Organization of Union Forces
ARMIES IN NORTH CAROLINA COMMANDED BY
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman (88,948)
Headquarters Guard
7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters, Lt. James Cox
Engineers and Mechanics
1st Michigan, Col. John B. Yates
1st Missouri (five companies), Lt. Col. William Tweeddale
Artillery
Bvt. Maj. Gen. William F. Barry
RIGHT WING (28,834)
(ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE)
Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard
Escort
5th Illinois Cavalry (Co. K), Capt. William Duncan
4th Company Ohio Cavalry, Capt. John L. King
Pontoon Train Guard
14th Wisconsin (Co. E), Capt. William I. Henry
FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS (15,670)
Maj. Gen. John A. Logan
First Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles R. Woods
First Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. William B. Woods
126th Indiana, Col. Reuben Williams
26th Iowa, Maj. John Lubbers
27th Missouri, Col. Thomas Curly
31st/32nd Missouri (six companies), Lt. Col. Abraham J. Seay
76th Ohio, Lt. Col. Edward Briggs
Second Brigade, Col. Robert F. Catterson
26th Illinois, Lt. Col. Ira J. Bloomfield
40th Illinois, Lt. Col. Hiram W. Hall
103rd Illinois, Lt. Col. George W. Wright
97th Indiana, Lt. Col. Aden G. Cavins
100th Indiana, Maj. Ruel M. Johnson, Capt. John W. Headington
6th Iowa, Lt. Col. William H. Clune
46th Ohio, Lt. Col. Edward N. Upton
Third Brigade, Col George A. Stone
4th Iowa, Maj. Albert R. Anderson
9th Iowa, Maj. Alonzo Abernethy
25th Iowa, Lt. Col. David J. Palmer
30th Iowa, Lt. Col. Aurelius Roberts
31st Iowa, Lt. Col. Jeremiah W. Jenkins
Second Division, Maj. Gen. William B. Hazen
First Brigade, Col. Theodore Jones
55th Illinois, Capt. Charles A. Andress
116th Illinois, Lt. Col. John E. Maddux, Capt. Necolas Geschwind
127th Illinois, Lt. Col. Frank S. Curtiss
6th Missouri, Lt. Col. Delos Van Deusen
30th Ohio, Lt. Col. Emerson P. Brooks
57th Ohio, Lt. Col. Samuel R. Mott
Second Brigade, Col. Wells S. Jones
111th Illinois, Col. James S. Martin
83rd Indiana, Capt. Charles W. White, Capt. William N. Craw
37th Ohio, Lt. Col. Louis von Blessingh
47th Ohio, Col. Augustus C. Parry
53rd Ohio, Maj. Preston R. Galloway
54th Ohio, Lt. Col. Israel T. Moore
Third Brigade, Brig. Gen. John M. Oliver
48th Illinois, Lt. Col. Thomas L. B. Weems
90th Illinois, Lt. Col. Owen Stuart
99th Indiana, Capt. Josiah Farrar
15th Michigan, Lt. Col. Frederick S. Hutchinson
70th Ohio, Lt. Col. Henry L. Philips
Third Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. John E. Smith
First Brigade, Brig. Gen. William Clark
63rd Illinois, Col. Joseph B. McCown, Capt. Joseph R. Stanford
93rd Illinois, Lt. Col. Nicholas C. Buswell
48th Indiana, Capt. Newton Bingham
59th Indiana, Lt. Col. Jefferson K. Scott, Maj. Thomas A. McNaught
4th Minnesota, Col. John E. Tourtellotte, Capt Leverett R. Wellman
18th Wisconsin, Lt. Col. Charles H. Jackson
Second Brigade, Col. Clark R. Wever, Col. John E. Tourtellotte
56th Illinois, Lt. Col. John P. Hall
10th Iowa, Lt. Col. William H. Silsby
17th Iowa (one company), Capt. William Horner
10th/26th Missouri (two companies), Lt. Theron M. Rice
80th Ohio, Lt. Col. Pren Metham, Maj. Thomas C. Morris
Fourth Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. John M. Corse
First Brigade, Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice
52nd Illinois, Lt. Col. Jerome D. Davis
66th Indiana, Lt. Col. Roger Martin
2nd Iowa, Col. Noel B. Howard
7th Iowa, Lt. Col. James C. Parrott
Second Brigade, Col. Robert N. Adams
12th Illinois, Lt. Col. Hector Perrin
66th Illinois, Lt. Col. Andrew K. Campbell
81st Ohio, Maj. William C. Henry
Third Brigade, Col. Frederick J. Hurlbut
7th Illinois, Lt. Col. Hector Perrin
50th Illinois, Lt. Col. William Hanna
57th Illinois, Maj. Frederick A. Battey
39th Iowa, Lt. Col. Joseph M. Griffiths
Unassigned
29th Missouri Mounted Infantry, Col. Joseph S. Gage
110th U.S. Colored Troops, Maj. William C. Hawley, Capt. Thomas Kennedy, Capt. Zac. C. Wilson, Capt. Jacob Kemnitzer
Artillery, Lt. Col. William H. Ross
1st Illinois, Battery H, Capt. Francis DeGress, Lt.Robert S. Gray
1st Michigan, Battery B, Lt. Edward B. Wright
1st Missouri, Battery H, Capt. Charles M. Callahan
12th Wisconsin Battery, Capt. William Zickerick
SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS (13, 164)
Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair Jr
11th Illinois Cavalry (Co. G), Capt. Stephen S. Tripp
First Division, Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Mower, Brig. Gen. Manning F. Force
First Brigade, Brig. Gen. John W. Fuller
64th Illinois, Ma. Joseph S. Reynolds
18th Missouri, Col. Charles S. Sheldon, Lt. Col. William H. Minter, Maj. William M. Edgar
27th Ohio, Maj. Isaac N. Gilruth
39th Ohio, Lt. Col. Daniel Weber
