Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia
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Lieutenant General James Longstreet (wounded May 6)
Major General Richard Anderson
Longstreet had barely rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia from Tennessee when he was taken out of action by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6) in circumstances eerily similar to the loss of Jackson a year earlier. There was additional hard fighting at Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21). At the end of the month Pickett’s Division rejoined the corps from the Richmond defences, where it had been rebuilding its strength after Gettysburg.
Fields’ Division – Major General Charles W. Field
| Anderson’s Brigade | Brigadier General George T. Anderson |
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| 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William W. White | |
| 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John R. Towers | |
| 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edward F. Hoge | |
| 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman | |
| 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William M. Hardwick | |
| Benning’s Brigade | Brigadier General Henry L. Benning (w 5/5) Colonel Dudley M. DuBose |
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| 2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William S. Shepherd | |
| 15th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Dudley M. DuBose (^ 5/5) Major Peter J. Shannon |
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| 17th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Wesley C. Hodges (w 5/5) Major William A. Barden |
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| 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James D. Waddell | |
| Gregg’s Brigade | Brigadier General John Gregg (w 5/6) |
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| 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Colonel Van Manning (w&c 5/5) | |
| 1st Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel Frederick S. Bass | |
| 4th Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel John P. Bane | |
| 5th Texas Infantry Regiment | Captain Tacitus T. Clay (w 6/18) | |
| Jenkins’ Brigade | Brigadier General Micah Jenkins (mw 5/6) Colonel John Bratton |
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| 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James R. Hagood | |
| 2nd South Carolina Rifles | Colonel Robert E. Bowen | |
| 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Asbury Coward Major T.C. Beckham |
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| 6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John Bratton (^ 5/6) Colonel John M. Steedman |
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| Palmetto Sharpshooters | Colonel Joseph Walker | |
| Law’s Brigade | Colonel James L. Sheffield | Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law was with the army but under arrest |
| 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Pickney D. Bowles | |
| 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Oates | |
| 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Perry | |
| 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Richmond Terrell | |
| 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel W. M. Hardwick |
Kershaw’s (McLaws’) Division – Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw (to Major General 5/18)
| Bryan’s Brigade | Brigadier General J Goode Bryan |
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| 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Willis C. Holt (to Col. 5/19) | |
| 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Peter McGlashan | |
| 51st Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edward Ball | |
| 53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James P. Simms | |
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Humphrey’s Brigade |
Brigadier General J. Benjamin Humphreys |
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| 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Major George L. Donald | |
| 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Gwen R. Cherry | |
| 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Captain William H. Lewis | |
| 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Daniel N. Moody | |
| Kershaw’s Brigade | Colonel John D. Kennedy (w 5/6) Colonel John W. Henegan (to 5/30) Colonel Lawrence M. Keit |
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| 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard (mw 5/6) Captain William Wallace (to LTC) |
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| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James D. Nance (k 5/6) Lieutenant Colonel William D. Rutherford |
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| 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Captain James Mitchell | |
| 8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Eli. T. Stackhouse | |
| 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John B. Davis | |
| 20th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Lawrence M. Keit (^) Lieutenant Colonel Stephen M. Boykin |
from South Carolina 5/30 |
| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion | Captain B. M. Whitener | |
| Wofford’s Brigade | Brigadier General William T. Wofford |
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| 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Henry P. Thomas | |
| 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph Armstrong | |
| 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Christopher C. Sanders (w 5/12) Lieutenant Colonel James Gholston |
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| Cobb’s Georgia Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Luther Glenn | |
| Phillips Georgia Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hamilton | |
| 3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Nathan I. Hutchins |
Pickett’s Division – Major General George E. Pickett
In the last ten days of May Pickett’s Division was transferred back to the First Corps from the Richmond Defenses, where it had been rebuilding since its mauling in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.
| Corse’s Brigade | Brigadier General Montgomery D. Corse | |
| 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Emmet M. Morrison | |
| 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Morton Marye | |
| 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James Giles | |
| 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Archibald T. Harrison (frequently ill) Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Chew |
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| 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edgar B. Montague | |
| Barton’s/Fry’s Brigade | Colonel Birkett D. Fry (BG 5/24) |
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| 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain James Jasper Phillips | |
| 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William White | |
| 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel George Griggs | |
| 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain William T. Akers | |
| 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Clement R. Fontaine | |
| Hunton’s Brigade | Brigadier General Eppa Hunton | |
| 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Norborne Berkeley | |
| 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Withers | |
| 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry Gantt | |
| 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Watts | |
| 56th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel P. P. Slaughter | |
| Kemper’s/Terry’s Brigade | Colonel William R. Terry (to BG 5/31) | |
| 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Francis H. Langley | |
| 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Major William H. Pryor | |
| 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Charles C. Flowerree | |
| 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Maurice S. Langhorne | |
| 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Maury |
Corps Artillery – Lieutenant Colonel Edward Porter Alexander
| Cabell’s Artillery Battalion | Colonel Henry C. Cabell | |
| Pulaski (GA) Artillery | Lieutenant Morgan Calloway | |
| Troup (GA) Battery | Captain Henry Hull Carlton | |
| Company A, 1st North Carolina Artillery | Captain Basil Manley | |
| 1st Richmond (VA) Howitzers | Captain Edward McCarthy | |
| Haskell’s Artillery Battalion | Major John Haskell | |
| Co. F, 13th North Carolina Artillery | Captain John R. Potts (k 5/8) Captain Henry G. Flanner |
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| Company D, 1st North Carolina Artillery | Captain John Ramsay | |
| Palmetto (SC) Artillery | Captain Hugh Garden | |
| Amherst-Nelson (VA) Artillery | Captain Woodville Latham | |
| Huger’s Artillery Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Frank Huger | |
| Madison (LA) Light Artillery | Lieutenant Dent Burroughs (k 5/12) | |
| Brooks (SC) Artillery | Captain William W. Fickling | |
| Ashland (VA) Battery | Captain Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. | |
| Bath (VA) Battery | Captain Osmond B. Taylor | |
| Bedford (VA) Artillery | Captain Tyler C. Jordan | |
| Richmond (VA) Parker Artillery | Captain William W. Parker |