Appomattox Surrender Confederate Unit Strengths

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Going off of NPS's order of battle listing, I wish to compile a page of the Confederate parole numbers, from regiments up to divisions to Corps level. This is to help get a frame of mind to understand just how poor a state the AoNV actually was by the end.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/apco/order-of-battle.htm

Starting with Longstreet's Combined 1st and 3rd Corps (after A. P. Hill's death, 3rd Corps was assigned to Longstreet's command): 16505
-Provost Guard: 5th Al Bn: 128

-Kershaw's Division (assigned to Ewell's Provisional Corps. After loses at Sayler's Creek): 775 men.
--DuBose's Ga Brigade: 342
---16th Ga: 54
---18th Ga: 53
---24th Ga: 62
---3rd Ga S.S. Bn: 24
---Cobb's Legion Inf: 56
---Phillips' Legion Inf: 93
--Humphrey's Ms Brigade: 246
---13th Ms: 85
---17th Ms: 64
---18th Ms: 48
---21st Ms: 49
--Simms' Ga Brigade: 186
---10th Ga: 50
---50th Ga: 30
---51st Ga: 43
---53rd Ga: 64

-Pickett's Division: 1092 (Overrun at Five Forks)
--Steuart's Va Brigade: 366
---9th Va: 40
---14th Va: 58
---38th Va: 95
---53rd Va: 86
---57th Va: 87
--Corse's Va Brigade: 363
---15th Va 69
---17th Va: 125
---29th Va: 31
---30th Va: 90
---32nd Va: 48
--Hunton's Va Brigade: 201
---8th Va: 12
---18th Va: 70
---19th Va: 30
---28th Va 56
---56th Va: 33
--Terry's/Mayo's Va Brigade: 162
---1st Va: 12
---3rd Va: 70
---7th Va: 20
---11th Va: 31
---24th Va: 24

-Field's Division: 4946
--Bratton's SC Brigade (Largest in the Army): 1545
---1st SC Volunteers (Hagood's Regiment): 222
---2nd SC Rifles: 298
---5th SC: 283
---6th SC: 358
---Palmetto Sharpshooters: 385
--Perry's Al Brigade: 996
---4th Al: 224
---15th Al: 220
---44th Al: 209
---47th Al: 207
---48th Al: 136
--Tige Anderson's Ga Brigade: 987
---7th Ga: 188
---8th Ga: 153
---9th Ga: 189
---11th Ga: 190
---59th Ga: 267
--Benning's Ga Brigade: 800
---2nd Ga: 158
---15th Ga: 246
---17th Ga: 186
---20th Ga: 210
--Gregg's/Bass'/Powell's Texas Brigade: 618
---3rd Ak: 147
---1st Tx: 149
---4th Tx: 160
---5th Tx: 162

-Mahone's Division: 3493
--Forney's Al Brigade: 950
---8th Al: 170
---9th Al: 78
---10th Al: 228
---11th Al: 190
---13th Al: 91
---14th Al: 193
--Weisiger's Va Brigade: 654
---6th Va: 111
---12th Va: 190
---16th Va: 125
---41st Va: 109
---61st Va: 119
--Harris' Ms Brigade: 364
---12th Ms: 55
---16th Ms: 72
---19th Ms: 138
---48th Ms: 99
--Sorrel's (Col. Tayloe's) Ga Brigade: 1028
---3rd Ga: 248
---22nd Ga: 220
---48th Ga: 207
---64th Ga: 105
---2nd Ga Bn: 82
---10th Ga Bn: 166
--Finegan's/Brevard's/Lang's Florida Brigade: 497
---2nd Fl: 70
---5th Fl: 53
---8th Fl: 34
---9th Fl: 124
---10th Fl: 170
---11th Fl: 24
---Florida Brigade Band: 14
---Coy. F and H, 28th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 7

-Heth's Division: 1566
--J. R. Davis' Ms Brigade: 66 (According to @Coonewah Creek , brigade overrun at Hatcher's Creek)
---1st Conf. Bn: 9
---2nd Ms: 20
---11th Ms: 19
---26th Ms: 12
---42nd Ms: 6
--Cooke's NC Brigade: 556
---15th NC: 137
---27th NC: 117
---46th NC: 118
---48th NC: 101
---55th NC: 83
--MacRae's NC Brigade: 472
---11th NC: 84
---26th NC: 131
---44th NC: 83
---47th NC: 77
---52nd NC: 96
--McComb's Tn Brigade: 472
---2nd Maryland: 63
---1st Tn (P.A.): 38
---7th Tn: 48
---14th Tn: 41
---17th Tn: 68
---23rd Tn: 56
---25th Tn: 25
---44th Tn: 58
---63rd Tn: 75

