The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the final military encounter of the American Civil War, the 1865 Appomattox campaign, which lasted from March 29 to April 9 and resulted in Confederate surrender on April 9 at the Appomattox Court House. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding<br/> Staff:
First Corps
LTG James Longstreet<br /> Staff:
- Corps medical director: Surgeon John Cullen
Second Corps
MG John B. Gordon<br /> Staff:
Third Corps
LTG A. P. Hill (k, April 2)
Provost Guard
- 5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt Wade Ritter
Fourth Corps
LTG Richard H. Anderson
Cavalry Corps
MG Fitzhugh Lee
Department of Richmond
LTG Richard S. Ewell (c, April 6) <br/> Ltc Thomas J. Spencer
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
Notes
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- National Park Service: Appomattox Court House (Confederate order of battle).
- Calkins, Chris. The Appomattox Campaign: March 29 – April 9, 1865. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Books, 1997. .
- Marvel, William. Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. .