Globe Tavern Confederate order of battle

The following units and commanders of the Confederate army fought in the Battle of Globe Tavern from August 18 to 21, 1864. For August 18th and 19th, units from the divisions of William Mahone and Henry Heth were engaged, with brigades from the Petersburg Defense Force attached (the brigade of A. H. Colquitt fought under Heth's command on the first day and under Mahone's command the second day). On August 21, eight brigades from four divisions were engaged under the command of Henry Heth and William Mahone.

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

Other

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

August 18–19

Operations south of Petersburg

Gen P. G. T. Beauregard, Petersburg Defense Force

Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Mahone's Division MG William Mahone	Weisiger's Brigade BG David A. Weisiger	6th Virginia Infantry 12th Virginia Infantry 16th Virginia Infantry 41st Virginia Infantry 61st Virginia Infantry
	Colquitt's Brigade (from Hoke's division, Petersburg Defense Force) BG Alfred H. Colquitt	6th Georgia Infantry 19th Georgia Infantry 23rd Georgia Infantry 27th Georgia Infantry 28th Georgia Infantry
	Clingman's Brigade (from Hoke's division, Petersburg Defense Force) BG Thomas L. Clingman (w) Col Hector McKethan	8th North Carolina Infantry 31st North Carolina Infantry 51st North Carolina Infantry 61st North Carolina Infantry
Heth's Division MG Henry Heth	Davis' Brigade Captain R.W. Thomas	1st Confederate Battalion 2nd Mississippi Infantry 11th Mississippi Infantry 26th Mississippi Infantry 42nd Mississippi Infantry 55th North Carolina Infantry
	Walker's Brigade Col Robert M. Mayo (ill, August 18) Col William S. Christian	13th Alabama Infantry 2nd Maryland Battalion 1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional Army) 7th Tennessee Infantry 14th Tennessee Infantry 40th Virginia Infantry 47th Virginia Infantry 55th Virginia Infantry 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion
	Colquitt's Brigade (from Hoke's division, Petersburg Defense Force) BG A.H. Colquitt	6th Georgia Infantry 19th Georgia Infantry 23rd Georgia Infantry 27th Georgia Infantry 28th Georgia Infantry
Third Corps Artillery Col R. L. Walker	Pegram's Battalion Col W.J. Pegram	Richard's (Mississippi) Battery Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery Braxton's (Virginia) Battery Brander's (Virgina) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery

August 21

Operations south of Petersburg

Gen P.G.T. Beauregard, Petersburg Defense Force

Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

LTG A. P. Hill

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Mahone's Division MG William Mahone	Sanders' Brigade BG J.C. Sanders (k) Col J. Horace King	8th Alabama Infantry 9th Alabama Infantry 10th Alabama Infantry 11th Alabama Infantry 13th Alabama Infantry 14th Alabama Infantry
	Harris' Brigade Col Joseph M. Jayne	12th Mississippi Infantry 16th Mississippi Infantry 19th Mississippi Infantry 48th Mississippi Infantry
	Wright's Brigade BG Ambrose R. Wright	3rd Georgia Infantry 22nd Georgia Infantry 48th Georgia Infantry 64th Georgia Infantry 2nd Georgia Infantry Battalion 10th Georgia Infantry Battalion
	Hagood's Brigade (from Hoke's division, Petersburg Defense Force) BG Johnson Hagood	11th South Carolina Infantry 21st South Carolina Infantry 25th South Carolina Infantry 27th South Carolina Infantry 7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
	Finegan's Brigade BG Joseph Finegan	2nd Florida Infantry 5th Florida Infantry 8th Florida Infantry 9th Florida Infantry 10th Florida Infantry 11th Florida Infantry
Heth's Division MG Henry Heth	Cooke's Brigade BG John R. Cooke	15th North Carolina Infantry 27th North Carolina Infantry 46th North Carolina Infantry 48th North Carolina Infantry 55th North Carolina Infantry
	McRae's Brigade BG William MacRae	11th North Carolina Infantry 26th North Carolina Infantry 44th North Carolina Infantry 47th North Carolina Infantry 52nd North Carolina Infantry
	Kirkland's Brigade (from Hoke's division, Petersburg Defense Force) BG W.W. Kirkland	17th North Carolina Infantry 42nd North Carolina Infantry 66th North Carolina Infantry
	Ransom's Brigade (from Johnson's division, Petersburg Defense Force) Ltc John L. Harris	24th North Carolina Infantry 25th North Carolina Infantry 35th North Carolina Infantry 49th North Carolina Infantry 56th North Carolina Infantry
Third Corps Artillery Col R. L. Walker	Pegram's Battalion Col W.J. Pegram	Richard's (Mississippi) Battery Gregg's (South Carolina) Battery Braxton's (Virginia) Battery Brander's (Virgina) Battery Cayce's (Virginia) Battery Ellett's (Virginia) Battery

Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
W.H.F. Lee's Division	Barringer's Brigade BG Rufus Barringer	1st North Carolina Cavalry 2nd North Carolina Cavalry 3rd North Carolina Cavalry 5th North Carolina Cavalry
	Dearing's Brigade BG James Dearing	7th Confederate Cavalry 62nd Georgia Cavalry 4th North Carolina Cavalry 6th North Carolina Cavalry Petersburg Artillery

Sources

• Calkins, Chris. "The Battle of Weldon Railroad (or Globe Taver), August 18–19 & 21, 1864", in Blue & Gray, Volume XXIII, issue 5 (Winter 2007). ISSN 0741-2207.
• Katcher, Philip. The Army of Robert E. Lee. London, United Kingdom: Arms and Armour Press, 1994. ISBN 1-85409-174-3.
• Trudeau, Noah Andre. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864–April 1865. Little, Brown and Company, 1991. ISBN 0-316-85327-5.