The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 538-545Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
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 Sgt = Sergeant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k =killed c = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
First Corps
LTG 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 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance (w), Ltc William D. Rutherford (w), Maj Robert C. Maffett (w),Cpt William W. Hance (w), Cpt John C. Sumner (k), Cpt John K. G. Nance 7th South Carolina: Ltc Elbert Bland (w) 8th South Carolina: Cpt Eli T. Stackhouse 15th South Carolina:Transferred from Drayton's brigade, Nov. 26 Col William D. DeSaussure 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice Barksdale's Brigade
BG William Barksdale 13th Mississippi: Col John W. Carter 17th Mississippi: Col John C. Fiser 18th Mississippi: Ltc William H. Luse 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys Cobb's Brigade
BG Thomas R.R. Cobb (mw)
Col Robert E. McMillan 16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan 18th Georgia:Transferred from Robertson's brigade, Nov. 26 Ltc Solon Z. Ruff 24th Georgia: Col Robert E. McMillan, Ltc Jefferson M. Lamar Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Luther Glenn Phillip's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc Robert T. Cook (k), Maj Joseph Hamilton Semmes' Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes 10th Georgia: Col John B. Weems 50th Georgia: Col William R. Manning 51st Georgia: Col William M. Slaughter 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms Artillery
Col Henry C. CabellCabell also commanded Nelson's Battalion and Branch's, Cooper's, Dearing's, Ells', Eubank's, Lane's, Macon's and Ross' batteries. Manly's (North Carolina) battery Cpt Basil C. Manly Read's (Georgia) battery: Cpt John P.W. Read McCarthy's battery, 1st Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Carlton's Battery, Troup (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt Henry H. CarltonAnderson's Division
MG Richard H. Anderson Wilcox's Brigade
BG Cadmus M. Wilcox 8th Alabama: Col Young L. Royston 9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry 10th Alabama: Col William H. Forney 11th Alabama: Col John C. C. Sanders 14th Alabama:Transferred from Pryor's brigade, Nov. 10 Col Lucius Pinkard Mahone's Brigade
BG William Mahone 6th Virginia: Col Thomas J. Cornprew 12th Virginia: Cpt John R. Lewellen 16th Virginia: Maj Francis D. Holliday 41st Virginia: Col William A. Parham 61st Virginia: Ltc William F. Niemeyer Featherston's Brigade
BG Winfield S. Featherston 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey 19th Mississippi: Col Thomas Hardin (k) 48th Mississippi (5 companies): Ltc Thomas B. Manlove Wright's Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright 3rd Georgia: Col Edward J. Walker 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones 48th Georgia: Cpt Matthew R. Hall 2nd Georgia Battalion:Transferred from Cooke's brigade, Nov. 26 Cpt Charles J. Moffett Perry's Brigade
BG Edward A. PerryAssigned Nov. 10 2nd Florida: Ltc Lewis G. Pyles 5th Florida Col John C. Hately 8th Florida: Col David Lang (w, Dec. 13), Cpt Thomas R. Love Artillery
Ltc John S. Saunders Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin Huger's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Frank Huger Lewis' (Virginia) battery:Assigned Dec. 1 Cpt John W. Lewis Norfolk (Virginia) Light Artillery Blues: Lt William T. PeetPickett's Division
MG George Pickett Garnett's Brigade
BG Richard B. GarnettAssigned Nov. 26; Corse was assigned Nov. 6, vice Pickett promoted, and was succeeded by Garnett. 8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers 19th Virginia: Col Henry Gantt 28th Virginia: Col Robert C. Allen 56th Virginia: Col William D. Stuart Armistead's Brigade
