The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. The following order of battle is the organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.
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
Confederate forces near Petersburg Gen Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee
Provost Guard: Maj. David B. Bridgford 5th Alabama Battalion 1st Virginia Battalion 48th Georgia (1 company) 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion Engineers: MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer 1st Confederate Engineers 2nd Confederate Engineers
First Corps LTG James Longstreet
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersKershaw's Division
MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.) Kershaw's Brigade
Col John Doby Kennedy 2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina 15th South Carolina 20th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion Wofford's Brigade
BG Dudley M. Du Bose 16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips' (Georgia) Legion 3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion Humphreys' Brigade
Maj George B. Gerald 13th Mississippi 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi Bryan's Brigade
Col James P. Simms 10th Georgia 50th Georgia 51st Georgia 53rd GeorgiaField's Division
MG Charles W. Field Bratton's Brigade
BG John Bratton
Col Joseph Walker 1st South Carolina 2nd South Carolina Rifles 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters Law's Brigade
Col William F. Perry 4th Alabama 15th Alabama 44th Alabama 47th Alabama 48th Alabama Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson 7th Georgia 8th Georgia 9th Georgia 11th Georgia 59th Georgia Gregg's Brigade (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)
BG John Gregg
Col Frederick S. Bass
Ltc Clinton McK. Winkler 3rd Arkansas 1st Texas 4th Texas 5th Texas Benning's Brigade
BG Henry L. Benning 2nd Georgia 15th Georgia 17th Georgia 20th GeorgiaPickett's Division
MG George E. Pickett Terry's Brigade
BG William R. Terry 1st Virginia 3rd Virginia 7th Virginia 11th Virginia 24th Virginia Hunton's Brigade
BG Eppa Hunton 8th Virginia 18th Virginia 19th Virginia 28th Virginia 56th Virginia Steuart's Brigade
BG George H. Steuart 9th Virginia 14th Virginia 38th Virginia 53rd Virginia 57th Virginia Corse's Brigade
BG Montgomery D. Corse 15th Virginia 17th Virginia 29th Virginia 30th Virginia 32nd VirginiaCorps Artillery
BG Edward Porter Alexander Huger's Battalion
Ltc Frank Huger Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery Poindexter's (Louisiana) Battery Parker's (Virginia) Battery Smith's (Virginia) Battery Taylor's (Virginia) Battery Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery Haskell's Battalion
Maj John C. Haskell Flanner's (North Carolina) Battery Garden's (South Carolina) Battery Lamkin's (Virginia) Battery Ramsay's (North Carolina) Battery Cabell's Battalion
Col Henry C. Cabell Callaway's (Georgia) Battery Carlton's (Georgia) Battery Anderson's (Virginia) Battery Manly's (North Carolina) Battery 1st Virginia Artillery Battalion Dance's (Virginia) Battery Smith's (Virginia) Battery Graham's (Virginia) Battery Griffin's (Virginia) Battery Johnson's Battalion Pollock's (Virginia) Battery Wilkes' (Virginia) Battery Stark's Battalion Green's (Virginia) Battery Armistead's (Virginia) Battery French's (Virginia) Battery
Third Corps LTG A. P. Hill
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersMahone's Division
BG William Mahone Sander' Brigade
Col Joseph H. King 8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama Harris' Brigade
BG Nathaniel H. Harris 12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi 19th Mississippi 48th Mississippi Mahone's Brigade
BG David A. Weisiger 6th Virginia 12th Virginia 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia Wright's Brigade
Col William Gibson 3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 64th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion 10th Georgia Battalion Finnegan's Brigade
BG Joseph Finegan
Col Theodore W. Brevard, Jr. 2nd Florida 5th Florida 8th Florida 9th Florida 10th Florida 11th FloridaHeth's Division
MG Henry Heth Davis' Brigade
BG Joseph R. Davis 1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi 11th Mississippi 26th Mississippi 42nd Mississippi 55th North Carolina Cooke's Brigade
BG John R. Cooke 15th North Carolina 27th North Carolina 46th North Carolina 48th North Carolina MacRae's Brigade
BG William MacRae 11th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 44th North Carolina 47th North Carolina 52nd North Carolina Archer's Brigade
BG James J. Archer (Archer was in command until 16 October 1864. Mayo then took over. Archer received a furlough and died 24 October 1864.)
