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 during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
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
Other
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Army of Northern Virginia
Main article: Army of Northern VirginiaGen Robert E. Lee
First Corps
Main article: First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaGen Robert E. Lee
Chief of Artillery: Col James B. Walton
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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McLaws' Division
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Wofford's Brigade |
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| Semmes' Brigade |
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| Kershaw's Brigade |
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| Barksdale's Brigade |
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| Cabell's Artillery Battalion
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Anderson's Division
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Wilcox's Brigade |
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| Wright's Brigade |
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| Mahone's Brigade |
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| Posey's Brigade
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| Perry's Brigade |
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| Garnett's Artillery Battalion
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Artillery Reserve |
Alexander's Battalion
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| Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion
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Second Corps
Main article: Second Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaLTG 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
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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A. P. Hill's Light Division
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Heth's Brigade
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| Thomas' Brigade |
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| Lane's Brigade |
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| McGowan's Brigade
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| Archer's Brigade
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| Pender's Brigade |
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| Walker's Artillery Battalion |
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D. H. Hill's Division
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Rodes' Brigade
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| Colquitt's Brigade |
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| Ramseur's Brigade
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| Doles' Brigade |
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| Iverson's Brigade
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| Carter's Artillery Battalion
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Early's Division
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Gordon's Brigade |
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| Hoke's Brigade
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| Smith's Brigade |
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| Hays' Brigade |
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| Andrews' Artillery Battalion |
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Trimble's Division
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Paxton's Brigade
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| Jones' Brigade
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| Colston's Brigade
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| Nicholls' Brigade
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| Jones' Artillery Battalion
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Artillery Reserve |
Brown's Battalion
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| McIntosh's Battalion |
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Army Reserve Artillery
| Division | Battalions | Batteries |
|---|---|---|
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Army Reserve Artillery
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Cutt's Battalion
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| Nelson's Battalion
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Cavalry
Main article: Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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Stuart's Division
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Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade
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| William H. F. Lee's Brigade |
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| Horse Artillery |
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Notes
- Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 789-794; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 467-474
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 806-809/947-949; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 492-501
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 1161-1169/Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, page 1332
- 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)
- Acting Chief of Artillery Second Corps after Colonel Crutchfield was wounded (see: Alexander's report)
- Adjutant of the 55th Virginia
- Joined May 4, 1863 (see: Christian's report)
- Assumed command after the Brigade was reunited on May 3, 1863 (see: Hamilton's and Perrin's report)
- Not engaged, detached guarding Prisoners (see: Hamilton's report)
- Of the 23rd North Carolina; assumed command May 2, 1863 after Major Rowe was mortally wounded (see: Johnston's report)
- 31st Virginia detached (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 714)
- 25th Virginia detached (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 714)
- Left the battlefield on account of sickness (see: Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, page 329)
- First Virginia Artillery
- Assumed command of the whole Battalion after it was reunited (see: Dance's report)
- Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
- Lane's battery detached (see: Pendleton's report)
- 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
- ^ 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.