Cross Keys Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cross Keys of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen = General
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Sgt = Sergeant

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Department of the Valley

MG Thomas J. Jackson

Forces at Cross Keys

MG Richard S. Ewell

Division	Brigade	Regiment or Other
Jackson's Division* MG Thomas J. Jackson	Second (Taliaferro's) Brigade BG William B. Taliaferro	10th Virginia Infantry - 23rd Virginia Infantry - 37th Virginia Infantry - Col Samuel V. Fulkerson
Jackson's Division* MG Thomas J. Jackson	Artillery	Poague's Battery - Cpt William T. Poague Wooding's Battery - Cpt George W. Wooding Carpenter's Battery - Cpt Joseph Carpenter

*Jackson's Division crossed over to Port Republic after a brief fight with Shields' cavalry, in which only the units listed above engaged.

Division	Brigade	Regiment or Other
Ewell's Division MG Richard S. Ewell	Second (Steuart's) Brigade BG George H. Steuart (w) Col W.C. Scott	1st Maryland Infantry – Col Bradley T. Johnson 44th Virginia Infantry – Col W.C. Scott, Maj Cobb 52nd Virginia Infantry – Ltc James H. Skinner 58th Virginia Infantry - Col Samuel H. Letcher
	Fourth (Elzey's) Brigade BG Arnold Elzey (w) Col James A. Walker	12th Georgia Infantry - Col Zephaniah T. Conner 13th Virginia Infantry - Col James A. Walker 25th Virginia Infantry - Ltc Patrick Duffy 31st Virginia Infantry - Col John S. Hoffman
	Seventh (Trimble's) Brigade BG Isaac Trimble	15th Alabama Infantry - Col James Cantey 21st Georgia Infantry - Col John T. Mercer 16th Mississippi Infantry - Col Carnot Posey 21st North Carolina Infantry - Col William W. Kirkland
	Eighth (Taylor's) Brigade BG Richard Taylor	6th Louisiana Infantry - Col Isaac G. Seymour 7th Louisiana Infantry – Col Harry T. Hays 8th Louisiana Infantry - Col Henry B. Kelly 9th Louisiana Infantry - Col Leroy A. Stafford Wheat’s Battalion (“Louisiana Tigers”) – Maj C.R. Wheat
	Artillery Col Stapleton Crutchfield	Brockenbrough’s Battery - Cpt John B. Brockenbrough Courtney’s Battery - Cpt A. R. Courtney Lusk’s Battery - Cpt John A. M. Lusk Raine’s Battery - Cpt Charles I. Raine Rice's Battery - Cpt William H. Rice
	Cavalry Brigade Col Thomas T. Munford	2nd Virginia Cavalry - Col Thomas T. Munford 6th Virginia Cavalry - Col Thomas Flournoy Chew's Battery - Cpt R. Preston Chew

References

June 8, 1862 - Battle of Cross Keys, Va. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. United States War Department. Volume XII, Chapter XXIV, pp. 711–750. (1885)

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