Numbers 263. Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia.* FIRST CORPS. Lieutenant General JAMES LONGSTREET. M'LAWS' DIVISION. Major General LAFAYETTE McLAWS. Kershaw's Brigade. Brigadier General JOSEPH B. KERSHAW. 2nd South Carolina, Colonel John D. Kennedy. 3rd South Carolina: Colonel James D. Nance. Lieutenant Colonel William D. Rutherford. Major Robert C. Maffett. Captain William W. Hance. Captain John C. Summer. Captain John K. G. Nance. 7th South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Elbert Bland. 8th South Carolina, Captain E. T. Stackhouse. 15th South Carolina,+ Colonel W. D. DeSaussure. 3rd South Carolina Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Rice. Barksdale's Brigade. Brigadier General WILLIAM BARKSDALE. 13th Mississippi, Colonel J. W. Carter. 17th Mississippi, Colonel John C. Fiser. 18th Mississippi, Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Luse. 21st Mississippi, Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys. Cobb's Brigade. (1.) Brig, General T. R. R. COBB. (2.) Colonel ROBERT McMILLAN. 16th Georgia, Colonel Goode Bryan. 18th Georgia,++ Lieutenant Colonel S. Z. Ruff. 24th Georgia, Colonel Robert McMillan. Cobb Legion. Phillips' Legion,+ Colonel B. F. Cook. Semmes' Brigade. Brigadier General PAUL J. SEMMES. 10th Georgia. 50th Georgia.+ 51st Georgia.+ 53rd Georgia. Artillery. Colonel H. C. CABELL.# Manly's (North Carolina) battery. Read's (Georgia) battery. Richmond Howitzers (1st), McCarthy's battery. Troup (Georgia) Artillery (Carlton's battery). --------------- *Based upon General Lee's roster for July 23, 1862, subsequent assignments, and the reports. The actual commanders are indicated as far as practicable. +Transferred from Drayton's brigade, November 26, 1862. ++Transferred from Robertson's brigade, November 26, 1862. #Cabell also commanded Nelson's battalion, and Branch's, Cooper's, Dearing's, Ells', Eubank's, Lane's, Macon's, and Ross' batteries. --------------- Page539 CHAP.XXXIII.] BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. ANDERSON'S DIVISION. Major General RICHARD H. ANDERSON. Wilcox's Brigade. Brigadier General CADMUS M. WILCOX. 8th Alabama. 9th Alabama. 10th Alabama. 11th Alabama. 14th Alabama.* Mahone's Brigade. Brigadier General WILLIAM MAHONE. 6th Virginia. 12th Virginia. 16th Virginia. 41st Virginia. 61st Virginia. Featherston's Brigade. Brigadier General W. S. FEATHERSTON. 12th Mississippi. 16th Mississippi. 19th Mississippi. 48th Mississippi (5 companies). Wright's Brigade. Brigadier General A. R. WRIGHT. 3rd Georgia, Colonel Edward J. Walker. 22nd Georgia. 48th Georgia, Captain M. R. Hall. 2nd Georgia Battalion,+ Captain C. J. Moffett. Perry's Brigade. Brigadier General E. A. PERRY.++ 2nd Florida. 5th Florida. 8th Florida: Captain David Lang. Captain Thomas R. Love. Artillery. Donaldsonville (Louisiana) Artillery, Captain V. Maurin. Huger's (Virginia) battery, Captain Frank Huger. Lewis' (Virginia) battery,# Captain John W. Lewis. Norfolk (Virginia) Light Artillery Blues,# Lieutenant William T. Peet. PICKETT'S DIVISION. Major General GEORGE E. PICKETT. Garnett's Brigade. Brigadier General RICHARD B. GARNETT.^ 8th Virginia. 18th Virginia. 19th Virginia. 28th Virginia. 56th Virginia. Armistead's Brigade. Brigadier General LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD. 9th Virginia. 14th Virginia. 38th Virginia. 53rd Virginia. 57th Virginia. Kemper's Brigade. Brigadier General JAMES L. KEMPER. 1st Virginia. 3rd Virginia. 7th Virginia. 11th Virginia. 24th Virginia. Jenkins' Brigade. Brigadier General M. JENKINS. 1st South Carolina (Hagood's). 2nd South Carolina (Rifles). 5th South Carolina. 6th South Carolina. Hampton Legion. Palmetto Sharpshooters. --------------- *Transferred from Pryor's brigade, November 10, 1862. +Transferred from Cooke's brigade, November 26, 1862. ++Assigned November 10, 1862. #Assigned December 1, 1862. ^Assigned November 26, 1862. Corse was assigned November 6, vice Pickett promoted, and was succeeded by Garnett. @Transferred from Pryor's brigade, November 10, 1862. --------------- Page540 OPERATIONS IN N. VA.,W. VA.,MD.,AND PA. [CHAP.XXXIII. Corse's Brigade.