# Siege of Petersburg order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. The following order of battle is the organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.

## 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

### Other

* w = wounded
* mw = mortally wounded
* k = killed

## Confederate forces near Petersburg

Gen Robert E. Lee

### Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee
* Provost Guard: Maj. David B. Bridgford
** 5th Alabama Battalion
** 1st Virginia Battalion
** 48th Georgia (1 company)
** 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
* Engineers: MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
** 1st Confederate Engineers
** 2nd Confederate Engineers

#### First Corps

LTG James Longstreet
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Kershaw's Division   MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.) | Kershaw's Brigade   Col John Doby Kennedy | 2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina 15th South Carolina 20th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion |
| Kershaw's Division   MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.) | Wofford's Brigade   BG Dudley M. Du Bose | 16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Phillips' (Georgia) Legion 3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion |
| Kershaw's Division   MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.) | Humphreys' Brigade   Maj George B. Gerald | 13th Mississippi 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi |
| Kershaw's Division   MG Joseph B. Kershaw (Kershaw's Division was sent to join Early in the Valley on 7 August 1864, left the Valley on 14 September 1864, and then rejoined Early in the Valley 26 September 1864. It finally returned to Petersburg by 21 November 1864.) | Bryan's Brigade   Col James P. Simms | 10th Georgia 50th Georgia 51st Georgia 53rd Georgia |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Bratton's Brigade   BG John Bratton   Col Joseph Walker | 1st South Carolina 2nd South Carolina Rifles 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina Palmetto 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 (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)   BG John Gregg   Col Frederick S. Bass   Ltc Clinton McK. Winkler | 3rd Arkansas 1st Texas 4th Texas 5th Texas |
| Field's Division   MG Charles W. Field | Benning's Brigade   BG Henry L. Benning | 2nd Georgia 15th Georgia 17th Georgia 20th Georgia |
| Pickett's Division   MG George E. Pickett | Terry's Brigade   BG William R. Terry | 1st Virginia 3rd Virginia 7th Virginia 11th Virginia 24th Virginia |
| Pickett's Division   MG George E. Pickett | Hunton's Brigade   BG Eppa Hunton | 8th Virginia 18th Virginia 19th Virginia 28th Virginia 56th Virginia |
| Pickett's Division   MG George E. Pickett | Steuart's Brigade   BG George H. Steuart | 9th Virginia 14th Virginia 38th Virginia 53rd Virginia 57th Virginia |
| Pickett's Division   MG George E. Pickett | Corse's Brigade   BG Montgomery D. Corse | 15th Virginia 17th Virginia 29th Virginia 30th Virginia 32nd Virginia |
| Corps Artillery   BG Edward Porter Alexander | Huger's Battalion   Ltc Frank Huger | Fickling's (South Carolina) Battery Poindexter's (Louisiana) Battery Parker's (Virginia) Battery Smith's (Virginia) Battery Taylor's (Virginia) Battery Woolfolk's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   BG Edward Porter 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 |
| Corps Artillery   BG Edward Porter Alexander | Cabell's Battalion   Col Henry C. Cabell | Callaway's (Georgia) Battery Carlton's (Georgia) Battery Anderson's (Virginia) Battery Manly's (North Carolina) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   BG Edward Porter Alexander | 1st Virginia Artillery Battalion | Dance's (Virginia) Battery Smith's (Virginia) Battery Graham's (Virginia) Battery Griffin's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   BG Edward Porter Alexander | Johnson's Battalion | Pollock's (Virginia) Battery Wilkes' (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   BG Edward Porter Alexander | Stark's Battalion | Green's (Virginia) Battery Armistead's (Virginia) Battery French's (Virginia) Battery |

