Chancellorsville_Confederate_order_of_battle

Battle of Chancellorsville order of battle: Confederate

Battle of Chancellorsville order of battle: Confederate

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in Virginia's Battle of Chancellorsville, which lasted from April 30 to May 6, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4]

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Army of Northern Virginia

Main article: Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee

First Corps

Main article: First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee[5]

Chief of Artillery: Col James B. Walton

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Second Corps

Main article: Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

LTG Thomas J. Jackson (mw)
MG Ambrose P. Hill (w)
BG Robert E. Rodes
MG J. E. B. Stuart

Chief of Artillery: Col Stapleton Crutchfield (w), Col E. Porter Alexander, Col J. Thompson Brown

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Army Reserve Artillery

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Cavalry

Main article: Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. [2]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 789-794; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 467-474
  3. [3]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 806-809/947-949; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 492-501
  4. [4]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 1161-1169/Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, page 1332
  5. [5]
    The First Corps' commander, Lieutenant General James Longstreet, along with Pickett's and Hood's divisions and Dearing's and Henry's artillery battalions, were on detached duty in Southeastern Virginia. General Lee commanded the remnant of the corps directly (see: Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 36 and 49)
  6. [6]
    Acting Chief of Artillery Second Corps after Colonel Crutchfield was wounded (see: Alexander's report)
  7. [7]
    Adjutant of the 55th Virginia
  8. [8]
    Joined May 4, 1863 (see: Christian's report)
  9. [9]
    Assumed command after the Brigade was reunited on May 3, 1863 (see: Hamilton's and Perrin's report)
  10. [10]
    Not engaged, detached guarding Prisoners (see: Hamilton's report)
  11. [11]
    Of the 23rd North Carolina; assumed command May 2, 1863 after Major Rowe was mortally wounded (see: Johnston's report)
  12. [12]
    31st Virginia detached (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 714)
  13. [13]
    25th Virginia detached (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 714)
  14. [14]
    Left the battlefield on account of sickness (see: Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, page 329)
  15. [15]
    First Virginia Artillery
  16. [16]
    Assumed command of the whole Battalion after it was reunited (see: Dance's report)
  17. [17]
    Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
  18. [18]
    Lane's battery detached (see: Pendleton's report)
  19. [19]
    Hampton's Brigade (1st North Carolina, 1st and 2nd South Carolina, Cobb's and Phillips' Georgia Legion) and Jones' Brigade (1st Maryland Battalion and 6th, 7th, 11th, 12th Virginia, and 35th Virginia Battalion) detached
  20. [20]
    Engaged against Stoneman's raid

References

  • Sears, Stephen W. Chancellorsville. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-87744-X.
  • 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.
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