The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in Virginia's Battle of Chancellorsville, which lasted from April 30 to May 6, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the campaign,Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 789-794; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 467-474 the casualty returnsOfficial Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 806-809/947-949; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 492-501 and the reports.Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 1161-1169/Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, page 1332
Abbreviations used
Military rank Gen = General LTG = Lieutenant 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
First Corps
Gen Robert E. LeeThe First Corps' commander, Lieutenant General James Longstreet, along with Pickett's and Hood's divisions and Dearing's and Henry's artillery battalions, were on detached duty in Southeastern Virginia. General Lee commanded the remnant of the corps directly (see: Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 36 and 49)
Chief of Artillery: Col James B. Walton
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersMcLaws' Division
MG Lafayette McLaws Wofford's Brigade
BG William T. Wofford 16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan 18th Georgia: Col Solon Z. Ruff 24th Georgia: Col Robert McMillan Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Luther J. Glenn Phillips' (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Elihu S. Barclay, Jr. Semmes' Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes 10th Georgia: Ltc Willis C. Holt 50th Georgia: Ltc Francis Kearse 51st Georgia: Col William M. Slaughter (mw), Ltc Edward Ball (w), Maj Oliver P. Anthony 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms Kershaw's Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy 3rd South Carolina: Maj Robert C. Maffett 7th South Carolina: Col Elbert Bland 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan 15th South Carolina: Ltc Joseph F. Gist 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice Barksdale's Brigade
BG William Barksdale 13th Mississippi: Col James W. Carter 17th Mississippi: Col William D. Holder 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Griffin (c) 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys Cabell's Artillery Battalion
Col Henry C. Cabell
Maj Samuel P. Hamilton Carlton's (Georgia) battery: Cpt Henry H. Carlton Fraser's (Georgia) battery: Cpt John C. Fraser McCarthy's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Manly's (North Carolina) battery: Cpt Basil C. ManlyAnderson's Division
MG Richard H. Anderson Wilcox's Brigade
BG Cadmus M. Wilcox 8th Alabama: Col Young L. Royston (w), Ltc Hilary A. Herbert 9th Alabama: Maj Jeremiah H. J. Williams 10th Alabama: Col William H. Forney (w) 11th Alabama: Col John C. C. Sanders 14th Alabama: Col Lucius Pinckard (w) Wright's Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright 3rd Georgia: Maj John F. Jones (w), Cpt Charles H. Andrews 22nd Georgia: Ltc Joseph Wasden 48th Georgia: Ltc Reuben W. Carswell 2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj George W. Ross Mahone's Brigade
BG William Mahone 6th Virginia: Col George T. Rogers 12th Virginia: Ltc Everard M. Feild 16th Virginia: Ltc Richard O. Whitehead 41st Virginia: Col William A. Parham 61st Virginia: Col Virginius D. Groner Posey's Brigade
BG Carnot Posey 12th Mississippi: Ltc Merry B. Harris (w), Maj Samuel B. Thomas 16th Mississippi: Col Samuel E. Baker 19th Mississippi: Col Nathaniel H. Harris 48th Mississippi: Col Joseph M. Jayne (w) Perry's Brigade
BG Edward A. Perry 2nd Florida: Maj Walter R. Moore (w) 5th Florida: Maj Benjamin F. Davis (w) 8th Florida: Col David Lang Garnett's Artillery Battalion
Ltc John J. Garnett
Maj Robert A. Hardaway Grandy's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Charles R. Grandy Lewis' (Virginia) battery: Lt Nathan Penick Maurin's (Louisiana) battery: Cpt Victor Maurin Moore's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Joseph D. MooreArtillery Reserve Alexander's Battalion
