Units fighting in the American Civil War The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Williamsburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. ## Abbreviations used[edit] ### Military rank[edit] * LTG = Lieutenant General * MG = Major General * BG = Brigadier General * Col = Colonel * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel * Maj = Major * Cpt = Captain * Lt = Lieutenant * Bvt = Brevet Rank ### Other[edit] * w = wounded * mw = mortally wounded * k = killed ## Army of Northern Virginia[edit] Main article: Army of Northern Virginia Gen Joseph E. Johnston Commanding in the field: MG James Longstreet Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | | Second Division MG James Longstreet BG Richard H. Anderson[1] | First Brigade BG A. P. Hill * 1st Virginia Infantry: Col Louis B. Williams (w), Maj William H. Palmer (w) * 7th Virginia Infantry: Col James L. Kemper * 11th Virginia Infantry: Col Samuel Garland (w) * 17th Virginia Infantry: Col Montgomery D. Corse Second Brigade BG Richard H. Anderson Col Micah Jenkins * 4th South Carolina Battalion: Maj Charles S. Mattison * 5th South Carolina: Col John R.R. Giles * 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton * Palmetto (S. C.) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walker * Louisiana Foot Rifles: Cpt McGavock Godwyn * Fauqueir (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling * Williamsburg (Virginia) Artillery (2 guns): Cpt William R. Garret * Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 guns): Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Third Brigade BG George Pickett * 8th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Norbourne Berkeley * 18th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Henry A. Carrington * 19th Virginia Infantry: Col John B Strange * 28th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert C. Allen * Lynchburg (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James Dearing Fourth Brigade BG Cadmus M. Wilcox * 9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry * 10th Alabama: Col John Woodward * 19th Mississippi: Col Christopher H. Mott (k), Ltc Lucius Q. C. Lamar Fifth Brigade BG Roger A. Pryor * 8th Alabama: Ltc Thomas E. Irby (k) * 14th Alabama: Maj Owen K. McLemore * 14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones * 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) * Richmond (Virginia) Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton Colston's Brigade BG Raleigh E. Colston * 3rd Virginia Infantry: Col Joseph Mayo * 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales * 14th North Carolina: Col Philetus W. Roberts * Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery (3 guns): Lt Lestang Fortier Magruder's Command BG D.R. Jones[2] BG Lafayette McLaws[3] | Semmes' Brigade BG Paul J. Semmes * 5th Louisiana * 10th Georgia * 10th Louisiana Infantry: Col Antoine J. de Marigny * 15th Virginia Infantry Kershaw's Brigade BG Joseph B. Kershaw * 2nd South Carolina * 3rd South Carolina * 7th South Carolina * 8th South Carolina Forces at Williamsburg Col Benjamin S. Ewell * 17th Virginia Infantry (Company H)[4] * 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) * 52nd Virginia Militia * 68th Virginia Militia * 115th Virginia Militia * Companies B and C, Allens' Battalion[5] D. H. Hill's Division MG D. H. Hill | Early's Brigade BG Jubal A. Early (W) Col Duncan K. McRae (w)[6] * 5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae * 23rd North Carolina: Col John F. Hoke, Maj Daniel H. Christie * 24th Virginia Infantry: Col William R. Terry (w), Maj Richard L. Maury * 38th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Powhatan B. Whittle Rodes' Brigade BG Robert E. Rodes * 5th Alabama: Col Christopher C. Pegues * 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon * 12th Alabama: Col Robert T. Jones * 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor * 2nd Florida: Col George T. Ward (k) Rains' Brigade BG Gabriel J. Rains * 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry * 26th Alabama Col Edward A. O'Neal * 6th Georgia: Col Alfred H. Colquitt * 23rd Georgia: Col Thomas Hutcherson Featherston's Brigade BG W.S. Featherston * 27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith * 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen * 4th North Carolina: Col George B. Anderson * 49th Virginia: Col William "Extra Billy" Smith Unattached | * 2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor Cavalry | Cavalry Brigade BG J. E. B. Stuart * 1st Virginia Cavalry * 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas F. Goode * 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col Williams C. Wickham(w),(Maj William H. F. Payne (w), Cpt Robert E. Utterback * Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion: Ltc William T. Martin * Wise Legion Cavalry: Col J. Lucius Davis * Pelham's (Virginia) Horse Artillery: Cpt John Pelham from MG G.W. Smith's Command | Unattached | * Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion[7] ## Notes[edit] 1. ^ commanding the left 2. ^ acting 3. ^ commanding division in the field 4. ^ Old Dominion Rifles 5. ^ 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery 6. ^ minor wound, stayed in command 7. ^ fought in the action of May 4 ## References[edit] * Hastings, Earl C. and David S. Hastings. A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; White Mane Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 1-57249-042-X * Richard, J. (20 June 2007). "The Armies at the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862". History of War. Retrieved 2 February 2016. * Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.