The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately. The battle was fought on September 19, 1864, near Winchester, Virginia, and Opequon Creek. The battle is also known as the Battle of Opequon or the Battle of Opequon Creek.
Abbreviations used
Military rank 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 c = captured
Army of the Valley District LTG Jubal Early Staff: Adjutant general: Ltc Alexander Pendleton
Size as of September 10, 1864 = 15,514 men. Infantry - 10,116 Cavalry -4,585 Artillery -813
Breckinridge's Corps MG John C. Breckinridge
Staff: Chief of Artillery: Ltc John Floyd King
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersBreckinridge's Division
BG Gabriel C. Wharton Smith's Brigade
Col Thomas Smith 36th Virginia Infantry: Col Thomas Smith 60th Virginia Infantry 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion Thomas' Legion (North Carolina): Col James R. Love II Forsberg's Brigade
Col Augustus Forsberg (w)
Maj William A. Yonce (mw) 45th Virginia Infantry 51st Virginia Infantry: Maj William A. Yonce (mw) 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt Stephen Adam (w) Patton's Brigade
Col George S. Patton (mw) 22nd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John C. McDonald 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc Clarence Derrick (w&c) 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc George M. Edgar (c)Gordon's Division
MG John B. Gordon Evans' BrigadeOfficers from NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0182.jpg . BG Clement A. Evans was wounded at the Battle of Monocacy, and would not return until the end of the month.
Col Edmund N. Atkinson 13th Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Baker 26th Georgia Infantry: Ltc James Blain 31st Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Philip E. Davant; Maj. Thomas Bomar 60th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Milton Russell 61st Georgia Infantry: Cpt Eliphalet F. Sharp 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Cpt James W. Anderson (w&c) Terry's BrigadeOfficers from NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0163.jpg . Terry's Brigade was made up of the consolidated remnants of Edward Johnson's Division, destroyed at Spotsylvania. They were formed into three regiments based around the three original brigades they were part of.
BG William Terry Stonewall Brigade: Col John H.S. Funk (mw); Col Abraham Spengler 2nd Virginia Infantry 4th Virginia Infantry 5th Virginia Infantry 27th Virginia Infantry 33rd Virginia Infantry - Col Abraham Spengler Second: Col Robert H. Dungan 21st Virginia Infantry 25th Virginia Infantry 43rd Virginia Infantry 44th Virginia Infantry 48th Virginia Infantry 50th Virginia Infantry Third Brigade: Ltc Samuel Saunders (w); Cpt William B. Yancy (w&c) 10th Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Infantry 37th Virginia Infantry York's BrigadeOfficers from NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0196.jpg . York's Brigade consisted of the remnants of Harry Hays' and Leroy Stafford's Louisiana Brigades, which had not been able to replace much of their losses from the year previous, and were further depleted throughout the year at places such as the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Monocacy.
BG Zebulon York (w)
Col William R. Peck (w) Hays' Old Brigade: Col William R. PeckCol William Monaghan (6th Louisiana Infantry), the senior colonel, had been killed in a skirmish on August 29th. 5th Louisiana Infantry - Maj Alexander Hart 6th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Joseph Hanlon 7th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Thomas M. Terry 8th Louisiana Infantry - Capt Louis Prados 9th Louisiana Infantry Old Fourth Brigade: Col Eugene Waggaman 1st Louisiana Infantry - Capt. Joseph Taylor 2nd Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Michael A. Grogan 10th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc Henry Monier 14th Louisiana Infantry - Ltc David Zable 15th Louisiana Infantry - Capt H. J. EganRodes' Division
MG Robert E. Rodes (k)
BG Cullen A. Battle Battle's Brigade
BG Cullen Battle
Col Samuel B. Pickens (w)
Col Charles Forsyth 3rd Alabama Infantry: Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama Infantry: Col Josephus M. Hall 6th Alabama Infantry: Ltc Isaac F. Culver (w) 12th Alabama Infantry: Col Samuel B. Pickens 61st Alabama Infantry: Ltc Lewis H. Hill Grimes' Brigade
BG Bryan Grimes 32nd North Carolina Infantry: Col David G. Cowand 43rd North Carolina Infantry: Maj Walter J. Boggan 45th North Carolina Infantry: Col John R. Winston 53rd North Carolina Infantry: Col James T. Morehead 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion: Maj John M. Hancock Cox's Brigade
