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Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia

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< to March •  April 1865

Lieutenant General James Longstreet

The Confederate defenses around Petersburg collapsed after the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, where Pickett’s Division was overrun. In the retreat to the west a large portion of Kershaw’s and the survivors of Pickett’s Divisions were captured at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek on April 6. The remainder of the First Corps surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Fields’ Division – Major General Charles W. Field

Anderson’s Brigade	Brigadier General George T. Anderson
7th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Moses T. Alman
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel John R. Towers
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Major John W. Arnold
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Captain William H. Ramsey
59th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel William A. Jackson Brown
Benning’s Brigade	Brigadier General  Henry L. Benning
2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment	Captain Thomas Chaffin
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Major Peter J. Shannon
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Major James B. Moore
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Eli M. Seago
Bratton’s (Jenkins’) Brigade	Brigadier General John Bratton
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 M. Steedman
Palmetto Sharpshooters	Captain Alfred H. Foster
Gregg’s Brigade	Colonel Robert M. Powell	602 men surrendered, but only 348 rifles; many men smashed their weapons rather than give them up
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Taylor
1st Texas Infantry Regiment	Colonel Frederick S. Bass
4th Texas Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Clinton M. Winkler
5th Texas Infantry Regiment	Captain William T. Hill
Law’s Brigade	Brigadier General William F. Perry
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence H. Scruggs
15th Alabama Infantry Regiment	Colonel Alexander A. Lowther
44th Alabama Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel John A. Jones
47th Alabama Infantry Regiment	Captain Eli D. Clower
48th Alabama Infantry Regiment	Major John W. Wigginton

 

Kershaw’s Division – Major General Joseph B. Kershaw (captured April 6)

Most of the division was captured at Sailor’s Creek.and few survived to surrender at Appomattox.

DuBose’s (Wofford’s) Brigade	Brigadier General Dudley DuBose (c 4/6) Captain J.F. Espy
16th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel J.H.D. McRae (c 4/6) Lieutenant William W. Montgomery	2 offices and 51 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Major William C. Callahan (k 4/6) Captain J. F. Espy (^ 4/6) Lieutenant Gideon J. Lasseter	1 officer and 52 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
24th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Christopher C. Sanders (c 4/6) Captain J. A. Jarrard	4 officers and 56 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
Cobb’s Georgia Legion	Major William McDaniel (c 4/6) Lieutenant W. G. Steed	1 officer and 55 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
Phillips Georgia Legion	Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hamilton (c 4/6) Lieutenant A. J. Reese	5 officers and 88 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion	Lieutenant Colonel Nathan I. Hutchins (c 4/6)	1 officer and 22 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
Humphrey’s Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel William H. Fitzgerald (c 4/6) Captain Gwin R. Cherry
13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment	Captain Hugh D. Cameron Lieutenant W. H. Davis	4 officers and 81 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment	Captain Gwin R. Cherry (^ 4/6) Lieutenant Benjamin George	3 officers and 62 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment	Captain Joseph F. Sessions Lieuteant John W. Gower	4 officers and 44 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Fitzgerald (c 4/6) Captain William P. McNeely	4 officers and 45 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
Simms’ (Bryan’s) Brigade	Brigadier General James P. Simms (c 4/6) Captain George W. Waldron
10th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Andrew J. McBride Captain John T. Stovall	2 officers and 48 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Peter McGlashan (c 4/6) Captain George W. Waldron (^ 4/6) Lieutenant Hilary W. Cason	3 officers, 2 surgeons and 25 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
51st Georgia Infantry Regiment	Colonel James Dickey (c 4/6) Captain H. R. Thomas	2 officers and 41 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Hartsfield (k 4/6) Captain R. H. Woods	64 enlisted men with no officers surrendered at Appomattox

 

Pickett’s Division – Major General George E. Pickett

Most of the division was captured at Five Forks and Sailor’s Creek.and few survived to surrender at Appomattox.

Corse’s Brigade	Brigadier General Montgomery D. Corse (c 4/6) Colonel Arthur Herbert
15th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Emmett M. Morrison (c 4/6) Major Charles H. Clarke	surrendered 69 officers and men at Appomattox
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Arthur Herbert (^)	surrendered 2 officers and 46 men at Appomattox
29th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel James Giles Lieutenant John A. Coulson	surrendered 1 officer and 27 men at Appomattox
30th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Robert S. Chew	surrendered 8 officers and 82 men at Appomattox
32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel William R. Willis Captain Samuel W. Armistead	surrendered 5 officers and 42 men at Appomattox
Hunton’s Brigade	Brigadier General Eppa Hunton (c 4/6) Colonel Henry Gantt
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Berkeley	surrendered 1 surgeon and 11 enlisted men at Appomattox
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Henry A. Carrington Lieutenant Charles H. Wilkinson	surrendered 2 officers and 32 men at Appomattox
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Major Waller M. Boyd (c 4/6) Lieutenant James Y. Bragg	surrendered 1 officer and 29 men at Appomattox
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel William Wingfield (c 4/6) Major Michael P. Spessard	surrendered 3 officers and 51 men at Appomattox
56th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel William E. Green	surrendered 3 officers and 26 men at Appomattox
Steuart’s Brigade	Brigadier General George H. Steuart
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Captain John P. Wilson (6 4/6) Captain John P. Wilson	surrendered 2 officers and 37 men at Appomattox
14th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Major William D. Shelton	surrendered 8 officers and 49 men at Appomattox
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel George K. Griggs	surrendered 95 officers and men at Appomattox
53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel William R. Aylett (c 4/6) Captain Henry Edmunds	surrendered 6 officers and 74 men at Appomattox
57th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Clement R. Fontaine Lieutenant Colonel William H. Ramsey	surrendered 7 officers and 74 men at Appomattox
Terry’s Brigade	Major William W. Bentley
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Frank H. Langley (c 4/6) Sergeant Major Andrew J. Simpson	surrendered 17 enlisted men at Appomattox
3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment		surrendered 1 officer and 60 men at Appomattox
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Colonel Charles C. Floweree (c 4/6)	surrendered 20 officers and men at Appomattox
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Captain Robert M. Mitchell, Jr.	surrendered 1 officer and 28 men at Appomattox
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Maury (c 4/6) Major William Bentley	surrendered 22 enlisted men at Appomattox

OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 46, Part 1 (Appomattox Campaign) pp. 1267 – 1279