* Brigadier General MONTGOMERY D. CORSE. 15th Virginia. 17th Virginia. 30th Virginia. 32nd Virginia. Artillery.+ Dearing's (Virginia) battery. Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery (Stribling's battery). Richmond (Fayette) Artillery (Macon's battery).++ HOOD'S DIVISION. Major General JOHN B. HOOD. Law's Brigade. Brigadier General E. M. LAW. 4th Alabama. 44th Alabama.# 6th North Carolina. 54th North Carolina, Colonel J. C. S. McDowell. 57th North Carolina, Colonel A. C. Godwin. Robertson's Brigade. Brigadier General J. B. ROBERTSON. 3rd Arkansas.^ 1st Texas. 4th Texas. 5th Texas. Anderson's Brigade. Brigadier General GEORGE T. ANDERSON. 1st Georgia (Regulars). 7th Georgia. 8th Georgia. 9th Georgia. 11th Georgia. Toombs' Brigade. Colonel H. L. BENNING. 2nd Georgia. 15th Georgia. 17th Georgia. 20th Georgia. Artillery. German (South Carolina) Artillery (Bachman's battery). Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery (Garden's battery). Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery (Reilly's battery). RANSOM'S DIVISION. Brigadier General ROBERT RANSOM, Jr. Ransom's Brigade. Brigadier General ROBERT RANSOM, Jr. 24th North Carolina. 25th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel C. Bryson. 35th North Carolina. 49th North Carolina. Branch's (Virginia) battery. Cooke's Brigade. (1.) Brigadier General J. R. COOKE. (2.) Colonel E. D. HALL. 15th North Carolina.@ 27th North Carolina, Colonel John A. Gilmer, jr. 46th North Carolina, Colonel E. D. Hall. 48th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel H. Walkup. Cooper's (Virginia) battery. --------------- *Brigade organized and Corse assigned November 26, 1862. +Other batteries of this division are probably noted as "miscellaneous" (p. 544), their assignments not being clearly indicated by the reports. Stribling's battery was assigned December 1, 1862, "for service with the brigade to which it has long been attached." ++Transferred from McLaws' division, December 8, 1862. #Transferred from Wright's brigade, November 26, 1862. ^Transferred from Cooke's brigade, November 26, 1862. @Transferred from Cobb's brigade, November 26, 1862. --------------- Page541 CHAP.XXXIII.] BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. FIRST CORES ARTILLERY.* Washington (Louisiana) Artillery. Colonel J. B. WALTON. 1st Company, Captain C. W. Squires. 2nd Company, Captain J. B. Richardson. 3rd Company, Captain M. B. Miller. 4th Company, Captain B. F. Eshleman. Alexander's Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel E. PORTER ALEXANDER. Bedford (Virginia) Artillery, Captain Tyler C. Jordan. Eubank's (Virginia) battery, Captain J. L. Eubank. Madison Light Artillery (Louisiana), Captain George V. Moody. Parker's (Virginia) battery, Captain William W. Parker. Rhett's (South Carolina) battery, Captain A. B. Rhett. Wolfolk's (Virginia) battery, Captain P. Woolfolk, jr. SECOND CORPS. Lieutenant General THOMAS J. JACKSON. D. H. HILL'S DIVISION. Major General DANIEL H. HILL. First Brigade. Brigadier General R. E. RODES. 3rd Alabama. 5th Alabama. 6th Alabama. 12th Alabama. 26th Alabama. Second (Ripley's) Brigade. Brigadier General GEORGE DOLES. 4th Georgia. 44th Georgia, Colonel John B. Estes. 1st North Carolina. 3rd North Carolina. Third Brigade. Brigadier General A. H. COLQUITT. 13th Alabama. 6th Georgia. 23rd Georgia. 27th Georgia. 28th Georgia. Fourth Brigade. Brigadier General ALFRED IVERSON. 5th North Carolina. 12th North Carolina. 20th North Carolina. 23rd North Carolina. Fifth (Ramseur's) Brigade. Colonel BRYAN GRIMES. 2nd North Carolina. 4th North Carolina. 14th North Carolina. 30th North Carolina. Artillery. Major H. P. JONES. Hardaway's (Alabama) battery. Jeff. Davis (Alabama) Artillery (Bondurant's battery). King William (Virginia) Artillery (Carter's battery). Morris (Virginia) Artillery (Page's battery). Orange (Virginia) Artillery (Fry's battery). --------------- *Not assigned to divisions. --------------- Page542 OPERATIONS IN N. VA.,W. VA.,MD.,AND PA. [CHAP.XXXIII. A. P. HILL'S DIVISION. Major General AMBROSE P. HILL. First (Field's) Brigade. Colonel J. M. BROCKENBROUGH. 