Col William R. Cox 1st North Carolina Infantry: Col Hamilton A. Brown 2nd North Carolina Infantry: Col William R. Cox 3rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Stephen Thurston 4th North Carolina Infantry: Col Edwin A. Osborne 14th North Carolina Infantry: Col Risden Tyler Bennett (c) 30th North Carolina Infantry: Col Francis M. Parker Cook's Brigade
BG Philip Cook 4th Georgia Infantry: Ltc William H. Willis 12th Georgia Infantry: Col Edward Willis 21st Georgia Infantry: Col John T. Mercer 44th Georgia Infantry: Col William H. PeeblesRamseur's Division
MG Stephen D. Ramseur Pegram's Brigade
BG John Pegram 13th Virginia Infantry: Ltc George A. Goodman (w, c); Maj. Charles T. Crittenden 31st Virginia Infantry: Col John S. Hoffman 49th Virginia Infantry: Col Jonathan C. Gibson; Capt. William D. Moffett 52nd Virginia Infantry: Col James H. Skinner (?) 58th Virginia Infantry: Capt. Leroy C. James Hoke's Brigade
BG Archibald C. Godwin (k)
Ltc Anderson Ellis (w)
Ltc William S. Davis 6th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Samuel McD. Tate 21st North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Wiley F. Hartsfield; Maj. William J. Pfohl 54th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Anderson Ellis 57th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Hamilton C. Jones (?); Capt John Beard Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston 5th North Carolina Infantry: Col John W. Lea 12th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc William S. Davis 20th North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Charles C. Blacknall (mw)Artillery
Col Thomas H. Carter Braxton's Battalion
Ltc Carter M. Braxton Allegheny Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John C. Carpenter Lee Battery (Virginia): Cpt William W. Hardwick Stafford Battery (Virginia): Cpt Raleigh Cooper McLaughlin's Battalion
Maj William McLaughlin Lewisburg Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Bryan Monroe Battery (Virginia): Cpt George B. Chapman Wise Legion Battery (Virginia): Cpt William M. Lowry Nelson's Battalion
Ltc William Nelson Amherst Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Fluvanna Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John L. Massie Georgia Regular Battery: Lt. Thomas A. Maddox
Cavalry Corps MG Fitzhugh Lee (w)
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersLee's Division
BG Williams Wickham Lomax's Brigade
Col William H.F. Payne 5th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston 6th Virginia Cavalry: Col Julian Harrison 15th Virginia Cavalry: Col Charles R. Collins Wickham's Brigade
Col Thomas T. Munford 1st Virginia Cavalry: Col Richard W. Carter 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas T. Munford 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas H. Owen 4th Virginia Cavalry Horse Artillery
Maj James Breathed 1st Stuart Horse Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Philip P. Johnston Lynchburg Beauregard Battery: Cpt John J. ShoemakerLomax's Division
MG Lunsford L. Lomax Imboden's Brigade
Col George H. Smith 18th Virginia Cavalry 23rd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Charles T. O'Ferrall 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Johnson's Brigade
BG Bradley T. Johnson 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion : Cpt Gustavus W. Dorsey 2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion : Maj Harry Gilmor 8th Virginia Cavalry: Col James M. Corns 21st Virginia Cavalry: Col William E. Peters 27th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj James W. Sweeney 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc James R. Claiburne McCausland's Brigade
Col Milton Ferguson 14th Virginia Cavalry: Col James Cochran 16th Virginia Cavalry 17th Virginia Cavalry 22nd Virginia Cavalry: Col John T. Radford Jackson's Brigade
Ltc William P. Thompson 19th Virginia Cavalry 20th Virginia Cavalry 46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion Vaughn's Brigade
Ltc Onslow Bean 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion 1st Tennessee Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry 60th–61st–62nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Horse Artillery Charlottesville Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Jackson Roanoke Battery (Virginia): Cpt Warren Lurty Staunton Battery (Virginia): Cpt John H. McClanahan
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