Battle of Gettysburg order of battle: Confederate
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The Confederate order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of Northern Virginia (multiple commander names indicate command succession during the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863)). Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]
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 in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
Summarize
Perspective
General Robert E. Lee, Commanding
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff and Inspector General: Col Robert H. Chilton
- Chief of Artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
- Medical Director: Dr. Lafayette Guild
- Chief of Ordnance: Ltc Briscoe G. Baldwin
- Chief of Commissary: Ltc Robert G. Cole
- Chief Quartermaster: Ltc James L. Corley
- Judge Advocate General: Maj Henry E. Young
- Military Secretary and Acting Asst. Chief of Artillery: Col Armistead L. Long
- Asst. Inspector General: Col Henry L. Peyton
- Asst. Inspector General and Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Henry E. Young
- Asst. Inspector General and Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Giles B. Cook
- Aide de Camp and Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Walter H. Taylor
- Aide de Camp and Asst. Military Secretary: Maj Charles Marshall
- Aide de Camp and Asst. Inspector General: Maj Charles S. Venable
- Aide de Camp: Maj Thomas M. R. Talcott
- Aide de Camp: Lt George W. Peterkin
- Engineer: Col William P. Smith
- Engineer: Cpt Samuel R. Johnston
General Headquarters:
- Escort: 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion (companies A & C)
First Corps
LTG James Longstreet, Commanding
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Moxley Sorrel (w)
- Signal Officer: Cpt Jacob H. Manning
- Quartermaster: Maj Samuel P. Mitchell
- Commissary and subsistence: Maj Raphael J. Moses
- Asst. Adjutant General & Asst. Inspector General: Maj Osmun Latrobe
- Asst. Adjutant General & Assistant Inspector General: Maj John Walter Fairfax
- Ordnance Officer: Lt. Col. Peyton T. Manning
- Engineer: Maj John J. Clarke
- Aide de Camp: Cpt Thomas J. Goree
- Medical Director: Dr. John S. D. Cullen
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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McLaws' Division
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Kershaw's Brigade: |
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Barksdale's Brigade
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Semmes' Brigade
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Wofford's Brigade |
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Cabell's Artillery Battalion
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Pickett's Division[5]
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Garnett's Brigade
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Kemper's Brigade
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Armistead's Brigade
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Dearing's Artillery Battalion
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Hood's Division
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Law's Brigade
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Robertson's Brigade
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Anderson's Brigade
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Benning's Brigade |
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Henry's Artillery Battalion
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Artillery Reserve
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Alexander's Artillery Battalion
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Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion
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Second Corps
LTG Richard S. Ewell, Commanding
General Staff:
- Supernumerary: MG Isaac R. Trimble[7]
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Charles J. Faulkner
- Asst. Adjutant General: Maj Alexander S. Pendleton
- Asst. Adjutant General: Maj George C. Brown
- Aide de Camp: Cpt James P. Smith
- Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner
- Asst. Adjutant General & Asst. Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
- Asst. Inspector General: Maj Benjamin H. Green
- Asst. Quartermaster: Maj John A. Harman
- Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks
- Engineer: Cpt Henry B. Richardson (w&c)
- Topographical engineer: Cpt Jedediah Hotchkiss
- Ordnance: Maj William Allen
- Signal Officer: Cpt Richard E. Wilbourn
- Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
- Escort: Randolph's Company Virginia Cavalry, Cpt William F. Randolph
- Provost Guard: 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Early's Division
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Hays' Brigade |
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Smith's Brigade[8] |
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Hoke's Brigade[9]
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Gordon's Brigade |
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Jones' Artillery Battalion
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Cavalry[10] | ||
Johnson's Division
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Steuart's Brigade |
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Stonewall Brigade |
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Nicholls' Brigade |
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Jones' Brigade
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Andrews' Artillery Battalion
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Rodes' Division
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Daniel's Brigade |
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Doles' Brigade |
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Iverson's Brigade |
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Ramseur's Brigade |
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Rodes' (old) Brigade
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Carter's Artillery Battalion
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Artillery Reserve
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First Virginia Artillery Battalion
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Nelson's Artillery Battalion
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Third Corps
LTG Ambrose P. Hill, Commanding
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: Maj William H. Palmer
- Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt William N. Stark
- Signal Officer: Cpt Richard H. T. Adams
- Aide-de-camp: Cpt Murray Forbes Taylor
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Anderson's Division
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Wilcox's Brigade |
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Mahone's Brigade |
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Wright's Brigade
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Perry's Brigade
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Posey's Brigade
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Cutts’ Artillery Battalion
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Heth's Division
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Pettigrew's Brigade[11]
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Heth's (old) Brigade |
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Archer's Brigade
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Davis' Brigade
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Garnett's Artillery Battalion
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Pender's Division
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McGowan's Brigade
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Lane's Brigade
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Thomas' Brigade |
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Scales' Brigade
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Poague's Artillery Battalion |
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Artillery Reserve
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McIntosh's Artillery Battalion |
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Pegram's Artillery Battalion
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Cavalry units
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Hampton's Brigade
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Robertson's Brigade[13] |
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Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade
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Jenkins' Brigade
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William H. F. Lee's Brigade
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Jones' Brigade[13] |
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Stuart's Horse Artillery |
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Imboden's Command[13] |
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