Second Brigade, Brig. Gen. John W. Sprague
35th New Jersey, Col. John J. Cladek
43rd Ohio, Maj. Horace Park
63rd Ohio, Maj. Oscar L. Jackson
25th Wisconsin, Lt. Col. Jeremiah M. Rusk
Third Brigade, Col. Charles H. DeGroat, Bvt. Brig. Gen. John Tilson
10th Illinois, Lt. Col. David Gillespie
25th Indiana, Lt. Col. James S. Wright
32nd Wisconsin, Lt. Col. Joseph H. Carleton, Maj. William H. Burrows
Third Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Mortimer D. Leggett
First Brigade, Brig. Gen. Charles Ewing
20th Illinois, Capt. Henry King
30th Illinois, Lt. Col. William C. Rhoades, Capt. John P. Davis
31st Illinois, Lt. Col. Robert N. Pearson
45th Illinois, Maj. John O. Duer
12th Wisconsin, Col. James K. Proudfit
16th Wisconsin, Col. Cassius Fairchild
Second Brigade, Brig. Gen. Robert K. Scott
20th Ohio, Lt. Col. Harrison Wilson
68th Ohio, Lt. Col. George E. Welles
78th Ohio, Col. Greenberry Wiles, Lt. Col. Gilbert D. Munson
17th Wisconsin, Col. Adam G. Malloy
Fourth Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Giles A. Smith
First Brigade, Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Potts
14th/15th Illinois Battalion, Col. George C. Rogers
53rd Illinois, Col. John W. McClanahan
32nd Ohio, Lt. Col. Jefferson J. Hibbets
Third Brigade, Brig. Gen. William W. Belknap
32nd Illinois, Capt. John J. Rider
11th Iowa, Lt. Col. Benjamin Beach
13th Iowa, Lt. Col. Justin C. Kennedy
15th Iowa, Maj. George Pomutz
16th Iowa, Maj. John H. Smith
Unassigned
9th Illinois Mounted Infantry, Lt. Col. Samuel T. Hughes
Artillery, Maj. Frederick Welker
1st Michigan, Battery C, Lt. William W. Hyzer
1st Minnesota Battery, Capt. William Z. Clayton
15th Ohio Battery, Capt. James Burdick
LEFT WING (28,063)
(ARMY OF GEORGIA)
Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum
Pontoniers
58th Indiana, Lt. Col. Joseph Moore
FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS (15,098)
Bvt. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis
Provost Guard, Lt. Col. E. Hibbard Topping
110th Illinois (9 companies)
24th Illinois (Co. A)
First Division, Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt
First Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Harrison C. Hobart
104th Illinois, Maj. John H. Widmer
42nd Indiana, Maj. Gideon R. Kellams
88th Indiana, Maj. Lewis J. Blair
33rd Ohio, Capt. Joseph Hinson
94th Ohio, Maj. William H. Snider
21st Wisconsin, Lt. Col. Michael H. Fitch
Second Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. George P. Buell
13th Michigan, Capt. Silas A. Yerkes
21st Michigan, Lt. Col. Loomis K. Bishop
69th Ohio, Lt. Col. Joseph H. Brigham
Third Brigade, Col. Henry A. Hambright
38th Indiana, Capt. David H. Patton
21st Ohio, Lt. Col. Arnold McMahan
74th Ohio, Ma. Robert P. Findley
79th Pennsylvania, Capt. John S. McBride
Second Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. James D. Morgan
Provost Guard
110th Illinois (Co. B), Capt William R. Hester
First Brigade, Brig. Gen. William Vandever
16th Illinois, Capt. Herman Lund
60th Illinois, Maj. James H. McDonald
10th Michigan, Capt. William H. Dunphy
14th Michigan, Lt. Col. George W. Grummond
17th New York, Maj. Alexander S. Marshall
Second Brigade, Brig. Gen. John G. Mitchell
24th Illinois, Lt. Col. Peter Ege
78th Illinois, Lt. Col. Maris R. Vernon
98th Ohio, Maj. David E. Roatch
108th Ohio, Lt. Col. Joseph Good
113th Ohio, Capt. Otway Watson
121st Ohio, Maj. Aaron B Robinson
Third Brigade, Lt. Col. James W. Langley
85th Illinois, Capt. James R. Griffith
86th Illinois, Lt. Col. Allen L. Fahnestock
125th Illinois, Capt. George W. Cook
22nd Indiana, Capt. William H. Snodgrass
37th Indiana (one company), Lt. Socrates Carver
52nd Ohio, Maj. James T. Holmes
Third Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Absalom Baird
First Brigade, Col. Morton C. Hunter
82nd Indiana, Lt. Col. John M. Matheny
23rd Missouri (four companies), Maj. John H. Jolley
11th Ohio (detachment), Capt. Francis H. Loring
17th Ohio, Lt. Col. Benjamin H. Showers
31st Ohio, Capt. Michael Stone, Capt. Eli Wilkin
89th Ohio, Lt. Col. William H. Glenn
92nd Ohio, Lt. Col. John C. Morrow
Second Brigade, Col. Newell Gleason
75th Indiana, Lt. Col. William O’Brien
87th Indiana, Lt. Col. Edwin P. Hammond
101st Indiana, Lt. Col. Thomas Doan
2nd Minnesota, Lt. Col. Judson W. Bishop
105th Ohio, Lt. Col. George T. Perkins
Third Brigade, Lt. Col. Hubbard K. Milward, Brig. Gen. George S. Greene
74th Indiana, Lt. Col. Thomas Morgan
18th Kentucky, Maj. John J. Hall, Lt. Col. Hubbard K. Milward
14th Ohio, Lt. Col. Albert Moore
38th Ohio, Capt. Charles M. Gilbert
Artillery, Maj. Charles Houghtaling
1st Illinois, Battery C, Lt. Palmer F. Scovel
2nd Illinois, Battery I, Lt. Judson Rich
19th Indiana Battery, Lt. Clinton Keeler
5th Wisconsin Battery, Capt. Joseph McKnight, Lt. Elijah Booth Jr.
TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS (12,965)
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams
Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower
First Division, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel J. Jackson, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams
First Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. James L. Selfrige
5th Connecticut, Lt. Col. Henry W. Daboll
123rd New York, Col. James C. Rogers
141st New York, Lt. Col. Andrew J. McNett
46th Pennsylvania, Maj. Patrick Griffith
Second Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hawley
2nd Massachusetts, Capt Edward A. Phalen
13th New Jersey, Lt. Col. Frederick H. Harris
107th New York, Col. Nirom M. Crane
150th New York, Col. Alfred B. Smith
3rd Wisconsin, Lt. Col. George W. Stevenson
Third Brigade, Brig. Gen. James S. Robinson
82nd Illinois, Lt. Col. Edward S. Salomon
101st Illinois, Lt. Col. John B. LeSage
143rd New York, Col. Horace Boughton
82nd Ohio (comprising 61st and 82nd Ohio), Maj. James S. Crall
31st Wisconsin, Col. Francis H. West
Second Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. John W. Geary
First Brigade, Col. George W. Mindil, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Ario Pardee Jr.
5th Ohio, Lt. Col. Robert Kirkup
29th Ohio, Lt. Col. Jonas Schoonover
66th Ohio, Lt. Col. Eugene Powell, Capt. Theodoric G. Keller
28th Pennsylvania, Lt. Col. James Fitzpatrick
147th Pennsylvania, Lt. Col. John Craig
Second Brigade, Col. Patrick H. Jones
33rd New Jersey, Lt. Col. Enos Fourat, Maj. Nathaniel K. Bray
119th New York, Col. John T. Lockman
134th New York, Lt. Col. Allan H. Jackson
154th New York, Lt. Col. Lewis D. Warner
73rd Pennsylvania, Maj. Christian H. Goebel
Third Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Henry A. Barnum
60th New York, Lt. Col. Lester S. Wilson
102nd New York, Maj. Oscar J. Spaulding
137th New York, Lt. Col. Koert S. Van Voorhees
149th New York, Maj. Nicholas Grumbach
29th Pennsylvania, Col. Samuel M. Zulich
111th Pennsylvania (comprising 109th and 111th Pennsylvania), Col. Thomas M. Walker
Third Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. William T. Ward
First Brigade, Col. Henry Case, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Harrison
102nd Illinois, Col. Franklin C. Smith
105th Illinois, LT. Col. Everell F. Dutton
129th Illinois, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Flynn, Col. Henry Case
70th Indiana, Lt. Col. Samuel Merrill
79th Ohio, Lt. Col. Azariah W. Doan
Second Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Daniel Dustin
33rd Indiana, Lt. Col. James E. Burton
85th Indiana, Lt. Col. Alexander B. Crane
19th Michigan, Maj. David Anderson
22nd Wisconsin, Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood
Third Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Cogswell
20th Connecticut, Lt. Col. Philo B. Buckingham
33rd Massachusetts, Lt. Col. Elisha Doane
136th New York, Col. James Wood Jr
5th Ohio, Maj. Charles P. Wickham
73rd Ohio, Maj. Thomas W. Higgins
26th Wisconsin, Maj. Francis Lackner
Artillery, Maj. John A. Reynolds, Capt. Charles E. Winegar
1st New York, Battery I, Capt. Charles E. Winegar, Lt. Warren L. Scott
1st New York, Battery M, Capt Edward P. Newkirk
1st Ohio, Battery C, Lt. Jerome B. Stephens
Pennsylvania Light, Battery E, Capt. Thomas S. Sloan
CENTER (26,392)
(ARMY OF THE OHIO)
Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield
Escort
7th Ohio Cavalry (Co. G), Capt. John A. Ashbury
Signal Corps, Capt. Edmund H. Russell
Engineers
15th New York (three companies), Maj. Henry V. Slosson
Artillery, Lt. Col. Terance J. Kennedy
TENTH ARMY CORPS (12,099)
Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry
Escort
20th New York Cavalry (Co. I), Capt John J. Carroll
First Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Henry W. Birge
(First Brigade at Morehead City and Second Brigade at Wilmington).
Third Brigade, Col. Nicholas W. Day
24th Iowa, Lt. Col. Edward Wright
38th Massachusetts, Lt. Col. James P. Richardson
128th New York, Capt. Henry H. Sincerbox
156th New York, Capt. Alfred Cooley
175th New York (five companies), Capt. Charles McCarthey
176th New York, Maj. Charles Lewis
Artillery
22nd Indiana Battery, Lt. George W. Alexander
Second Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Adelbert Ames
First Brigade, Col. Rufus Daggett
3rd New York, Lt. Col. Alfred Dunham
112th New York, Col. Ephraim A. Ludwick
117th New York, Capt. Edward Downer
142nd New York, Col. Albert M. Barney
Second Brigade, Col. William B. Coan, Col. John S. Littell
47th New York, Col. Christopher R. MacDonald
48th New York, Capt. Van Rensselaer K. Hilliard, Col. William B. Coan
76th Pennsylvania, Maj. Charles Knerr
97th Pennsylvania, Lt. Col. John Wainwright
203rd Pennsylvania, Lt. Col. Amos W. Bachman
Third Brigade, Col. G. Frederick Granger
13th Indiana, Lt. Col. Samuel M. Zent
9th Maine, Lt. Col. Joseph Noble
4th New Hampshire, Capt. John H. Roberts
115th New York, Lt. Col. Nathan J. Johnson
169th New York, Col. James A. Colvin
Artillery
16th New York Battery, Capt. Richard H. Lee
Third Division, Brig. Gen. Charles J. Paine
First Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Delevan Bates
1st U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. Giles H. Rich
30th U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. Hiram A. Oakman
107th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. William H. Revere Jr.
