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Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5–6, 1864, the army organization at beginning of the Campaign, the army organization during the Campaign and the reports.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee

General Staff:

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet (w) <br> MG Charles W. Field <br> 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
  • 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

Cavalry Corps

MG J.E.B. Stuart

Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at the start of the battle.

First Corps

Second Corps

Third Corps

Cavalry Corps

Total Army of Northern Virginia

Notes

See also

References

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  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .
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  • Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002
  • Sibley, Jr., F. Ray, The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1996.
  • 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&ndash;1901.
  • Wise, Jennings C., The Long Arm of Lee, Volumen 2: Chancellorsville to Appomattox, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 1991
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  • Young, Alfred C., III. Lee's Army during the Overland Campaign: A Numerical Study. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2013. .