Cedar Creek Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] during the campaign.^[2] The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Military rank abbreviations used

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Army of the Valley

Main article: Army of the Valley

LTG Jubal Anderson Early, Commanding

Infantry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Ramseur's Division (2578 officers & men)^[3]^[4]      MG S.D. Ramseur (k)	Battle's Brigade (743 officers & men)^[5]    BG Cullen A. Battle (w)	Brigade Staff (7 officers) 3rd Alabama (218 off & men): Col Charles Forsyth 5th Alabama (131 off & men): Ltc Edwin L. Hobson 6th Alabama (141 off & men): Cpt Rinaldo M. Greene 12th Alabama(123 off & men): Cpt Poleman D. Ross 61st Alabama: Maj William E. Pinckard (123 off & men)
	Grimes' Brigade (795 officers & men)^[6]    BG Bryan Grimes	Brigade Staff (2 officers) 32nd North Carolina (94 officers & men): Colonel David G. Cowand 53rd North Carolina (235 officers & men): Colonel David G. Cowand 2nd North Carolina Battalion (108 officers & men): Colonel David G. Cowand 43rd North Carolina (228 officers & men): Colonel John R. Winston 45th North Carolina (128 officers & men): Colonel John R. Winston
	Cook's Brigade (444 officers & men)^[7]    BG Philip Cook	Brigade Staff (6 officers) 4th Georgia (99 officers & men): Ltc William H. Willis 12th Georgia (112 officers & men): Cpt James Everett 21st Georgia (135 officers & men): Cpt Henry T. Battle 44th Georgia (102 officers & men): Ltc James W. Beck
	Cox's Brigade (579 officers & men)^[8]    BG William Ruffin Cox	Brigade Staff (7 officers) 1st North Carolina (56 officers & men): Cpt William H. Thomson 2nd North Carolina (104 officers & men): Cpt. Thomas B. Beall 3rd North Carolina (52 officers & men): Cpt William H. Thomson 4th North Carolina (105 officers & men): Col Edwin A. Osborne 14th North Carolina (137 officers & men): Cpt Joseph Jones 30th North Carolina (118 officers & men): Cpt John C. McMillan
Pegram's (Early's) Division (1597 off & men)^[9]      BG John Pegram^[10]	Pegram's Brigade (437 officers & men)^[11]    Col John S. Hoffman	Brigade Staff (3 officers) 13th Virginia Infantry (93 officers & men): Cpt Felix Heiskell 31st Virginia Infantry (115 officers & men): Ltc J. S. Kerr McCutchen 49th Virginia Infantry (86 officers & men): Cpt John G. Lobban 52nd Virginia Infantry (84 officers & men): Cpt John M. Humphreys 58th Virginia Infantry (56 officers & men): Cpt Leroy C. James
	Johnston's Brigade (436 officers & men)^[12]    BG Robert D. Johnston	Brigade Staff (9 officers & men) 5th North Carolina Infantry (85 officers & men): Col John W. Lea 12th North Carolina Infantry (140 officers & men): Col Henry E. Coleman 20th North Carolina Infantry (106 officers & men): Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina Infantry (96 officers & men): Col Charles Blacknall 1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters (Not Reported): Cpt R. E. Wilson
	Godwin's Brigade (712 officers & men)^[13]    LtCol William S. Davis (w)	Brigade Staff (9 off & men) 6th North Carolina Infantry (179 officers & men): Ltc Samuel M. Tate 21st North Carolina Infantry (244 officers & men): Maj William J. Pfohl (k)^[14] 54th North Carolina Infantry (126 officers & men): Cpt Augustus H. Martin 57th North Carolina (154 officers & men): Cpt Miles H. Hunter
Gordon's Division      MG John Brown Gordon	Evans' Brigade    BG Clement A. Evans	13th Georgia: Col. John H. Baker 26th Georgia: Ltc James Blain 31st Georgia: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia: Ltc Philip E. Davant 60th Georgia: Col Waters B. Jones 61st Georgia: Capt Eliphalet F. Sharpe 12th Georgia Battalion:
	Hays'/Stafford's Brigades    Col William R. Peck	5th, 6th, and 7th Louisiana Consolidated Infantry 8th Louisiana Infantry 9th Louisiana Infantry 10th and 15th Louisiana Consolidated Infantry 1st and 14th Louisiana Consolidated Infantry 2nd Louisiana Infantry
	Terry's Brigade^[15]    BG William Terry	Old First Brigade 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Col Abraham Spengler Jones’ Old Second Brigade 21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Col Robert H. Dungan Steuart’s Old Third Brigade 10th, 23rd, and 37th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments: Ltc Dorilas H. L. Martz (?)
Kershaw's Division      MG Joseph B. Kershaw	Conner's Brigade    Maj James M. Goggin	2nd South Carolina: Maj Benjamin R. Clyburn (w) 3rd South Carolina: Maj Rutherford P. Todd (w) 7th South Carolina: Cpt Elijah J. Coggans 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henegan 15th South Carolina: -- 20th South Carolina:^[16] Col Stephen M. Boykin (c); Ltc Paul A. McMichaels (c) 3rd South Carolina Battalion: Cpt B. M. Whitener (k)
	Humphreys' Brigade    Col Daniel M. Moody (w)	13th Mississippi: Ltc Alfred G. O'Brien 17th Mississippi: Cpt Jesse C. Cochran 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Griffin 21st Mississippi: William H. Fitzgerald
	Wofford's Brigade    Col Christopher Columbus Sanders	16th Georgia: Maj James S. Gholston 18th Georgia: Col Joseph Armstrong 24th Georgia: Col Christopher C. Sanders 3rd Georgia Battalion: Ltc Nathan L. Hutchins Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Cpt John H. Burr Phillip's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc William W. Rich
	Bryan's Brigade^[17]    Col James P. Simms	10th Georgia: Col Willis C. Holt (mw) 50th Georgia: Col Peter A.S. McGlashan (w) 51st Georgia: Col Edward Ball (mw) 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
Wharton's Division (1171 officers & men)^[18]^[19]      BG Gabriel C. Wharton	Wharton's Brigade (417 officers & men)^[20]    Capt. Robert H. Logan	Brigade Staff (3 off) 45th Virginia Infantry (158 officers & men):-- 51st Virginia Infantry (183 officers & men):-- 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion (73 officers & men):--
	Echols' Brigade (286 officers & men)^[21]    Cpt Edmund S. Read	22nd Virginia Infantry (111 officers & men): Cpt Henry Dickinson 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion (83 officers & men): Cpt John M. Pratt 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion (92 officers & men): Cpt Frank C. Burdett
	Smith's Brigade (457 officers & men)^[22]    Col Thomas Smith	Brigade Staff (6 officers & men) 36th Virginia Infantry (161 officers & men): Lt. Jackson Via 60th Virginia Infantry (175 officers & men): Cpt Albert G.P. George 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion (25 officers & men): Cpt William B. Hensley Thomas's Legion (90 officers & men): Ltc James R. Love, jr.

Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Lomax's Division      MG Lunsford L. Lomax	Imboden's Brigade    Col George H. Smith	18th Virginia Cavalry: -- 23rd Virginia Cavalry: -- 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry: --
	Bradley T. Johnson's Brigade    BG Bradley T. Johnson	8th Virginia Cavalry: -- 21st Virginia Cavalry: -- 22nd Virginia Cavalry: -- 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: -- 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --
	McCausland's Brigade    BG John McCausland	14th Virginia Cavalry: -- 16th Virginia Cavalry: -- 17th Virginia Cavalry: -- 25th Virginia Cavalry: -- 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --
	Jackson's Brigade    BG Henry B. Davidson	2nd Maryland Cavalry: -- 19th Virginia Cavalry: -- 20th Virginia Cavalry: -- 46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: -- 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --
Rosser's (Fitz Lee's) Division      BG Thomas L. Rosser	Wickham's Brigade    Thomas T. Munford	1st Virginia Cavalry: -- 2nd Virginia Cavalry: -- 3rd Virginia Cavalry: -- 4th Virginia Cavalry: --
	Payne's Brigade    Col William H. F. Payne	5th Virginia Cavalry: -- 6th Virginia Cavalry: -- 15th Virginia Cavalry: --
	Rosser's Brigade    --	7th Virginia Cavalry: -- 11th Virginia Cavalry: -- 12th Virginia Cavalry: -- 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: --

