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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Opequon on September 19, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

Other[]

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed
  • c = captured

Army of the Valley District[]

LTG Jubal Early

Staff:
Adjutant general: Ltc Alexander Pendleton

Breckinridge's Corps[]

MG John C. Breckinridge

Staff:
Chief of Artillery: Ltc John Floyd King[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Breckinridge's Division
BG Gabriel C. Wharton

Smith's Brigade


Col Thomas Smith

Forsberg's Brigade


Col Augustus Fosberg (w)
Maj William A. Younce (mw)

Patton's Brigade


Col George S. Patton

  • 22nd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John C. McDonald
  • 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc Clarence Derrick
  • 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc George M. Edgar

Gordon's Division
MG John B. Gordon

Evans' Brigade


Col Edmund N. Atkinson

  • 13th Georgia Infantry
  • 26th Georgia Infantry
  • 31st Georgia Infantry
  • 38th Georgia Infantry
  • 60th Georgia Infantry
  • 61st Georgia Infantry
  • 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion
Terry's Brigade


BG William R. Terry

York's Brigade


BG Zebulon York (w)
Col William R. Peck

  • 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana Infantry: Col William R. Peck
  • 1st, 2nd, 10th, 14th, and 15th Louisiana Infantry: Col Eugene Waggaman

Rodes' Division
MG Robert E. Rodes (mw)
BG Cullen A. Battle

Battle's Brigade


BG Cullen Battle
Col Samuel B. Pickens (w)
Col Charles Forsyth

  • 3rd Alabama Infantry
  • 5th Alabama Infantry
  • 6th Alabama Infantry
  • 12th Alabama Infantry
  • 61st Alabama Infantry
Grimes' Brigade


BG Bryan Grimes

Cox's Brigade


Col William R. Cox

  • 1st North Carolina Infantry
  • 2nd North Carolina Infantry
  • 3rd North Carolina Infantry
  • 4th North Carolina Infantry
  • 14th North Carolina Infantry
  • 30th North Carolina Infantry
Cook's Brigade


BG Philip Cook

Ramseur's Division
MG Stephen D. Ramseur

Pegram's Brigade


BG John Pegram

Hoke's Brigade


BG Archibald C. Godwin (k)
Ltc Anderson Ellis (w)
Ltc William S. Davis

  • 6th North Carolina Infantry
  • 21st North Carolina Infantry
  • 54th North Carolina Infantry
  • 57th North Carolina Infantry: Maj John Beard
Johnston's Brigade


BG Robert D. Johnston

  • 5th North Carolina Infantry
  • 12th North Carolina Infantry
  • 20th North Carolina Infantry: Col Thomas F. Toon
  • 23rd North Carolina Infantry: Col Charles C. Blacknall

Artillery
Col Thomas H. Carter

Braxton's Battalion


Maj Carter M. Braxton

  • Allegheny Artillery (Virginia): Cpt John C. Carpenter
  • Lee Battery (Virginia): Cpt WIlliam W. Hardwick
  • Stafford Battery (Virginia): Cpt Raleigh Cooper
McLaughlin's Battalion


Maj William McLaughlin

  • Lewisburg Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Bryan
  • Monroe Battery (Virginia): Cpt George B. Chapman
  • Wise Legion Battery (Virginia): Cpt William M. Lowry
Nelson's Battalion


Maj William Nelson

  • Amherst Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
  • Fluvanna Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Charles G. Snead
  • Georgia Regular Battery: Lt. Thomas A. Maddox

Cavalry Corps[]

MG Fitzhugh Lee

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Lee's Division
BG Williams Wickham

Lomax's Brigade


Col William Payne

Wickham's Brigade


Col Thomas Munford

Horse Artillery


Maj James Breathed

  • 1st Stuart Horse Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Philip P. Johnston
  • Lynchburg Beauregard Battery: Cpt John J. Shoemaker

Lomas's Division
MG Lunsford L. Lomax

Imboden's Brigade


Col George H. Smith

Johnson's Brigade


BG Bradley T. Johnson

McCausland's Brigade


Col Milton Ferguson[2]

Jackson's Brigade


Ltc William P. Thompson

Vaughn's Brigade


Ltc Onslow Bean

  • 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion
  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
  • 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
  • 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
  • 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry
  • 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
  • 60th–61st–62nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Horse Artillery
  • Charlottesville Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Jackson
  • Roanoke Battery (Virginia): Cpt Warren Lurty
  • Staunton Battery (Virginia): Cpt John H. McClanahan

Notes[]

  1. Patchan, p. 226.
  2. The official commander of this brigade, BG John C. McCausland, was absent during the battle for undisclosed reasons.

Sources[]

  • Patchan, Scott C. The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7 – September 19, 1864. El Dorado Hills, California: Savas Beatie, 2013. ISBN 978-1-932714-98-2.
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