Second Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Samuel A. Duncan
4th U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. George Rogers
5th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. Giles W. Shurtleff
39th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. Ozora P. Stearns
Third Brigade, Col. John H. Holman, Bvt. Brig. General Albert M. Blackman
6th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. John W. Ames
27th U. S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. John W. Donnellan
37th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. Nathan Goff Jr.
Unattached
3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E, Lt. John R. Myrick
TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS (14,293)
Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox
Engineer Battalion
Capt. Oliver S. McClure
Provost Guard
9th New Jersey (Co. H), Capt. Edward S. Pullen
Artillery
Lt. Col. George W. Schofield
Capt. Giles J. Cockerill
First Division, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger
First Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Israel N. Stiles
120th Indiana, Col. Allen W. Prather
124th Indiana, Col. John M. Orr
128th Indiana, Lt. Col. Jasper Packard
180th Indiana, Col. Willard Warner
Second Brigade, Col John C. McQuiston
123rd Indiana, Lt. Col. Dewitt C. Walters
129th Indiana, Col. Charles A. Zollinger
130th Indiana, Col. Charles S. Parrish
28th Michigan, Col. William W. Wheeler
Third Brigade, Col. Minor T. Thomas
25th Massachusetts, Lt. Col. James Tucker
8th Minnesota, Maj. George A. Camp
174th Ohio, Col. John S. Jones
178th Ohio, Col. Joab A. Stafford
Artillery
Elgin Battery (Illinois), Capt. Andrew M. Wood
Second Division, Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch, Brig Gen. Joseph A. Cooper
First Brigade, Col. Orlando H. Moore, Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Cooper
26th Kentucky, Col. Thomas B. Farleigh
25th Michigan, Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Orcutt
132nd New York (with detachment of 99th New York), Col. Peter J. Claassen
52nd Pennsylvania, Lt. Col. John B. Conyngham
Second Brigade, Col. John. Mehringer
107th Illinois, Maj. Thomas J. Milholland
80th Indiana, Lt. Col. Alfred D. Owen
23rd Michigan, Col. Oliver L. Spaulding
111th Ohio, Lt. Col. Isaac R. Sherwood
118th Ohio, Lt. Col. Edgar Sowers
Third Brigade, Col. Silas A. Strickland
91st Indiana, Lt. Col. Charles H. Butterfield
50th Ohio, Capt. John S. Conahan
181st Ohio, Lt. Col. John E. Hudson, Col. John O’Dowd
183rd Ohio, Col. George W. Hoge
Artillery
109th Ohio Battery, Capt. Frank Wilson
Third Division, Brig. Gen. James W. Reilly, Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Carter
Provost Guard
100th Ohio (Co. F), Lt. John P. Denny
First Brigade, Col. Oscar W. Sterl
12th Kentucky, Lt. Col. Laurence H. Rousseau
16th Kentucky, Lt. Col. John S. White
100th Ohio, Capt. Frank Rundell
104th Ohio, Lt. Col. William J. Jordan
8th Tennessee, Capt. James W. Berry
Second Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. John S. Casement
65th Illinois, Lt. Col. William S. Stewart
65th Indiana, Lt. Col. John W. Hammond
9th New Jersey, Col. James Stewart Jr.
103rd Ohio, Capt. Henry S. Pickands
177th Ohio, Lt. Col. William H. Zimmerman
Third Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Henderson
112th Illinois, Lt. Col. Emery S. Bond
63rd Indiana, Lt. Col. Daniel Morris, Maj. Frank Wilcox
140th Indiana, Col Thomas J. Brady
17th Massachusetts, Lt. Col. Henry Splaine
Artillery
1st Ohio, Battery D, Capt. Giles J. Cockerill, Lt. Cecil C. Reed
THIRD DIVISION- CAVALRY (5,659)
Bvt. Major Gen. Judson Kilpatrick
First Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jordan
8th Indiana (with battalion of 3rd Indiana), Lt. Col. Fielder A. Jones
2nd Kentucky, Maj. Owen Star
3rd Kentucky, Lt. Col. Robert H. King
9th Pennsylvania, Lt. Col. David H. Kimmel
Second Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Smith D. Atkins
92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry, Lt. Col. Matthew Van Buskirk
9th Michigan, Col. George S. Acker
9th Ohio, Col. William D. Hamilton
10th Ohio, Col. Thomas W. Sanderson
McLaughlin’s (Ohio) Squadron, Capt. John Dalzell
Third Brigade, Col. Michael Kerwin, Bvt. Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Heath
1st Alabama, Maj. Sanford Tramel
5th Ohio, Maj. George H. Rader
13th Pennsylvania, Maj. George F. McCabe, Col. Michael Kerwin
Artillery
23rd New York Battery, Capt. Samuel Kittinger
[Source: OR 47(1): 43, 46-59]
ORGANIZATION OF CONFEDERATE FORCES
Abbreviations used for the unit stations at the time of the surrender:
BH= Bush Hill
BLOOM= Bloomington
CHAR= Charlotte
CHES= Chester, South Carolina
CONC= Concord
GRN= Greensboro
HP= High Point
HILLS= Hillsborough
JAMES= Jamestown
LEX= Lexington
SAL= Salisbury
TC= Trinity College
ARMY OF TENNESSEE (32,440)
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston (357) GRN
Escort
Holloway’s Cavalry Company (Alabama) (44)
Capt. E. M. Holloway
Second-In-Command
Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard (53) GRN
Escort
Jeff Davis Legion, Co. A (Mississippi) (33) GRN
Lt. R. E. Conner