-Wilcox's Division: 2695
--Thomas' Ga Brigade: 510
---14th Ga: 168
---35th Ga: 137
---45th Ga: 93
---49th Ga: 112
--Lane's NC Brigade: 562
---18th NC: 99
---28th NC: 232
---33rd NC: 120
---37th NC: 111
--McGowan's SC Brigade: 897
---1st SC (P.A.): 116
---1st SC Rifles (Orr's): 157
---12th SC: 161
---13th SC: 198
---14th SC: 265
--Scales' NC Brigade: 726
---13th NC: 218
---16th NC: 96
---22nd NC: 111
---34th NC: 169
---38th NC: 132


-1st Corps Artillery: 1203
--Cabell's Bn: ~31
--Huger's Bn: 314
--Hardaway's Bn: 401
--Haskell's Bn: 169
--Stark's Bn: 155
--Marmaduke Johnson's Bn: 133

-3rd Corps Artillery: 735
--McIntosh's Bn: 244
--Willie Pegram's Bn: ~10
--Poague's Bn: ~238
--Richardson's Bn: ~98
--Lane's Bn (Sumter Bn): 54
--Owen's Bn: 53
--Washington Artillery: 38
 
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-Heth's Division: 1566
--J. R. Davis' Ms Brigade: 66
---1st Conf. Bn: 9
---2nd Ms: 20
---11th Ms: 19
---26th Ms: 12
---42nd Ms: 6
There are some caveats you should remain aware of when considering final unit strengths formally surrendered at Appomattox. The only unit I can speak for directly is the 2nd Mississippi, although I am 99% certain the other units in Davis's Brigade, and probably all of at least Heth's Division, suffered the same fate. During the Petersburg breakthrough on April 2nd, most of the 2nd Mississippi was surrounded and surrendered, trapped against Hatcher's Run (which was swollen by recent rains, and impassable) with Union troops on the other three sides. They surrendered some 99 men that I can count directly from their CMSRs. I do not believe any of this group escaped across Hatcher's Run to be included in the 20-odd men surrendered there. Almost, if not all, of these 20 men were on detached duty at the time of the April 2nd breakthrough. This is not to imply that the regiment wasn't severely reduced prior to April 2nd...it obviously was, but it consisted of at least 120 men or so present or detailed to the immediate area, not just the 20 who surrendered at Appomattox. So just taken at face value, the Appomattox numbers can be somewhat misleading.
 
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*Gordon's Corps (2nd Corps plus 4th Corps, after R. H. Anderson was relieved following Sayler's Creek): 7593 (NPS has total at 8,399)

-Grimes' Division: 1956
--Battle's/Hobson's Al Brigade: 373
---3rd Al: 105
---5th Al: 62
---6th Al: 87
---12th Al: 69
---61st Al: 50
--Grimes'/Cowand's NC Brigade: 543
---32nd NC: 119
---43rd NC: 179
---45th NC: 97
---53rd NC: 96
---2nd NC Bn: 52
--Cox's NC Brigade: 595
---1st NC: 73
---2nd NC: 64
---3rd NC: 58
---4th NC: 117
---14th NC: 121
---30th NC: 162
--Cook's/Nash's Ga Brigade: 366
---4th Ga: 148
---12th Ga: 70
---21st Ga: 65
---44th Ga: 83
--Fletcher's Militia Brigade: 79
---3rd Va Reserve Bn: 18
---44th Va Bn: 61

-Walker's Division: 1239
--Johnston's/Lea's NC Brigade: 488
---5th NC: 93
---12th NC: 152
---20th NC: 83
---23rd NC: 91
---1st NC S.S. Bn: 69
--Lewis' NC Brigade: 442
---6th NC: 188
---21st NC: 111
---54th NC: 61
---57th NC: 82
--Walker's/Douglas' Va Brigade: 309
---13th Va: 63
---31st Va: 57
---49th Va: 62
---52nd Va: 60
---58th Va: 67

-Gordon's/Evans' Division: 1900
--Evan's/Lowe's Ga Brigade: 970
---13th Ga: 174
---26th Ga: 220
---31st Ga: 123
---38th Ga: 112
---60th Ga: 91
---61st Ga: 82
---18th Ga Inf Bn: 16
---9th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 21
---12th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 131
--Terry's Consolidated Va Brigade: 555
---2nd Va: 74
---4th Va: 47
---5th Va: 56
---10th Va: 50
---21st Va: 57
---23rd Va: 59
---25th Va: 19
---27th Va: 22
---33rd Va: 19
---37th Va: 42
---42nd Va: 53
---44th Va: 16
---48th Va: 41
--York's/Waggaman's Consolidated La Brigade: 375

