Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia


< March • April 1864to May >

Lieutenant General James Longstreet 

The First Corps returned to the Eastern Theater from Tennessee in mid-April, moved by rail to Charlottesville, then marched to near Gordonsville

Fields’ Division – Major General Charles W. Field

Evander Law was with the army but under arrest at the start of the spring campaign. He would not be released to duty until the end of May.

Anderson’s Brigade Brigadier General George T. Anderson
 
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   
2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William S. Shepherd  
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Dudley M. DuBose  
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Wesley C. Hodges  
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel James D. Waddell  
Jenkins’ Brigade Brigadier General Micah Jenkins  
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  
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John Bratton  
Hampton (SC) Legion Colonel Martin W. Gary  
Palmetto Sharpshooters Colonel Joseph Walker  
Law’s Brigade Colonel William F. Perry Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law was 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   
Gregg’s Brigade Brigadier General John Gregg 
 
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment Colonel Van Manning   
1st Texas Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Frederick S. Bass (to Col. 4/29)  
4th Texas Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John P. Bane (to Col. 4/29)  
5th Texas Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel King Bryan  

 

McLaws’ Division – Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw

McLaw’s Division returned with the First Corps from Tennessee to the Eastern Theater in mid-April. It was under Kershaw’s command while McLaws awaited the results of a court martial for his actions at Knoxville. McLaws was largely vindicated on May 4, but Lee requested that he be reassigned, and Kershaw took permanent command of the division.

Bryan’s Brigade Brigadier General J Goode Bryan
 
10th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Willis C. Holt  
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Peter McGlashan  
51st Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward Ball  
53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel W.F. Hartsfield  
Humphrey’s Brigade Brigadier General J. Benjamin Humphreys 
 
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 W. Henegan
 
2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard  
3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel James D. Nance  
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  
3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion Captain B. M. Whitener  

Wofford’s Brigade

Brigadier General William T. Wofford
 
16th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Henry P. Thomas  
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph Armstrong  
24th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Christopher C. Sanders  
Cobb’s Georgia Legion Lieutenant Colonel Luther Glenn  
Phillips Georgia Legion Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hamilton   
3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Nathan I. Hutchins  

 

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 from 3rd Corps Artillery
Co. F, 13th North Carolina Artillery Captain John R. Potts  
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 Captain Thomas J. Richards  
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