Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Confederate

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5–6, 1864, the army organization at beginning of the Campaign, the army organization during the Campaign and the reports.

Military rank

 * Gen = General
 * LTG = Lieutenant General
 * MG = Major General
 * BG = Brigadier General
 * Col = Colonel
 * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
 * Maj = Major
 * Cpt = Captain

Other

 * (w) = wounded
 * (mw) = mortally wounded
 * (k) = killed in action
 * (c) = captured

Army of Northern Virginia
Gen Robert E. Lee

General Staff:
 * Chief Engineer: MG Martin L. Smith
 * Chief of Artillery: BG William N. Pendleton
 * Assistant Adjutant General: Ltc Walter H. Taylor
 * Aide de Camp: Ltc Charles Marshall
 * Aide de Camp: Maj Charles S. Venable

First Corps
LTG James Longstreet (w) MG Charles W. Field MG Richard H. Anderson

Second Corps
LTG Richard S. Ewell

General Staff:
 * Assistant Adjutant General: Ltc Alexander S. Pendleton
 * Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Campbell Brown
 * Assistant Inspector General: Col Abner Smead
 * Engineer: Maj Benjamin H. Greene
 * Aide de Camp: Lt Thomas T. Turner
 * Chief of Ordnance: Ltc William Allan
 * Medical Director: Dr. Hunter H. McGuire
 * Quartermasters: Maj John D. Rogers and Maj A. M. Garber
 * Commissaries and subsistence: Maj Wells J. Hawks and Cpt J. J. Lock

Third Corps
LTG Ambrose P. Hill

Cavalry Corps
MG J.E.B. Stuart

Strengths
The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at the start of the battle.