Cedar Creek Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate States Army
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...

 units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek
Battle of Cedar Creek
The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. The final Confederate invasion of the North, led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, was effectively ended...

. The Union order of battle
Cedar Creek Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...

 is listed separately.

Military rank abbreviations used

  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel
    Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant colonel
    Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

  • Maj = Major
    Major
    Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...


Infantry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Ramseur's Division

    
MG S.D. Ramseur
Stephen Dodson Ramseur
Stephen Dodson Ramseur was one of the youngest Confederate generals in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in battle at the Battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.-Early life:...

 (mw)

    
BG Bryan Grimes
Bryan Grimes
Bryan Grimes was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war....

Battle's Brigade

  
BG Cullen A. Battle
Cullen A. Battle
Cullen Andrews Battle was an American attorney, politician, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

 (w)
  • 3rd Alabama
  • 5th Alabama
  • 6th Alabama
  • 12th Alabama
  • 61st Alabama
Grimes' Brigade

  
BG Bryan Grimes
Bryan Grimes
Bryan Grimes was a North Carolina plantation owner and a general officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He fought in nearly all of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of that war....

  • 32nd North Carolina
  • 53rd North Carolina
  • 43rd North Carolina
  • 45th North Carolina
  • 2nd North Carolina Battalion
Cook's Brigade

  
BG Philip Cook
  • 4th Georgia
  • 12th Georgia
  • 21st Georgia
  • 44th Georgia
Cox's Brigade

  
BG William R. Cox
William R. Cox
William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States...

  • 1st North Carolina
  • 2nd North Carolina
  • 3rd North Carolina
  • 4th North Carolina
  • 14th North Carolina
  • 30th North Carolina

Kershaw's Division

    
MG Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph Brevard Kershaw was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...

Kershaw's Brigade

  
Maj James M. Goggin
James M. Goggin
James Monroe Goggin was an Andorran businessman and soldier. He served as an officer in the Andorran Army during the mid 1800s, and very briefly as a general in 1864.-Early life and Texas:...

  • 2nd South Carolina
  • 3rd South Carolina
  • 7th South Carolina
  • 8th South Carolina
  • 15th South Carolina
  • 20th South Carolina
  • 30th South Carolina Battalion
Humphreys' Brigade

  
Col Daniel M. Moody (w)
  • 13th Mississippi
  • 17th Mississippi
  • 18th Mississippi
  • 21st Mississippi
Wofford's Brigade

  
Col Christopher C. Sanders
  • 16th Georgia
  • 18th Georgia
  • 24th Georgia
  • 3rd Georgia Battalion
  • 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...

  • Phillip's (Georgia) Legion
Bryan's Brigade

  
Col James P. Simms
  • 10th Georgia
  • 50th Georgia
  • 51st Georgia
  • 53rd Georgia

Pegram's Division

    
BG John Pegram
John Pegram (general)
John Pegram was a career soldier from Virginia who served as an officer in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He became the first former U.S...

Pegram's Brigade

  
Col John S. Hoffman
  • 13th Virginia Infantry
    13th Virginia Infantry
    The 13th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 31st Virginia Infantry
    31st Virginia Infantry
    The 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

  • 49th Virginia Infantry
    49th Virginia Infantry
    The 49th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

  • 52nd Virginia Infantry
    52nd Virginia Infantry
    The 52nd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

  • 58th Virginia Infantry
    58th Virginia Infantry
    The 58th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

Johnston's Brigade

  
BG Robert D. Johnston
  • 5th North Carolina
  • 12th North Carolina
  • 20th North Carolina
  • 23rd North Carolina
  • 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters
Godwin's Brigade

  
LtCol William T. Davis
  • 6th North Carolina
  • 21st North Carolina
  • 54th North Carolina
  • 57th North Carolina

Gordon's Division

    
MG John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the...

Evans' Brigade

  
Col Edmund N. Atkinson
  • 13th Georgia
  • 26th Georgia
  • 31st Georgia
  • 38th Georgia
  • 60th Georgia
  • 61st Georgia
  • 12th Georgia Battalion
Hays'/Stafford's Brigade's

  
Col William R. Peck
William R. Peck
William Raine Peck was a wealthy American plantation owner, politician, and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War...


Remnants of 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th Louisiana Regiments
Terry's Brigade

  
BG William Terry

Old Stonewall Brigade
Stonewall Brigade
The Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was a famous combat unit in United States military history. It was trained and first led by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a professor from Virginia Military Institute...

  • 2nd
    2nd Virginia Infantry
    The 2nd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in today’s West Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought as part of the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....

    , 4th
    4th Virginia Infantry
    The 4th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....

    , 5th
    5th Virginia Infantry
    The 5th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia....

    , 27th
    27th Virginia Infantry
    The 27th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Stonewall Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia....

    , and 33rd
    33rd Virginia Infantry
    The 33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

     Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments

Jones’ Old Brigade
  • 21st
    21st Virginia Infantry
    The 21st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

    , 25th
    25th Virginia Infantry
    The 25th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of the Northwest and Army of Northern Virginia...

    , 42nd
    42nd Virginia Infantry
    The 42nd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

    , 44th
    44th Virginia Infantry
    The 44th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

    , 48th
    48th Virginia Infantry
    The 48th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

    , and 50th Virginia
    50th Virginia Infantry
    The 50th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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 and in Tennessee....

     Consolidated Infantry Regiments

Steuart’s Old Brigade
  • 10th
    10th Virginia Infantry
    The 10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

    , 23rd
    23rd Virginia Infantry
    The 23rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

    , and 36th Virginia
    36th Virginia Infantry
    The 36th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in western Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky....

