Brandy Station Confederate order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Brandy Station

Battle of Brandy Station

The Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War, as well as the largest to take place ever on American soil. It was fought at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign by the Union cavalry under Maj....

of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

on the Confederate

Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...

side. The Union order of battle

Brandy Station Union order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Brandy Station of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.-Military rank:* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...

is shown separately.

Military rank

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
Maj = Major
Major (United States)
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Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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Other

(w) = wounded
Wounded
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(mw) = mortally wounded
(k) = killed in action
Killed in action
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(c) = captured
Prisoner of war
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Cavalry Division
Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was the only organized cavalry corps in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Prior to the establishment of a formal corps, cavalry organization in the Confederacy consisted mostly of partisan ranger units and some battalions, a few...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Stuart's Cavalry Division MG James E. B. Stuart	Jones' Brigade BG William E. Jones	6th Virginia 6th Virginia Cavalry The 6th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Maj Cabel E. Flournoy 7th Virginia 7th Virginia Cavalry The 7th Virginia Cavalry also known as Ashby's Cavalry was a Confederate cavalry regiment raised in the spring of 1861 by Colonel Angus W. McDonald, Sr. The regiment was composed primarily of men from the counties of the upper Shenandoah Valley as well as from the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun... : Ltc Thomas Marshall 11th Virginia 11th Virginia Cavalry The 11th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Col Lunsford L. Lomax Lunsford L. Lomax Lunsford Lindsay Lomax was an American educator, farmer, and officer in the United States Army who resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War.-Biography:... 12th Virginia 12th Virginia Cavalry The 12th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Col Asher W. Harman (w) 35th Virginia Battalion 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry The 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, also known as White's Battalion, White's Rebels and the Comanches, was a Confederate cavalry unit during the American Civil War raised by Elijah V. White in Loudoun County, Virginia in the winter of 1861-62... : Ltc Elijah V. White Elijah V. White Elijah Viers "Lige" White was commander of the partisan 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War. His men became commonly known as "White's Comanches" for their war cries and sudden raids on enemy targets.-Early life:Elijah White was born in the area of Poolesville, Maryland... (w)
	William H. F. Lee's Brigade BG William H. F. Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee , known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S. Congress.-Early life:Lee was born at Arlington House in... (w) Col James L. Davis Col John R. Chambliss, Jr.	2nd North Carolina: Col Solomon Williams (k), Ltc William H. F. Payne William H. F. Payne William Henry Fitzhugh Payne was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... 9th Virginia 9th Virginia Cavalry The 9th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Col Richard L. T. Beale 10th Virginia 10th Virginia Cavalry The 10th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Col James L. Davis, Maj Joseph Rosser 13th Virginia 13th Virginia Cavalry The 13th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Col John R. Chambliss John R. Chambliss John Randolph Chambliss, Jr. was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army. A brigadier general of cavalry, Chambliss was killed in action during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom.-Early life:Chambliss was... , Jr.
	Hampton's Brigade BG Wade Hampton Wade Hampton III Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S...	1st North Carolina: Col Laurence S. Baker Laurence S. Baker Laurence Simmons Baker was an officer in the United States Army on the frontier, then later a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... 1st South Carolina: Col John L. Black 2nd South Carolina: Col Matthew C. Butler (w), Maj Thomas J. Lipscomb Cobb's (Georgia) Legion Cobb's Legion Cobb's Legion was an American Civil War unit that was raised on the Confederate side from the State of Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. A "legion" consisted of a single integrated command, with individual components from the infantry, cavalry, and artillery... : Col Pierce M. B. Young Pierce M. B. Young Pierce Manning Butler Young was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a post-war politician, diplomat, and four-term United States Congressman from Georgia.... (w) Jeff Davis (Mississippi) Legion: Ltc Joseph F. Waring
	Fitzhugh Lee's Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:... Brigade Col Thomas T. Munford Thomas T. Munford Thomas Taylor Munford was an American farmer and Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.-Biography:...	1st Virginia 1st Virginia Cavalry The 1st Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... : Col James H. Drake 2nd Virginia 2nd Virginia Cavalry The 2nd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Ltc James W. Watts 3rd Virginia 3rd Virginia Cavalry The 3rd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Col Thomas H. Owen 4th Virginia 4th Virginia Cavalry The 4th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.... : Col Williams C. Wickham Williams Carter Wickham Williams Carter Wickham was a lawyer, judge, politician, and an important Confederate cavalry general who fought in the Virginia campaigns during the American Civil War...
	Robertson's Brigade BG Beverly H. Robertson	4th North Carolina: Col Dennis D. Ferebee 5th North Carolina: Col Peter G. Evans
	Stuart's Horse Artillery Maj Robert F. Beckham	Hart's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt James F. Hart Breathed's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James Breathed Chew's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Roger P. Chew R. Preston Chew Roger Preston Chew was a noted horse artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a prominent West Virginia businessman and railroad executive.... Moorman's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Marcellus N. Moorman McGregor's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William M. McGregor

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