The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Williamsburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank LTG = Lieutenant General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet Rank
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed
Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Joseph E. Johnston Commanding in the field: MG James Longstreet
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
MG James Longstreet
BG Richard H. Andersoncommanding the left First Brigade
BG A. P. Hill 1st Virginia Infantry: Col Louis B. Williams (w), Maj William H. Palmer (w) 7th Virginia Infantry: Col James L. Kemper 11th Virginia Infantry: Col Samuel Garland (w) 17th Virginia Infantry: Col Montgomery D. Corse Second Brigade
BG Richard H. Anderson
Col Micah Jenkins 4th South Carolina Battalion: Maj Charles S. Mattison 5th South Carolina: Col John R.R. Giles 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton Palmetto (S. C.) Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins, Ltc Joseph Walker Louisiana Foot Rifles: Cpt McGavock Godwyn Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Williamsburg (Virginia) Artillery (2 guns): Cpt William R. Garret Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 guns): Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Third Brigade
BG George Pickett 8th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Norbourne Berkeley 18th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Henry A. Carrington 19th Virginia Infantry: Col John B Strange 28th Virginia Infantry: Col Robert C. Allen Lynchburg (Virginia) Battery: Cpt James Dearing Fourth Brigade
BG Cadmus M. Wilcox 9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry 10th Alabama: Col John Woodward 19th Mississippi: Col Christopher H. Mott (k), Ltc Lucius Q. C. Lamar Fifth Brigade
BG Roger A. Pryor 8th Alabama: Ltc Thomas E. Irby (k) 14th Alabama: Maj Owen K. McLemore 14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) Richmond (Virginia) Fayette Artillery: Lt William I. Clopton Colston's Brigade
BG Raleigh E. Colston 3rd Virginia Infantry: Col Joseph Mayo 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales 14th North Carolina: Col Philetus W. Roberts Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery (3 guns): Lt Lestang Fortier Magruder's Command
BG D.R. Jonesacting
BG Lafayette McLawscommanding division in the field Semmes' Brigade
BG Paul J. Semmes 5th Louisiana 10th Georgia 10th Louisiana Infantry: Col Antoine J. de Marigny 15th Virginia Infantry Kershaw's Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw 2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina Forces at Williamsburg
Col Benjamin S. Ewell 17th Virginia Infantry (Company H)Old Dominion Rifles 32nd Virginia Infantry (detachment) 52nd Virginia Militia 68th Virginia Militia 115th Virginia Militia Companies B and C, Allens' Battalion10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy ArtilleryD. H. Hill's Division
MG D. H. Hill Early's Brigade
BG Jubal A. Early (W)
Col Duncan K. McRae (w)minor wound, stayed in command 5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae 23rd North Carolina: Col John F. Hoke, Maj Daniel H. Christie 24th Virginia Infantry: Col William R. Terry (w), Maj Richard L. Maury 38th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Powhatan B. Whittle Rodes' Brigade
BG Robert E. Rodes 5th Alabama: Col Christopher C. Pegues 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon 12th Alabama: Col Robert T. Jones 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor 2nd Florida: Col George T. Ward (k) Rains' Brigade
BG Gabriel J. Rains 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 26th Alabama Col Edward A. O'Neal 6th Georgia: Col Alfred H. Colquitt 23rd Georgia: Col Thomas Hutcherson Featherston's Brigade
BG W.S. Featherston 27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen 4th North Carolina: Col George B. Anderson 49th Virginia: Col William "Extra Billy" SmithUnattached 2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor Cavalry Cavalry Brigade
BG J. E. B. Stuart 1st Virginia Cavalry 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas F. Goode 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col Williams C. Wickham(w),(Maj William H. F. Payne (w), Cpt Robert E. Utterback Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion: Ltc William T. Martin Wise Legion Cavalry: Col J. Lucius Davis Pelham's (Virginia) Horse Artillery: Cpt John Pelham from MG G.W. Smith's Command Unattached Hampton's (South Carolina) Legionfought in the action of May 4
Notes
References Hastings, Earl C. and David S. Hastings. A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; White Mane Publishing Company, 1997.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.