Battle of Williamsburg order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Williamsburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Bvt = Brevet Rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Joseph E. Johnston
Commanding in the field: MG James Longstreet
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division |
First Brigade
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Second Brigade
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Third Brigade |
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Fourth Brigade |
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Fifth Brigade |
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Colston's Brigade |
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Magruder's Command |
Semmes' Brigade | |
Kershaw's Brigade |
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Forces at Williamsburg |
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D. H. Hill's Division
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Early's Brigade
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Rodes' Brigade |
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Rains' Brigade |
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Featherston's Brigade |
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Unattached |
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Cavalry | Cavalry Brigade |
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from MG G.W. Smith's Command | Unattached |
Notes
References
- Hastings, Earl C. and David S. Hastings. A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; White Mane Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 1-57249-042-X
- Richard, J. (20 June 2007). "The Armies at the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862". History of War. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.