-Bushrod Johnson's/Wallace's Division (formerly of 4th Corps): 2261
--Wallace's SC Brigade: 634
---17th SC: 121
---18th SC: 160
---22nd SC: 89
---23rd SC: 109
---26th SC: 124
---Holcombe SC Legion: 34
--Moody's/Stansel's Al Brigade: 568
---41st Al: 99
---43rd Al: 128
---59th Al: 110
---60th Al: 184
---23rd Al Bn: 47
--Wise's Va Brigade: 629
---26th Va: 96
---34th Va: 245
---46th Va: 139
---59th Va: 139
--Ransom's NC Brigade: 430
---24th NC: 55
---25th NC: 78
---35th NC: 117
---49th NC: 108
---56th NC: 72

-2nd Corps Artillery: ~237
--Nelson's Bn: ? (No numbers given)
--Braxton's Bn: 33
--Cutshaw's Bn: 204

-4th Corps Artillery: ? (No numbers given; I presume due to being captured prior to Appomattox, or had dispersed or attached to other units)
 
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There are some caveats you should remain aware of when considering final unit strengths formally surrendered at Appomattox. The only unit I can speak for directly is the 2nd Mississippi, although I am 99% certain the other units in Davis's Brigade, and probably all of at least Heth's Division, suffered the same fate. During the Petersburg breakthrough on April 2nd, most of the 2nd Mississippi was surrounded and surrendered, trapped against Hatcher's Run (which was swollen by recent rains, and impassable) with Union troops on the other three sides. They surrendered some 99 men that I can count directly from their CMSRs. I do not believe any of this group escaped across Hatcher's Run to be included in the 20-odd men surrendered there. Almost, if not all, of these 20 men were on detached duty at the time of the April 2nd breakthrough. This is not to imply that the regiment wasn't severely reduced prior to April 2nd...it obviously was, but it consisted of at least 120 men or so present or detailed to the immediate area, not just the 20 who surrendered at Appomattox. So just taken at face value, the Appomattox numbers can be somewhat misleading.

He's absolutely correct. In no way can you use the Appomattox numbers as a gauge of the ANV's strength by the end, unless you really want to show what they're like on April 9th. But that army is nothing like the one that began the final campaign. Between Fort Stedman, Five Forks, the Breakthrough, Sailor's Creek, and many other engagements Lee's army saw significant losses in the two weeks before the surrender. Not to mention the unknown number that straggled along the march. I think you'd be better off finding the number prior to March 25, 1865 to accomplish what you want.
 
There are some caveats you should remain aware of when considering final unit strengths formally surrendered at Appomattox. The only unit I can speak for directly is the 2nd Mississippi, although I am 99% certain the other units in Davis's Brigade, and probably all of at least Heth's Division, suffered the same fate. During the Petersburg breakthrough on April 2nd, most of the 2nd Mississippi was surrounded and surrendered, trapped against Hatcher's Run (which was swollen by recent rains, and impassable) with Union troops on the other three sides. They surrendered some 99 men that I can count directly from their CMSRs. I do not believe any of this group escaped across Hatcher's Run to be included in the 20-odd men surrendered there. Almost, if not all, of these 20 men were on detached duty at the time of the April 2nd breakthrough. This is not to imply that the regiment wasn't severely reduced prior to April 2nd...it obviously was, but it consisted of at least 120 men or so present or detailed to the immediate area, not just the 20 who surrendered at Appomattox. So just taken at face value, the Appomattox numbers can be somewhat misleading.

Agreed. My relative was in the 14th Virginia, and was in the trenches at Petersburg, but i know he didn't make it to the surrender at Appomattox
 
There are some caveats you should remain aware of when considering final unit strengths formally surrendered at Appomattox. The only unit I can speak for directly is the 2nd Mississippi, although I am 99% certain the other units in Davis's Brigade, and probably all of at least Heth's Division, suffered the same fate. During the Petersburg breakthrough on April 2nd, most of the 2nd Mississippi was surrounded and surrendered, trapped against Hatcher's Run (which was swollen by recent rains, and impassable) with Union troops on the other three sides. They surrendered some 99 men that I can count directly from their CMSRs. I do not believe any of this group escaped across Hatcher's Run to be included in the 20-odd men surrendered there. Almost, if not all, of these 20 men were on detached duty at the time of the April 2nd breakthrough. This is not to imply that the regiment wasn't severely reduced prior to April 2nd...it obviously was, but it consisted of at least 120 men or so present or detailed to the immediate area, not just the 20 who surrendered at Appomattox. So just taken at face value, the Appomattox numbers can be somewhat misleading.
Thank you for the post. Context for these numbers is desirable. I do not mean to reduce the stories of those who were captured earlier. I just see the surrender numbers for individual units all the time on Regimental Histories, so i felt like trying to compile them on a single thread for reference purposes.
He's absolutely correct. In no way can you use the Appomattox numbers as a gauge of the ANV's strength by the end, unless you really want to show what they're like on April 9th. But that army is nothing like the one that began the final campaign. Between Fort Stedman, Five Forks, the Breakthrough, Sailor's Creek, and many other engagements Lee's army saw significant losses in the two weeks before the surrender. Not to mention the unknown number that straggled along the march. I think you'd be better off finding the number prior to March 25, 1865 to accomplish what you want.
The issue with going with that time frame is that the numbers aren't as available as they are at Appomattox. If you got resources on that, I'd love to see them.
 
