Battle of Cedar Creek order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Military rank abbreviations used

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Army of the Valley

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LTG Jubal Anderson Early, Commanding

Infantry

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Ramseur's Division (2578 officers & men)[3][4]


     MG S.D. Ramseur (k)

Battle's Brigade (743 officers & men)[5]


   BG Cullen A. Battle (w)

  • Brigade Staff (7 officers)
  • 3rd Alabama (218 off & men): Col Charles Forsyth
  • 5th Alabama (131 off & men): Ltc Edwin L. Hobson
  • 6th Alabama (141 off & men): Cpt Rinaldo M. Greene
  • 12th Alabama(123 off & men): Cpt Poleman D. Ross
  • 61st Alabama: Maj William E. Pinckard (123 off & men)
Grimes' Brigade (795 officers & men)[6]


   BG Bryan Grimes

  • Brigade Staff (2 officers)
  • 32nd North Carolina (94 officers & men): Colonel David G. Cowand
  • 53rd North Carolina (235 officers & men): Colonel David G. Cowand
  • 2nd North Carolina Battalion (108 officers & men): Colonel David G. Cowand
  • 43rd North Carolina (228 officers & men): Colonel John R. Winston
  • 45th North Carolina (128 officers & men): Colonel John R. Winston
Cook's Brigade (444 officers & men)[7]


   BG Philip Cook

  • Brigade Staff (6 officers)
  • 4th Georgia (99 officers & men): Ltc William H. Willis
  • 12th Georgia (112 officers & men): Cpt James Everett
  • 21st Georgia (135 officers & men): Cpt Henry T. Battle
  • 44th Georgia (102 officers & men): Ltc James W. Beck
Cox's Brigade (579 officers & men)[8]


   BG William Ruffin Cox

Pegram's (Early's) Division (1597 off & men)[9]


     BG John Pegram[10]

Pegram's Brigade (437 officers & men)[11]


   Col John S. Hoffman

Johnston's Brigade (436 officers & men)[12]


   BG Robert D. Johnston

Godwin's Brigade (712 officers & men)[13]


   LtCol William S. Davis (w)

Gordon's Division


     MG John Brown Gordon

Evans' Brigade


   BG Clement A. Evans

  • 13th Georgia: Col. John H. Baker
  • 26th Georgia: Ltc James Blain
  • 31st Georgia: Col John H. Lowe
  • 38th Georgia: Ltc Philip E. Davant
  • 60th Georgia: Col Waters B. Jones
  • 61st Georgia: Capt Eliphalet F. Sharpe
  • 12th Georgia Battalion:
Hays'/Stafford's Brigades


   Col William R. Peck

Terry's Brigade[14]


   BG William Terry

Old First Brigade

  • 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Col Abraham Spengler

Jones’ Old Second Brigade

Steuart’s Old Third Brigade

Kershaw's Division


     MG Joseph B. Kershaw

Conner's Brigade


   Maj James M. Goggin

  • 2nd South Carolina: Maj Benjamin R. Clyburn (w)
  • 3rd South Carolina: Maj Rutherford P. Todd (w)
  • 7th South Carolina: Cpt Elijah J. Coggans
  • 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henegan
  • 15th South Carolina: --
  • 20th South Carolina:[15] Col Stephen M. Boykin (c); Ltc Paul A. McMichaels (c)
  • 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Cpt B. M. Whitener (k)
Humphreys' Brigade


   Col Daniel M. Moody (w)

Wofford's Brigade


   Col Christopher Columbus Sanders

Bryan's Brigade[16]


   Col James P. Simms

Wharton's Division (1171 officers & men)[17][18]


     BG Gabriel C. Wharton

Wharton's Brigade (417 officers & men)[19]


   Capt. Robert H. Logan

Echols' Brigade (286 officers & men)[20]


   Cpt Edmund S. Read

Smith's Brigade (457 officers & men)[21]


   Col Thomas Smith

Cavalry

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lomax's Division


     MG Lunsford L. Lomax

Imboden's Brigade


   Col George H. Smith

Bradley T. Johnson's Brigade


   BG Bradley T. Johnson

McCausland's Brigade


   BG John McCausland

Jackson's Brigade


   BG Henry B. Davidson

Rosser's (Fitz Lee's) Division


     BG Thomas L. Rosser

Wickham's Brigade


   Thomas T. Munford

Payne's Brigade


   Col William H. F. Payne

Rosser's Brigade


   --

Army Artillery

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Artillery


     Col Thomas H. Carter

Braxton's Battalion


   --

Cutshaw's Battalion


   --

  • Virginia battery, (Carrington's): --
  • Virginia battery, (Tanner's): --
  • Virginia battery, (Garber's). --
Kings Battalion


   Ltc J. Floyd King

Carter's Battalion


   --

  • Alabama battery (Reese's): --
  • Virginia battery (W. P. Carter's): --
  • Virginia battery (Pendleton's): --
  • Virginia battery (Fry's): --
Nelson's Battalion


   Ltc William Nelson

Horse Artillery


   --

  • Maryland battery (Griffin's): --
  • Virginia battery (Jackson's): --
  • Virginia battery (Lurty's): --
  • Virginia battery (McClanahan's): --
  • Virginia battery (Johnston's): --
  • Virginia battery (Shoemaker's): --
  • Virginia battery (Thomson's): --

Notes

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  1. ^ Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 564-567
  3. ^ Includes 17 officers and enlisted men assigned to divisional staff.
  4. ^ Officers and men from October 1st report, NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0828.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0829.jpg
  5. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Battle’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 31-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0854.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0855.jpg
  6. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Grimes’ Brigade, September 30th 1864, 32-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0868.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0869.jpg
  7. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Cook’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 34-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0898.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0899.jpg
  8. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Ramseur’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 33-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0881.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0882.jpg
  9. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Early’s Division, September 30th 1864, 21-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0694.jpg .
  10. ^ Includes 12 officers and enlisted men on divisional staff.
  11. ^ Officers and men from Inspection report of Pegram's Brigade, 23-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0729.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0730.jpg
  12. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Johnston’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 24-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109.: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0744.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0745.jpg
  13. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report for Godwin’s Brigade, September 30th, 22-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109.: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0714.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0715.jpg.
  14. ^ Composed of the fragmentary remains of fourteen of the regiments of Edward Johnson's division, most of which was captured by the enemy May 12, 1864.
  15. ^ Goggin reports both Boykin & McMichaels being among the officers captured during the battle. See O.R. Volume 43 Part 1 pg. 595.
  16. ^ Report of James P. Simms, O.R. Volume 43 Part 1 pg. 589-592
  17. ^ Includes 11 officers and enlisted men on divisional staff.
  18. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report of Wharton’s Division, September 29th 1864, 26-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0769.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0770.jpg
  19. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report of Wharton’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 29-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0817.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0818.jpg
  20. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report of Patton’s Brigade, September 29th 1864, 28-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0802.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0803.jpg
  21. ^ Officers and men from Inspection Report of Smith’s Brigade, September 29th 1864, 27-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0788.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0789.jpg

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