The following units and commanders of the Confederate army fought in the Battle of Globe Tavern from August 18 to 21, 1864. 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
Other (w) = wounded (mw) = mortally wounded (k) = killed in action (c) = captured
August 18–19
Operations south of Petersburg Gen P. G. T. Beauregard, Petersburg Defense Force
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersMahone's Division
MG William Mahone Weisiger's Brigade
BG David A. Weisiger 6th Virginia Infantry 12th Virginia Infantry 16th Virginia Infantry 41st Virginia Infantry 61st Virginia Infantry Colquitt's Brigade (from Hoke's Division)
BG Alfred H. Colquitt 6th Georgia Infantry 19th Georgia Infantry 23rd Georgia Infantry 27th Georgia Infantry 28th Georgia Infantry Clingman's Brigade (from Hoke's Division)
BG Thomas L. Clingman (w)
Col Hector M. McKethan 8th North Carolina Infantry 31st North Carolina Infantry 51st North Carolina Infantry: Col Hector M. McKethan 61st North Carolina InfantryHeth's Division
MG Henry Heth Davis' Brigade
Cpt Robert W. Thomas 1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi Infantry 11th Mississippi Infantry: Maj Reuben O. Reynolds 26th Mississippi Infantry 42nd Mississippi Infantry 55th North Carolina Infantry Walker's Brigade
Col Robert M. Mayo (ill, August 18)
Col William S. Christian 13th Alabama Infantry 2nd Maryland Battalion 1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee Infantry 14th Tennessee Infantry 40th Virginia Infantry 47th Virginia Infantry 55th Virginia Infantry: Col William S. Christian 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion Colquitt's Brigade (from Hoke's Division)
BG Alfred H. Colquitt 6th Georgia Infantry 19th Georgia Infantry 23rd Georgia Infantry 27th Georgia Infantry 28th Georgia InfantryThird Corps Artillery
Col Reuben L. Walker Pegram's Battalion
Col William Pegram Crenshaw (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. Thomas Ellett Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. Thomas A. Brander Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. George M. Cayce Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. Edward A. Marye
August 21
Operations south of Petersburg Gen P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg Defense Force
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
LTG A. P. Hill
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersMahone's Division
MG William Mahone Sanders' Brigade
BG John C. C. Sanders (k)
Col J. Horace King 8th Alabama Infantry 9th Alabama Infantry: Col J. Horace King 10th Alabama Infantry 11th Alabama Infantry 13th Alabama Infantry 14th Alabama Infantry Harris' Brigade
Col Joseph M. Jayne 12th Mississippi Infantry 16th Mississippi Infantry: Col Edward G. Counsell (mw) 19th Mississippi Infantry 48th Mississippi Infantry Wright's Brigade
BG Ambrose R. Wright 3rd Georgia Infantry 22nd Georgia Infantry 48th Georgia Infantry 64th Georgia Infantry 2nd Georgia Infantry Battalion 10th Georgia Infantry Battalion Hagood's Brigade (from Hoke's Division)
BG Johnson Hagood 11th South Carolina Infantry 21st South Carolina Infantry 25th South Carolina Infantry 27th South Carolina Infantry: Col Peter Charles Gaillard 7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion: Cpt John L. Jones Finegan's Brigade
BG Joseph Finegan 2nd Florida Infantry 5th Florida Infantry 8th Florida Infantry 9th Florida Infantry: Cpt John William Pearson of Company B (mw) 10th Florida Infantry 11th Florida InfantryHeth's Division
MG Henry Heth Cooke's Brigade
BG John R. Cooke 15th North Carolina Infantry 27th North Carolina Infantry 46th North Carolina Infantry 48th North Carolina Infantry 55th North Carolina Infantry McRae's Brigade
BG William MacRae 11th North Carolina Infantry 26th North Carolina Infantry 44th North Carolina Infantry 47th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc John W. Lyell (w) 52nd North Carolina Infantry Kirkland's Brigade (from Hoke's Division)
BG William W. Kirkland 17th North Carolina Infantry 42nd North Carolina Infantry 66th North Carolina Infantry Ransom's Brigade (from Johnson's Division)
Ltc John L. Harris 24th North Carolina Infantry 25th North Carolina Infantry 35th North Carolina Infantry 49th North Carolina Infantry 56th North Carolina InfantryThird Corps Artillery
Col Reuben L. Walker Pegram's Battalion
Col William Pegram Crenshaw (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. Thomas Ellett Letcher (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. Thomas A. Brander Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. George M. Cayce Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery: Capt. Edward A. Marye
Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersW.H.F. Lee's Division Barringer's Brigade
BG Rufus Barringer 1st North Carolina Cavalry 2nd North Carolina Cavalry 3rd North Carolina Cavalry 5th North Carolina Cavalry Dearing's Brigade
BG James Dearing 7th Confederate Cavalry 62nd Georgia Cavalry 4th North Carolina Cavalry 6th North Carolina Cavalry Petersburg Artillery
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