Battle of the Crater order of battle: Confederate

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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

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Richard Anderson's Division BG William Mahone	Mahone's (Virginia) Brigade Col David A. Weisiger (w) Col George T. Rogers	6th Virginia: Col George T. Rogers, Ltc Henry W. Williamson 12th Virginia: Cpt Richard W. Jones 16th Virginia: Ltc Richard O. Whitehead 41st Virginia: Maj William H. Etheridge 61st Virginia: Ltc William H. Stewart
	Wilcox's (Alabama) Brigade Col John C. C. Sanders	8th Alabama: Cpt William W. Mordecai 9th Alabama: Col J. Horace King 10th Alabama: Cpt Wilson L. Brewster 11th Alabama: Ltc George E. Tayloe 14th Alabama: Cpt Elias Folk (k)
	Wright's (Georgia) Brigade Ltc Matthew R. Hall	3rd Georgia: Ltc Claiborne Snead 22nd Georgia: Col George H. Jones 48th Georgia: Ltc Reuben W. Carswell 64th Georgia: Col John W. Evans (w)

First Corps Ltc Frank Huger	Haskell's Battalion Maj John C. Haskell	Branch Battery (North Carolina): Cpt Henry G. Flanner Nelson Battery (Virginia): Cpt James N. Lamkin
First Corps Ltc Frank Huger	13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery Maj Wade H. Gibbs (w)	Company A, Otey Battery: Cpt David N. Walker Company B, Ringgold Battery: Cpt Crispin Dickenson Company C, Davidson's Battery: Lt John H. Chamberlayne Mortar Battery: Lt Jack Langhorne
Third Corps Col Reuben Lindsay Walker	Pegram's Battalion Ltc William Pegram	Crenshaw's Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Ellett Letcher Light Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Brander

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Johnson's Division BG Bushrod Johnson	Ransom's (North Carolina) Brigade Col Leroy M. McAfee	24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke 25th North Carolina: Maj William S. Grady (mw) 35th North Carolina: Col James T. Johnson 49th North Carolina: Ltc John A. Flemming (k), Ltc James T. Davis 56th North Carolina: Cpt Lawson Harrill
	Elliott's (South Carolina) Brigade BG Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w) Col. William H. Wallace	17th South Carolina: Col Fitz W. McMaster, Maj John R. Culp 18th South Carolina: Col William H. Wallace, Lt Col William B. Allison 22nd South Carolina: Col David G. Flemming (k), Cpt James N. Shedd 23rd South Carolina: Col Henry L. Benbow (w) 26th South Carolina: Col Alexander D. Smith
	Wise's (Virginia) Brigade Col J. Thomas Goode	26th Virginia: Ltc William K. Perrin 34th Virginia: Maj John R. Bagby 46th Virginia: Ltc John H. Richardson 59th Virginia: Cpt Henry Wood (w)
Hoke's Division MG Robert Hoke	Clingman's (North Carolina) Brigade BG Thomas L. Clingman	61st North Carolina: Col James D. Radcliffe
Hoke's Division MG Robert Hoke	Colquitt's (Georgia) Brigade BG Alfred H. Colquitt	6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal 23rd Georgia: Col James H. Huggins 27th Georgia: Maj Hezekiah Bussey 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson
Artillery Col Hilary Pollard Jones, Sr.	Branch's Battalion Maj James C. Coit	Halifax Battery (Virginia): Cpt Samuel T. Wright Petersburg Battery (Virginia): Cpt Richard G. Pegram

Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-886661-06-5