     Consolidated Infantry Regiments

Wharton's Division

    
BG Gabriel C. Wharton
Gabriel C. Wharton
Gabriel Colvin Wharton was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work....

Wharton's Brigade

  
Cpt R. H. Logan
  • 45th Virginia Infantry
    45th Virginia Infantry
    The 45th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 50th Virginia Infantry
    50th Virginia Infantry
    The 50th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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 and in Tennessee....

  • 51st Virginia Infantry
    51st Virginia Infantry
    The 51st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in Tennessee and western Virginia with help of william Elkins....

  • 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion
Echol's Brigade

  
Cpt Edmund S. Read
  • 22nd Virginia Infantry
    22nd Virginia Infantry
    22nd Virginia Infantry was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War. Its commander was George S. Patton, the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton.-Organization:...

  • 23rd Virginia Infantry
    23rd Virginia Infantry
    The 23rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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....

  • 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion
Smith's Brigade

  
Col Thomas Smith
  • 36th Virginia Infantry
    36th Virginia Infantry
    The 36th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in western Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky....

  • 60th Virginia Infantry
    60th Virginia Infantry
    The 60th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry 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 and in Tennessee....

  • 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion
  • Thomas's Legion

Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lomax's Division

    
MG 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:...

Imboden's Brigade

  
Col George H. Smith
George Hugh Smith
George H. Smith was a Confederate Civil War veteran and prominent Los Angeles lawyer and judge.-Early life and career:...

  • 18th Virginia Cavalry
    18th Virginia Cavalry
    The 18th 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 with the Army of Northern Virginia, in southwest Virginia, and in the Shenandoah Valley....

  • 23rd Virginia Cavalry
    23rd Virginia Cavalry
    The 23rd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
    62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
    The 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment, raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, served in many capacities including the war, including as an infantry regiment, a cavalry regiment, a mounted infantry unit, a partisan unit of rangers, and...

Johnson's Brigade

  
BG Bradley T. Johnson
  • 8th Virginia Cavalry
    8th Virginia Cavalry
    The 8th 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....

  • 21st Virginia Cavalry
    21st Virginia Cavalry
    The 21st 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 in Southwest Virginia, East Tennessee, and the Shenandoah Valley....

  • 22nd Virginia Cavalry
    22nd Virginia Cavalry
    The 22nd 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 in southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee, and the Shenandoah Valley....

  • 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
  • 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
    36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
    The 36th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry was a cavalry battalion raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, and also with the Army of Northern Virginia....

McCausland's Brigade

  
BG John McCausland
John McCausland
John McCausland, Jr. was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the razing of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War....

  • 14th Virginia Cavalry
    14th Virginia Cavalry
    The 14th 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....

  • 16th Virginia Cavalry
    16th Virginia Cavalry
    The 16th Virginia Cavalry was present at Gettysburg. It was part of General Jenkins' Brigade that itself was part of General Jeb Stuart's Cavalry Division of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia....

  • 17th Virginia Cavalry
    17th Virginia Cavalry
    The 17th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 25th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
  • 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Jackson's Brigade

  
BG Henry B. Davidson
  • 2nd Maryland Cavalry
  • 19th Virginia Cavalry
    19th Virginia Cavalry
    The 19th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 20th Virginia Cavalry
    20th Virginia Cavalry
    The 20th 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 in western Virginia....

  • 46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
  • 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Horse Artillery
  • Lurty's Battery
  • McClanahan's Battery

  • Rosser's Division

        
    BG Thomas L. Rosser
    Thomas L. Rosser
    Thomas Lafayette Rosser was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and later an officer in the Spanish American War and railroad construction engineer. A favorite of J.E.B...

    Wickham's Brigade

      
    Col Thomas H. Owen
    • 1st Virginia Cavalry
      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...

    • 2nd Virginia Cavalry
      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....

    • 3rd Virginia Cavalry
      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....

    • 4th Virginia Cavalry
      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....

    Payne's Brigade

      
    BG 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:...

    • 5th Virginia Cavalry
      5th Virginia Cavalry
      The 5th 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....

    • 6th Virginia Cavalry
      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....

    • 15th Virginia Cavalry
      15th Virginia Cavalry
      The 15th 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....

    Rosser's Brigade

      
    Col Oliver R. Funsten
    • 7th Virginia Cavalry
      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...

    • 11th Virginia Cavalry
      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...

    • 12th Virginia Cavalry
      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...

    • 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
    Horse Artillery
  • Stuarts Horse Artillery
  • Johnston's Battery
  • Thomson's Battery
  • Shoemaker's Battery

  • Army Reserve Artillery

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Artillery

        
    Col Thomas H. Carter
    Thomas H. Carter (Colonel)
    Thomas Henry Carter was an artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His battalion played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

    Braxton's Battalion

      
    Maj Marcellus N. Moorman
    • Carpenter's Allegheny Battery
    • Cooper's Staffords Battery
    • Hardwick's Lee Battery
    Cutshaw's Battalion

      
    Maj Wilfred Cutshaw
    • Fry's Orange Battery
    • Garber's Staunton Battery
    • Jones's Richmond "Howitzer" Battery
    Kings Battalion

      
    Maj William McLaughlin
    • Bryan's Lewisburg Battery
    • Chapman's Monroe Battery
    • Lowry's Wise Battery
    Nelson's Battalion

      
    Ltc William Nelson
    • Kirkpatrick's Amherst Battery
    • Milledge's Regular (Georgia) Battery
    • Snead's Fluvanna Battery
      Fluvanna Artillery
      The Fluvanna Artillery was an artillery battery formed from citizens of Fluvanna County, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It participated in the Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns, as well as the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864 under Confederate Major General Jubal Early.With the...

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