First Battle of Bull Run order of battle: Confederate
The following Confederate units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle[ 1] [ 2]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Confederate forces
BG Joseph E. Johnston ,[ 3]
Army of the Potomac
BG P. G. T. Beauregard
Organization of the Army of the Potomac General Staff:
Headquarters Escort:
Lay's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Cpt John F. Lay
Army of the Shenandoah
Army of the Shenandoah BG Joseph E. Johnston
General Staff:
Notes
^ The Manassas Campaign, Virginia, July 21, 1861 - Order of battle ; Manassas National Battlefield Park - The Battle of First Manassas, Confederate order of battle ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume II, pages, 1024-1026 ^ Commanded combined Confederate forces (see: Johnston's report )
^ Wounded but did not leave the field (see: Johnston's report )
^ The 13th Virginia under Colonel Ambrose P. Hill remained at Manassas Junction (see: F. Ray Sibley, Jr., The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia, page 221/Note 55 )
References
Manassas National Battlefield Park - The Battle of First Manassas .Sibley, Jr., F. Ray, The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1, The Army of Northern Virginia , Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 1996. ISBN 0-942597-73-7
The Manassas Campaign, Virginia, July 21, 1861 .Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles , Volume 1 (Pdf)
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