Provost Marshal-General
Detachment of Lewis’s Brigade and other units (241) GRN
Col. Martin H. Cofer
Signal Corps (36) GRN
Lt. Eli Duvall
HARDEE’S CORPS (8,260)
Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee (70) TC
Escort and Scouts
Raum’s Cavalry Company (Mississippi) (73) TC
Capt. William C. Raum
Stono Scouts Company (South Carolina) (58) TC
Capt. John B. L. Walpole, Lt. Paul T. Gervais
Brown’s Division (2,374)
Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee (70) TC
Smith’s Brigade (1, 241) HP, Brig. Gen. James A. Smith (7)
1st Florida Consolidated (comprising 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th Florida Infantry and 1st Florida Cavalry [Dismounted]) Lt. Col. Elisha Mashburn (402)
1st Georgia Consolidated (comprising 1st, 57th, and 63rd Georgia Infantry), Col. Charles H. Olmstead (447)
54th Georgia Consolidated (comprising 37th and 54th Georgia and 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters), Col. Theodore D. Caswell (385)
Govan’s Brigade (1, 052) James
Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan (10)
1st Arkansas Consolidated (comprising 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th, and 24th Arkansas and 3rd Confederate), Col. E. A. Howell (635)1st Texas Consolidated (comprising 6th, 7th, 10th, and 15th Texas Infantry and 17th, 18th 24th, and 25th Texas Cavalry [Dismounted]), Lt. Col. William A. Ryan (407)
Hoke’s Division,
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke (62)
Clingman’s Brigade (151) HP, Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman (8)
8th North Carolina, Lt. Col. Rufus A. Barrier (25)
31st North Carolina, Lt. Col. Charles W. Knight (22)
36th/40th North Carolina (Consolidated), Lt. Selby Hardenburgh (36)
51st North Carolina, Capt. James W. Lippitt (46)
61st North Carolina, Capt. A. D. Lippitt (14), Col. William L. Devane
Colquitt’s Brigade (736) BLOOM, Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt (6)
6th Georgia, Maj. James M. Culpepper (152)
19th Georgia, Maj. William Hamilton (135)
23rd Georgia, Col. Marcus R. Ballenger (92)
27th Georgia, Col. Charles T. Zachry (229)
28th Georgia, Lt. Col. W. P. Crawford (122)
Hagood’s Brigade (378) HP, Lt. Co. James H. Rion (9), Col. Robert F. Graham
11th South Carolina, Capt. B.F. Wyman (65)
21st South Carolina, Col. Robert F. Graham (24), Capt. J.A.W. Thomas
25th South Carolina, Capt. E.R. Lesesne (41)
27th South Carolina, Capt. Thomas Y. Simons (59)
7th South Carolina Battalion, Capt William Clyburn (180), Lt. Col. James H. Rion
Kirkland’s Brigade (218) BH, Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland (8)
17th North Carolina, Capt. Stuart L. Johnston (46)
42nd North Carolina, Col. John E. Brown (72)
50th North Carolina, Col. George Wortham (42)
66th North Carolina/10th North Carolina Battalion (Consolidated), Col John H. Nethercutt (50
First Brigade Junior Reserves (209) HP, Col. Frank S. Armistead (7)
1st North Carolina Reserves, Lt. Col. Charles W. Broadfoot (50)
2nd North Carolina Reserves, Col. John H. Anderson (100)
3rd North Carolina Reserves, Col. John W. Hinsdale (41)
1st (Millard’s) North Carolina Reserves Battalion, Capt. J.L. Eaves (11)
Cheatham’s Division (3,009), Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham (153)
Maj. Gen. William B. Bate (20)
Palmer’s Brigade (1,998) HP, Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer (11)
1st Tennessee Consolidated (comprising 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, and 34th Tennessee and 24th Tennessee Battalion),Lt Col. Oliver A. Bradshaw (384)
2nd Tennessee Consolidated (comprising 11th, 12th, 13th, 29th, 47th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, and 154th Tennessee), Lt. Col. George W. Pease (441).
3rd Tennessee Consolidated (Comprising 4th, 5th, 19th, 24th, 31st, 33rd, 35th, 38th, and 41st Tennessee), Col. James D. Tillman (473)
4th Tennessee Consolidated (comprising 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 30th, 32nd, 37th, and 45th Tennessee and 23rd Tennessee Battalion), Col. Anderson Searcy (689)
Gist’s Brigade (838) HP, Col. William G. Foster (5)
46th Georgia, Lt. Col. Abe Miles (227)
65th Georgia Consolidated (65th Georgia and 2nd and 8th Georgia Battalions), Lt. Col. Zachariah L. Watters (211)
16th/24th South Carolina Consolidated, Maj. B. Burgh Smith (395)
Artillery (921), Col. Ambrosio J. Gonzales (8)
Artillery Battalion (340) BH, Maj. Basil C. Manly (9)
Bridge’s Battery (Louisiana), Capt. William M, Bridges (98)
Atkins’s Battery (North Carolina), Capt George B. Atkins (15)
Walter’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt. George H. Walter (149)
Zimmerman’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt William E. Zimmerman (39)
Paris’s Battery (Virginia), Lt. Thomas M. Tucker (30)
Reserve Artillery Battalion (573) Bloom, Lt. Col. Del. Kemper (35)
(There are no muster rolls for Bachman’s, Barnwell’s, Gaillard’s, and Maxwell’s Batteries, all of which were part of the Reserve Battalion as of April 10. These units probably were either Transferred to South Carolina or consolidated with the batteries listed below, which would explain the absence of muster rolls bearing their names).