40th Virginia. 47th Virginia, Colonel Robert M. Mayo. 55th Virginia. 22nd Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel E. P. Tayloe. Second Brigade. (1.) Brigadier General MAXCY GREGG. (2.) Colonel D. H. HAMILTON. 1st South Carolina (P. A.), Colonel D. H. Hamilton. 1st South Carolina Rifles. 12th South Carolina. 13th South Carolina. 14th South Carolina, Colonel Samuel McGowan. Third Brigade. Brigadier General E. L. THOMAS. 14th Georgia. 35th Georgia. 45th Georgia. 49th Georgia. Fourth Brigade. Brigadier General J. H. LANE. 7th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Hill. 18th North Carolina, Colonel Thomas J. Purdie. 28th North Carolina, Colonel S. D. Lowe. 33rd North Carolina, Colonel Clark M. Avery. 37th North Carolina, Colonel W. M. Barbour. Fifth Brigade. Brigadier General J. J. ARCHER. 5th Alabama Battalion: Major A. S. Van de Graaff. Captain S. D. Stewart. 19th Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Hutchins. 1st Tennessee (Provisional Army): Colonel Peter Turney. Lieutenant Colonel N. J. George. Captain M. Turney. Captain H. J. Hawkins. 7th Tennessee, Colonel John F. Goodner. 14th Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Lockert. Sixth Brigade. (1.) Brigadier General WILLIAM D. PENDER. (2.) Colonel A. M. SCALES. 13th North Carolina, Colonel A. M. Scales. 16th North Carolina, Colonel John S. McElroy. 22nd North Carolina, Major Christopher C. Cole. 34th North Carolina. 38th North Carolina. Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel R. L. WALKER. Branch (North Carolina) Artillery, Lieutenant J. R. Potts. Crenshaw (Virginia) Battery, Lieutenant J. Ellett. Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery, Lieutenant E. A. Marye. Johnson's (Virginia) battery, Lieutenant V. J. Clutter. Letcher (Virginia) Artillery, Captain G. Davidson. Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery, Captain D. G. McIntosh. Purcell (Virginia) Artillery, Captain W. J. Pegram. Page543 CHAP.XXXIII.] BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. EWELL'S DIVISION.* Brigadier General JUBAL A. EARLY. Lawton's Brigade. (1.) Colonel E. N. ATKINSON. (2.) Colonel C. A. EVANS. 13th Georgia, Colonel J. M. Smith. 26th Georgia, Captain B. F. Grace. 31st Georgia, Colonel C. A. Evans. 38th Georgia, Captain William L. McLeod. 60th Georgia, Colonel W. H. Stiles. 61st Georgia, Colonel J. H. Lamar and Major C. W. McArthur. Trimble's Brigade. Colonel R. F. HOKE. 15th Alabama. 12th Georgia. 21st Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Hooper. 21st North Carolina. 1st North Carolina Battalion. Early's Brigade. Colonel J. A. WALKER. 13th Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Terrill. 25th Virginia. 31st Virginia. 44th Virginia. 49th Virginia. 52nd Virginia. 58th Virginia. Hays' (First Louisiana) Brigade. Brigadier General HARRY T. HAYS. 5th Louisiana. 6th Louisiana. 7th Louisiana. 8th Louisiana. 9th Louisiana. Artillery. Captain J. W. LATIMER. Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery, Captain J. McD. Carrington. Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery, Lieutenant John E. Plater. Courtney (Virginia) Artillery, Lieutenant W. A. Tanner. First Maryland Battery, Captain William F. Dement. Louisiana Guard Artillery, Captain Louis E. D'Aquin. Staunton (Virginia) Artillery, Lieutenant Asher W. Garber. JACKSON'S DIVISION. Brigadier General WILLIAM B. TALIAFERRO. First Brigade. Brigadier General E. F. PAXTON. 2nd Virginia, Captain J. Q. A. Nadenbousch. 4th Virginia: Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Gardner. Major William Terry. 5th Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel H. J. Williams. 27th Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel J. K. Edmondson. 