col John R. Cooke (w) 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall, Ltc William A. Jenkins 48th North Carolina: Col Robert C. Hill 30th Virginia: Ltc Robert S. Chew (w) French's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Thomas B. French Ransom's Brigade
BG Robert Ransom, Jr. 24th North Carolina: Ltc John L. Harris 25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge 35th North Carolina: Col Matt W. Ransom 49th North Carolina: Ltc Leroy M. McAfee Branch's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James R. BranchHood's Division
BG John B. Hood Hood's Brigade
Col William T. Wofford 18th Georgia: Ltc Solon Z. Ruff Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion: Ltc Martin W. Gary 1st Texas: Ltc Philip A. Work 4th Texas: Ltc Benjamin F. Carter 5th Texas: Cpt Ike N. M. Turner Whiting's BrigadeAlso called Law's or Third Brigade (see: Longstreet's and Law's report)
Col Evander M. Law 4th Alabama: Cpt Lawrence H. Scruggs (w), Cpt William M. Robbins 2nd Mississippi: Col John M. Stone (w), Lt William C. Moody 11th Mississippi: Ltc Samuel F. Butler (mw), Maj Taliaferro S. Evans (k) 6th North Carolina: Maj Robert F. Webb (w) Artillery
Maj Bushrod W. Frobel German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt William K. Bachman Palmetto (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James ReillyReporting directly Evans' Brigade
BG Nathan G. Evans
Col Peter F. StevensCommanded the brigade while General Evans commanded a provisional division (w) 17th South Carolina: Col Fitz W. McMaster 18th South Carolina: Col William H. Wallace 22nd South Carolina: Maj Miel Hilton 23rd South Carolina: Lt E. R. White Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion: Col Peter F. Stevens Macbeth (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Robert BoyceReserve Artillery Washington (Louisiana) Artillery
Col James B. Walton 1st Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires 2nd Company: Cpt John B. Richardson 3rd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller 4th Company: Cpt Benjamin F. Eshleman Lee's Battalion
Col Stephen D. Lee Ashland (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. Bedford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan Brooks (South Carolina) Artillery (Rhett's Battery): Lt William Elliott Eubank's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John L. Eubank Madison (Louisiana) Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody Parker's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William W. Parker
Left Wing MG Thomas J. Jackson
Chief of Artillery: Col Stapleton Crutchfield
Escort: 4th Virginia Cavalry, Company H: Cpt Robert Randolph White's Virginia Cavalry (3 companies): Cpt Elijah V. White
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersEwell's Division
BG Alexander Lawton (w)
BG Jubal A. Early Lawton's Brigade
Col Marcellus Douglass (k)
Maj John H. Lowe
Col John H. Lamar 13th Georgia: Cpt D. A. Kidd 26th Georgia 31st Georgia: Ltc John T. Crowder (w), Maj John H. Lowe 38th Georgia: Cpt William H. Battey (k), Cpt Peter Brennan 60th Georgia: Maj Waters B. Jones 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar, Maj Archibald P. McRae (k) Early's Brigade
BG Jubal A. Early
Col William Smith (w) 13th Virginia: Cpt Frank V. Winston 25th Virginia: Cpt Robert D. Lilley 31st Virginia 44th Virginia: Cpt David W. Anderson (w) 49th Virginia: Col William Smith, Ltc Jonathan C. Gibson (w) 52nd Virginia: Col Michael G. Harman 58th Virginia Trimble's Brigade
Col James A. Walker (w) 15th Alabama: Cpt Isaac B. Feagin 12th Georgia: Cpt James G. Rogers (k), Cpt John T. Carson 21st Georgia: Maj Thomas C. Glover (w), Cpt James C. Nisbit 21st North Carolina: Cpt F. P. Miller (k) 1st North Carolina Battalion SharpshootersAttached to the 21st North Carolina Hays' Brigade
BG Harry T. Hays 5th Louisiana: Col Henry Forno 6th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Strong (k) 7th Louisiana: Col. Davidson Bradfute Penn 8th Louisiana: Ltc Trevanion D. Lewis (w)