The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. The following order of battle is the organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Confederate forces near Petersburg
Gen Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee
- Provost Guard: Maj. David B. Bridgford
- 5th Alabama Battalion
- 1st Virginia Battalion
- 48th Georgia (1 company)
- 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
- Engineers: MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
- 1st Confederate Engineers
- 2nd Confederate Engineers
First Corps
LTG James Longstreet
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Kershaw's Division
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Kershaw's Brigade |
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| Wofford's Brigade |
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| Humphreys' Brigade
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| Bryan's Brigade
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Field's Division
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Bratton's Brigade
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| Law's Brigade
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| Anderson's Brigade |
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| Gregg's Brigade (Gregg was killed 7 October 1864, and Bass was wounded the same day. Winkler commanded after this.)
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| Benning's Brigade |
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Pickett's Division
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Terry's Brigade | |
| Hunton's Brigade
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| Steuart's Brigade | ||
| Corse's Brigade | ||
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Corps Artillery
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Huger's Battalion
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| Haskell's Battalion
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| Cabell's Battalion
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| 1st Virginia Artillery Battalion |
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| Johnson's Battalion |
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| Stark's Battalion |
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Third Corps
LTG A. P. Hill
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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Mahone's Division
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Sander' Brigade
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| Harris' Brigade |
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| Mahone's Brigade | ||
| Wright's Brigade
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| Finnegan's Brigade |
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Heth's Division
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Davis' Brigade |
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| Cooke's Brigade |
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| MacRae's Brigade |
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| Archer's Brigade
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Wilcox's Division
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Lane's Brigade |
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| Scales' Brigade |
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| McGowan's Brigade |
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| Thomas's Brigade |
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Corps Artillery
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Cutts' Battalion
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| McIntosh's Battalion |
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| Pegram's Battalion |
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| Poague's Battalion |
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| Richardson's Battalion
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Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion:
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Fourth Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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Johnson's Division
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Elliott's Brigade |
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| Gracie's Brigade |
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| Ransom's Brigade |
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| Wise's Brigade
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Hoke's Division
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Martin's Brigade |
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| Clingman's Brigade
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| Hagood's Brigade |
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| Colquitt's Brigade |
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Corps Artillery
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38th Virginia Artillery Battalion
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| Moseley's Artillery Battalion
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| Boggs' Artillery Battalion
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| Coit's Artillery Battalion
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Cavalry Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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Butler's Division
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Young's Brigade | |
| Dunovant's Brigade
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Fitzhugh Lee's Division
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Wickham's Brigade | |
| Rosser's Brigade
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| Payne's Brigade | ||
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W.H.F. Lee's Division
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Barringer's Brigade |
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| Chambliss's Brigade
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| Dearing's Brigade |
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Horse Artillery
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Breathed's Battalion |
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Department of Richmond
LTG Richard S. Ewell
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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| Johnson's Brigade
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| Gary's Cavalry Brigade |
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Richmond forces
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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| Local Defense Brigade
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| Barton's Command
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| Independent Richmond Infantry |
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| Independent Richmond Cavalry |
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Post of Richmond
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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Artillery Defenses
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| First Division (Inner Line)
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| Second Division (Inner Line)
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| Lightfoot's Artillery Battalion
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Miscellaneous Artillery | ||
| Chaffin's Bluff
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| 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion
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| Naval Batteries
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Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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1st Military District
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| Walker's Brigade |
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| Post of Petersburg |
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| Fort Clifton |
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| Garnett's Brigade at Hicksford
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| High Bridge |
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| Mattoax Bridge |
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| Staunton River Bridge |
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| Danville Virginia |
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| Drewry's Bluff |
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| Smith's Artillery Battalion |
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References
http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/regimental-level-orders-of-battle/
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