# Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5–6, 1864, the army organization at beginning of the Campaign, the army organization during the Campaign and the reports.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* Gen = General
* LTG = Lieutenant General
* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain

### Other

* (w) = wounded
* (mw) = mortally wounded
* (k) = killed in action
* (c) = captured

## Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee
General Staff:
* Chief Engineer: MG Martin L. Smith
* Chief of Artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
* Assistant Adjutant General: Ltc Walter H. Taylor
* Aide de Camp: Ltc Charles Marshall
* Aide de Camp: Maj Charles S. Venable

### First Corps

LTG James Longstreet (w)
MG Charles W. Field
MG Richard H. Anderson
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| McLaws' (old) Division   BG Joseph B. Kershaw | Kershaw's Brigade   Col John D. Kennedy (w)   Col John W. Henagan | 2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan 15th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion |
| McLaws' (old) Division   BG Joseph B. Kershaw | Wofford's Brigade   BG William T. Wofford | 16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips' (Georgia) Legion 3rd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters |
| McLaws' (old) Division   BG Joseph B. Kershaw | Humphreys' Brigade   BG Benjamin G. Humphreys | 13th Mississippi 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi |
| McLaws' (old) Division   BG Joseph B. Kershaw | Bryan's Brigade   BG Goode Bryan | 10th Georgia 50th Georgia 51st Georgia 53rd Georgia |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Jenkins' Brigade   BG Micah Jenkins (k)   Col John Bratton | 1st South Carolina (Volunteers) 2nd South Carolina Rifles 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Law's Brigade   Col William F. Perry | 4th Alabama 15th Alabama 44th Alabama 47th Alabama 48th Alabama |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Anderson's Brigade   BG George T. Anderson | 7th Georgia 8th Georgia 9th Georgia 11th Georgia 59th Georgia |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Gregg's Brigade   BG John Gregg (w) | 3rd Arkansas 1st Texas 4th Texas 5th Texas |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Benning's Brigade   BG Henry L. Benning (w)   Col Dudley M. Du Bose | 2nd Georgia 15th Georgia: Col Dudley M. Du Bose 17th Georgia 20th Georgia |
| Artillery   BG Edward P. Alexander | Huger's Battalion   Ltc Frank Huger | Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery Moody's (Louisiana) Battery Parker's (Virginia) Battery J. D. Smith's (Virginia) Battery Taylor's (Virginia) Battery Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery |
| Artillery   BG Edward P. Alexander | 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 |
| Artillery   BG Edward P. Alexander | Cabell's Battalion   Col Henry C. Cabell | Callaway's (Georgia) Battery Carlton's (Georgia) Battery McCarthy's (Virginia) Battery Manly's (North Carolina) Battery |

### Second Corps

LTG Richard S. Ewell
General Staff:
* Assistant Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. Pendleton
* Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
* Assistant Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
* Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
* Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner
* Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
* Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
* Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
* Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Early's Division   MG Jubal A. Early | Hays' Brigade   BG Harry T. Hays | 5th Louisiana 6th Louisiana 7th Louisiana 8th Louisiana 9th Louisiana |
| Early's Division   MG Jubal A. Early | Pegram's Brigade   BG John Pegram (w)   Col John S. Hoffman | 13th Virginia 31st Virginia: Col John S. Hoffman 49th Virginia 52nd Virginia 58th Virginia |
| Early's Division   MG Jubal A. Early | Gordon's Brigade   BG John B. Gordon | 13th Georgia 26th Georgia 31st Georgia 38th Georgia 60th Georgia 61st Georgia |
| Johnson's Division   MG Edward Johnson | Stonewall Brigade   BG James A. Walker | 2nd Virginia 4th Virginia 5th Virginia 27th Virginia 33rd Virginia |
| Johnson's Division   MG Edward Johnson | Jones' Brigade   BG John M. Jones (k)   Col William A. Witcher | 21st Virginia: Col William A. Witcher 25th Virginia 42nd Virginia 44th Virginia 48th Virginia 50th Virginia |
| Johnson's Division   MG Edward Johnson | Steuart's Brigade   BG George H. Steuart | 1st North Carolina 3rd North Carolina 10th Virginia 23rd Virginia 37th Virginia |
| Johnson's Division   MG Edward Johnson | Stafford's Brigade   BG Leroy A. Stafford (mw)   Col Zebulon York | 1st Louisiana 2nd Louisiana 10th Louisiana 14th Louisiana: Col Zebulon York 15th Louisiana |
| Rodes' Division   MG Robert E. Rodes | Daniel's Brigade   BG Junius Daniel | 32nd North Carolina 45th North Carolina 53rd North Carolina 2nd North Carolina Battalion |
| Rodes' Division   MG Robert E. Rodes | Doles' Brigade   BG George P. Doles | 4th Georgia 12th Georgia 44th Georgia |
| Rodes' Division   MG Robert E. Rodes | Ramseur's Brigade   BG Stephen D. Ramseur | 2nd North Carolina 4th North Carolina 14th North Carolina 30th North Carolina |
| Rodes' Division   MG Robert E. Rodes | Battle's Brigade   BG Cullen A. Battle | 3rd Alabama 5th Alabama 6th Alabama 12th Alabama 61st Alabama |
| Rodes' Division   MG Robert E. Rodes | Johnston's Brigade   BG Robert D. Johnston | 5th North Carolina 12th North Carolina 20th North Carolina 23rd North Carolina |
| Artillery   BG Armistead L. Long | Brown's Division   Col J. Thompson Brown (k) | Hardaway's Battalion: Ltc Robert A. Hardaway Dance's (Virginia) Battery Graham's (Virginia) Battery C. B. Griffin's (Virginia) Battery Jones' (Virginia) Battery B. H. Smith's (Virginia) Battery Braxton's Battalion: Ltc Carter M. Braxton Carpenter's (Virginia) Battery Cooper's (Virginia) Battery Hardwicke's (Virginia) Battery Nelson's Battalion: Ltc William Nelson Kirkpatrick's (Virginia) Battery Massie's (Virginia) Battery Milledge's (Georgia) Battery |
| Artillery   BG Armistead L. Long | Carter's Division   Col Thomas H. Carter | Cutshaw's Battalion: Maj Wilfred E. Cutshaw Carrington's (Virginia) Battery A. W. Garber's (Virginia) Battery Tanner's (Virginia) Battery Page's Battalion: Maj Richard C. M. Page W. P. Carter's (Virginia) Battery Fry's (Virginia) Battery Page's (Virginia) Battery Reese's (Alabama) Battery |

