Kernstown II Confederate order of battle

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 Second Battle of Kernstown

Battle of Kernstown II

-References:* Patchan, Scott C. Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8032-3754-4.-External links:* for July 24, 1864, of Major Alexander Hart of the 5th Louisiana Regiment.*...

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 24, 1864 in Kernstown, now part of the City of Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

. The Union order of battle

Kernstown II Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Kernstown of the American Civil War, on July 24, 1864 in Kernstown, now part of the City of Winchester, Virginia...

is shown separately.

Military rank

GEN = General
General
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LTG = Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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MG = Major General
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BG = Brigadier General
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Col = Colonel
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Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
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Maj = Major
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Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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Bvt = Brevet
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Rank

Army of the Valley

LTG Jubal A. Early

Breckinridge’s Command

MG John C. Breckinridge

John C. Breckinridge

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Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division (Echols’ 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 Col Augustus Forsberg	30th Virginia Infantry 30th Virginia Infantry The 30th 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, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia.... 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... - Maj Francis Miller 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....
	Echols’ Brigade Col George S. Patton	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 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...
	Smith’s Brigade Col Thomas A. 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.... 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion 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.... Thomas' Legion
Second Division (Gordon’s Division) MG John B. Gordon	Evans’ Brigade Col E.N. Atkinson	13th Georgia Infantry 26th Georgia Infantry 31st Georgia Infantry 38th Georgia Infantry 60th Georgia Infantry 61st Georgia Infantry 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion
	York’s Consolidated Louisiana 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...	Hays’s Old Brigade (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... ) - Col W. R. Peck 5th Louisiana Infantry 6th Louisiana Infantry 7th Louisiana Infantry 8th Louisiana Infantry 9th Louisiana Infantry Stafford’s Old Brigade - Col E. Waggaman 1st Louisiana Infantry 2nd Louisiana Infantry 10th Louisiana Infantry 14th Louisiana Infantry 15th Louisiana Infantry
	Terry’s Consolidated Virginia 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... - Col J.H.S. Funk 2nd Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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.... 33rd Virginia Infantry 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... Jones’s Old Second Brigade - Col R. H. Dungan 21st Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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 Virginia Infantry 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.... 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.... Steuart’s Old Third Brigade - Cpt Peter Yancy 10th Virginia Infantry 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 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.... 37th Virginia Infantry 37th Virginia Infantry The 37th 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....

Forces reporting directly to Early

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 Col Samuel Pickens	3rd Alabama Infantry 5th Alabama Infantry 6th Alabama Infantry 12th Alabama Infantry 61st Alabama Infantry
	Grimes’ Brigade Ltc James Moorehead	32nd North Carolina Infantry 43rd North Carolina Infantry 45th North Carolina Infantry 53rd North Carolina Infantry 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion
	Cook’s Brigade BG Philip Cook	4th Georgia Infantry 12th Georgia Infantry 21st Georgia Infantry 44th Georgia Infantry
	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 Infantry 2nd North Carolina Infantry 3rd North Carolina Infantry 4th North Carolina Infantry 14th North Carolina Infantry 30th North Carolina Infantry
Ramseur’s Division MG Stephen Dodson 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 Col John 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 Infantry 12th North Carolina Infantry 20th North Carolina Infantry 23rd North Carolina Infantry
	Lewis’ Brigade Col Archibald Godwin	6th North Carolina Infantry 21st North Carolina Infantry 54th North Carolina Infantry 57th North Carolina Infantry 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion Sharpshooters
Ransom’s Cavalry Division BG John C. Vaughn John C. Vaughn John C. Vaughn was a Confederate cavalry officer from East Tennessee.He served in the Mexican-American War, prospected in the California Gold Rush, and participated in American Civil War battles...	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... McClanahan’s Co. Virginia Horse Artillery
	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... 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.... Jackson’s Co. Virginia Horse Artillery
	Johnson’s Brigade BG Bradley T. Johnson	1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion 2nd 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.... 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.... (27th Battalion) 36th Battalion Virginia Cavalry 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry 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.... Baltimore (2nd Md.) Light Horse Artillery
	Jackson’s Brigade BG W. L. Jackson William Lowther "Mudwall" Jackson William Lowther "Mudwall" Jackson Jr. was the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1857 until 1860. After the outbreak of the American Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army as a Colonel and served on the staff of General Stonewall Jackson...	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 Battalion Virginia Cavalry 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 Battalion Virginia Cavalry 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.... Lurty’s Virginia Battery Horse Artillery
Artillery BG Armistead L. Long	Braxton’s Battalion Maj Carter M. Braxton	Allegheny County (Virginia) Artillery Lee County (Virginia) Artillery Stafford County (Virginia) Artillery
	King’s Battalion Maj J. Floyd King	Wise Legion (Virginia) Artillery Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery Monroe (Virginia) Battery
	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 (Virginia) Artillery

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