The only unit I can speak for directly is the
Likewise, I can speak directly of the 16th Georgia, DuBose's (formerly Wofford's) brigade. Most of what was left of the regiment (and the brigade for that matter) was surrounded at Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865. Most everyone not on detached duty at the time was killed, wounded and/or captured.

For most of the war, my guys had been very diligent in sending casualty reports back to the local newspaper. This obviously didn't happen for Sailor's Creek. As a result, my data for Sailor's Creek is from CMSR's and POW rolls of men captured at Sailor's Creek and I consider it incomplete. Most all of those of the 16th GA listed as surrendered at Appomattox were detached - one was the regimental surgeon.

Interestingly, 19 had enlisted prior to, or in August 1861, when the regiment was formally designated. Twelve had been previously wounded - one was wounded at Sailor's Creek but somehow escaped. And two of the men surrendered at Appomattox had previously had limbs amputated. One of those, Joseph White Wood, Corp (D/16th GA), was on the original roll of Co D in June 1861; was wounded at Fort Sanders 11/29/1863; had his arm amputated; and was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox. All I can say is that Joseph White Wood must have been one really tough old bird. :D
 
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*Cavalry Corps (many units dispersed or attempted to escape; thus, few were present at the surrender)
-Fitzhugh Lee's (Commanding Corps)/ Munford's Division: 998
--Munford's Va Brigade: 59
---1st Va Cav: 1
---2nd Va Cav: 47
---3rd Va Cav: 4
---4th Va Cav: 7
--Payne's/Boston's Va Brigade: 98
---5th Va Cav: 2
---6th Va Cav: 4
---15th Va Cav: N/A
---36th Va Cav Bn: 92
--Gary's Brigade: 841
---7th Ga Cav: 46
---7th SC Cav: 384
---Hampton's SC Legion: 246
---24th Va Cav: 165

--W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee's Division: 281
---Barringer's NC Brigade (Merged with Robert's Brigade): 28
---1st NC Cav: 10
---2nd NC Cav: 10
---3rd NC Cav: 2
---5th NC Cav: 6
--Beale's/Burt's Va Brigade: 169
---9th Va Cav: 24
---10th Va Cav: 22
---13th Va Cav: 86
---14th Va Cav: 37
--Robert's NC Brigade: 84
---4th NC Cav: 38
---16th NC Cav Bn: 46

-Rosser's Division (Escaped):
--Dearing's/White's Va Brigade (Laurel Brigade): 1 from 7th Va Cav. Most of brigade under White attempted escape and dispersed
--McCausland's Va Brigade: 1 from 21st Va.

-Horse Artillery: 26
--Breathed's Bn: 3
--Chew's Bn: 23

*Ewell's Provisional Corps (Ewell also had Kershaw and Pickett's Divisions under his command. Most were captured or disabled at Saylers Creek)
-Custis Lee's Division (Captured at Saylers Creek):
--Barton's Va Brigade: 54
---22nd Va Bn: 13
---25th Va Bn: 25
---40th Va: 9
---47th/55th Va: 7
--Moore's Va Brigade (Made up of local militia and clerks from Richmond; Brigadier Patrick Moore did not accompany the command on its retreat): 31
--Stapleton Crutchfield's Artillery Brigade (fighting as Infantry): 198
---10th Va Hvy Art Bn: 106
---18th Va Hvy Art Bn: 25
---19th Va Hvy Art Bn: 49
---20th Va Hvy Art Bn: 22
---18th Ga Hvy Art Bn: N/A
--Major's Smith's Drewry's Bluff Garrison Brigade (Fighting as infantry): 242
--Tucker's/Gwathmey's Naval Brigade: 125
--Simms' Marine Brigade: 28

*Army Troops
-Provost Guard:
--1st Va Inf Bn: 139
-Escort:
--39th Va Cav Bn: 92
-Engineers: 285
--1st Conf Engineers: 191
--2nd Conf Engineers: 94
-Unattached
--Independent Signals Corps: 71
 
--Harris' Ms Brigade: 364
---12th Ms: 55
---16th Ms: 72
---19th Ms: 138
---48th Ms: 99
The 12th and 16th Mississippi were both killed, wounded and captured to a man in the last stand at Fort Gregg, during the Petersburg Breakthrough. Together, they had about 150 men present at Gregg. Those who surrendered at Appomattox must have also been absent or detached at the time.

