Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia
< to December • January 1865 • to February >
Major General Wade Hampton (to 1/19)
Due to the army’s supply problems during the winter it was decided to send Butler’s Division to North Carolina where there was plentiful fodder. It was intended to be a temporary solution, but the division never returned to Virginia. This left the Cavalry Corps with but one division, so Wade Hampton also left for the Carolinas to recruit. But he, also, never returned.
‘Rooney’ Lee was given responsibility for all the cavalry on the right wing of the army, reporting directly to Headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia. Although intended to be temporary, this also would continue until the end of the war.
Butler’s Division – Major General Matthew C. Butler
Butler’s Division moved to to North Carolina 1/19
| Butler’s Brigade | Colonel Hugh Aiken | |
| 4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel B. Huger Rutledge | |
| 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Captain Augustus H. Caughman | |
| 6th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Lovick P. Miller | |
| Young’s Brigade | Colonel J. Frederick Waring | |
| Alabama Cavalry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich | attached to Phillips Legion (below) |
| 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment | Major Edward C. Anderson | |
| 9th Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Cobb’s Legion) | Colonel Gilbert J. Wright | |
| 20th Georgia Cavalry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel John M. Millen | |
| Philip’s (Ga.) Legion Cavalry | Major William B.C. Puckett | |
| Jefferson Davis (Ms.) Legion | Major Ivey F. Lewis |
W.H.F. Lee’s Division – Major General W.H.F. Lee
| Barringer’s Brigade | Brigadier General Rufus Barringer | |
| 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel William H. Creek | |
| 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Major William Roberts | |
| 3rd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Major Julius W. Moore | |
| 5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel James H. McNeill | |
| Beale’s (Chambliss’) Brigade | Colonel Richard T. Beale (to B.G. 1/20) | |
| 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Waller | |
| 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Caskie | |
| 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Jefferson Phillips | |
| Dearing’s Brigade | Brigadier General James Dearing | |
| 8th Georgia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Joel R. Griffin | |
| 4th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Dennis D. Ferebee | |
| 16th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Boyd Edelin |
Artillery – Major Roger Preston Chew
| 2nd Stuart (VA) Horse Artillery | Captain William M. McGregor | |
| Petersburg (Va.) Horse Artillery | Captain Edward Graham | |
| Washington (S.C.) Artillery | Lieutenant E. Lindsley Halsey |
Official Records, Series 1, vol. 42, Part 2, p.1183