33rd Virginia, Colonel Edwin G. Lee. Second Brigade. Brigadier General J. R. JONES. 21st Virginia. 42nd Virginia. 48th Virginia. 1st Virginia Battalion. Third (Taliaferro's) Brigade. Colonel E. T. H. WARREN. 47th Alabama, Captain James M. Campbell. 48th Alabama, Captain C. B. St. John. 10th Virginia, Captain W. B. Yancey. 23rd Virginia, Captain A. J. Richardson. 37th Virginia, Colonel T. V. Williams. Fourth (Starke's) Brigade. Colonel EDMUND PENDLETON. 1st Louisiana (Volunteers), Lieutenant Colonel M. Nolan. 2nd Louisiana, Major M. A. Grogan. 10th Louisiana, Major John M. Legett. 14th Louisiana, Captain H. M. Verlander. 15th Louisiana, Lieutenant Colonel McG. Goodwyn. Coppens' (Louisiana) battalion. --------------- *From division return for December 10, 1862, and Early's report. --------------- Page544 OPERATIONS IN N. VA.,W. VA.,MD.,AND PA. [CHAP.XXXIII. Artillery. Captain J. B. BROCKENBROUGH. Carpenter's (Virginia) battery, Lieutenant George McKendree. Danville (Virginia) Artillery, Captain G. W. Wooding. Hampden (Virginia) Artillery, Captain W. H. Caskie. Lee (Virginia) Artillery, Lieutenant C. W. Statham. Lusk's (Virginia) battery. RESERVE ARTILLERY.* Brigadier General W. N. PENDLETON. Brown's Battalion. Colonel J. THOMPSON BROWN. Brooke's (Virginia) battery. Dance's battery, Powhatan Artillery.+ Hupp's battery, Salem Artillery.+ Poague's (Virginia) battery, Rockbridge Artillery. Smith's battery, Third Howitzers.+ Watson's battery, Second Howitzers.+ Cutts' (Georgia) Battalion. Lane's battery. Patterson's battery. Ross' battery, Captain H. M. Ross. Nelson's Battalion. Major WILLIAM NELSON. Kirkpatrick's (Virginia) battery, Amherst Artillery. Massie's (Virginia) battery, Fluvanna Artillery. Milledge's (Georgia) battery. Miscellaneous Batteries.++ Ells' (Georgia) battery. Nelson's (Virginia) battery, Hanover Artillery, Captain G. W. Nelson. CAVALRY.# Major General JAMES E. B. STUART. First Brigade.^ Brigadier General WADE HAMPTON. 1st North Carolina, Colonel L. S. Baker. 1st South Carolina, Colonel J. L. Black. 2nd South Carolina, Colonel M. C. Butler. Cobb (Georgia) Legion, Lieutenant Colonel P. M. B. Young. Phillips' (Georgia) Legion, Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich. Second Brigade. Brigadier General FITZHUGH LEE. 1st Virginia, Colonel James H. Drake. 2nd Virginia, Colonel Thomas T. Munford. 3rd Virginia, Colonel T. H. Owen. 4th Virginia, Colonel Williams C. Wickham. 5th Virginia.@ Third Brigade. Brigadier General W. H. F. LEE. 2nd North Carolina, Colonel S. Williams. 9th Virginia, Colonel R. L. T. Beale. 10th Virginia, Colonel J. Lucius Davis. 13th Virginia, Colonel J. R. Chambliss, jr. 15th Virginia, Colonel William B. Ball. Fourth Brigade.** Brigadier General W. E. JONES. 6th Virginia, Colonel John S. Green. 7th Virginia, Colonel R. H. Dulany. 12th Virginia, Colonel A. W. Harman. 17th Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel O. R. Funsten. White's (Virginia) battalion, Major E. V. White. --------------- *Majors Garnett, Hamilton, and T. J. Page, jr., are mentioned in the reports as commanding artillery battalions, but their composition is not stated. +Of the First Virginia Light Artillery. ++Mentioned in the reports, but assignments not indicated. #Organization of brigades as established November 10, 1862. On roster for December 16, 1862, Hart's, Breathed's, Moorman's, and Chew's batteries appear as attached, respectively, to the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Brigades. Commanders are given as reported December 16, 1862. ^Detachment on raid to Dumfries. @Transferred from Third Brigade, between November 10 and December 31. **In the Shenandoah Valley. --------------- Page545 CHAP.XXXIII.] BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. Artillery. Major JOHN PELHAM. Breathed's (Virginia) battery, Captain J. Breathed. Chew's (Virginia) battery, Captain R. P. Chew. Hart's (South Carolina) battery, Captain J. F. Hart. Henry's (Virginia) battery, Captain M. W. Henry. Moorman's (Virginia) battery, Captain M. N. Moorman.