Seven Days Battles order of battle: Confederate The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3][4] The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee
Jackson's Command
MG Thomas J. Jackson
D. H. Hill's Division
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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D. H. Hill's Division[7]
MG Daniel H. Hill
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First Brigade
BG Robert E. Rodes[8]
Col. John B. Gordon
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Second Brigade
BG George B. Anderson (w - Malvern Hill) [9]
Col Charles C. Tew
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Third Brigade
BG Samuel Garland
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Fourth Brigade
Col Alfred H. Colquitt
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- 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry
- 6th Georgia: Ltc J .M. Newton
- 23rd Georgia: Col Emory F. Best
- 27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith
- 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen (mw)
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Fifth Brigade
BG Roswell S. Ripley
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- 44th Georgia: Col Robert A. Smith (mw), Cpt John W. Beck
- 48th Georgia: Col William Gibson
- 1st North Carolina: Col Montford S. Stokes (mw), Cpt H. A. Brown, Ltc William P. Bynum
- 3rd North Carolina: Col Gaston Meares (k), Ltc William L. De Rosset
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Artillery
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- Bondurant's Battery, Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery: Cpt J. W. Bondurant
- Carter's Battery, King William (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter
- Nelson's Battery, Hanover (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt G. W. Nelson
- Hardaway's (Alabama) Battery: Cpt Robert A. Hardaway
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Jones' Battalion[10]
Maj Hilary P. Jones
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- Clark's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt P. H. Clark
- Peyton's Battery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Lt C. W. Fry
- Rhett's (South Carolina) Battery: Cpt A. Burnet Rhett
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Magruder's Command
MG John B. Magruder
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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First Division
BG David R. Jones
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First Brigade
BG Robert Toombs
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- 2nd Georgia: Col Edgar M. Butt (w), Ltc William R. Holmes
- 15th Georgia: Col William M. McIntosh (mw), Ltc William T. Millican, Maj T. J. Smith, Cpt S. Z. Hearns
- 17th Georgia: Col Henry L. Benning
- 20th Georgia: Col Jonathan B. Cumming
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Third (Jones') Brigade
Col George T. Anderson
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- 1st Georgia Regulars: Col William J. Magill
- 7th Georgia: Ltc W. W. White (w), Maj E. W. Hoyle (w), Cpt George H. Carmical
- 8th Georgia: Col Lucius M. Lamar (w&c), Cpt George O. Dawson
- 9th Georgia: Col Richard A. Turnipseed
- 11th Georgia: Ltc William Luffman
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Artillery
Maj John J. Garnett
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McLaws' Division
MG Lafayette McLaws
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First Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes
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Fourth Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw
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Magruder's Division
MG John B. Magruder
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Second Brigade
BG Howell Cobb
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Third Brigade
BG Richard Griffith (mw - Savage's Station)
Col William Barksdale
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Artillery
Col Stephen D. Lee
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- Page's Battery, Magruder (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas Jefferson Page, Jr.
- Read's Battery, Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery: Cpt J. P. W. Read
- Richardson's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt L. W. Richardson
- Kirkpatrick's Battery, Amherst (Virginia) Artillery:[13] Cpt Thomas H. J. Kirkpatrick
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Longstreet's Division
Huger's Division
A. P. Hill's Light Division
Department of North Carolina
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Department of North Carolina[19]
MG Theophilus H. Holmes
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Third Brigade
Col Junius Daniel
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Artillery
Col James Deshler
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- Branch's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James R. Branch
- Brem's (North Carolina) Battery: Cpt T. H. Brem
- French's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt David A. French
- Graham's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Edward Graham
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Wise's Command[20]
BG Henry A. Wise
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Artillery Reserve
Division
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Battalions
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Batteries
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Artillery Reserve
BG William N. Pendleton
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1st Virginia Artillery[21]
Col J. Thompson Brown
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- Richmond Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton
- Coke's (Williamsburg) Battery: Cpt John A. Coke
- Watson's Battery: Cpt David Watson
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Nelson's Battalion[22]
Maj William Nelson
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- Huckstep's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt Charles T. Huckstep
- Page's Battery: Cpt R. C. M. Page
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Richardson's Battalion[23]
Maj Charles Richardson
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- Ancell's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt John J. Ancell
- Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Jr.
- Davidson's Battery, Letcher (Virginia) Artillery:[24] Cpt Greenlee Davidson
- Masters' (Virginia) Battery:[24] Cpt Leander Masters
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Sumter (Georgia) Artillery[25]
Ltc Allen S. Cutts
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- Blackshear's Battery: Cpt James A. Blackshear
- Price's Battery: Cpt John V. Price
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Miscellaneous[26]
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- Chapman's Battery, Dixie (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. H. Chapman
- Dabney's (Virginia) Battery: Cpt W. J. Dabney
- Dearing's (Lynchburg) Battery: Cpt James Dearing
- Grimes' (Virginia) Portsmouth Battery: Cpt Carey F. Grimes
- Hamilton's Battery: Cpt B. P. Hamilton
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Cavalry
Notes
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 483-489
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 502-510 and pages 973-984
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2,
pages 12-19
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ a b c d e f g These brigades are numbered as of the Valley District.
- ^ Cunningham commanded the brigade in the absence of Jones until June 29, when Jones took over. Jones was wounded on July 1, after which command devolved again on Cunningham.
- ^ Served part of time under Longstreet and Jackson.
- ^ Turned over command to John B. Gordon due to illness June 29.
- ^ Commanded Winfield Featherston's brigade July 1.
- ^ Temporarily assigned from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ a b Of the Sumter (Georgia) Artillery, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ Of Richardson's Battalion, from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ Of Nelson's Battalion, temporarily attached from the Artillery Reserve.
- ^ Commanding part of time D.H. Hill's Division, his own Division, and A.P. Hill's Light Division.
- ^ Temporarily commanded Longstreet's division June 29–30.
- ^ Stepped down from brigade command June 29 due to illness.
- ^ a b Belonging to the Department of North Carolina, temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
- ^ Served part of time under Longstreet.
- ^ Ransom's (Second) and Walker's (Fourth) Brigade temporarily attached to Huger's Division.
- ^ Temporarily attached.
- ^ Only the batteries mentioned in the reports are here given.
- ^ Kirkpatrick's Battery served with Magruder's Division.
- ^ Woolfolk's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command.
- ^ a b From A.P. Hill's Light Division, temporarily attached.
- ^ Lane's Battery served with First's Division Magruder's Command and Ross' Battery with Huger's Division.
- ^ Including all batteries mentioned in the reports and not otherwise accounted for.
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