BG Lewis A. Armistead 9th Virginia: Ltc James S. Gilliam 14th Virginia: Col James G. Hodges 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds 53rd Virginia: Col William R. Aylett 57th Virginia: Col David Dyer Kemper's Brigade
BG James L. Kemper 1st Virginia: Col Lewis B. Williams, Jr. 3rd Virginia: Col Joseph Mayo, Jr. 7th Virginia: Col Waller T. Patton 11th Virginia: Maj Kirkwood Otey 24th Virginia: Col William R. Terry Jenkins' Brigade
BG Micah Jenkins 1st South Carolina (Hagood's): Col Daniel H. Hamilton 2nd South Carolina (Rifles): Col Robert E. Bowen 5th South Carolina: Col Ashbury Coward 6th South Carolina: Col John M. Steedman Hampton's Legion (Infantry Battalion): Ltc Robert B. Arnold Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker Corse' s BrigadeBrigade organized and Corse assigned Nov. 26
BG Montgomery D. Corse 15th Virginia: Cpt Emmett M. Morrison 17th Virginia: Maj Arthur HebertPromoted Col, Dec. 13 30th Virginia: Col Alfred T. Harrison 32nd Virginia: Col Edgar B. Montague ArtilleryOther batteries of this division are probably noted as "miscellaneous" (see Reserve Artillery) their assignments not being clearly indicated by the reports. Stribling's battery was assigned Dec. 1 "for service with the brigade to which it has long been attached".
Maj James Dearing Dearing's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Joseph Blount Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Richmond Fayette (Virginia) Artillery:Transferred from McLaws' division, Dec. 8 Cpt Miles C. MaconHood's Division
MG John B. Hood Law's Brigade
BG Evander M. Law 4th Alabama: Col Pinckney D. Bowles 44th Alabama:Transferred from Wright's brigade, Nov. 26 Ltc Charles A. Derby 6th North Carolina: Ltc Robert F. Webb 54th North Carolina: Col James C. S. McDowell 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Godwin Robertson' s Brigade
BG Jerome B. Robertson 3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning 1st Texas: Col Philip A. Work 4th Texas: Col John C.G. Key 5th Texas: Col Robert M. Powell Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson 1st Georgia Regulars: Cpt Richard A. Wayne 7th Georgia: Ltc George H. Carmichael 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. Mounger 11th Georgia: Col Francis H. Little Toombs' Brigade
Col Henry L. Benning 2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes 15th Georgia: Col William T. Millican 17th Georgia: Col Wesley C. Hodges 20th Georgia: Col John R. Cummings Artillery
Maj Mathias W. Henry Bachman's battery, German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt William K. Bachman Garden's battery, Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery: Cpt Hugh R. Garden Reilly's battery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James ReillyRansom's Division
BG Robert Ransom, Jr. Ransom's Brigade
BG Robert Ransom, Jr. 24th North Carolina: Ltc John L. Harris 25th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel C. Bryson 35th North Carolina: Col Matt W. Ransom 49th North Carolina: Ltc Lee McAfee Branch's (Virginia) battery: Cpt James R. Branch Cooke's Brigade
BG John R. Cooke (w, Dec. 13)
Col Edward D. Hall 15th North Carolina:Transferred from Cobb's brigade, Nov. 26 Ltc William MacRae 27th North Carolina: Col John A. Gilmer, Jr. 46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall 48th North Carolina: Ltc Samuel H. Walkup Cooper's Stafford (Virginia) battery: Cpt Raleigh L. CooperFirst Corps ArtilleryNot assigned to divisions 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 Alexander's Battalion
Ltc E. Porter Alexander Bedford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Tyler C. Jordan Bath (Virginia) battery: Cpt John L. Eubank Madison Louisiana Light Artillery: Cpt George V. Moody Parker's (Virginia) battery: Cpt William W. Parker Brook's (South Carolina) battery(Rhett): Cpt Andrew B. Rhett Ashland (Virginia) battery: Cpt Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.
