The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the American Civil War's Second Battle of Kernstown on July 24, 1864, in Kernstown, now part of the Virginia city of Winchester. The Union order of battle is shown 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 Bvt = Brevet Rank
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed
Army of the Valley LTG Jubal A. Early
Breckinridge’s Command MG John C. BreckinridgeBreckinridge commanded the First and Second Divisions of the Army of the Valley, while the others reported directly to Early. Since the Valley District was itself the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia it is inaccurate to refer to these two divisions as a "corps", however much it functioned like one.
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division (Echols’ Division)
BG Gabriel C. WhartonWharton's Brigade
Col Augustus Forsberg30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion 45th Virginia Infantry - Maj Francis Miller 51st Virginia Infantry Echols’ Brigade
Col George S. Patton22nd Virginia Infantry - Ltc Charles S. McDonald 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion - Ltc Clarence Derrick 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion - Ltc George Edgar Smith's Brigade
Col Thomas A. Smith36th Virginia Infantry 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion 60th Virginia Infantry Thomas' Legion - Col James R. Love IISecond Division (Gordon's Division)
MG John B. Gordon Evans’ Brigade
Col Edmund N. Atkinson13th Georgia Infantry - Ltc John H. Baker 26th Georgia Infantry - Ltc James Blain 31st Georgia Infantry - Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia Infantry - Ltc Philip E. Davant Davant had been captured at Spotslyvania, only to be exchange on June 25th and returned to service. 60th Georgia Infantry - Col. Waters B. Jones (?); Cpt Milton Russell 61st Georgia Infantry - Cpt Eliphalet F. Sharp After the deaths of Col John Lamar and Ltc James Van Valkenburg at the Battle of Monocacy, Sharp commanded the regiment; it would later be merged with the 60th Georgia Infantry. 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion - Cpt James W. Anderson York's Consolidated Louisiana Brigade
BG Zebulon YorkHays’s Old Brigade (Louisiana Tigers) - Col William R. Peck 5th Louisiana Infantry 6th Louisiana Infantry - Maj Alexander Hart 7th Louisiana Infantry 8th Louisiana Infantry 9th Louisiana Infantry Stafford’s Old Brigade - Col Eugene Waggaman 1st Louisiana Infantry 2nd Louisiana Infantry 10th Louisiana Infantry 14th Louisiana Infantry 15th Louisiana Infantry Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade
BG William TerryStonewall Brigade - Col John H. Stover Funk 2nd Virginia Infantry 4th Virginia Infantry 5th Virginia Infantry 27th Virginia Infantry 33rd Virginia Infantry Jones’s Old Second Brigade - Col Robert H. Dungan 21st Virginia Infantry 25th Virginia Infantry 42nd Virginia Infantry 44th Virginia Infantry 48th Virginia Infantry 50th Virginia Infantry Steuart’s Old Third Brigade - Cpt William B. Yancy Patchan, Scott C. "Shenandoah Summer: THe 1864 Valley Campaign". Pg. 191, 331-332. The commander of Steuart's Old Brigade is often listed as Peter Yancy, though this has to be confusion with Captain William B. Yancy of the 10th Virginia; Patchan refers to William B. Yancy commanding this unit on pg. 191, but in the Order of Battle on page 331, he labels the commander as Peter Yancy. 10th Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Infantry 37th Virginia Infantry
Forces reporting directly to Gen. Early Division Brigade Regiments and OthersRodes’ Division
MG Robert E. Rodes Battle's Brigade
Col Samuel Pickens3rd Alabama Infantry 5th Alabama Infantry 6th Alabama Infantry 12th Alabama Infantry 61st Alabama Infantry Grimes’ Brigade
Ltc James Moorehead32nd North Carolina Infantry 43rd North Carolina Infantry 45th North Carolina Infantry 53rd North Carolina Infantry 2nd North Carolina Infantry BattalionCook's Brigade
BG Philip Cook4th Georgia Infantry 12th Georgia Infantry 21st Georgia Infantry 44th Georgia Infantry Cox's Brigade
BG William Ruffin Cox1st North Carolina Infantry 2nd North Carolina Infantry 3rd North Carolina Infantry 4th North Carolina Infantry 14th North Carolina Infantry 30th North Carolina InfantryRamseur's Division
MG Stephen Dodson Ramseur Lilley's Brigade
Col John Hoffman13th Virginia Infantry 31st Virginia Infantry 49th Virginia Infantry 52nd Virginia Infantry 58th Virginia Infantry Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston5th North Carolina Infantry 12th North Carolina Infantry 20th North Carolina Infantry 23rd North Carolina Infantry Lewis’ Brigade
Col Archibald Godwin6th North Carolina Infantry 21st North Carolina Infantry 54th North Carolina Infantry 57th North Carolina Infantry 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion SharpshootersRansom's Cavalry Division
BG John C. Vaughn Imboden's Brigade
BG John D. Imboden18th Virginia Cavalry 23rd Virginia Cavalry 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry McClanahan's Co. Virginia Horse Artillery McCausland's Brigade
BG John McCausland14th Virginia Cavalry 16th Virginia Cavalry 17th Virginia Cavalry 22nd Virginia Cavalry Jackson's Co. Virginia Horse Artillery Johnson's Brigade
BG Bradley T. Johnson1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion 2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion 8th Virginia Cavalry 21st Virginia Cavalry 25th Virginia Cavalry (27th Battalion) 36th Battalion Virginia Cavalry 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Baltimore (2nd Md.) Light Horse Artillery Jackson's Brigade
BG William L. Jackson19th Virginia Cavalry 20th Virginia Cavalry 46th Battalion Virginia Cavalry 47th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Lurty's Virginia Battery Horse ArtilleryArtillery
BG Armistead L. Long Braxton's Battalion
Maj Carter M. BraxtonAllegheny County (Virginia) Artillery Lee County (Virginia) Artillery Stafford County (Virginia) Artillery King's Battalion
Maj J. Floyd KingWise Legion (Virginia) Artillery Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery Monroe (Virginia) BatteryNelson's Battalion
Maj William NelsonAmherst (Virginia) Artillery Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery Milledge (Virginia) Artillery
References Kernstown Battlefield Association Patchan, Scott C. (2007). Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln & London, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-3754-4
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