Confederate Forces
in the Richmond and Petersburg Lines
5 - 10 May1
Commanding Officer: General G.T.Beauregard
Ransom's Division: Major General R.Ransom, Jr.
Gracie's Brigade: Brigadier General A.Gracie
41st Alabama Infantry Regiment
53rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
59th Alabama Infantry Regiment
60th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Barton's Brigade: Brigadier General S.M.Barton
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment
14th Virginia Infantry Regiment
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment
53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
57th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Kemper's Brigade: colonel W.R.Terry
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment
3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Hoke's (old) Brigade: Lt.Colonel W.G.Lewis
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
54th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
57th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion
Artillery: Lt.Colonel C.E.Lightfoot
Hankin's (Virginia) Battery
Rives' (Virginia) Battery
Thornton's (Virginia) Battery
Hoke's Division: Major General R.F.Hoke
Corse's Brigade: Brigadier General M.D.Corse
15th Virginia Infantry Regiment
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment
29th Virginia Infantry Regiment
30th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Johnson's Brigade: Brigadier General B.R.Johnson
17th & 23rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
25th, 44th, & 53rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Clingman's Brigade: Brigadier General T.L.Clingman
8th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
31st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
51st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Hagood's Brigade: Brigadier General J.Hagood
11th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
21st South Carolina Infantry Regiment
25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
Unattached:
51st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Artillery: Lt. Colonel B.F.Eschleman
Martin's (Virginia) Battery
Owen's (Louisiana) Battery
Payne's Battery (improvised battery)
Colquitt's Division: Brigadier General A.H.Colquitt
Colquitt's Brigade:
6th Georgia Infantry Regiment
19th Georgia Infantry Regiment
23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment
27th Georgia Infantry Regiment
28th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Ransom's Brigade:
24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Artillery: Major M.Owen
composition unknown
Cavalry:
3rd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
7th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
Whiting's Division: Major General W.H.C.Whiting
Wise's Brigade: Brigadier General H.A.Wise
26th Virginia Infantry Regiment
34th Virginia Infantry Regiment
46th Virginia Infantry Regiment
59th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Martin's Brigade: Brigadier General J.G.Martin
17th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
42nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
66th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Cavalry Brigade: Brigadier General J.Dearing
7th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
8th Georgia Cavalry Regiment
4th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
65th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
Artillery Battalion: Major J.P.W.Read
38th Virginia Artillery Battalion
Blount's Battery
Caskie's Battery
Macon's Battery
Marshall's Battery
Miscellaneous:
Elliot's Brigade: Colonel S.Elliot
61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion
Hunton's Brigade: Brigadier General E.Hunton
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment
25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
56th Virginia Infantry Regiment
42nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Maryland Line: Colonel B.T.Johnson
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment
1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment
1st Maryland Battery, Cpt. Dement
2nd Maryland Battery, Cpt. Griffin
4th Maryland Battery
Engineers:
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
D/1st Engineer Regiment
Richmond Defenses: Colonel W.H.Stevens
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
1st Division, Inner Line: Lt. Colonel J.W.Atkinson
10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
2nd Division, Inner Line: Lt. Colonel J.Howard
18th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion
Unattached:
Louisiana Guard Artillery, cpt. Green
Chaffin's Bluff: Lt. Colonel J.M.Maury
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
Goochland (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt. Talley
James City (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt. Richardson
Lunenburg (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt.Allen
Pamunkey (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt.Jones
Drewry's Bluff: Major F.W.Smith
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
Johnston's (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt.Epes
Neblett (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt. Coleman
Southside (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt. Drewry
United (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt.Kevill
Chaffin's Farm:
(on 10 May assigned to Ransom's Command)
Mathews (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt.Armistead
McComas (Virginia) Artillery, Cpt.French
Artillery: H.P.Jones
Moseley's Battalion: Lt. Colonel E.F.Moseley
Young's (Virginia) Battery
Cummings' (North Carolina) Battery
Miller's (North Carolina) Battery
Slaten's (Georgia) Battery
Coit's Battalion: Major J.C.Coit
Bradford's (Mississippi) Battery
Kelly's (South Carolina) Battery
Pegram's (Virginia) Battery
Wright's (Virginia) Battery
(Order of Battle From the George Nafziger Collection)2
Source:
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government
Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1882 ↩ - George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection ↩