--Bratton's SC Brigade (Largest in the Army): 1545
---1st SC Volunteers (Hagood's Regiment): 222
---2nd SC Rifles: 298
---5th SC: 283
---6th SC: 358
---Palmetto Sharpshooters: 385
@Luke Freet and I just discussed this in another thread, but to repeat here, I think Bratton's Brigade (formerly Micah Jenkins') was so large because they saw little action in 1863 and suffered relatively few losses through 1864-65, compared to others. It also possibly had fewer desertions, as it was very well drilled and disciplined. In addition, the Palmetto Sharpshooters consisted almost entirely of volunteers, with hardly any conscripts. Even after the surrender, the brigade continued to march most of the way home as a unit.
 
I've gotten some comments regarding the fact that many of these units had substantially more men captured in the preceding weeks, at places like Fort Stedman, Hatchers Run, Five Forks, Fort Gregg, and Saylers Creek, to name a few notable example. If anyone has numbers on those captured in these battles, if they could discern who came from which units, it would be swell. These I presume to be harder to find in comparison.
 
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*Gordon's Corps (2nd Corps plus 4th Corps, after R. H. Anderson was relieved following Sayler's Creek): 7593 (NPS has total at 8,399)

-Grimes' Division: 1956
--Battle's/Hobson's Al Brigade: 373
---3rd Al: 105
---5th Al: 62
---6th Al: 87
---12th Al: 69
---61st Al: 50
--Grimes'/Cowand's NC Brigade: 543
---32nd NC: 119
---43rd NC: 179
---45th NC: 97
---53rd NC: 96
---2nd NC Bn: 52
--Cox's NC Brigade: 595
---1st NC: 73
---2nd NC: 64
---3rd NC: 58
---4th NC: 117
---14th NC: 121
---30th NC: 162
--Cook's/Nash's Ga Brigade: 366
---4th Ga: 148
---12th Ga: 70
---21st Ga: 65
---44th Ga: 83
--Fletcher's Militia Brigade: 79
---3rd Va Reserve Bn: 18
---44th Va Bn: 61

-Walker's Division: 1239
--Johnston's/Lea's NC Brigade: 488
---5th NC: 93
---12th NC: 152
---20th NC: 83
---23rd NC: 91
---1st NC S.S. Bn: 69
--Lewis' NC Brigade: 442
---6th NC: 188
---21st NC: 111
---54th NC: 61
---57th NC: 82
--Walker's/Douglas' Va Brigade: 309
---13th Va: 63
---31st Va: 57
---49th Va: 62
---52nd Va: 60
---58th Va: 67

-Gordon's/Evans' Division: 1900
--Evan's/Lowe's Ga Brigade: 970
---13th Ga: 174
---26th Ga: 220
---31st Ga: 123
---38th Ga: 112
---60th Ga: 91
---61st Ga: 82
---18th Ga Inf Bn: 16
---9th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 21
---12th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 131
--Terry's Consolidated Va Brigade: 555
---2nd Va: 74
---4th Va: 47
---5th Va: 56
---10th Va: 50
---21st Va: 57
---23rd Va: 59
---25th Va: 19
---27th Va: 22
---33rd Va: 19
---37th Va: 42
---42nd Va: 53
---44th Va: 16
---48th Va: 41
--York's/Waggaman's Consolidated La Brigade: 375

-Bushrod Johnson's/Wallace's Division (formerly of 4th Corps): 2261
--Wallace's SC Brigade: 634
---17th SC: 121
---18th SC: 160
---22nd SC: 89
---23rd SC: 109
---26th SC: 124
---Holcombe SC Legion: 34
--Moody's/Stansel's Al Brigade: 568
---41st Al: 99
---43rd Al: 128
---59th Al: 110
---60th Al: 184
---23rd Al Bn: 47
--Wise's Va Brigade: 629
---26th Va: 96
---34th Va: 245
---46th Va: 139
---59th Va: 139
--Ransom's NC Brigade: 430
---24th NC: 55
---25th NC: 78
---35th NC: 117
---49th NC: 108
---56th NC: 72

-2nd Corps Artillery: ~237
--Nelson's Bn: ? (No numbers given)
--Braxton's Bn: 33
--Cutshaw's Bn: 204

-4th Corps Artillery: ? (No numbers given; I presume due to being captured prior to Appomattox, or had dispersed or attached to other units)

I can only speak about the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment of Battle's/Hobson's Brigade and your number is incredibly accurate! (Your number 62.....25 years of research (my number) 63.) What is you source for these numbers?