Guerard’s Battery (Georgia), Capt. John M. Guerard (42)
Lumpkin’s Battery (Georgia), Capt. Edward P. Lumpkin (108)
1st Missouri Battery, Capt. A. W. Harris (77)
Charles’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt William E. Charles (23)
DePass’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt. Charles E. Kanapaux, Lt. Thomas J. Sistrunk (60)
Schulz’s Battery (Palmetto Light Artillery, Co. F., South Carolina), Capt Frederick C Schulz (66)
Wagener’s Battery (German Artillery, Cos. A and C, South Carolina), Capt. F. W. Wagener (57)
Huggins’s Battery (Tennessee), Capt. Almaria L. Huggins (51)
STEWART’S CORPS (8,175)
Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart(108) GRN
Loring’s Division (3,599)
Maj. Gen. William W. Loring (15)
Featherston’s Brigade (1,249) JAMES, Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherson (5)
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Consolidated (comprising 1st and 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles [Dismounted], and 4th, 9th, and 25th Arkansas Infantry) Col. Henry G. Bunn (542)
3rd Mississippi Consolidated (comprising 3rd, 31st, and 40th Mississippi), Col. James M. Stigler (174)
22nd Mississippi Consolidated (comprising 1st, 22nd, and 33rd
Mississippi and 1st Mississippi Battalion), Col. Martin A. Oatis (376).
37th Mississippi Battalion, Maj. Q.C. Heidelberg (152)
Lowry’s Brigade (1,249) GRN, Brig. Gen. Robert Lowry (8)
29th Alabama, Maj. Henry B. Turner (117)
12th Louisiana, Lt. Col. E. M. Graham (288)
14th Mississippi Consolidated (comprising 5th, 14th, and 43rd Mississippi), Col. Robert J. Lawrence (416)
15th Mississippi Consolidated (comprising 6th, 15th, 20th, and 23rd Mississippi), Lt. Col. Thomas B. Graham (420)
Shelley’s Brigade (1,086) GRN, Brig. Gen. Charles M. Shelley (21)
1st Alabama Consolidated (comprising 1st, 16th, 26th, 33rd, and eight companies of 45th Alabama (Col. Robert H. Abercrombie (366)
27th Alabama Consolidated (comprising 27th, 35th, 49th, 55th, and 57th Alabama), Col. Edward McAlexander (352)
45th Alabama (Cos. C and H), Lt. G. P. Bledsoe (41) LEX
Anderson’s Division (1, 722), Maj. Gen. Patton Anderson (41)
Elliot’s Brigade (1,132) GRN, Lt. Col. J. Welsman Brown (4)
22nd Georgia Battalion, Maj. Mark J. McMullen (363)
27th Georgia Battalion, Maj. Alfred L. Hartridge (155)
2nd South Carolina Artillery, Maj. F. F. Warley (461)
Manigualt’s Battalion (South Carolina), Capt. Theodore G. Boag (149)
Rhett’s Brigade (549) GRN, Col. William Butler (6)
1st South Carolina (Regulars), Lt. Col. Warren Adams (259)
1st South Carolina Artillery (Regulars), Lt. Col. Joseph A. Yates (230)
15th South Carolina Battalion (Lucas’s Battalion), Capt. Theodore B. Hayne (54)
Walthall’s Division (2, 990)
Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall (74)
Harrison’s Brigade (1, 543) GRN, Col. George P. Harrison Jr (4)
1st Georgia Regulars, Col. Richard A. Wayne (457)
5th Georgia, Col. Charles P. Daniel (262)
32nd Georgia, Lt. Col. E. H. Bacon Jr. (516)
Kennedy’s Brigade (1, 373) GRN, Brig. Gen. John D. Kennedy (6)
2nd South Carolina Consolidated (comprising 2nd and 20th South Carolina and detachment of Blanchard’s Reserves), Col. William Wallace (508)
3rd South Carolina Consolidated (comprising 3rd and 8th South Carolina and detachment of Blanchard’s Reserves), Col. Eli. T. Stackhouse (423)
7th South Carolina Consolidated (comprising 7th and 15th South Carolina and detachment of Blanchard’s Reserves), Col. John B. Davis
Artillery Battalion (296+) GRN, Maj. Gen. Burnet Rhett (5)
Brooks Battery (Georgia), Capt. John W. Brooks (89)
LeGardeur’s Battery (Louisiana), Capt. Gustave LeGardeur Jr. (92)
Parker’s Battery (Marion Light Artillery, South Carolina), Capt.
Edward L. Parker (?)
Stuart’s Battery (Beaufort Light Artillery, South Carolina), Capt. Henry M. Stuart (110)
Wheaton’s Battery (Chatham Light Artillery, Georgia), Capt. John F. Wheaton (?)