### Third Corps

LTG Ambrose P. Hill
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Anderson's Division   MG Richard H. Anderson   BG William Mahone | Perrin's Brigade   BG Abner M. Perrin | 8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama |
| Anderson's Division   MG Richard H. Anderson   BG William Mahone | Harris' Brigade   BG Nathaniel H. Harris | 12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi 19th Mississippi 48th Mississippi |
| Anderson's Division   MG Richard H. Anderson   BG William Mahone | Mahone's Brigade   BG William Mahone   Col David A. Weisiger | 6th Virginia 12th Virginia: Col David A. Weisiger 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia |
| Anderson's Division   MG Richard H. Anderson   BG William Mahone | Wright's Brigade   BG Ambrose R. Wright | 3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion 10th Georgia Battalion |
| Anderson's Division   MG Richard H. Anderson   BG William Mahone | Perry's Brigade   BG Edward A. Perry (w)   Col David Lang | 2nd Florida 5th Florida 8th Florida: Col David Lang |
| Heth's Division   MG Henry Heth | Davis' Brigade   Col John M. Stone | 1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi 11th Mississippi 26th Mississippi 42nd Mississippi 55th North Carolina |
| Heth's Division   MG Henry Heth | Cooke's Brigade   BG John R. Cooke | 15th North Carolina 27th North Carolina 46th North Carolina 48th North Carolina |
| Heth's Division   MG Henry Heth | Kirkland's Brigade   BG William W. Kirkland | 11th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 44th North Carolina 47th North Carolina 52nd North Carolina |
| Heth's Division   MG Henry Heth | Archer's and Walker's Brigade   BG Henry H. Walker | Archer's Brigade 13th Alabama 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee 14th Tennessee Walker's Brigade 40th Virginia 47th Virginia 55th Virginia 22nd Virginia Battalion |
| Wilcox'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 |
| Wilcox's Division   MG Cadmus M. Wilcox | Scales' Brigade   BG Alfred M. Scales | 13th North Carolina 16th North Carolina 22nd North Carolina 34th North Carolina 38th North Carolina |
| Wilcox's Division   MG Cadmus M. Wilcox | McGowan's Brigade   BG Samuel McGowan | 1st South Carolina (Provisional Army) 1st South Carolina Rifles 12th South Carolina 13th South Carolina 14th South Carolina |
| Wilcox's Division   MG Cadmus M. Wilcox | Thomas' Brigade   BG Edward L. Thomas | 14th Georgia 35th Georgia 45th Georgia 49th Georgia |
| Artillery   Col Reuben L. Walker | Poague's Battalion   Ltc William T. Poague | Richards' (Mississippi) Battery Utterback's (Virginia) Battery Williams' (North Carolina) Battery Wyatt's (Virginia) Battery |
| Artillery   Col Reuben L. Walker | Pegram's Battalion   Ltc William J. Pegram | Brander's (Virginia) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery Marye's (Virginia) Battery Zimmerman's (South Carolina) Battery |
| Artillery   Col Reuben L. Walker | McIntosh' s Battalion   Ltc David G. McIntosh | Clutter's (Virginia) Battery Donald's (Virginia) Battery Hurt's (Alabama) Battery Price's (Virginia) Battery |
| Artillery   Col Reuben L. Walker | Cutts' Battalion   Col Allen S. Cutts | Patterson's (Georgia) Battery Ross' (Georgia) Battery Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery |
| Artillery   Col Reuben L. Walker | Richardson's Battalion   Ltc Charles Richardson | Grandy's (Virginia) Battery Landry's (Louisiana) Battery Moore's (Virginia) Battery Penick's (Virginia) Battery |