#### Third Corps

LTG A. P. Hill
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Mahone's Division   BG William Mahone | Sander' Brigade   Col Joseph H. King | 8th Alabama 9th Alabama 10th Alabama 11th Alabama 14th Alabama |
| Mahone's Division   BG William Mahone | Harris' Brigade   BG Nathaniel H. Harris | 12th Mississippi 16th Mississippi 19th Mississippi 48th Mississippi |
| Mahone's Division   BG William Mahone | Mahone's Brigade   BG David A. Weisiger | 6th Virginia 12th Virginia 16th Virginia 41st Virginia 61st Virginia |
| Mahone's Division   BG William Mahone | Wright's Brigade   Col William Gibson | 3rd Georgia 22nd Georgia 48th Georgia 64th Georgia 2nd Georgia Battalion 10th Georgia Battalion |
| Mahone's Division   BG William Mahone | Finnegan's Brigade   BG Joseph Finegan   Col Theodore W. Brevard, Jr. | 2nd Florida 5th Florida 8th Florida 9th Florida 10th Florida 11th Florida |
| Heth's Division   MG Henry Heth | Davis' Brigade   BG Joseph R. Davis | 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 | MacRae's Brigade   BG William MacRae | 11th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 44th North Carolina 47th North Carolina 52nd North Carolina |
| Heth's Division   MG Henry Heth | Archer's Brigade   BG James J. Archer (Archer was in command until 16 October 1864. Mayo then took over. Archer received a furlough and died 24 October 1864.)   Col Robert M. Mayo | 13th Alabama 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee 14th Tennessee 2nd Maryland 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 (Orr's Rifles) 12th South Carolina 13th South Carolina 14th South Carolina |
| Wilcox's Division   MG Cadmus M. Wilcox | Thomas's Brigade   BG Edward L. Thomas | 14th Georgia 35th Georgia 45th Georgia 49th Georgia |
| Corps Artillery   Col R. Lindsay Walker | Cutts' Battalion   Col Allen S. Cutts | Patterson's (Georgia) Battery Ross's (Georgia) Battery Wingfield's (Georgia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col R. Lindsay Walker | McIntosh's Battalion   Ltc David G. McIntosh | Dement's (Maryland) Battery Chesapeake (Maryland) Battery Hurt's (Alabama) Battery Price's (Virginia) Battery Donald's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col R. Lindsay Walker | Pegram's Battalion   Ltc William J. Pegram | Brander's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col R. Lindsay Walker | Poague's Battalion   Ltc William T. Poague | Utterback's (Virginia) Battery Richard's (Mississippi) Battery William's (North Carolina) Battery Johnston's (Virginia) Battery Penick's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col R. Lindsay Walker | Richardson's Battalion   Ltc Charles Richardson | Grandy's (Virginia) Battery Landry's (Louisiana) Battery Moore's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col R. Lindsay Walker | Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion:   Ltc Benjamin F. Eshleman | First Company Second Company Third Company Fourth Company |

#### Fourth Corps

LTG Richard H. Anderson
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Johnson's Division   MG Bushrod Johnson | Elliott's Brigade   BG William Henry Wallace | 17th South Carolina 18th South Carolina 22nd South Carolina 23rd South Carolina 26th South Carolina |
| Johnson's Division   MG Bushrod Johnson | Gracie's Brigade   BG Archibald Gracie, Jr. | 41st Alabama 43rd Alabama 59th Alabama 60th Alabama 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion |
| Johnson's Division   MG Bushrod Johnson | Ransom's Brigade   BG Matt Whitaker Ransom | 24th North Carolina 25th North Carolina 35th North Carolina 49th North Carolina 56th North Carolina |
| Johnson's Division   MG Bushrod Johnson | Wise's Brigade   Col. J. Thomas Goode | 26th Virginia 34th Virginia 46th Virginia 59th Virginia |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Martin's Brigade   BG William Whedbee Kirkland | 17th North Carolina 42nd North Carolina 66th North Carolina |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Clingman's Brigade   Col. Hector McKethan | 8th North Carolina 31st North Carolina 51st North Carolina 61st North Carolina |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Hagood's Brigade   BG Johnson Hagood | 11th South Carolina 21st South Carolina 25th South Carolina 27th South Carolina |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Colquitt's Brigade   BG Alfred H. Colquitt | 6th Georgia 19th Georgia 23rd Georgia 27th Georgia 28th Georgia |
| Corps Artillery   Col Hilary P. Jones | 38th Virginia Artillery Battalion   Ltc John P.W. Read | Blount's (Virginia) Battery Sullivan's (Virginia) Battery Macon's (Virginia) Battery Marshall's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col Hilary P. Jones | Moseley's Artillery Battalion   Ltc Edgar F. Moseley | Young's (Virginia) Battery Miller's (North Carolina) Battery Slaten's (Georgia) Battery Cumming's (North Carolina) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col Hilary P. Jones | Boggs' Artillery Battalion   Maj Francis J. Boggs | Darracott's (Virginia) Battery Martin's (Virginia) Battery |
| Corps Artillery   Col Hilary P. Jones | Coit's Artillery Battalion   Maj James C. Coit | Wright's (Virginia) Battery Pegram's (Virginia) Battery Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery Kelly's (South Carolina) Battery |

