Opequon Confederate order of battle

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

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

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	36th Virginia Infantry 60th Virginia Infantry 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion Thomas' Legion (North Carolina): Col James R. Love II
	Forsberg's Brigade Col Augustus Forsberg (w) Maj William A. Younce (mw)	45th Virginia Infantry 51st Virginia Infantry: Maj William A. Yonce (mw) 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion: Cpt Stephen Adam (w)
	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	2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Infantry (Stonewall Brigade): Col John H.S. Funk (mw) 21st, 25th, 43rd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert H. Dungan 10th, 23rd, and 37th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Samuel Saunders (w)
	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	32nd North Carolina Infantry 43rd North Carolina Infantry 45th North Carolina Infantry: Col John R. Winston 53rd North Carolina Infantry 2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion
	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	4th Georgia Infantry 12th Georgia Infantry 21st Georgia Infantry 44th Georgia Infantry
Ramseur's Division MG Stephen D. Ramseur	Pegram's Brigade BG John Pegram	13th Virginia Infantry: Ltc George A. Goodman (w, c) 31st Virginia Infantry 49th Virginia Infantry 52nd Virginia Infantry 58th Virginia Infantry
	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	5th Virginia Cavalry 6th Virginia Cavalry 15th Virginia Cavalry
	Wickham's Brigade Col Thomas Munford	1st Virginia Cavalry 2nd Virginia Cavalry 3rd Virginia Cavalry 4th Virginia Cavalry
	Horse Artillery Maj James Breathed	1st Stuart Horse Artillery (Virginia): Cpt Philip P. Johnston Lynchburg Beauregard Battery: Cpt John J. Shoemaker
Lomax's Division MG Lunsford L. Lomax	Imboden's Brigade Col George H. Smith	18th Virginia Cavalry 23rd Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Charles T. O'Ferrall 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
	Johnson's Brigade BG Bradley T. Johnson	1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion 2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion 8th Virginia Cavalry 21st Virginia Cavalry 27th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Ltc James R. Claiburne
	McCausland's Brigade Col Milton Ferguson[2]	14th Virginia Cavalry 16th Virginia Cavalry 17th Virginia Cavalry 22nd Virginia Cavalry: Col John T. Radford
	Jackson's Brigade Ltc William P. Thompson	19th Virginia Cavalry 20th Virginia Cavalry 46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion 47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
	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.