Col E. Porter AlexanderActing Chief of Artillery Second Corps after Colonel Crutchfield was wounded (see: Alexander's report)
Maj Frank Huger Eubank's (Virginia) battery: Lt Osmond B. Taylor Jordan's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan Moody's (Louisiana) battery: Cpt George V. Moody Parker's (Virginia) battery: Cpt William W. Parker Rhett's (South Carolina) battery: Cpt A. Burnett Rhett Woolfolk's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion
Col James B. Walton 1st Company: Cpt Charles W. Squires (c), Lt Charles H. C. Brown 2nd Company: Cpt John B. Richardson 3rd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller 4th Company: Cpt Benjamin F. Eshleman
Second Corps
LTG Thomas J. Jackson (mw)
MG Ambrose P. Hill (w)
BG Robert E. Rodes
MG J. E. B. Stuart
Chief of Artillery: Col Stapleton Crutchfield (w), Col E. Porter Alexander, Col J. Thompson Brown
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersA. P. Hill's Light Division
MG Ambrose P. Hill
BG Henry Heth (w)
BG William D. Pender (w)
BG James J. Archer Heth's Brigade
BG Henry Heth
Col John M. Brockenbrough 40th Virginia: Col John M. Brockenbrough, Ltc Fleet W. Cox (w), Cpt T. Edwin Betts 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallory (k), Ltc William S. Christian (w), Maj Andrew D. Saunders (k), Lt R. L. Williams,Adjutant of the 55th Virginia Maj Evan RiceJoined May 4, 1863 (see: Christian's report) 22nd Virginia Battalion: Ltc Edward P. Tayloe Thomas' Brigade
BG Edward L. Thomas 14th Georgia: Col Robert W. Folsom 35th Georgia: Cpt John Duke 45th Georgia: Ltc Washington L. Grice 49th Georgia: Maj Samuel T. Player Lane's Brigade
BG James H. Lane 7th North Carolina: Col Edward G. Haywood (w), Ltc Junius L. Hill (k), Maj William L. Davidson (w), Cpt Nathan A. Pool 18th North Carolina: Col Thomas J. Purdie (k), Ltc Forney George (w), Maj John D. Barry 28th North Carolina: Col Samuel D. Lowe 33rd North Carolina: Col Clark M. Avery (w), Cpt Joseph H. Saunders 37th North Carolina: Col William M. Barbour (w) McGowan's Brigade
BG Samuel McGowan (w)
Col Oliver E. Edwards (mw)
Col Abner M. Perrin
Col Daniel H. HamiltonAssumed command after the Brigade was reunited on May 3, 1863 (see: Hamilton's and Perrin's report) 1st South Carolina (Provisional Army): Col Daniel H. Hamilton, Cpt Washington P. Shooter 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col James M. Perrin (mw), Ltc Francis E. Harrison 12th South Carolina:Not engaged, detached guarding Prisoners (see: Hamilton's report) Col John L. Miller 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver E. Edwards, Ltc Benjamin T. Brockman 14th South Carolina: Col Abner Perrin Archer's Brigade
BG James J. Archer
Col Birkett D. Fry 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt S. D. Stewart (k), Cpt A. N. Porter 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Ltc Newton J. George 7th Tennessee: Ltc John A. Fite (w) 14th Tennessee: Col William McComb (w), Cpt R. C. Wilson Pender's Brigade
BG William D. Pender 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales (w), Ltc Joseph H. Hyman 16th North Carolina: Col John S. McElroy (w), Ltc William A. Stowe (w) 22nd North Carolina: Ltc Chris C. Cole (k), Maj Laben Odell (k), Cpt George A. Graves 34th North Carolina: Col William L. J. Lowrance 38th North Carolina: Ltc John Ashford Walker's Artillery Battalion
Col R. Lindsay Walker
Maj William R. J. Pegram Brunson's (South Carolina) battery: Cpt Ervin B. Brunson Crenshaw's (Virginia) battery: Lt John H. Chamberlayne Davidson's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Greenlee Davidson (mw), Lt Thomas A. Brander McGraw's (Virginia) battery: Lt Joseph McGraw Marye's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Edward A. MaryeD. H. Hill's Division
BG Robert E. Rodes
BG Stephen D. Ramseur Rodes' Brigade
Col Edward A. O'Neal (w)
