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The Seven Days, 26 June-1 July Jackson's Command, Magruder's Command Second Manassas, Va., 30 August Longstreet's Command, Jackson's Command Sharpsburg, Md., 17 Sept. Longstreet's Command, Jackson's Command Confederate battle designations sometimes differ from Union ones, and the Confederate designation is given here. John S. Mosby, leader of a Virginia cavalry battalion, wears a semi-military waistcoat and a single-breasted frock-coat with the single star of a major on each collar J. E. B....
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There were a number of reasons for this lack of uniform, besides states' rights and individual choice, and even they cannot all be laid at the government's feet. Lack of responsibility among the individual troops and poor company-grade officers who failed to make sure their men had all the necessary kit in good order accounted for much of the problem. If given anything the men felt was momentarily unnecessary, they simply threw it away. One Georgia captain wrote in early 1863 'The Company...
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Appomattox Campaign, r-g April Longstreet's Corps, Gordon's Corps, Hill's Corps, Anderson's Corps, Cavalry Corps, G.W. C. Lee's Div. ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS OF JUNE 1862 Whiting's Division. Hood's Brigade 18th Ga., 1st Tex., 4th Tex., 5th Tex. Law's Brigade 4th Ala., 2nd Miss., nth Miss., 6th N.C. Artillery Staunton Arty., Rowan Arty. Jackson's Division. Winder's Stonewall Brigade 2nd Va., 4th Va., 5th Va., 27th Va., 33rd Va., Allegheny Arty., Rockbridge Arty....
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An English observer, at the war's outset in 1861, reported home that 'The appearance which a regiment presents on parade is remarkable to the eye of a European. Many are composed of companies who have uniforms of different colours but in these cases there is always some distinctive A Tennessee regiment joins the Army of Northern Virginia in early 1861. Note the tomahawks in their belts and the 'Stars and Bars' Confederate flag badge by which their particular corps can be easily told. This...