Fort Stevens Confederate order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stevens

Battle of Fort Stevens

The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in Northwest Washington, D.C., as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Union Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook. Although Early caused consternation...

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 July 11, 1864. The Union order of battle

Fort Stevens Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stevens of the American Civil War on July 11–12, 1864. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General...

is listed separately.

Military rank

LTG = Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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MG = Major General
Major General
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BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier General
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Col = Colonel
Colonel
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Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel
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Maj = Major
Major
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Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was a military organization within the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during much of the American Civil War. It was officially created and named following the Battle of Sharpsburg in 1862, but comprised units in a corps organization for quite...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Rodes' Division MG Robert E. Rodes Robert E. Rodes Robert Emmett Rodes was a railroad civil engineer and a promising young Confederate general in the American Civil War, killed in battle in the Shenandoah Valley.-Education, antebellum career:...	Battle's Brigade BG Cullen A. Battle	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 43rd North Carolina 45th North Carolina 53rd North Carolina 2nd North Carolina Battalion
	Cook's Brigade BG Philip Cook	4th Georgia 12th Georgia 21st Georgia 44th Georgia 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-History:The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was entered into service in the Confederate States Army on March 11, 1862 at Camp Stephens near Griffin, 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 4th North Carolina Infantry 4th North Carolina Regiment was also known as the Fourth North Carolina State Troops; 4th NCST; and was nicknamed "The Bloody Fourth" after the high rate of casualties at the Battle of Seven Pines. "The effectiveness, steadiness in combat and the aggressiveness of the men to the enemy by the men... 14th North Carolina 30th North Carolina
Ramseur's Division MG Stephen 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:...	Lilley's Brigade BG Robert D. Lilley Robert D. Lilley Robert Doak Lilley was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He served in most of the leading battles of the Army of Northern Virginia and led a brigade of infantry in the Shenandoah Valley in the last years of the war.-Early life and career:Robert D. Lilley was born near...	13th Virginia 31st Virginia 49th Virginia 52nd Virginia 58th Virginia
	Johnston's Brigade BG Robert D. Johnston	5th North Carolina 12th North Carolina 20th North Carolina 23rd North Carolina
	Lewis' Brigade BG William Lewis	6th North Carolina 21st North Carolina 54th North Carolina 57th North Carolina 1st North Carolina Sharpshooters Battalion

Breckinridge's Corps

MG John C. Breckinridge

John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Gordon's Division MG John B. 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 E.N. Atkinson	13th Georgia 26th Georgia 31st Georgia 38th Georgia 60th Georgia 61st Georgia 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-History:Part of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade, the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was mustered in South Carolina in May 1862... 12th Georgia Battalion
	York's Brigade BG Zebulon York Zebulon York Zebulon York was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was among a small group of Northern-born Confederate generals.-Early life:York was a native of Avon, Maine...	Hay's Louisiana Tigers Louisiana Tigers Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brigade, and eventually to all Louisiana troops... brigade (consolidated) 5th Louisiana 6th Louisiana 7th Louisiana 8th Louisiana 9th Louisiana Stafford's Brigade (consolidated) 1st Louisiana 2nd Louisiana 10th Louisiana 10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment The 10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a Louisiana infantry unit of the Confederate States of America that operated with the Army of Northern Virginia of the American Civil War... 14th Louisiana 15th Louisiana
	Terry's Brigade BG William Terry	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... (consolidated) 2nd Virginia 4th Virginia 5th Virginia 27th Virginia 33rd Virginia Jones' old 2nd Brigade (consolidated) 21st Virginia 25th Virginia 42nd Virginia 44th Virginia 48th Virginia 50th Virginia Stuart's old 3rd Brigade (consolidated) 10th Virginia 23rd Virginia 37th Virginia
Echols' Division BG John Echols John Echols John Echols was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Echols was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, Washington College and Harvard College. A tall imposing man, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall, Echols...	Wharton's Brigade 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....	45th Virginia 50th Virginia 51st Virginia 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion
	Echols' Brigade Col George S. Patton	22nd Virginia 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:... 26th Virginia 26th Virginia Infantry The 26th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... 23rd Virginia Battalion
	Vaughn's Brigade BG Thomas Smith	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.... 60th Virginia 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.... Thomas' Legion (dismounted) 45th Virginia Battalion

Other

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Ransom's Cavalry Division MG Robert Ransom, Jr. Robert Ransom, Jr. Robert Ransom, Jr. was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His brother Matt W. Ransom was also a Confederate general officer and U.S. Senator.-Early life:...	Imboden's Brigade BG John D. Imboden John D. Imboden John Daniel Imboden was a lawyer, teacher, Virginia state legislator. During the American Civil War, he was a Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter...	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... Unauthorized Virginia Calvary Battalion
	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 25th Virginia Cavalry The 25th 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 and the Shenandoah Valley.... 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry The 37th 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....
	Johnson's Brigade BG Bradley T. Johnson Bradley Tyler Johnson Bradley Tyler Johnson was an American lawyer, soldier, and writer. Although his home state of Maryland remained loyal to the Union during the American Civil War, Johnson served as a general in the Confederate States Army, leading efforts to raise a Maryland Line in the CSA, and rising to command...	1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion 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.... 36th Virginia Cavalry 22nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry The 34th Battalion, Virginia Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry battalion raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
	Jackson's Brigade BG W.L. Jackson	2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion 2nd Maryland Cavalry, CSA The 2nd Maryland Cavalry, a.k.a Gilmor's Partisan Rangers, was a Confederate unit in the American Civil War.-History:The unit was founded and commanded by Colonel Harry Gilmor. Gilmor was a member of the Towson Guards , when the Civil War started. Due to his political views, he was taken prisoner... 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 46th Battalion Virginia Cavalry The 46th Battalion, Virginia Volunteer 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.... 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 47th Battalion Virginia Cavalry The 47th Battalion, Virginia Volunteer 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....
	Horse Artillery	Jackson's Company Virginia Horse Artillery McClanahan's Company (Staunton) Virginia Horse Artillery Baltimore Light Artillery (2nd Maryland) Lurty's Virginia Battery
Artillery BG Armistead L. Long Armistead Lindsay Long Armistead Lindsay Long was a brigadier general for the Confederate States of America, and the author of the 1886 book Memoirs of Robert E. Lee.-Early life and career:...	Braxton's Battalion Maj Carter M. Braxton	Allegheny (Virginia) Artillery Lee (Virginia) Artillery Stafford (Virginia) Artillery
	King's Battalion Maj J. Floyd King Maj William McLaughlin	Wise Legion (Virginia) Artillery Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery Monroe (Virginia) Artillery
	Nelson's Battalion Maj William Nelson	Amherst (Virginia) Artillery Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery 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... Milledge (Georgia) Artillery

Sources

Cooling, Benjamin F. Jubal Early's Raid on Washington 1864. Baltimore, Maryland: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1989. ISBN 0-933852-86-X

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