#### Cavalry Corps

MG Wade Hampton III
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Butler's Division   BG Matthew C. Butler | Young's Brigade   BG Pierce M. B. Young | 10th Georgia Cavalry: Col Valentine H. Taliaferro Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Cavalry: Col Gilbert J. Wright Phillips' (Georgia) Legion Cavalry: Col William W. Rich Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cavalry: Ltc J. Fred Waring |
| Butler's Division   BG Matthew C. Butler | Dunovant's Brigade   BG John Dunovant (k)   Col Benjamin H. Rutledge | 4th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Benjamin H. Rutledge, Ltc William Stokes 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Ltc Robert J. Jeffords (k), Cpt Zimmerman Davis 6th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Hugh A. Aiken (k), Ltc Lovick P. Miller |
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division   BG Thomas L. Rosser | Wickham's Brigade   Col Thomas T. Munford | 1st Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William A. Morgan 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Cary Breckinridge 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William R. Carter (mw), Maj Henry Carrington 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col William H.F. Payne |
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division   BG Thomas L. Rosser | Rosser's Brigade   Col Oliver R. Funsten Sr. | 7th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas C.A. Marshall (w), Maj Samuel B. Myers 11th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Mottrom D. Ball 12th Virginia. Cavalry: Ltc Thomas B. Massie (w), Maj John L. Knott 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Elijah V. White |
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division   BG Thomas L. Rosser | Payne's Brigade   BG Lunsford L. Lomax | 5th Virginia Cavalry: Col Reuben B. Boston (c), Ltc James H. Allen 6th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Daniel T. Richards 15th Virginia. Cavalry: Ltc John Cooper |
| W.H.F. Lee's Division   MG W.H.F. Lee | Barringer's Brigade   BG Rufus Barringer | 1st North Carolina Cavalry: Ltc William H.H. Cowles 2nd North Carolina Cavalry: Col William P. Roberts 3rd North Carolina Cavalry: Col John A. Baker (c), Ltc Roger Moore 5th North Carolina Cavalry: Col James H. McNeill |
| W.H.F. Lee's Division   MG W.H.F. Lee | Chambliss's Brigade   BG John R. Chambliss (k)   Col J. Lucius Davis | 9th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Waller 10th Virginia Cavalry: Col J. Lucius Davis, Ltc Robert Caskie (w), Maj William R. Clement 13th Virginia Cavalry: Col Jefferson Phillips |
| W.H.F. Lee's Division   MG W.H.F. Lee | Dearing's Brigade   BG James Dearing | 8th Georgia Cavalry: Col Joel R. Griffin 4th North Carolina Cavalry: Col Dennis D. Ferebee 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion: Col John T. Kennedy |
| Horse Artillery   Maj R. Preston Chew | Breathed's Battalion   Maj James Breathed (w)   Cpt William McGregor | Hart's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt James F. Hart (w), Lt E. Lindsley Halsey McGregor's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William McGregor, Lt George W. Brown Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Archibald Graham |

### Department of Richmond

LTG Richard S. Ewell
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Johnson's Brigade   Col John M. Hughs | 17th/23rd Tennessee: Col Richard H. Keeble (k), Col Horace Ready 25th/44th Tennessee: Ltc Robert B. Snowden (w), Cpt Jonathan E. Spencer 63rd Tennessee: Col Abram Fulkerson (w&c), Ltc William H. Fulkerson |
| Gary's Cavalry Brigade   BG Martin Witherspoon Gary | 7th Georgia Cavalry: Ltc Joseph L. McAllister (mw), Maj Edward C. Anderson Jr. (w), Cpt John M. Davies Infantry Battalion, Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion (Mounted): Col Thomas M. Logan (w), Ltc Robert B. Arnold 7th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Alexander C. Haskell (w), Maj Edward Boykin 24th Virginia Cavalry: Col William T. Robins (w), Ltc Theophilus G. Barham |

