Monocacy Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in Maryland's Frederick County Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, during the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Bvt = Brevet Rank

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Army of the Valley

Bvt LTG Jubal A. Early

Breckinridge's Corps

MG John C. Breckinridge

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Gordon's Division MG John B. Gordon	Evans' Brigade BG Clement A. Evans (w) Col E. N. Atkinson	13th Georgia: Col J. H. Baker (w) 26th Georgia: Col Edmund N. Atkinson, Ltc James S. Blain 31st Georgia: Col John H. Lowe 38th Georgia: Maj Thomas H. Bomar 60th Georgia: Cpt Milton Russell 61st Georgia: Col John H. Lamar (k), Ltc J. D. VanValkenburg (k), Cpt E. F. Sharp 12th Georgia Battalion: Cpt J. W. Anderson
	Consolidated Louisiana Brigade BG Zebulon York	Hays' Louisiana Brigade: Col William R. Peck 5th Louisiana: Maj Alexander Hart 6th Louisiana: Ltc Joseph Hanlon 7th Louisiana: Ltc Thomas M. Terry 8th Louisiana: Cpt Louis Prados 9th Louisiana, Ltc John J. Hodges (w) Stafford's Brigade: Col Eugene Waggaman 1st Louisiana: Cpt Joseph Taylor 2nd Louisiana: Ltc Michael A. Grogan 10th Louisiana: Ltc Henry D. Monier 14th Louisiana: Ltc David Zable l5th Louisiana: Cpt H. J. Egan
	Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade BG William Terry	Terry's Brigade: BG William Terry 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments Stonewall Brigade: Col John H. S. Funk 21st, 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments Jones’ Brigade: Col Robert H. Dungan 10th, 23rd, 37th Virginia Consolidated Infantry Regiments
Breckinridge's Division BG John Echols	Echols' Brigade Col George Smith Patton	22nd Virginia Infantry: Col George Smith Patton 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc Clarence Derrick 25th Virginia Infantry 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Ltc George M. Edgar
	Wharton's Brigade BG Gabriel C. Wharton	45th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Edwin H. Harman 51st Virginia Infantry: Col Augustus Forsberg 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters: Maj Peter J. Otey
	Smith's Brigade Col Thomas Smith	36th Virginia Infantry 60th Virginia Infantry: Col Beuhring Hampden Jones 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion: Maj Blake Lynch Woodson

Rodes' Corps

MG Robert E. Rodes

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Rodes' Division MG Robert E. Rodes	Grimes' Brigade BG Bryan Grimes (absent, wounded)	32nd North Carolina 43rd North Carolina 45th North Carolina 53rd North Carolina 2nd North Carolina Battalion
	Cooks' Brigade BG Philip Cook	4th Georgia 12th Georgia 21st Georgia 44th Georgia
	Cox's Brigade BG William Ruffin Cox	1st North Carolina: Col Hamilton M. Brown 2nd North Carolina: Col J. P. Cobb 3rd North Carolina: Col S. D. Thurston 4th North Carolina: Col J. H. Wood 14th North Carolina: Ltc W. A. Johnston 30th North Carolina: Col F. M. Parker
	Battle's Brigade Col Charles Pickens	3rd Alabama 5th Alabama: Ltc E. L. Hobson 6th Alabama 12th Alabama 61st Alabama
Ramseur's Division MG Stephen D. Ramseur	Lilley's Brigade BG Robert D. Lilley	13th Virginia Infantry: Maj Charles Thomas Crittenden 31st Virginia Infantry: Col John Stringer Hoffman 49th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William D. Moffett 52nd Virginia Infantry: Col Augustus Forsberg 58th Virginia Infantry: Col Francis Howard Board
	Johnston's Brigade BG Robert D. Johnston	5th North Carolina: Col John W. Lea 12th North Carolina: Ltc W. S. Davis 20th North Carolina: Col Thomas F. Toon 23rd North Carolina: Col Charles C. Blacknall
	Lewis' Brigade BG William G. Lewis	6th North Carolina: Ltc S. M. Tate 21st North Carolina: Maj William J. Pfohl 54th North Carolina: Ltc Anderson Ellis 57th North Carolina: Col Archibald C. Goodwin

Artillery Reserve

Chief of Artillery: BG Armistead L. Long

Division	Battalion	Battery and Others
Artillery Division Ltc J. Floyd King	Nelson's Battalion Ltc William Nelson	Milledge's (Georgia) Battery: Cpt John Milledge Amhurst (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Kirkpatrick Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John L. Massie
	Braxton's Battalion Ltc Carter Braxton	Allegheny (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt John C. Carpenter Stafford (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Raleigh L. Cooper Lee (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt W. W. Hardwicke
	McLaughlin's Battalion Maj William McLaughlin	Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Bryan Wise Legion Artillery: Cpt W. M. Lowry Monroe (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt George B. Chapman

Cavalry

MG Robert Ransom

Brigade	Regiment and Other
McCausland's Brigade BG John McCausland	14th Virginia Cavalry: Col James Cochran 16th Virginia Cavalry: Col Milton J. Ferguson 17th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc William C. Tavenner (mw) 22nd Virginia Cavalry: Col Henry Bowen
Johnson's Brigade BG Bradley Tyler Johnson	1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion 8th Virginia Cavalry 21st Virginia Cavalry 22nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 36th Virginia Cavalry
Imboden's Brigade BG John D. Imboden Col George Smith	18th Virginia Cavalry 23rd Virginia Cavalry 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Unauthorized Virginia Cavalry Battalion

References

Leepson, Marc. Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed the Course of American History (New York: Thomas Dunne Books), 2007. ISBN 0-3123-6364-8
Monacacy National Battlefield website

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