By the way....the regiment had 154 men captured at Petersburg on April 2nd, 2 captured at Amelia Court House, and 2 captured at Sailor's Creek.
 
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I can only speak about the 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment of Battle's/Hobson's Brigade and your number is incredibly accurate! (Your number 62.....25 years of research (my number) 63.) What is you source for these numbers?

By the way....the regiment had 154 men captured at Petersburg on April 2nd, 2 captured at Amelia Court House, and 2 captured at Sailor's Creek.
https://www.nps.gov/apco/order-of-battle.htm. Thank you for your additional numbers, much appreciated.
 
In 1887 the Southern Historic Society published a booklet titled Paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia, R. E. Lee, Gen., C. S. A., Commanding, Surrendered at Appomattox C. H., VA., April 9, 1865, to Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U. S.
The names of all those who signed patrols are listed.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924030921773/page/n9
 
I've gotten some comments regarding the fact that many of these units had substantially more men captured in the preceding weeks, at places like Fort Stedman, Hatchers Run, Five Forks, Fort Gregg, and Saylers Creek, to name a few notable example. If anyone has numbers on those captured in these battles, if they could discern who came from which units, it would be swell. These I presume to be harder to find in comparison.
I've gotten some comments regarding the fact that many of these units had substantially more men captured in the preceding weeks, at places like Fort Stedman, Hatchers Run, Five Forks, Fort Gregg, and Saylers Creek, to name a few notable example. If anyone has numbers on those captured in these battles, if they could discern who came from which units, it would be swell. These I presume to be harder to find in comparison.

The strength of Confederate units during the Appomattox Campaign were certainly fluid. Here are the numbers for the Chesapeake Artillery (4th Maryland Artillery), McIntosh's Battalion, 3rd Corps. Source material for this period being very sparse,
these numbers were arrived at only by examining the CSR's of every soldier in the unit:

April 1: 25 men and one officer present at Fort Gregg in the Petersburg lines
April 2: 12 men, 11 enlisted and one officer, killed or captured in the Federal Breakthrough (at Fort Gregg)
April 2-9: 3 enlisted men captured during the march to Appomattox
April 4: 3 enlisted men who had been in Richmond when the city was evacuated rejoin the unit at Amelia Courthouse
April 9: one enlisted man leaves the unit to join another Confederate army; 12 are listed on the rolls at the surrender BUT
April 10: one enlisted man who had fallen behind during the march rejoins the unit, and is issued a parole dated April 10
April 11: at the surrender of the ANV's Artillery at Appomattox, the 4th Maryland Artillery surrenders one sergeant, 12 men, and one gun (total surrendered - 13)

Even though the rolls for the 4th Maryland Artillery list 12 men surrendered at Appomattox, it was actually 13.
 
In 1887 the Southern Historic Society published a booklet titled Paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia, R. E. Lee, Gen., C. S. A., Commanding, Surrendered at Appomattox C. H., VA., April 9, 1865, to Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U. S.
The names of all those who signed patrols are listed.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924030921773/page/n9

This is the definitive list. The NPS website list is based on the Order of Battle for the Appomattox Campaign in the Official Records (I, 46, 1, p. 1267-1279), which has errors. For example, in McIntosh's Artillery Battalion, commanded at Appomattox by Lt. Col. William M. Owen, the list in the OR includes Capt. Edward Owen's company of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, although this company was part of Eshelman's Battalion.
 
Going off of NPS's order of battle listing, I wish to compile a page of the Confederate parole numbers, from regiments up to divisions to Corps level. This is to help get a frame of mind to understand just how poor a state the AoNV actually was by the end.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/apco/order-of-battle.htm

Starting with Longstreet's Combined 1st and 3rd Corps (after A. P. Hill's death, 3rd Corps was assigned to Longstreet's command): 16505
-Provost Guard: 5th Al Bn: 128

-Kershaw's Division (assigned to Ewell's Provisional Corps. After loses at Sayler's Creek): 775 men.
--DuBose's Ga Brigade: 342
---16th Ga: 54
---18th Ga: 53
---24th Ga: 62
---3rd Ga S.S. Bn: 24
---Cobb's Legion Inf: 56
---Phillips' Legion Inf: 93
--Humphrey's Ms Brigade: 246
---13th Ms: 85
---17th Ms: 64
---18th Ms: 48
---21st Ms: 49
--Simms' Ga Brigade: 186
---10th Ga: 50
---50th Ga: 30
---51st Ga: 43
---53rd Ga: 64

