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
LTG Jubal Anderson Early, Commanding
Infantry
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Ramseur's Division
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Battle's Brigade
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Grimes' Brigade
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Cook's Brigade
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Cox's Brigade |
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Pegram's (Early's) Division
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Pegram's Brigade
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Johnston's Brigade |
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Godwin's Brigade
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Gordon's Division |
Evans' Brigade |
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Hays'/Stafford's Brigade's
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Remnants of 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th and 15th Louisiana Regiments: -- | |
Terry's Brigade[3] |
Jones’ Old Brigade
Steuart’s Old Brigade
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Kershaw's Division |
Conner's Brigade
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Humphreys' Brigade
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Wofford's Brigade
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Bryan's Brigade
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Wharton's Division |
Wharton's Brigade
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Echol's Brigade
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Smith's Brigade
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Cavalry
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Lomax's Division |
Imboden's Brigade
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Bradley T. Johnson's Brigade | ||
McCausland's Brigade | ||
Jackson's Brigade
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Rosser's (Fitz Lee's) Division |
Wickham's Brigade | |
Payne's Brigade | ||
Rosser's Brigade
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Army Artillery
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Artillery
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Braxton's Battalion
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Cutshaw's Battalion
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Kings Battalion
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Carter's Battalion
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Nelson's Battalion
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Horse Artillery
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Notes
- Multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 564-567
- 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.
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.