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Second Battle of Kernstown order of battle: Confederate

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the American Civil War's Second Battle of Kernstown on July 24, 1864, in Kernstown, now part of the Virginia city of Winchester. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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

Army of the Valley

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LTG Jubal A. Early

Breckinridge’s Command

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MG John C. Breckinridge[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
(Echols’ Division)
      BG Gabriel C. Wharton

Wharton's Brigade
   Col Augustus Forsberg

Echols’ Brigade


   Col George S. Patton

Smith's Brigade


   Col Thomas A. Smith

Second Division
(Gordon's Division)
      MG John B. Gordon

Evans’ Brigade


   Col Edmund N. Atkinson

  • 13th Georgia Infantry - Ltc John H. Baker
  • 26th Georgia Infantry - Ltc James Blain
  • 31st Georgia Infantry - Col John H. Lowe
  • 38th Georgia Infantry - Ltc Philip E. Davant [2]
  • 60th Georgia Infantry - Col. Waters B. Jones (?); Cpt Milton Russell
  • 61st Georgia Infantry - Cpt Eliphalet F. Sharp [3]
  • 12th Georgia Infantry Battalion - Cpt James W. Anderson
York's Consolidated Louisiana Brigade


   BG Zebulon York

Hays’s Old Brigade (Louisiana Tigers) - Col William R. Peck

Stafford’s Old Brigade - Col Eugene Waggaman

Terry's Consolidated Virginia Brigade


   BG William Terry

Stonewall Brigade - Col John H. Stover Funk

Jones’s Old Second Brigade - Col Robert H. Dungan

Steuart’s Old Third Brigade - Cpt William B. Yancy [4]

Forces reporting directly to Gen. Early

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Rodes’ Division
     MG Robert E. Rodes

Battle's Brigade


   Col Samuel Pickens

  • 3rd Alabama Infantry
  • 5th Alabama Infantry
  • 6th Alabama Infantry
  • 12th Alabama Infantry
  • 61st Alabama Infantry
Grimes’ Brigade


   Ltc James Moorehead

Cook's Brigade


   BG Philip Cook

  • 4th Georgia Infantry
  • 12th Georgia Infantry
  • 21st Georgia Infantry
  • 44th Georgia Infantry
Cox's Brigade


   BG William Ruffin Cox

Ramseur's Division
     MG Stephen Dodson Ramseur

Lilley's Brigade


   Col John Hoffman

Johnston's Brigade


   BG Robert D. Johnston

Lewis’ Brigade


   Col Archibald Godwin

  • 6th North Carolina Infantry
  • 21st North Carolina Infantry
  • 54th North Carolina Infantry
  • 57th North Carolina Infantry
  • 1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion Sharpshooters

Ransom's Cavalry Division
     BG John C. Vaughn

Imboden's Brigade


   BG John D. Imboden

McCausland's Brigade


   BG John McCausland

Johnson's Brigade


   BG Bradley T. Johnson

Jackson's Brigade


   BG William L. Jackson

Artillery
     BG Armistead L. Long

Braxton's Battalion


   Maj Carter M. Braxton

  • Allegheny County (Virginia) Artillery
  • Lee County (Virginia) Artillery
  • Stafford County (Virginia) Artillery
King's Battalion


   Maj J. Floyd King

  • Wise Legion (Virginia) Artillery
  • Lewisburg (Virginia) Artillery
  • Monroe (Virginia) Battery
Nelson's Battalion


   Maj William Nelson

References

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  • Kernstown Battlefield Association
  • Patchan, Scott C. (2007). Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln & London, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-3754-4

Notes

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  1. ^ Breckinridge commanded the First and Second Divisions of the Army of the Valley, while the others reported directly to Early. Since the Valley District was itself the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia it is inaccurate to refer to these two divisions as a "corps", however much it functioned like one.
  2. ^ Davant had been captured at Spotslyvania, only to be exchange on June 25th and returned to service.
  3. ^ After the deaths of Col John Lamar and Ltc James Van Valkenburg at the Battle of Monocacy, Sharp commanded the regiment; it would later be merged with the 60th Georgia Infantry.
  4. ^ Patchan, Scott C. "Shenandoah Summer: THe 1864 Valley Campaign". Pg. 191, 331-332. The commander of Steuart's Old Brigade is often listed as Peter Yancy, though this has to be confusion with Captain William B. Yancy of the 10th Virginia; Patchan refers to William B. Yancy commanding this unit on pg. 191, but in the Order of Battle on page 331, he labels the commander as Peter Yancy.