-Pickett's Division: 1092 (Overrun at Five Forks)
--Steuart's Va Brigade: 366
---9th Va: 40
---14th Va: 58
---38th Va: 95
---53rd Va: 86
---57th Va: 87
--Corse's Va Brigade: 363
---15th Va 69
---17th Va: 125
---29th Va: 31
---30th Va: 90
---32nd Va: 48
--Hunton's Va Brigade: 201
---8th Va: 12
---18th Va: 70
---19th Va: 30
---28th Va 56
---56th Va: 33
--Terry's/Mayo's Va Brigade: 162
---1st Va: 12
---3rd Va: 70
---7th Va: 20
---11th Va: 31
---24th Va: 24

-Field's Division: 4946
--Bratton's SC Brigade (Largest in the Army): 1545
---1st SC Volunteers (Hagood's Regiment): 222
---2nd SC Rifles: 298
---5th SC: 283
---6th SC: 358
---Palmetto Sharpshooters: 385
--Perry's Al Brigade: 996
---4th Al: 224
---15th Al: 220
---44th Al: 209
---47th Al: 207
---48th Al: 136
--Tige Anderson's Ga Brigade: 987
---7th Ga: 188
---8th Ga: 153
---9th Ga: 189
---11th Ga: 190
---59th Ga: 267
--Benning's Ga Brigade: 800
---2nd Ga: 158
---15th Ga: 246
---17th Ga: 186
---20th Ga: 210
--Gregg's/Bass'/Powell's Texas Brigade: 618
---3rd Ak: 147
---1st Tx: 149
---4th Tx: 160
---5th Tx: 162

-Mahone's Division: 3493
--Forney's Al Brigade: 950
---8th Al: 170
---9th Al: 78
---10th Al: 228
---11th Al: 190
---13th Al: 91
---14th Al: 193
--Weisiger's Va Brigade: 654
---6th Va: 111
---12th Va: 190
---16th Va: 125
---41st Va: 109
---61st Va: 119
--Harris' Ms Brigade: 364
---12th Ms: 55
---16th Ms: 72
---19th Ms: 138
---48th Ms: 99
--Sorrel's (Col. Tayloe's) Ga Brigade: 1028
---3rd Ga: 248
---22nd Ga: 220
---48th Ga: 207
---64th Ga: 105
---2nd Ga Bn: 82
---10th Ga Bn: 166
--Finegan's/Brevard's/Lang's Florida Brigade: 497
---2nd Fl: 70
---5th Fl: 53
---8th Fl: 34
---9th Fl: 124
---10th Fl: 170
---11th Fl: 24
---Florida Brigade Band: 14
---Coy. F and H, 28th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 7

-Heth's Division: 1566
--J. R. Davis' Ms Brigade: 66 (According to @Coonewah Creek , brigade overrun at Hatcher's Creek)
---1st Conf. Bn: 9
---2nd Ms: 20
---11th Ms: 19
---26th Ms: 12
---42nd Ms: 6
--Cooke's NC Brigade: 556
---15th NC: 137
---27th NC: 117
---46th NC: 118
---48th NC: 101
---55th NC: 83
--MacRae's NC Brigade: 472
---11th NC: 84
---26th NC: 131
---44th NC: 83
---47th NC: 77
---52nd NC: 96
--McComb's Tn Brigade: 472
---2nd Maryland: 63
---1st Tn (P.A.): 38
---7th Tn: 48
---14th Tn: 41
---17th Tn: 68
---23rd Tn: 56
---25th Tn: 25
---44th Tn: 58
---63rd Tn: 75

-Wilcox's Division: 2695
--Thomas' Ga Brigade: 510
---14th Ga: 168
---35th Ga: 137
---45th Ga: 93
---49th Ga: 112
--Lane's NC Brigade: 562
---18th NC: 99
---28th NC: 232
---33rd NC: 120
---37th NC: 111
--McGowan's SC Brigade: 897
---1st SC (P.A.): 116
---1st SC Rifles (Orr's): 157
---12th SC: 161
---13th SC: 198
---14th SC: 265
--Scales' NC Brigade: 726
---13th NC: 218
---16th NC: 96
---22nd NC: 111
---34th NC: 169
---38th NC: 132


-1st Corps Artillery: 1203
--Cabell's Bn: ~31
--Huger's Bn: 314
--Hardaway's Bn: 401
--Haskell's Bn: 169
--Stark's Bn: 155
--Marmaduke Johnson's Bn: 133

-3rd Corps Artillery: 735
--McIntosh's Bn: 244
--Willie Pegram's Bn: ~10
--Poague's Bn: ~238
--Richardson's Bn: ~98
--Lane's Bn (Sumter Bn): 54
--Owen's Bn: 53
--Washington Artillery: 38