Col Robert M. Mayo 13th Alabama 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee 14th Tennessee 2nd Maryland 40th Virginia 47th Virginia 55th Virginia 22nd Virginia BattalionWilcox's Division
MG Cadmus M. Wilcox Lane's Brigade
BG James H. Lane 7th North Carolina 18th North Carolina 28th North Carolina 33rd North Carolina 37th North Carolina Scales' Brigade
BG Alfred M. Scales 13th North Carolina 16th North Carolina 22nd North Carolina 34th North Carolina 38th North Carolina McGowan's Brigade
BG Samuel McGowan 1st South Carolina (Provisional Army) 1st South Carolina (Orr's Rifles) 12th South Carolina 13th South Carolina 14th South Carolina Thomas's Brigade
BG Edward L. Thomas 14th Georgia 35th Georgia 45th Georgia 49th GeorgiaCorps Artillery
Col R. Lindsay Walker Cutts' Battalion
Col Allen S. Cutts Patterson's (Georgia) Battery Ross's (Georgia) Battery Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery McIntosh's Battalion
Ltc David G. McIntosh Dement's (Maryland) Battery Chesapeake (Maryland) Battery Hurt's (Alabama) Battery Price's (Virginia) Battery Donald's (Virginia) Battery Pegram's Battalion
Ltc William J. Pegram Brander's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery Poague's Battalion
Ltc William T. Poague Utterback's (Virginia) Battery Richard's (Mississippi) Battery William's (North Carolina) Battery Johnston's (Virginia) Battery Penick's (Virginia) Battery Richardson's Battalion
Ltc Charles Richardson Grandy's (Virginia) Battery Landry's (Louisiana) Battery Moore's (Virginia) BatteryWashington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion:
Ltc Benjamin F. EshlemanFirst Company Second Company Third Company Fourth Company
Fourth Corps LTG Richard H. Anderson
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersJohnson's Division
MG Bushrod Johnson Elliott's Brigade
BG William Henry Wallace 17th South Carolina 18th South Carolina 22nd South Carolina 23rd South Carolina 26th South Carolina Gracie's Brigade
BG Archibald Gracie, Jr. 41st Alabama 43rd Alabama 59th Alabama 60th Alabama 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion Ransom's Brigade
BG Matt Whitaker Ransom 24th North Carolina 25th North Carolina 35th North Carolina 49th North Carolina 56th North Carolina Wise's Brigade
Col. J. Thomas Goode 26th Virginia 34th Virginia 46th Virginia 59th VirginiaHoke's Division
MG Robert F. Hoke Martin's Brigade
BG William Whedbee Kirkland 17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North Carolina Clingman's Brigade
Col. Hector McKethan 8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood 11th South Carolina 21st South Carolina 25th South Carolina 27th South Carolina Colquitt's Brigade
BG Alfred H. Colquitt 6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th GeorgiaCorps Artillery
Col Hilary P. Jones 38th Virginia Artillery Battalion
Ltc John P.W. Read Blount's (Virginia) Battery Sullivan's (Virginia) Battery Macon's (Virginia) Battery Marshall's (Virginia) Battery Moseley's Artillery Battalion
Ltc Edgar F. Moseley Young's (Virginia) Battery Miller's (North Carolina) Battery Slaten's (Georgia) Battery Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery Boggs' Artillery Battalion
Maj Francis J. Boggs Darracott's (Virginia) Battery Martin's (Virginia) Battery Coit's Artillery Battalion
Maj James C. Coit Wright's (Virginia) Battery Pegram's (Virginia) Battery Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery Kelly's (South Carolina) Battery
Cavalry Corps MG Wade Hampton III
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersButler's Division
BG Matthew C. Butler Young's Brigade
BG Pierce M. B. Young 10th Georgia Cavalry: Col Valentine H. Taliaferro Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Cavalry: Col Gilbert J. Wright Phillips' (Georgia) Legion Cavalry: Col William W. Rich Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cavalry: Ltc J. Fred Waring Dunovant's Brigade
BG John Dunovant (k)
Col Benjamin H. Rutledge 4th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Benjamin H. Rutledge, Ltc William Stokes 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Ltc Robert J. Jeffords (k), Cpt Zimmerman Davis 6th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Hugh A. Aiken (k), Ltc Lovick P. MillerFitzhugh Lee's Division
BG Thomas L. Rosser Wickham's Brigade
Col Thomas T. Munford 1st Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William A. Morgan 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Cary Breckinridge 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William R. Carter (mw), Maj Henry Carrington 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col William H.F. Payne Rosser's Brigade
Col Oliver R. Funsten Sr. 7th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas C.A. Marshall (w), Maj Samuel B. Myers 11th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Mottrom D. Ball 12th Virginia. Cavalry: Ltc Thomas B. Massie (w), Maj John L. Knott 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Elijah V. White Payne's Brigade
BG Lunsford L. Lomax 5th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston (c), Ltc James H. Allen 6th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Daniel T. Richards 15th Virginia. Cavalry: Ltc John CooperW.H.F. Lee's Division
MG W.H.F. Lee Barringer's Brigade
BG Rufus Barringer 1st North Carolina Cavalry: Ltc William H.H. Cowles 2nd North Carolina Cavalry: Col William P. Roberts 3rd North Carolina Cavalry: Col John A. Baker (c), Ltc Roger Moore 5th North Carolina Cavalry: Col James H. McNeill Chambliss's Brigade
BG John R. Chambliss (k)
Col J. Lucius Davis 9th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Waller 10th Virginia Cavalry: Col J. Lucius Davis, Ltc Robert Caskie (w), Maj William R. Clement 13th Virginia Cavalry: Col Jefferson Phillips Dearing's Brigade
BG James Dearing 8th Georgia Cavalry: Col Joel R. Griffin 4th North Carolina Cavalry: Col Dennis D. Ferebee 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Col John T. KennedyHorse Artillery
Maj R. Preston Chew Breathed's Battalion
Maj James Breathed (w)
Cpt
William McGregor Hart's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt James F. Hart (w), Lt E. Lindsley Halsey McGregor's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William McGregor, Lt George W. Brown Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Archibald Graham
Department of Richmond LTG Richard S. Ewell
Brigade Regiments and Others Johnson's Brigade
Col John M. Hughs 17th/23rd Tennessee: Col Richard H. Keeble (k), Col Horace Ready 25th/44th Tennessee: Ltc Robert B. Snowden (w), Cpt Jonathan E. Spencer 63rd Tennessee: Col Abram Fulkerson (w&c), Ltc William H. Fulkerson Gary's Cavalry Brigade
BG Martin Witherspoon Gary 7th Georgia Cavalry: Ltc Joseph L. McAllister (mw), Maj Edward C. Anderson Jr. (w), Cpt John M. Davies Infantry Battalion, Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion (Mounted): Col Thomas M. Logan (w), Ltc Robert B. Arnold 7th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Alexander C. Haskell (w), Maj Edward Boykin