Col Josephus M. Hall 3rd Alabama: Cpt Malachi F. Bonham 5th Alabama: Col Josephus M. Hall, Ltc E. Lafayette Hobson (w), Cpt William T. Renfro (mw), Cpt Thomas M. Riley 6th Alabama: Col James N. Lightfoot 12th Alabama: Col Samuel B. Pickens 26th Alabama: Ltc John S. Garvin (w), Lt Miles J. Taylor Colquitt's Brigade
BG Alfred H. Colquitt 6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton 19th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Hutchins 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best 27th Georgia: Col Charles T. Zachry 28th Georgia: Col Tully Graybill Ramseur's Brigade
BG Stephen D. Ramseur (w)
Col Francis M. Parker 2nd North Carolina: Col William Ruffin Cox (w) 4th North Carolina: Col Bryan Grimes 14th North Carolina: Col R. Tyler Bennett 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker Doles' Brigade
BG George P. Doles 4th Georgia: Col Philip Cook (w), Ltc David R. E. Winn 12th Georgia: Col Edward Willis 21st Georgia: Col John T. Mercer 44th Georgia: Col John B. Estes Iverson's Brigade
BG Alfred Iverson, Jr. (w) 5th North Carolina: Col Thomas M. Garrett (w), Ltc John W. Lea (w), Maj William J. Hill (w), Cpt Speight B. West 12th North Carolina: Maj David P. Rowe (mw), Ltc Robert D. JohnstonOf the 23rd North Carolina; assumed command May 2, 1863 after Major Rowe was mortally wounded (see: Johnston's report) 20th North Carolina: Col Thomas F. Toon (w), Ltc Nelson Slough 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie Carter's Artillery Battalion
Ltc Thomas H. Carter Reese's (Alabama) battery: Cpt William J. Reese Carter's (Virginia) battery: Cpt William P. Carter Fry's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Charles W. Fry Page's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Richard C. M. PageEarly's Division
MG Jubal A. Early Gordon's Brigade
BG John B. Gordon 13th Georgia: Col James M. Smith 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson 31st Georgia: Col Clement A. Evans (w) 38th Georgia: Col James D. Mathews 60th Georgia: Col William H. Stiles 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar Hoke's Brigade
BG Robert Hoke (w)
Col Isaac E. Avery 6th North Carolina: Col Isaac E. Avery, Maj Samuel M. Tate 21st North Carolina: Ltc William S. Rankin 54th North Carolina: Col James C. S. McDowell (mw), Ltc Kenneth M. Murchison 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Godwin (w) 1st Battalion North Carolina Sharpshooters: Maj Rufus W. Wharton Smith's Brigade31st Virginia detached (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 714)
BG William Smith 13th Virginia: Ltc James B. Terrill 49th Virginia: Ltc Jonathan C. Gibson 52nd Virginia: Col Michael G. Harman 58th Virginia: Col Francis H. Board Hays' Brigade
BG Harry T. Hays 5th Louisiana: Col Henry Forno 6th Louisiana: Col William Monaghan 7th Louisiana: Col Davidson B. Penn (c) 8th Louisiana: Col Trevanion D. Lewis (c) 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford (c) Andrews' Artillery Battalion
Ltc Richard S. Andrews Brown's (Maryland) battery: Cpt William D. Brown Carpenter's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Joseph C. Carpenter Dement's (Maryland) battery: Cpt William F. Dement Raine's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Charles J. RaineTrimble's Division
BG Raleigh E. Colston Paxton's Brigade
BG Elisha F. Paxton (k)
Col John H. S. Funk 2nd Virginia: Col John Q. A. Nadenbousch (w), Ltc Raleigh T. Colston 4th Virginia: Maj William Terry 5th Virginia: Col John H. S. Funk, Ltc Hazael J. Williams 27th Virginia: Col James K. Edmondson (w), Ltc Daniel M. Shriver 33rd Virginia: Ltc Abraham Spengler Jones' Brigade25th Virginia detached (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 714)
BG John R. JonesLeft the battlefield on account of sickness (see: Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, page 329)
Col Thomas S. Garnett (mw)
Col Alexander S. Vandeventer 21st Virginia: Maj John B. Moseley 42nd Virginia: Ltc Robert W. Withers 44th Virginia: Maj Norvell Cobb (w), Cpt Thomas R. Buckner