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Yorktown Battlefield
Confederate Units page 3

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
General Joseph E. Johnston

Right Wing: Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder

McLaws's Division: Brig. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

Semmes's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes

5th Louisiana 15th Virginia
10th Louisiana Noland's Virginia Battalion
10th Georgia 1st Louisiana Battalion (Dreux)
Garrett's Williamsburg (Virginia) Battery Young's Halifax (Virginia) Battery

 

 

 

 

 

Griffith's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Richard Griffith

13th Mississippi 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion (Coppens)
18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi
McCarthy's Richmond Howitzers, 1st Co.  

 

 

 

 

Kershaw's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw

2d South Carolina 7th South Carolina
3d South Carolina 8th South Carolina
Gracie's Alabama Battalion Kemper's Alexandria (Virginia) Battery

 

 

 

Cobb's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb

16th Georgia 2d Louisiana
24th Georgia 17th Mississippi
Cobb's Georgia Legion 15th North Carolina
Page's Morris Louisa (Virginia) Battery  

 

 

 

 

Artillery: Col. H.C. Cabell

Cosnahan's Peninsula (Virginia) Battery Manly's North Carolina Battery
Sands's Henrico (Virginia) Battery Read's Pulaski (Georgia) Battery

 

 

 

D.R. Jones's Division: Brig. Gen. David R. Jones

Toombs's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs

1st Georgia Regulars 17th Georgia
2d Georgia 20th Georgia
15th Georgia  

 

 

 

G.T. Anderson's Brigade: Col. George T. Anderson

7th Georgia 11th Georgia
8th Georgia 1st Kentucky
9th Georgia  

 

 

 

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Source: To The Gates of Richmond by Stephen Sears, 1992

18-pounder siege gun  

Did You Know?
Artillery played a decisive role in defeating the British at Yorktown. According to Brigadier General Henry Knox, the American artillery commander, the Americans and French fired 15,437 artillery rounds at the British during the eight day bombardment. This is an average of 1.2 shots a minute!

Last Updated: June 17, 2006 at 16:44 EST