Second Corps
LTG Thomas J. Jackson
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersD.H. Hill's Division
MG D.H. Hill First (Rodes') Brigade
BG Robert E. Rodes 3rd Alabama: Cullen A. Battle (w, Dec. 13) 5th Alabama: Col Cadwallader Jones 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon 12th Alabama: Ltc Samuel B Pickens 26th Alabama: Col Edward A. O'Neal Second (Doles') Brigade
BG George Doles 4th Georgia: Col Philip Cook 44th Georgia: Col John B. Estes 1st North Carolina: Col Hamilton A. Brown 3rd North Carolina: Col William L. DeRosset Third (Colquitt's) Brigade
BG Alfred H. Colquitt 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best 27th Georgia: Col Charles T. Zachary 28th Georgia: Maj Tully Graybill Fourth (Iverson's) Brigade
BG Alfred Iverson Jr. 5th North Carolina: Cpt Thomas W. Garrett 12th North Carolina: Col Henry E. Coleman 20th North Carolina: Ltc Frank Faison 23rd North Carolina: Col Daniel H. Christie Fifth (Ramseur's) Brigade
Col Bryan Grimes 2nd North Carolina: Col William P. Byrum 4th North Carolina: Col Edwin A. Y. Osborne 14th North Carolina: Col Risden T. BennettOR 21 Page 1073 30th North Carolina: Col Francis M. Parker Artillery
Maj Hilary P. Jones
Maj Thomas H. CarterPromoted and assigned command, Dec. 12 Hardaway's (Alabama) battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway, Cpt William B. HurtAssigned command, Dec. 3 Bondurant's battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt James W. Bondurant Carter's battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter, Cpt William P. P. Carter Page's battery, Morris (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Richard C. M. Page Fry's battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles M. Fry Goochland (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. TurnerA. P. Hill's Light Division
MG A. P. Hill First (Field's) Brigade
Col John M. Brockenbrough 40th Virginia: Cpt Timothy E. Betts 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallroy 22nd Virginia Battalion: Ltc Edward P. Tayloe Second (Gregg's) Brigade
BG Maxcy Gregg (mw, Dec. 13)
Col Samuel McGowan 1st South Carolina (Provisional Army): Col Daniel H. Hamilton 1st South Carolina Rifles: Col James L. Orr 12th South Carolina: Col Richard G. Mills Dunovant 13th South Carolina: Col Oliver E. Edwards 14th South Carolina: Col Samuel McGowan, Ltc William D. Simpson Third (Thomas') Brigade
BG Edward L. Thomas 14th Georgia: Col Arnoldus V. Brumby 35th Georgia: Col Bolling H. Holt 45th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Simmons 49th Georgia: Col Andrew J. Lane Fourth (Lane's) Brigade
BG James H. Lane 7th North Carolina: Ltc Junius L. Hill 18th North Carolina: Col Thomas J. Purdie 28th North Carolina: Col Samuel D. Lowe 33rd North Carolina: Col Clark M. Avery 37th North Carolina: Cpt William M. Barbour Fifth (Archer's) Brigade
BG James J. Archer 5th Alabama Battalion: Maj Albert S. Van de Graaff (w), Cpt Samuel D. Stewart 19th Georgia: Ltc Andrew J. Hutchins 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Col Peter Turney (w), Ltc Newton J. George (w), Cpt Miller Turney (w),Cpt Henry J. Hawkins 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner 14th Tennessee: Ltc James W. Lockert Sixth (Pender's) Brigade
BG William D. Pender (w, Dec. 13)
Col Alfred M. Scales 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales 16th North Carolina: Col John S. McElroy 22nd North Carolina: Maj Christopher C. Cole 34th North Carolina: Col William L. J. Lowrance 38th North Carolina: Col William H. H. Cowles Artillery
Ltc R. Lindsay Walker Branch (North Carolina) Artillery: Lt John R. Potts Crenshaw (Virginia) battery: Lt James Ellett Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Edward A. Marye Johnson's (Virginia) battery: Lt Valentine J. Clutter Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Greenlee Davidson Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt David G. Mcintosh