LEE’S CORPS (6,191)
Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee (40) JAMES
Escort
Ragland’s Cavalry Company (Georgia) (76) JAMES, Capt. George G. Ragland
Hill’s Division (3,109)
Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill (22)
Sharp’s Brigade (1, 458) HP/JAMES, Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Sharp (22)
24th Alabama Consolidated (comprising 24th, 28th, and 34th Alabama), Col. John C. Carter (425)
8th Mississippi Consolidated Battalion (comprising 5th, 8th, and
32nd Mississippi and 3rd Mississippi Battalion), Lt. Col. J.R. Moore (273)
9th Mississippi Consolidated (comprising 7th, 9th, 10th, 41st, and
44th Mississippi and 9th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters), Lt. Col. William C. Richards (420)
19th South Carolina Battalion (Consolidated) (comprising 10th and 19th South Carolina), Lt. Col. C. Irvine Walker (318)
Brantly’s Brigade (1, 362) GRN, Brig. Gen. William F. Brantly (9)
22nd Alabama Consolidated (comprising 22nd, 25th, 39th, and 50th Alabama), Col. Harry T. Toulmin (522)
37th Alabama Consolidated (comprising 37th, 42nd, and 54th Alabama), Col. John A. Minter (384)
24th Mississippi Consolidated (comprising 24th, 27th 29th, 30th, and 34th Mississippi), Col. R. W. Williamson (328)
58th North Carolina (Consolidated) (comprising 58th and 60th North Carolina), Lt. Col. Thaddeus Coleman (119)
Detachment, Army of Northern Virginia (267)
JAMES, Lt. Col. A.C. McAlister (1)
Contingent from Lane’s Brigade (154)
7th North Carolina, Maj. James S. Harris
Contingent from Cooke’s and Grimes’s Brigades (112)
15th North Carolina (Cos. B, F, and I)
27th North Carolina (Cos. C, F, and G)
32nd North Carolina (Cos. E and K)
43rd North Carolina (Co. F)
45th North Carolina (Co. I)
46th North Carolina (Cos. B, D, G, and I)
48th North Carolina (Cos. A and B)
55th North Carolina (Cos. A. and K)
Stevenson’s Division (2,856)
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson (53)
Henderson’s Brigade (1,402) HP, Brig. Gen. Robert J. Henderson (7)
1st Confederate (Georgia) Consolidated Battalion (comprising 1st Confederate, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia, and 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters), Capt W. J. Whitsitt (345)
39th Georgia Consolidated (comprising 34th and 39th Georgia and detachments of 52nd and 56th Georgia), Col. Charles H. Phinizy (365)
42nd Georgia Consolidated (comprising 36th and 42nd Georgia and detachments of 34th and 56th Georgia), Lt. Col. L. P. Thomas (398)
40th Georgia Consolidated Battalion (comprising 40th, 41st, and
43rd Georgia), Lt. Col. S.D. Clements (287)
Pettus’s Brigade (1,401)SAL, Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus (9)
19th Alabama, Col. M. L. Woods (405)
20th Alabama, Lt. Col. James K. Elliot (455)
23rd Alabama, Lt. Col Osceola Kyle (399)
27th Alabama (Co. B), Lt. Robert G. Hampton (39)
54th Virginia (Consolidated) Battalion (comprising 54th and 63rd Virginia), Lt. Col. Connally H. Lynch (94)
Artillery (11) JAMES, J.T. Kanapaux’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt. J.T. Kanapaux
Independent Naval Contingent
Naval Regiment, Flag Off. French Forrest (64) GRN
Naval Brigade (239) GRN, Rear Adm. And Brig. Gen. Raphael Semmes (53)
1st Regiment (90)
2nd Regiment (96)
Unattached Artillery
Artillery Battalion (307) GRN, Maj. Joseph Palmer (1)
Havis’s Battery (14th Battalion, Co. A., Georgia Light Artillery), Capt. M. W. Havis (90)
Anderson’s Battery (14th Battalion, Co. D, Georgia Light Artillery), Capt. Ruel Wooten Anderson (119)
Yates’s Battery (Mississippi), Capt. James H. Yates (74)
Moseley’s Battery (Sampson Artillery, North Carolina), Capt. Abner A. Moseley (23)
Independent Batteries
Abell’s Light Artillery (Florida), Capt Henry F. Abell (122) GRN
Swett’s Battery (Mississippi), Lt. H. Shannon (56) GRN
Artillery, Lt. Col. Joseph B. Starr (9)
10th North Carolina (1st Artillery), (96) GRN
Darden’s Battery (Co. C), Lt. Alfred M. Darden (18)
Southerland’s Battery (Co. I), Capt. Thomas L. Southerland (78)
3rd North Carolina Battalion (134) GRN, Maj. John W. Moore (6)
Ellis’s Battery (Co. A), Capt. A. J. Ellis (45)
Badham’s Battery (Co. B)., Capt. William Badham (63)
Sutton’s Battery (Co. C), Capt. John M. Sutton (20)
13th North Carolina Battalion (139) GRN
Cumming’s Battery (Co. C), Capt. James D. Cumming (42)
Dickson’s Battery (Co. E. ), Capt. Henry Dickson (97) CHES
Kelly’s Battery (Chesterfield Artillery, South Carolina), Capt. James I. Kelly (95) GRN
CAVALRY CORPS (4,772)
Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton (62)
Maj. Gen. Mathew C. Butler GRN
Butler’s Division (1, 483), Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law, Maj. Gen. Matthew C. Butler (90)
Logan’s Brigade (206) GRN, Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Logan (6)
1st South Carolina Cavalry, Lt. J.A. Ratchford (44)
4th South Carolina Cavalry, Capt. O. Barber (32)
5th South Carolina Cavalry, Capt. George Tupper (44)
6th South Carolina Cavalry, Lt. J.A. Tagart (61)
19th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion, Lt. W. Ha. Pagett (19)
Young’s Brigade (1,010), Col. Gilbert J. Wright (6) GRN
Cobb’s Legion Cavalry (Georgia), Capt. R. Bill Roberts (317)
Phillips Legion Cavalry (Georgia), Maj. Wesley W. Thomas (254)
10th Georgia Cavalry, Capt. Edwin W. Moise (178)
Jeff Davis Legion (Mississippi), Col. J. Fred. Waring (255)
Horse Artillery (177)
Earle’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt William E. Earle (72) HP
Halsey’s Battery (South Carolina), Capt. E. Lindsey Halsey (105) GRN
Wheeler’s Cavalry Contingent (3, 227)
(Formerly Wheeler’s Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee)
Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
Brig. Gen. William W. Allen (6) CONC
Escort
1st Alabama Cavalry, Co. G (50) CONC
Lt. James M. Smith
Scout Company
Shannon’s Special Scouts (55) GRN
Maj. A. M. Shannon
Engineer Troop (24) CONC
Lt. L.C. Anderson
Allen’s Division (1,738)
Brig. Gen. William W. Allen, Col. Charles C. Crews (17)
(When General Allen assumed command of Wheeler’s cavalry, he placed Colonel Crews in command of his division- evidently because General Anderson was on detached service with his brigade at Hillsborough).
