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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Piedmont of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

Confederate States Army of the Valley District[]

Department of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee[]

BG William E. Jones

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Infantry
    

1st Brigade


   Col Beuhring H. Jones

  • 36th Virginia: Ltc William E. Fife
  • 60th Virginia: Cpt James W. Johnston
  • 45th Virginia Battalion: Ltc Henry Beckley
2nd Brigade


   Col William E. Browne

  • Thomas Legion (North Carolina): Col Thomas Love
  • 45th Virginia: Ltc Alexander Davis
  • Virginia Cavalry (dismounted, from W.E. Jones' Brigade): Maj R. Henry Brewer
Vaughn's Brigade


   BG John C. Vaughn

  • 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion:
  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry: Col James Carter
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Maj George W. Day
  • 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion:
  • 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry (detachment):
  • 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry (detachment): Maj Robert McFarland
  • 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Ltc David Key
  • 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Col William L. Eakin
  • 60th, 61st & 62nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry (fragments):

Cavalry
    

Imboden's Brigade

   BG John D. Imboden

  • 18th Virginia Cavalry: Col George W. Imboden
  • 23rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Robert White
  • Davis Maryland Battalion (includes two companies of Rockingham County Reserves): Cpt Thomas S. Davis
  • Augusta Mounted Reserves (2 companies): Cpt John Opie

Reserves
    

Harper's Valley Reserves

   Col Kenton Harper

Artillery
    

  • Lewisburg Battery: Cpt Thomas Bryan
  • Staunton Horse Artillery: Cpt John McClanahan
  • Augusta Reserve Battery: Cpt James C. Marquis

See also[]

References[]

  • Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume 4 (New York: The Century Company), 1884.
  • Lepa, Jack H. The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.), 2003. ISBN 0-7864-1644-0
  • Patchan, Scott C. Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press), 2007. ISBN 0-8032-3754-5
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