# First Battle of Bull Run order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle and the reports.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* 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

## Confederate forces

BG Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding

### Army of the Potomac

BG P. G. T. Beauregard
General Staff:
* Chief of Staff: Col Thomas Jordan
* Chief Engineer: Ltc Thomas H. Williamson
* Chief Signal Officer: Cpt Edward P. Alexander
Headquarters Escort:
* Lay's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt John F. Lay
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Brigade   BG Milledge L. Bonham | 11th North Carolina: Col William W. Kirkland 2nd South Carolina: Col Joseph B. Kershaw 3rd South Carolina: Col James H. Williams 7th South Carolina: Col Thomas G. Bacon 8th South Carolina: Col Ellerbe B. C. Cash 8th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Kelly Wickham's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt Williams C. Wickham 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops C and G: Col Richard C. W. Radford Munford's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Ltc Thomas T. Munford Alexandria (Virginia) Light Artillery: Cpt Delaware Kemper Richmond Howitzers Battalion Artillery, 1st Battery: Cpt John C. Shields |
| Second Brigade   BG Richard S. Ewell | 5th Alabama: Col Robert E. Rodes 6th Alabama: Col John J. Seibels 6th Louisiana: Col Isaac G. Seymour Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 1st Company: Cpt Thomas L. Rosser Jenifer's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Ltc William H. Jenifer |
| Third Brigade   BG David R. Jones | 17th Mississippi: Col Winfield S. Featherston 18th Mississippi: Col Erasmus R. Burt 5th South Carolina: Col Micah Jenkins 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troop H: Cpt Joel W. Flood Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 2nd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller |
| Fourth Brigade   BG James Longstreet | 5th North Carolina: Ltc Joseph P. Jones 1st Virginia: Maj Frederick G. Skinner 11th Virginia: Col Samuel Garland, Jr. 17th Virginia: Col Montgomery D. Corse Independent Squad Texas Rangers 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troop E: Cpt Edgar Whitehead Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 3rd Company, Second Section: Lt John J. Garnett |
| Fifth Brigade   Col Philip St. George Cocke | 8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers 19th Virginia: Ltc John B. Strange 28th Virginia: Col Robert T. Preston 49th Virginia (3 companies): Col William Smith Schaeffer's Virginia Battalion (3 companies): Cpt Francis B. Schaeffer Loudoun (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt William W. Mead 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops B and D: Cpt G. W. H. Hale Loudoun (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Arthur L. Rogers Lynchburg (Virginia) Artillery, First Section: Cpt H. Grey Latham |
| Sixth Brigade   Col Jubal A. Early | 7th Louisiana: Col Harry T. Hays 13th Mississippi: Col William Barksdale 7th Virginia: Col James L. Kemper 24th Virginia (6 companies): Ltc Peter Hairston, Jr. Scott's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Maj John Scott Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 1st and 4th Companies: Lt Charles W. Squires |
| Seventh (Demi) Brigade   Col Nathan G. Evans | 1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Maj Chatham R. Wheat (w) 4th South Carolina: Col John B. E. Sloan 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops A and I: Cpt William R. Terry Lynchburg (Virginia) Artillery, Second Section: Lt George S. Davidson |
| Reserve Brigade   BG Theophilus H. Holmes | 1st Arkansas: Col James F. Fagan 2nd Tennessee: Col William B. Bate Purcell (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt R. Lindsay Walker |
| Unassigned Infantry | Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion: Col Wade Hampton (w), Cpt James Conner |

### Army of the Shenandoah

BG Joseph E. Johnston
General Staff:
* Chief of Artillery: Col William N. Pendleton
* Chief Engineer: Maj William H.C. Whiting
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Brigade   BG Thomas J. Jackson (w) | 2nd Virginia: Col James W. Allen 4th Virginia: Col James F. Preston 5th Virginia: Col Kenton Harper 27th Virginia (7 companies): Ltc John Echols 33rd Virginia (8 companies): Col Arthur C. Cummings Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John P. Brockenbrough |
| Second Brigade   Col Francis S. Bartow (k)   Col Lucius J. Gartrell | 7th Georgia: Col Lucius J. Gartrell 8th Georgia: Ltc William M. Gardner (w) Wise (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John Pelham |
| Third Brigade   BG Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. (mw)   Col States Rights Gist | 4th Alabama: Col Egbert Jones (mw) 2nd Mississippi: Col William C. Falkner 11th Mississippi, Companies A and K: Ltc Philip F. Liddell 6th North Carolina: Col Charles F. Fisher (k) Staunton (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John Imboden |
| Fourth Brigade   BG Edmund Kirby Smith (w)   Col Arnold Elzey | 1st Maryland Battalion: Col Arnold Elzey, Ltc George H. Steuart 3rd Tennessee: Col John C. Vaughn 10th Virginia: Col Simeon B. Gibbons Culpeper (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Robert F. Beckham |
| Artillery | Thomas (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Philip B. Stanard |
| Cavalry | 1st Virginia: Col J. E. B. Stuart |