Appomattox_campaign_order_of_battle:_Confederate

Appomattox campaign order of battle: Confederate

Appomattox campaign order of battle: Confederate

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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.[1][2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of Northern Virginia

Main article: Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
Staff:

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First Corps

Main article: First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

LTG James Longstreet
Staff:

  • Corps medical director: Surgeon John Cullen
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Second Corps

Main article: Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

MG John B. Gordon
Staff:

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Third Corps

Main article: Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

LTG A. P. Hill (k, April 2)[6]

Provost Guard

  • 5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt Wade Ritter
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Fourth Corps

Main article: Fourth Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

LTG Richard H. Anderson[8]

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Cavalry Corps

Main article: Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

MG Fitzhugh Lee

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Department of Richmond

Main article: Department of Richmond

LTG Richard S. Ewell (c, April 6)
Ltc Thomas J. Spencer

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Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 1267-1276
  2. [2]
    Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the campaign.
  3. [3]
    During the retreat Kershaw's and G. W. C. Lee's divisions, with other troops from the defenses of Richmond, were commanded by Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell.
  4. [4]
    This artillery battalion were shown on the Army of Northern Virginia returns for March 31, but do not enumerated on the Appomattox paroles.
  5. [5]
    Temporarily attached during the retreat.
  6. [6]
    The Corps was attached to the First Corps on April 2, after the death of General Hill.
  7. [7]
    Marvel, p. 226.
  8. [8]
    Relieved of command, April 8. Johnson's Division was reassigned to the Second Corps on April 8.
  9. [9]
    Relieved of command, April 8.
  10. [10]
    by Pvt. David D. White, 37th Massachusetts Infantry or Pvt. Harris Hawthorn, 121st New York Infantry
  11. [11]
    Apparently did not accompany his command on the retreat
  12. [12]
    Marvel, p. 195.

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. ISBN 0-938289-54-3.
  • Marvel, William. Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-8078-5703-8.
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