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
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Sgt = Sergeant
Other
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
Staff:
- Chief of staff: Ltc Walter H. Taylor
- Assistant adjutants general: Col Charles S. Venable, Col Charles Marshall
- Assistant Inspector General: Maj Giles B. Cooke
- Chief of artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters units | Escort | 
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| Provost Guard 
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| Engineers 
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First Corps
LTG James Longstreet
Staff:
- Corps medical director: Surgeon John Cullen
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| Pickett's Division | Steuart's Brigade | 
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| Corse's Brigade 
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| Hunton's Brigade 
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| Terry's Brigade 
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| Field's Division | Perry's Brigade | 
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| Anderson's Brigade | 
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| Benning's Brigade | 
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| Gregg's Brigade 
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| Bratton's Brigade 
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| Kershaw's Division[3] 
 | DuBose's Brigade 
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| Humphrey's Brigade 
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| Simms' Brigade 
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| Artillery | Cabell's Battalion[4] 
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| Huger's Battalion 
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| Haskell's Battalion 
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Second Corps
MG John B. Gordon
Staff:
- Assistant adjutant general: Maj Robert W. Hunter
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| Formerly Ramseur's Division 
 | Battle's Brigade 
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| Grimes' Brigade 
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| Cox's Brigade | 
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| Cook's Brigade 
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| Archer's Battalion[5] 
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| Formerly J. Pegram's Division | R.D. Johnston's Brigade 
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| Lewis' Brigade 
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| Walker's Brigade 
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| Gordon's Division | Evans' Brigade 
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| Terry's Brigade 
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| York's Brigade 
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| Artillery | Nelson's Battalion[4] 
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| Braxton's Battalion | 
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| Cutshaw's Battalion 
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| Hardaway's Battalion | 
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| Johnson's Battalion 
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| Lightfoot's Battalion 
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| Stark's Battalion 
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Third Corps
LTG A. P. Hill (k, April 2)[6]
Provost Guard
- 5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt Wade Ritter
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| Mahone's Division | Forney's Brigade | 
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| Weisiger's Brigade | 
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| Harris' Brigade | 
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| Sorrel's Brigade 
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| Finegan's Brigade 
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| Heth's Division 
 | Davis' Brigade | 
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| Cooke's Brigade | 
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| MacRae's Brigade | 
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| McComb's Brigade | 
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| Wilcox's Division | Thomas' Brigade | 
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| Lane's Brigade | 
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| McGowan's Brigade | 
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| Scales' Brigade 
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| Artillery | McIntosh's Battalion 
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| Pegram's Battalion 
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| Poague's Battalion | 
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| Thirteenth Virginia Battalion 
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| Richardson's Battalion 
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| Lane's Battalion[4] 
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| Washington Artillery 
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Fourth Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| Johnson's Division | Wallace's Brigade | 
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| Moody's Brigade 
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| Wise's Brigade | 
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| Ransom's Brigade | 
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| Artillery 
 | Coit's Battalion 
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| Blount's Battalion 
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| Stribling's Battalion | 
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| Smith's Battalion 
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| Sturdivant's Battalion[4] 
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Cavalry Corps
MG Fitzhugh Lee
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| Fitzhugh Lee's Division | Munford's Brigade | 
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| Payne's Brigade 
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| Gary's Brigade | 
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| W. H. F. Lee's Division | Barringer's Brigade 
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| Beale's Brigade 
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| Robert's Brigade | 
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| Rosser's Division | Dearing's Brigade 
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| McCausland's Brigade | ||
| Horse Artillery 
 | Breathed's Battalion 
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| Chew's Battalion | 
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Department of Richmond
LTG Richard S. Ewell (c, April 6)
Ltc Thomas J. Spencer
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| G. W. C. Lee's Division
 | Barton's Brigade 
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| Moore's Brigade | 
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| Artillery Brigade 
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| Other units | Drewry's Bluff garrison 
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| Naval Brigade 
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| Unattached units | 
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Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others | 
|---|---|---|
| First Military District | Petersburg 
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| Unattached units | 
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Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 1267-1276
- ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the campaign.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 This artillery battalion were shown on the Army of Northern Virginia returns for March 31, but do not enumerated on the Appomattox paroles.
- ↑ Temporarily attached during the retreat.
- ↑ The Corps was attached to the First Corps on April 2, after the death of General Hill.
- ↑ Marvel, p. 226.
- ↑ Relieved of command, April 8. Johnson's Division was reassigned to the Second Corps on April 8.
- ↑ Relieved of command, April 8.
- ↑ by Pvt. David D. White, 37th Massachusetts Infantry or Pvt. Harris Hawthorn, 121st New York Infantry
- ↑ Apparently did not accompany his command on the retreat
- ↑ 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.