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Appomattox Campaign Confederate order of battle

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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.

Contents

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 = Seargent

    • 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 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

    References

    Appomattox Campaign Confederate order of battle Wikipedia
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