New Market 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 Battle of New Market

Battle of New Market

The Battle of New Market was a battle fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fought alongside the Confederate Army and forced Union General Franz Sigel and his army out of the Shenandoah...

in 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...

. The Union order of battle

New Market Union order of battle

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

is shown separately.

Department of Western Virginia

Maj. Gen. 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...

, commanding

Infantry Division

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. 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...

22nd Virginia Infantry, Col. George S. Patton (Grandfather of WWII Gen. Patton)

23rd Virginia Battalion, Lt. Col. Clarence Derrick

26th Virginia Battalion, Lt. Col. George M. Edgar

2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. 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....

51st Virginia Infantry, Lt. Col. John P. Wolfe

62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry, 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:...

30th Virginia Battalion, Lt. Col. J. Lyle Clark

Co. A, 1st Missouri Cavalry, Capt. Charles H. Woodson

Attached commands

Hart's Engineer Company, Capt. William T. Hart (fought as infantry)

Augusta-Rockingham Reserves, Col. William Harman

Davis' Co. Maryland Cavalry, Capt. T. Sturgis Davis (fought as infantry)

23rd Virginia Cavalry, Col. Robert White (fought as infantry)

V.M.I. Cadets, Lt. Col. Scott Ship

Cavalry

Brig. Gen. 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, Col. George W. Imboden

43rd Virginia Partisans, Lt. Col. John S. Mosby

John S. Mosby

John Singleton Mosby , nicknamed the "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War...

2nd Maryland Battalion, Maj. Harry W. Gilmor

McNeill's Company, Partisans, Capt. John H. McNeill

Artillery

Maj. William McLaughlin

Chapman’s (Virginia) Battery, Capt. George B. Chapman

Jackson’s (Virginia) Battery, 1st Lt. Randolph H. Blain

McClanahan’s (Virginia) Battery, Capt. John McClanahan

VMI section, Cadet Capt. C. H. Minge

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