Army Artillery

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Artillery      Col Thomas H. Carter	Braxton's Battalion    --	Virginia battery (Carpenter's): -- Virginia battery (Hardwicke's): -- Virginia battery (Cooper's): --
	Cutshaw's Battalion    --	Virginia battery, (Carrington's): -- Virginia battery, (Tanner's): -- Virginia battery, (Garber's). --
	Kings Battalion    Ltc J. Floyd King	Virginia battery (Bryan's): -- Virginia battery (Chapman's): -- Virginia battery (Lowry's): --
	Carter's Battalion    --	Alabama battery (Reese's): -- Virginia battery (W. P. Carter's): -- Virginia battery (Pendleton's): -- Virginia battery (Fry's): --
	Nelson's Battalion    Ltc William Nelson	Georgia battery (Milledge's): -- Virginia battery (Kirkpatrick's): -- Snead's (Virginia) Fluvanna Battery (Massie's): --
	Horse Artillery    --	Maryland battery (Griffin's): -- Virginia battery (Jackson's): -- Virginia battery (Lurty's): -- Virginia battery (McClanahan's): -- Virginia battery (Johnston's): -- Virginia battery (Shoemaker's): -- Virginia battery (Thomson's): --

Notes

1. Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 564-567
3. Includes 17 officers and enlisted men assigned to divisional staff.
4. Officers and men from October 1st report, NARA Microfilm Roll 10: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0828.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0829.jpg
5. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Battle’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 31-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0854.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0855.jpg
6. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Grimes’ Brigade, September 30th 1864, 32-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0868.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0869.jpg
7. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Cook’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 34-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0898.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0899.jpg
8. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Ramseur’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 33-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0881.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0882.jpg
9. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Early’s Division, September 30th 1864, 21-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0694.jpg .
10. Includes 12 officers and enlisted men on divisional staff.
11. Officers and men from Inspection report of Pegram's Brigade, 23-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0729.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0730.jpg
12. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Johnston’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 24-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109.: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0744.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0745.jpg
13. Officers and men from Inspection Report for Godwin’s Brigade, September 30th, 22-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109.: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0714.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0715.jpg.
14. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27946053/william-jacob-pfohl
15. Composed of the fragmentary remains of fourteen of the regiments of Edward Johnson's division, most of which was captured by the enemy May 12, 1864.
16. Goggin reports both Boykin & McMichaels being among the officers captured during the battle. See O.R. Volume 43 Part 1 pg. 595.
17. Report of James P. Simms, O.R. Volume 43 Part 1 pg. 589-592
18. Includes 11 officers and enlisted men on divisional staff.
19. Officers and men from Inspection Report of Wharton’s Division, September 29th 1864, 26-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0769.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0770.jpg
20. Officers and men from Inspection Report of Wharton’s Brigade, September 30th 1864, 29-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0817.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0818.jpg
21. Officers and men from Inspection Report of Patton’s Brigade, September 29th 1864, 28-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0802.jpg & https://ia902805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0803.jpg
22. Officers and men from Inspection Report of Smith’s Brigade, September 29th 1864, 27-P-24, Roll 10, M935, NARA Record Group 109: https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0788.jpg & https://ia802805.us.archive.org/24/items/NARA_M935_Roll_10/0789.jpg

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 Archives and Records Administration. "Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By The Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General's Office".

• Index to NARA Microfilm M935, Reel 10: Inspection Reports P-12 to 39-P-24.