Appomattox campaign order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the final military encounter of the American Civil War, the 1865 Appomattox campaign, which lasted from March 29 to April 9 and resulted in Confederate surrender on April 9 at the Appomattox Court House. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

• (w) = wounded
• (mw) = mortally wounded
• (k) = killed in action
• (c) = captured

Army of Northern Virginia

Gen Robert E. Lee, Commanding
Staff:

• Chief of staff: Ltc Walter H. Taylor
• Assistant adjutants general: Col Charles S. Venable, Col Charles Marshall
• Assistant Inspector General: Maj Giles B. Cooke
• Chief of artillery: BG William N. Pendleton

First Corps

LTG James Longstreet
Staff:

• Corps medical director: Surgeon John Cullen

Second Corps

MG John B. Gordon
Staff:

• Assistant adjutant general: Maj Robert W. Hunter

Third Corps

LTG A. P. Hill (k, April 2)

Provost Guard

• 5th Alabama Battalion: Cpt Wade Ritter

Fourth Corps

LTG Richard H. Anderson

Cavalry Corps

MG Fitzhugh Lee

Department of Richmond

LTG Richard S. Ewell (c, April 6)
Ltc Thomas J. Spencer

Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

Notes

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 Park Service: Appomattox Court House (Confederate order of battle).
• Calkins, Chris. The Appomattox Campaign: March 29 – April 9, 1865. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Books, 1997. ISBN 0-938289-54-3.
• Marvel, William. Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-8078-5703-8.

1. Appomattox campaign order of battle
2. Appomattox campaign order of battle: Union
3. Appomattox campaign
4. Battle of Appomattox Court House
5. Battle of Appomattox Station
6. Battle of Sailor's Creek
7. Battle of High Bridge
8. Siege of Petersburg
9. Third Battle of Petersburg
10. Conclusion of the American Civil War
11. Battle of Gettysburg
12. Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Confederate
13. Battle of Namozine Church
14. Confederate States of America
15. James Longstreet
16. Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Confederate
17. Battle of Lewis's Farm
18. Overland Campaign
19. Battle of Cumberland Church
20. Carolinas campaign