Anderson’s Brigade (871), Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson (14) HILLS
3rd Confederate Cavalry (Georgia), Col. P. H. Rice (114)
8th Confederate Cavalry (Georgia), Lt. Col. John S. Prather (186)
10th Confederate Cavalry (Georgia), Capt. W. H. Brazier (258)
5th Georgia Cavalry, Col. Edward Bird (299)
Crew’s Brigade (504+), Col. Charles C. Crews, Col. John R. Hart (1+) SAL
1st Georgia Cavalry, Lt. Col. George T. Watts (151)
2nd Georgia Cavalry, Lt. Col. F. M. Ison (124)
3rd Georgia Cavalry, Lt. Col. J.T. Thornton (122)
6th Georgia Cavalry, Col. John R. Hart (47)
12th Georgia Cavalry, Capt. James H. Graham (59)
Hagan’s Brigade (346), Col. David T. Blakely (16) CONC
1st Alabama Cavalry, Lt. Col. Augustus H. Johnson (112)
3rd Alabama Cavalry, Capt. A.P. Forney (10)
9th Alabama Cavalry, Lt. Asl. Blansit (75)
12th Alabama Cavalry, Capt. A.D. Bennett (11)
51st Alabama Cavalry, Col. M. L. Kirkpatrick (122)
Humes’s Division (1,300)
Col. Henry M. Ashby (14)
Ashby’s Brigade (1,107), Col. James T. Wheeler (12) CHAR
1st (or 6th) Tennessee Cavalry, Lt. Col. James H. Lewis (403)
2nd Tennessee Cavalry, Lt. Col. John H. Kuhn (213)
5th Tennessee Cavalry, Col. George W. McKenzie (300)
9th Tennessee cavalry Battalion, Maj. James H. Akin (179)
Harrison’s Brigade (179+), Col. Baxter Smith (5) CHAR
3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Maj. William H. Blackwell (174)
4th Tennessee Cavalry (Smith’s)
8th Texas Cavalry
11th Texas Cavalry
Dibrell’s Division (800?)
Brig Gen. George C. Dibrell
(Served with Wheeler’s cavalry until April 15, 1865 when it was detached for special service as President Jefferson Davis’s escort. Dibrell’s Division therefore is not included in the tally for Wheeler’s cavalry).
Breckenridge’s Brigade, Col. William C.P. Breckenridge
1st (or 3rd) Kentucky Cavalry
2nd Kentucky Cavalry
9th Kentucky Cavalry
McLemore’s Brigade, Col. William S. McLemore
4th (or 8th) Tennessee Cavalry (McLemore’s)
13th Tennessee Cavalry
Shaw’s Battalion (Tennessee)
Post of Greensboro (717)
Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson, Brig. Gen. John D. Kennedy
Includes the following commands:
Detachment of Lewis’s Brigade (2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky
Mounted Infantry), Lt. J.M. McGuire (36)
Buckner Guards (2nd Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, Co. B, and 4th
Tennessee Cavalry, Co. C), Lt. Isaiah Yokum (46)
Tucker’s Regiment Confederate Infantry (Pioneer Troops), Col. Julius G. Tucker (72)
Invalid Corps (North Carolina), Col. Frank Parker (9)
Troops from various commands (154)
Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax and staff and unattached officers and men of the Army of Northern Virginia (27)
All others (including Brig. Gen. John Echols and staff) (373)
Post of Salisbury (679)
Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson (98)
(Among those serving at General Johnson’s headquarters were twelve officers and men from the 2nd Maryland Infantry and the 1st Maryland Cavalry.)
Includes the following commands:
Freeman’s Battalion (North Carolina)
Salisbury Prison Guard (Co. A), Capt. C.D. Freeman (49)
Salisbury Prison Guard (Co. B), Capt. H.P. Allen (24)
Salisbury Prison Guard (Co. C), Sgt. W.J. Whitaker (18)
1st Regiment Detailed Men (North Carolina) (14)
All others (excluding hospital personnel, hospitalized troops, and units
Already listed elsewhere) (476)
Post of Charlotte (1,081)
Col. William J. Hoke
(Excludes hospital and nonmilitary personnel, hospitalized troops, and units already listed elsewhere).
[Sources: OR 47 (1): 1061-66; OR 47 (3): 774-774, 781-82, 844; Muster Rolls and Lists of Confederate Troops Paroled in North Carolina, M1781, Rolls 1-7 (mf), RG 109, NA; Given Campbell Journal, LC; Herriot, “At Greensboro, N.C., in April, 1865,” 101; Harris, Seventh North Carolina, 61; Joseph Mullen Jr. Diary, April 16, 1865, Diary Collection, MOC; Walter Clark, Histories, 1: 386, 3:79.]
Special Thanks to Mark Bradley, Author of This Astounding Close, The Road To Bennett Place.