Antietam's Confederate Regiments at Bull Run

Here is the last installment of my Bull Run series. This is a list of Confederate regiments that served at Bull Run and Sharpsburg. It is organized by the order of battle at Sharpsburg and then shows the brigade that the unit served with at First Bull Run.

Jackson’s “Stonewall” Division

Grigsby’s Brigade

4^th Virginia Infantry, Jackson’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

5^th Virginia Infantry, Jackson’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

27^th Virginia Infantry, Jackson’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

33^rd Virginia Infantry, Jackson’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

Lawton’s Division

Hay’s Brigade

6^th Louisiana Infantry, Ewell’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

7^th Louisiana Infantry, Early’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

8^th Louisiana Infantry, Bonham’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Hood’s Division

Law’s Brigade

4^th Alabama Infantry, Bee’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

2^nd Mississippi Infantry, Bee’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

11^th Mississippi Infantry, Bee’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

6^th North Carolina Infantry, Bee’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

D.H. Hill’s Division

Garland’s Brigade

5^th North Carolina Infantry, Longstreet’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Rode’s Brigade

5^th Alabama Infantry, Ewell’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

6^th Alabama Infantry, Ewell’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

McLaw’s Division

Kershaw’s Brigade

2^nd South Carolina Infantry, Bonham’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

7^th South Carolina Infantry, Bonham’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Barksdale’s Brigade

13^th Mississippi Infantry, Early’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

17^th Mississippi Infantry, Jone’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

18^th Mississippi Infantry, Jone’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

David Jones Division

George T. Anderson’s Brigade

7^th Georgia Infantry, Bartow’s Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

8^th Georgia Infantry, Bartown’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Garnett’s Brigade

8^th Virginia Infantry, Cocke’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

18^th Virginia Infantry, Cocke’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

19^th Virginia Infantry, Cocke’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Kemper’s Brigade

11^th Virginia Infantry, Longstreet’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

24^th Virginia Infantry, Longstreet’s Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Jenkin’s Brigade

5^th South Carolina Infantry (redesignated by the Battle of Antietam as the Palmetto Sharpshooters), Jones Brigade, Army of the Potomac.

Finally, we cannot forget J.E.B. Stewart's 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment that served at both battlefields.

In looking this list over, there are a number of brigades that contain large numbers of Bull Run regiments. The include the Stonewall Brigade, Hay’s brigade, Barksdale’s Brigade, and Garnett’s Brigade. Also interesting is that David Jones division contains Bull Run regiments in four out of six of his brigades. Jones himself as you recall commanded a brigade at Bull Run. I don’t know what if any connection there might be there. If anyone can shed some light on this, please let me know.

This series of posts has been a pleasure to put together. I am indebted to Brian Downey’s terrific Antietam on the Web (AOTW) site for much of my work for much of the information. I also discovered a great site on Federal organizations called Civil War in the East. Take a look at it here. I never saw it until I started this project. Steve Hawks did a great job. Bradley Gottfried’s The Maps of First Bull Run was also exceedingly helpful in helping to visualize things. And finally, Civil War High Commands by John and David Eicher as usual is my go to source on anything having to do with the general officers of both armies.

So now we turn from First Bull Run to the next round of battles in the 150^th anniversary. It will be interesting to see what lessons were learned by the National Park Service in this large scale observance. My own personal observances were that while the heat was a factor, the federal park was competing with the county organized reenactment and I think both sides were not as successful as they could have been. I don’t think the general public understood the distinction and that fact alone should be weighed at other battlefields that don’t normally have reenactments but may be planning them in the next four years. That’s my two cents.