The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8âÂÂ21, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 7âÂÂ12, 1864, army organization May 13âÂÂ25, 1864, the army organization during the Campaign and the reports.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Gen Robert E. Lee
General Staff:
First Corps
MG Richard H. Anderson
Second Corps
LTG Richard S. Ewell
General Staff:
- Assistant Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. Pendleton
- Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
- Assistant Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
- Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
- Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner (w)
- Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
- Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
- Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
- Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock
Third Corps
LTG Ambrose P. Hill <br/> MG Jubal A. Early
Cavalry Corps
MG J.E.B. Stuart (mw)
Gen Robert E. Lee
General Staff:
First Corps
MG Richard H. Anderson
Second Corps
LTG Richard S. Ewell
General Staff:
- Assistant Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. Pendleton
- Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
- Assistant Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
- Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
- Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
- Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
- Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
- Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock
Third Corps
MG Jubal A. Early <br/> LTG Ambrose P. Hill
Cavalry Corps
See also
Notes
References
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