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 and the reports.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

BG = Brigadier GeneralCol = ColonelLtc = Lieutenant ColonelMaj = MajorCpt = CaptainLt = Lieutenant

Other

' = wounded

' = mortally wounded' = killed in action
' = captured

Confederate forces

BG Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding

Army of the Potomac

BG P. G. T. Beauregard
General Staff:

Chief of Staff: Col Thomas Jordan
Chief Engineer: Ltc Thomas H. Williamson
Chief Signal Officer: Cpt Edward P. Alexander

Headquarters Escort:

Lay's Squadron Cavalry: Cpt John F. Lay

Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Brigade BG Milledge L. Bonham	11th North Carolina: Col William W. Kirkland 2nd South Carolina: Col Joseph B. Kershaw 3rd South Carolina: Col James H. Williams 7th South Carolina: Col Thomas G. Bacon 8th South Carolina: Col Ellerbe B. C. Cash 8th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Kelly Wickham's Squadron Cavalry: Cpt Williams C. Wickham 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops C and G: Col Richard C. W. Radford Munford's Squadron Cavalry: Ltc Thomas T. Munford Alexandria Light Artillery: Cpt Delaware Kemper Richmond Howitzers Battalion Artillery, 1st Battery: Cpt John C. Shields
Second Brigade BG Richard S. Ewell	5th Alabama: Col Robert E. Rodes 6th Alabama: Col John J. Seibels 6th Louisiana: Col Isaac G. Seymour Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 1st Company: Cpt Thomas L. Rosser Jenifer's Squadron Cavalry: Ltc William H. Jenifer
Third Brigade BG David R. Jones	17th Mississippi: Col Winfield S. Featherston 18th Mississippi: Col Erasmus R. Burt 5th South Carolina: Col Micah Jenkins 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troop H: Cpt Joel W. Flood Washington Artillery, 2nd Company: Cpt Merritt B. Miller
Fourth Brigade BG James Longstreet	5th North Carolina: Ltc Joseph P. Jones 1st Virginia: Maj Frederick G. Skinner 11th Virginia: Col Samuel Garland, Jr. 17th Virginia: Col Montgomery D. Corse Independent Squad Texas Rangers 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troop E: Cpt Edgar Whitehead Washington Artillery, 3rd Company, Second Section: Lt John J. Garnett
Fifth Brigade Col Philip St. George Cocke	8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers 19th Virginia: Ltc John B. Strange 28th Virginia: Col Robert T. Preston 49th Virginia : Col William Smith Schaeffer's Virginia Battalion : Cpt Francis B. Schaeffer Loudoun Cavalry: Cpt William W. Mead 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops B and D: Cpt G. W. H. Hale Loudoun Battery: Cpt Arthur L. Rogers Lynchburg Artillery, First Section: Cpt H. Grey Latham
Sixth Brigade Col Jubal A. Early	7th Louisiana: Col Harry T. Hays 13th Mississippi: Col William Barksdale 7th Virginia: Col James L. Kemper 24th Virginia : Ltc Peter Hairston, Jr. Scott's Squadron Cavalry: Maj John Scott Washington Artillery, 1st and 4th Companies: Lt Charles W. Squires
Seventh Brigade Col Nathan G. Evans	1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Maj Chatham R. Wheat 4th South Carolina: Col John B. E. Sloan 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops A and I: Cpt William R. Terry Lynchburg Artillery, Second Section: Lt George S. Davidson
Reserve Brigade BG Theophilus H. Holmes	1st Arkansas: Col James F. Fagan 2nd Tennessee: Col William B. Bate Purcell Artillery: Cpt R. Lindsay Walker
Unassigned Infantry	Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion: Col Wade Hampton, Cpt James Conner

Army of the Shenandoah

BG Joseph E. Johnston
General Staff:

Chief of Artillery: Col William N. Pendleton
Chief Engineer: Maj William H.C. Whiting

Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Brigade BG Thomas J. Jackson	2nd Virginia: Col James W. Allen 4th Virginia: Col James F. Preston 5th Virginia: Col Kenton Harper 27th Virginia : Ltc John Echols 33rd Virginia : Col Arthur C. Cummings Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John P. Brockenbrough
Second Brigade Col Francis S. Bartow Col Lucius J. Gartrell	7th Georgia: Col Lucius J. Gartrell 8th Georgia: Ltc William M. Gardner Wise (Virginia) Artillery: Lt John Pelham
Third Brigade BG Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. Col States Rights Gist	4th Alabama: Col Egbert Jones 2nd Mississippi: Col William C. Falkner 11th Mississippi, Companies A and K: Ltc Philip F. Liddell 6th North Carolina: Col Charles F. Fisher Staunton Artillery: Cpt John Imboden
Fourth Brigade BG Edmund Kirby Smith Col Arnold Elzey	1st Maryland Battalion: Col Arnold Elzey, Ltc George H. Steuart 3rd Tennessee: Col John C. Vaughn 10th Virginia: Col Simeon B. Gibbons Culpeper Artillery: Lt Robert F. Beckham
Artillery	Thomas Artillery: Cpt Philip B. Stanard
Cavalry	1st Virginia: Col J. E. B. Stuart