Battle of the Crater order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
[edit]Military Rank
[edit]- Gen = General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
[edit]- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
[edit]Gen Robert E. Lee
III Corps
[edit]LTG A. P. Hill
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Richard Anderson's Division | Mahone's (Virginia) Brigade Col David A. Weisiger (w) |
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Wilcox's (Alabama) Brigade |
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Wright's (Georgia) Brigade Ltc Matthew R. Hall |
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Artillery
[edit] First Corps | Haskell's Battalion Maj John C. Haskell |
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13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery Maj Wade H. Gibbs (w) |
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Third Corps | Pegram's Battalion Ltc William Pegram |
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Department of North Carolina And Southern Virginia
[edit]Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Johnson's Division | Ransom's (North Carolina) Brigade Col Leroy M. McAfee |
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Elliott's (South Carolina) Brigade BG Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w) |
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Wise's (Virginia) Brigade Col J. Thomas Goode |
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Hoke's Division | Clingman's (North Carolina) Brigade |
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Colquitt's (Georgia) Brigade [temporarily assigned to Johnson's Division] |
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Artillery | Branch's Battalion Maj James C. Coit |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ manned by soldiers of Otey & Ringgold Batteries
References
[edit]- Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-886661-06-5