### Richmond forces

MG James L. Kemper
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Local Defense Brigade   MG G.W.C. Lee | 1st Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Cpt A.J. Suddith 2nd Virginia Local Defense Troops: Ltc D.E. Scruggs 3rd Virginia Local Defense Troops: Ltc John McAnerney Jr. 4th Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Cpt Martin W. Curlin 5th Virginia Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Cpt Philip J. Ennis 2nd Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc John H. Guy VMI Cadet Battalion (1 company): Cpt Andrew Pizzini Richmond Ambulance Company: Maj John Dooley |
| Barton's Command   BG Seth Barton | 18th Georgia Battalion: Maj William S. Basinger 25th Virginia Battalion: Ltc Wyatt M. Elliot 1st Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc Richard T.W. Duke 3rd Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc F.H. Archer 4th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj D.E. Godwin |
| Independent Richmond Cavalry | 1st Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Local Defense Troops: Maj Samuel A. Swann |

### Post of Richmond

BG William M. Gardner
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Artillery Defenses   Ltc John C. Pemberton |
| Artillery Defenses   Ltc John C. Pemberton | First Division (Inner Line)   Ltc John W. Atkinson | 10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj James O. Hensley 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj N.R. Cary |
| Artillery Defenses   Ltc John C. Pemberton | Second Division (Inner Line)   Ltc James Howard | 18th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj Mark B. Hardin 20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj James E. Robertson |
| Artillery Defenses   Ltc John C. Pemberton | Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion   Ltc Charles E. Lightfoot | Hudgins’ (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert E. Hudgins Rives' (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt J. Henry Rives Barham's (Virginia) Artillery: Lt William R. Barham |
| Miscellaneous Artillery |
| Miscellaneous Artillery | Chaffin's Bluff   Maj William S. Basinger | Guerrant's (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John Guerrant Davis' (Virginia) Artillery: Lt Lemuel T. Davis Allen's (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William T. Allen (w) Jones' (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Andrew J. Jones Winder's (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles S. Winder |
| Miscellaneous Artillery | 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion   Maj. Augustin Leyden | Company A: Cpt William A. Barnes Company B: Cpt Edwin H. Guess Company C: Cpt Andrew M. Wolihin Company D: Cpt Tyler M. Peeples Company E: Cpt William S. Everett |
| Miscellaneous Artillery | Naval Batteries   Lt Charles W. Hays | Battery Semmes Battery Brooke Battery Wood |

### Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Walker's Brigade   BG James A. Walker | 1st Virginia Reserves: Col Benjamin L. Farinholt 3rd Virginia Reserves: Col Richard A. Booker 5th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Col Patrick M. Henry Withers' Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Col Robert E. Withers Maurin's Artillery: Maj Victor A. Maurin |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Post of Petersburg | Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion: Col William J. Crawley 44th Virginia Battalion: Maj Peter V. Batte (c), Cpt Thomas W. Branch Hood's Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc William H. Hood Independent Signal Corps: Maj James F. Milligan Hobson's Company, Second Class Militia: Cpt Owen H. Hobson |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Fort Clifton  ↵Ltc Henry T. Guion | 34th Virginia (detachment) Miller's (North Carolina) Artillery (detachment) |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford   Ltc John J. Garnett | Confederate States Zouave Battalion: Marie Alfred Coppens Company H, 62nd Georgia Cavalry: Cpt Thomas R. Janes Bradford's (Mississippi) Artillery (section): Lt Andrew J. Cochran |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | High Bridge | 6th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc Robert Smith |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Mattoax Bridge | 7th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj George Chrisman |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Staunton River Bridge | 8th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj William A.J. Miller |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Danville Virginia | 4th Virginia Reserves: Maj David B. Godwin 9th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj Archibald Taylor 10th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Maj William W. Byrd 11th Virginia Battalion, Reserves: Ltc Samuel M. Wallace |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Drewry's Bluff | Coleman's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery: Cpt Wiley G. Coleman Drewry's (Virginia) Heavy Artillery: Cpt Augustus Drewry Marine Battalion (Companies A, B and C): Cpt John R. Tucker |
| 1st Military District   BG Henry A. Wise | Smith's Artillery Battalion | Epes' (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Branch J. Epes Kevill's (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas Kevill Battery Danztler |