The numbers for McIntosh's Battalion of the 3rd Corps, 244 men as listed by the NPS, are incorrect. The correct numbers, as per the Southern Historic Society's Paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia, R. E. Lee, Gen., C. S. A., Commanding, Surrendered at Appomattox C. H., VA., April 9, 1865, to Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U. S., p. 55-62, are as follows:

Paroles issued to McIntosh's Battalion

Field and Staff: 5
4th Maryland Artillery: 13
Price's Battery: 84
Donald's Battery: 27
Hurt's Battery: 83
Chamberlayne's Battery: 45
Total: 257

The confusion stems from additional units that were listed as part of McIntosh's Battalion in the OR that were not part of the organization (see OR, I, 46, pt. 1, 1273). Col. David McIntosh left the army on April 9 to join Johnston's Army of Tennessee, so Lt. Col. W.M. Owen, the executive officer, made the list for paroles for the 5 batteries of McIntosh's Battalion as well as several additional batteries who had no battalion commanders present (the Battalion Washington Artillery of New Orleans, 13th Virginia Battalion of Artillery, and Latham's Battery).

Of course, this is not how many men these batteries started the Appomattox Campaign with; only an examination of the CSR's of the men in each unit can uncover who was present or absent at the start of the campaign, as I have done with the 4th Maryland Artillery.
 
Continuation:
*Gordon's Corps (2nd Corps plus 4th Corps, after R. H. Anderson was relieved following Sayler's Creek): 7593 (NPS has total at 8,399)

-Grimes' Division: 1956
--Battle's/Hobson's Al Brigade: 373
---3rd Al: 105
---5th Al: 62
---6th Al: 87
---12th Al: 69
---61st Al: 50
--Grimes'/Cowand's NC Brigade: 543
---32nd NC: 119
---43rd NC: 179
---45th NC: 97
---53rd NC: 96
---2nd NC Bn: 52
--Cox's NC Brigade: 595
---1st NC: 73
---2nd NC: 64
---3rd NC: 58
---4th NC: 117
---14th NC: 121
---30th NC: 162
--Cook's/Nash's Ga Brigade: 366
---4th Ga: 148
---12th Ga: 70
---21st Ga: 65
---44th Ga: 83
--Fletcher's Militia Brigade: 79
---3rd Va Reserve Bn: 18
---44th Va Bn: 61

-Walker's Division: 1239
--Johnston's/Lea's NC Brigade: 488
---5th NC: 93
---12th NC: 152
---20th NC: 83
---23rd NC: 91
---1st NC S.S. Bn: 69
--Lewis' NC Brigade: 442
---6th NC: 188
---21st NC: 111
---54th NC: 61
---57th NC: 82
--Walker's/Douglas' Va Brigade: 309
---13th Va: 63
---31st Va: 57
---49th Va: 62
---52nd Va: 60
---58th Va: 67

-Gordon's/Evans' Division: 1900
--Evan's/Lowe's Ga Brigade: 970
---13th Ga: 174
---26th Ga: 220
---31st Ga: 123
---38th Ga: 112
---60th Ga: 91
---61st Ga: 82
---18th Ga Inf Bn: 16
---9th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 21
---12th Ga Hvy Art Bn: 131
--Terry's Consolidated Va Brigade: 555
---2nd Va: 74
---4th Va: 47
---5th Va: 56
---10th Va: 50
---21st Va: 57
---23rd Va: 59
---25th Va: 19
---27th Va: 22
---33rd Va: 19
---37th Va: 42
---42nd Va: 53
---44th Va: 16
---48th Va: 41
--York's/Waggaman's Consolidated La Brigade: 375

-Bushrod Johnson's/Wallace's Division (formerly of 4th Corps): 2261
--Wallace's SC Brigade: 634
---17th SC: 121
---18th SC: 160
---22nd SC: 89
---23rd SC: 109
---26th SC: 124
---Holcombe SC Legion: 34
--Moody's/Stansel's Al Brigade: 568
---41st Al: 99
---43rd Al: 128
---59th Al: 110
---60th Al: 184
---23rd Al Bn: 47
--Wise's Va Brigade: 629
---26th Va: 96
---34th Va: 245
---46th Va: 139
---59th Va: 139
--Ransom's NC Brigade: 430
---24th NC: 55
---25th NC: 78
---35th NC: 117
---49th NC: 108
---56th NC: 72

-2nd Corps Artillery: ~237
--Nelson's Bn: ? (No numbers given)
--Braxton's Bn: 33
--Cutshaw's Bn: 204

-4th Corps Artillery: ? (No numbers given; I presume due to being captured prior to Appomattox, or had dispersed or attached to other units)
0 men in the 4th Corps artillery. All were captured.
 
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