Battle of Monocacy order of battle: Confederate

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 edit

Military rank edit

Other edit

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Army of the Valley edit

LTG Jubal A. Early

Breckinridge's Corps edit

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 Eliphalet F. Sharp
  • 12th Georgia Battalion: Maj George Hanvey (w); Cpt J. W. Anderson
Consolidated Louisiana Brigade


   BG Zebulon York

Hays' Louisiana Brigade: Col William R. Peck

Stafford's Brigade: Col Eugene Waggaman

Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade


   BG William Terry

Stonewall Brigade: Col John H. S. Funk

Second Brigade: Col Robert H. Dungan

Third Brigade: Capt William B. Yancy

Breckinridge's Division
     BG John Echols

Echols' Brigade


   Col George Smith Patton

Wharton's Brigade


   BG Gabriel C. Wharton

Smith's Brigade


   Col Thomas Smith

Vaughn's Brigade


   BG John C. Vaughn

  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Colonel James E. Carter
  • 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Major Robert McFarland
  • 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Captain Jasper N. Aiken
  • 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment: Colonel William L. Eakin
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Major George W. Day
  • 16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel John R.Neal
  • 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Winn

Rodes' Corps edit

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: Col Edmund C. Brabble
  • 43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan
  • 45th North Carolina: Col Samuel H. Boyd
  • 53rd North Carolina: Col William Owens
  • 2nd North Carolina Battalion
Cooks' Brigade


   BG Philip Cook

  • 4th Georgia: Col Phillip Cook
  • 12th Georgia: Col Edward Willis
  • 21st Georgia: Col John T. Mercer
  • 44th Georgia: Col William H. Peebles
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 Samuel B. Pickens

  • 3rd Alabama: Col Charles Forsyth
  • 5th Alabama: Ltc E. L. Hobson
  • 6th Alabama: Col James N. Lightfoot
  • 12th Alabama: Col Samuel B. Pickens
  • 61st Alabama

Ramseur's Division
     MG Stephen D. Ramseur

Lilley's Brigade


   BG Robert D. Lilley

Johnston's Brigade


   BG Robert D. Johnston

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 edit

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
  • Amherst (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 edit

MG Robert Ransom

Brigade Regiment and Other
McCausland's Brigade


   BG John McCausland

Johnson's Brigade


   BG Bradley Tyler Johnson

Imboden's Brigade


   BG John D. Imboden
   Col George Smith

References edit

  • 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