### Cavalry Corps

MG J.E.B. Stuart
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Hampton's Division   MG Wade Hampton | Young's Brigade   Col Gilbert J. Wright | Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips' (Georgia) Legion Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion |
| Hampton's Division   MG Wade Hampton | Rosser's Brigade   BG Thomas L. Rosser | 7th Virginia 11th Virginia 12th Virginia 35th Virginia Battalion |
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division   MG Fitzhugh Lee | Lomax's Brigade   BG Lunsford L. Lomax | 5th Virginia 6th Virginia 15th Virginia |
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division   MG Fitzhugh Lee | Wickham's Brigade   Col Thomas T. Munford | 1st Virginia 2nd Virginia 3rd Virginia 4th Virginia |
| William H. F. Lee's Division   MG William H. F. Lee | Chambliss' Brigade   BG John R. Chambliss | 9th Virginia 10th Virginia 13th Virginia |
| William H. F. Lee's Division   MG William H. F. Lee | Gordon's Brigade   BG James B. Gordon | 1st North Carolina 2nd North Carolina 5th North Carolina |
| Horse Artillery   Maj R. Preston Chew | Breathed's Battalion   Maj James Breathed | Hart's (South Carolina) Battery Johnston's (Virginia) Battery McGregor's (Virginia) Battery Shoemaker's (Virginia) Battery Thomson's (Virginia) Battery |

## Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at the start of the battle.

### First Corps

| McLaws' Division | Strength |
| Kershaw's Brigade | 1.590 |
| Wofford's Brigade | 1.615 |
| Humphreys' Brigade | 940 |
| Bryan's Brigade | 1.025 |
| Field's Division | Strength |
| Jenkins' Brigade | 1.590 |
| Law's Brigade | 1.255 |
| Anderson's Brigade | 1.390 |
| Gregg's Brigade | 850 |
| Benning's Brigade | 995 |
| First Corps Total | Strength |
| McLaws' Division | 5.170 |
| Field's Division | 6.080 |
| Artillery | 1.595 |
| Total | 12.845 |

### Second Corps

| Early's Division | Strength |
| Hays' Brigade | 900 |
| Pegram's Brigade | 1.520 |
| Gordon's Brigade | 2.270 |
| Johnson's Division | Strength |
| Stonewall Brigade | 1.320 |
| Jones' Brigade | 1.850 |
| Steuart's Brigade | 1.610 |
| Stafford's Brigade | 705 |
| Rodes' Division | Strength |
| Daniel's Brigade | 1.500 |
| Doles' Brigade | 1.365 |
| Ramseur's Brigade | 1.440 |
| Battle's Brigade | 1.810 |
| Johnston's Brigade | 1.320 |
| Second Corps Total | Strength |
| Early's Division | 4.960 |
| Johnson's Division | 5.485 |
| Rodes' Division | 7.435 |
| Artillery | 1.700 |
| Total | 19.580 |

### Third Corps

| Anderson's Division | Strength |
| Perrin's Brigade | 1.635 |
| Harris' Brigade | 1.395 |
| Mahone's Brigade | 1.805 |
| Wright's Brigade | 1.685 |
| Perry's Brigade | 610 |
| Heth's Division | Strength |
| Davis' Brigade | 1.690 |
| Cooke's Brigade | 1.960 |
| Kirkland's Brigade | 2.150 |
| Archer's Brigade | 755 |
| Walker's Brigade | 895 |
| Wilcox's Division | Strength |
| Lane' s Brigade | 2.350 |
| Scales' Brigade | 1.735 |
| McGowan's Brigade | 2.230 |
| Thomas' Brigade | 1.600 |
| Third Corps Total | Strength |
| Anderson's Division | 7.130 |
| Heth's Division | 7.450 |
| Wilcox's Division | 7.915 |
| Artillery | 1.910 |
| Total | 24.405 |

### Cavalry Corps

| Cavalry Corps | Strength |
| Hampton's Division | 2.475 |
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division | 3.450 |
| William H. F. Lee's Division | 2.905 |
| Horse Artillery | 470 |
| Total | 9.300 |

### Total Army of Northern Virginia

| Total Army of Northern Virginia | Strength |
| First Corps | 12.845 |
| Second Corps | 19.580 |
| Third Corps | 24.405 |
| Cavalry Corps | 9.300 |
| Total | 66.130 |