Fort Stedman Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman on March 25, 1865. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

MG John B. Gordon

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Rodes' Division
MG Bryan Grimes

Battle's Brigade


Col Samuel B. Pickens

  • 3rd Alabama Infantry: Cpt Cornelius Robinson, Jr.
  • 5th Alabama Infantry: Col Edwin L. Hobson, Cpt Thomas M. Riley
  • 6th Alabama Infantry: Maj Isaac M. Culver
  • 12th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Poleman D. Ross
  • 61st Alabama Infantry: Cpt Augustus P. Fannin
Grimes' Brigade


Col David G. Cowand

Cox's Brigade


BG William Ruffin Cox

Cook's Brigade


BG Philip Cook (w)
Col Edwin A. Nash

  • 4th Georgia Infantry: Col Edwin A. Nash
  • 12th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Oliver F. Evans (w)
  • 21st Georgia Infantry: Cpt Edward Smith
  • 44th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Thomas R. Daniel (c)
  • Divisional Sharpshooters: Col Hamilton A. Brown[3] (c)

Early's Division
BG James A. Walker

Johnston's Brigade


BG Robert D. Johnston (w)
Col John W. Lea

  • 5th North Carolina Infantry: Col John W. Lea, Maj James M. Taylor
  • 12th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Robert W. Alston (w), Maj Kemp Plummer (w)
  • 20th North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas F. Toon (w), Maj Duncan Devane
  • 23rd North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Abner D. Peace
  • 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion: Lt Richard W. Woodruff
Lewis' Brigade


BG William G. Lewis
Cpt John Beard

  • 6th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Samuel McDowell Tate
  • 21st North Carolina Infantry: Maj James F. Beall (w)
  • 54th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt Augustus H. Martin
  • 57th North Carolina Infantry: Col Hamilton C. Jones (w), Cpt, John Beard, Cpt Philip Carpenter
Pegram's Brigade


Ltc John G. Kasey (c)
Maj Henry Kyd Douglas

Gordon's Division
BG Clement A. Evans

Evans' Brigade


Col John H. Baker (w)
Col John H. Lowe

  • 13th Georgia Infantry: Cpt Divany A. Kidd (k)
  • 26th Georgia Infantry: Cpt James Knox
  • 31st Georgia Infantry: Col John H. Lowe
  • 38th Georgia Infantry: Ltc Philip E. Davant
  • 60th-61st Georgia Infantry: Col Walter B. Jones
  • 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion: Cpt Samuel H. Crump
Terry's Brigade


BG William Terry (w)
Col John D. Whitehead

York's Brigade


Ltc Eugene Waggaman

  • 1st Louisiana Infantry
  • 2nd Louisiana Infantry
  • 5th Louisiana Infantry
  • 6th Louisiana Infantry
  • 7th Louisiana Infantry
  • 8th Louisiana Infantry
  • 9th Louisiana Infantry
  • 10th Louisiana Infantry: Ltc Henry Monier
  • 14th Louisiana Infantry
  • 15th Louisiana Infantry

Fourth Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Johnson's Division
MG Bushrod Johnson

Wise's Brigade


BG Henry A. Wise

Wallace's Brigade


BG William H. Wallace

  • 17th South Carolina Infantry: Col Fitz William McMaster
  • 18th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc William B. Allison
  • 22nd South Carolina Infantry: Col William G. Burt
  • 23rd South Carolina Infantry: Col Henry L. Benbow
  • 26th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc Joshua Hilary Hudson
  • Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion: Col William J. Crawley
Moody's Brigade


BG Young M. Moody

  • 41st Alabama Infantry: Col Martin L. Stansel
  • 43rd Alabama Infantry: Maj William J. Mims
  • 59th Alabama Infantry: Ltc Daniel S. Troy
  • 60th Alabama Infantry: Col John W.A. Sanford
  • 23rd Alabama Infantry Battalion: Maj Nicholas Stallworth
Ransom's Brigade


BG Matt W. Ransom
Col Henry M. Rutledge

Artillery

Blount's Battalion
  • Marshall's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt William C. Marshall

Reserve

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

From Third Corps

Cooke's Brigade, Heth's Division


BG John R. Cooke

  • 15th North Carolina Infantry: Ltc Gray W. Hammon
  • 27th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Joseph C. Webb
  • 46th North Carolina Infantry: Col William L. Saunders
  • 48th North Carolina Infantry: Col Samuel H. Walkup
  • 55th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt John T. Peden
McComb's Brigade, Heth's Division


BG William McComb

Lane's Brigade, Wilcox's Division


BG James H. Lane
Col John D. Barry

  • 18th North Carolina Infantry: Col John D. Barry, Ltc John W. McGill
  • 28th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt T. James Linbarger
  • 33rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Robert V. Cowan
  • 37th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Jackson L. Bost
Thomas' Brigade, Wilcox's Division


BG Edward L. Thomas

  • 14th Georgia Infantry: Col Richard P. Lester
  • 35th Georgia Infantry: Col Bolling H. Holt
  • 45th Georgia Infantry: Col Thomas J. Simmons
  • 49th Georgia Infantry: Col John T. Jordon
  • 3rd Company, Washington Artillery: Lt Frank McElroy

From W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps

Dearing's Brigade


BG James Dearing

  • 8th Georgia Cavalry
  • 4th North Carolina Cavalry
  • 16th North Carolina Cavalry

Notes

  1. also commanded the 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion
  2. also commanded the 1st North Carolina Infantry
  3. commanding officer of the 1st North Carolina Infantry
  4. detached from 44th Virginia Infantry

References

  • Wyrick, William C. "Bursting of the Storm: Action at Petersburg, March 25, 1865", in Blue & Gray, Volume XXVIII, number 5. ISSN 0741-2207.
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