The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in Maryland's Frederick County Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, during the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.
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
Army of the Valley LTG Jubal A. Early
Breckinridge's Corps MG John C. Breckinridge
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersGordon's Division
MG John B. Gordon Evans' Brigade
BG Clement A. Evans (w)
Col E. N. Atkinson13th Georgia: Col J. H. Baker (w) 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson, Ltc James S. Blain 31st Georgia: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia: Maj Thomas H. Bomar 60th Georgia: Cpt Milton Russell 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar (k), Ltc J. D. VanValkenburg (k), Cpt Eliphalet F. Sharp 12th Georgia Battalion: Maj George Hanvey (w); Cpt J. W. Anderson Consolidated Louisiana Brigade
BG Zebulon YorkHays' Louisiana Brigade: Col William R. Peck 5th Louisiana: Maj Alexander Hart 6th Louisiana: Ltc Joseph Hanlon 7th Louisiana: Ltc Thomas M. Terry 8th Louisiana: Cpt Louis Prados 9th Louisiana: Ltc John J. Hodges (w) Stafford's Brigade: Col Eugene Waggaman 1st Louisiana: Cpt Joseph Taylor 2nd Louisiana: Ltc Michael A. Grogan 10th Louisiana: Ltc Henry D. Monier 14th Louisiana: Ltc David Zable 15th Louisiana: Cpt H. J. Egan Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade
BG William TerryStonewall Brigade: Col John H. S. Funk 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments Second Brigade: Col Robert H. Dungan 21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments Third Brigade: Capt William B. Yancy 10th, 23rd, 37th Virginia Consolidated Infantry RegimentsBreckinridge's Division
BG John Echols Echols' Brigade
Col George Smith Patton22nd Virginia Infantry: Col George Smith Patton 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc Clarence Derrick 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc George M. Edgar Wharton's Brigade
BG Gabriel C. Wharton45th Virginia Infantry: Maj Francis Miller 51st Virginia Infantry: Col Augustus Forsberg 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters: Maj Peter J. Otey Smith's Brigade
Col Thomas Smith36th Virginia Infantry 60th Virginia Infantry: 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Maj Blake Lynch Woodson Vaughn's Brigade
BG John C. Vaughn1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Colonel James E. Carter 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Major Robert McFarland 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Captain Jasper N. Aiken 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Colonel William L. Eakin 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Major George W. Day 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel John R.Neal 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Winn
Rodes' Corps MG Robert E. Rodes
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersRodes' Division
MG Robert E. Rodes Grimes' Brigade
BG Bryan Grimes (absent, wounded)32nd North Carolina: Col Edmund C. Brabble 43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan 45th North Carolina: Col Samuel H. Boyd 53rd North Carolina: Col William Owens 2nd North Carolina Battalion Cooks' Brigade
BG Philip Cook4th Georgia: Col Phillip Cook 12th Georgia: Col Edward Willis 21st Georgia: Col John T. Mercer 44th Georgia: Col William H. Peebles Cox's Brigade
BG William Ruffin Cox1st North Carolina: Col Hamilton M. Brown 2nd North Carolina: Col J. P. Cobb 3rd North Carolina: Col S. D. Thurston 4th North Carolina: Col J. H. Wood 14th North Carolina: Ltc W. A. Johnston 30th North Carolina: Col F. M. Parker Battle's Brigade
Col Samuel B. Pickens3rd Alabama: Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama: Ltc E. L. Hobson 6th Alabama: Col James N. Lightfoot 12th Alabama: Col Samuel B. Pickens 61st AlabamaRamseur's Division
MG Stephen D. Ramseur Lilley's Brigade
BG Robert D. Lilley13th Virginia Infantry: Maj Charles Thomas Crittenden 31st Virginia Infantry: Col John Stringer Hoffman 49th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William D. Moffett 52nd Virginia Infantry: Col Augustus Forsberg 58th Virginia Infantry: Col Francis Howard Board Johnston's Brigade
BG Robert D. Johnston5th North Carolina: Col John W. Lea 12th North Carolina: Ltc W. S. Davis 20th North Carolina: Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina: Col Charles C. Blacknall Lewis' Brigade
BG William G. Lewis6th North Carolina: Ltc S. M. Tate 21st North Carolina: Maj William J. Pfohl 54th North Carolina: Ltc Anderson Ellis 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Godwin
Artillery Reserve Chief of Artillery: BG Armistead L. Long
Division Battalion Battery and OthersArtillery Division
Ltc J. Floyd King Nelson's Battalion
Ltc William NelsonMilledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Amherst (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John L. Massie Braxton's Battalion
Ltc Carter BraxtonAllegheny (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John C. Carpenter Stafford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Raleigh L. Cooper Lee (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. W. Hardwicke McLaughlin's Battalion
Maj William McLaughlinLewisburg (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Bryan Wise Legion Artillery: Cpt W. M. Lowry Monroe (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George B. Chapman
Cavalry MG Robert Ransom
Brigade Regiment and Other McCausland's Brigade
BG John McCausland14th Virginia Cavalry: Col James Cochran 16th Virginia Cavalry: Col Milton J. Ferguson 17th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William C. Tavenner (mw) 22nd Virginia Cavalry: Col Henry Bowen Johnson's Brigade
BG Bradley Tyler Johnson2nd Maryland Cavalry: Col Harry W. Gilmor 8th Virginia Cavalry: Col James M. Corns 21st Virginia Cavalry: Col William E. Peters 25th Virginia Cavalry: Col Warren M. Hopkins 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Vincent A. Witcher 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj James W. Sweeney 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Ambrose C. Dunn Imboden's Brigade
BG John D. Imboden Col George Smith18th Virginia Cavalry: Col George W. Imboden 23rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Robert White 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry: Col George H. Smith Unauthorized Virginia Cavalry Battalion
References Leepson, Marc. Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed the Course of American History (New York: Thomas Dunne Books), 2007. Monacacy National Battlefield website