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Battle flag of Major Andrew Brady's 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, captured at Spotsylvania in 1864. Battle flag of Major Andrew Brady's 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, captured at Spotsylvania in 1864. Battle flag of the 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment, also captured later in the war. 90 troops present for duty equipped 76 troops present for duty equipped Lynchburg Lee Artillery Virginia 91 troops present for duty equipped 90 troops present for duty equipped When the mortally-wounded...
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340 troops present for duty equipped 525 troops present for duty equipped Brigadier-General Evander Mclvor Law, a 26-year-old from South Carolina, graduated from the forerunner to The Citadel and founded a military academy in Alabama, At the outbreak of the war, he raised a company from among his students.
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Captain Leroy W, Sfowe 321 troops present for duty equipped Brigadier-General Alfred Moore Scales, 45, had been a lawyer and U.S. legislator before enlisting as a private in the Confederate army. Gallant in battle, he rose rapidly through the ranks. fought at Second Manassas where it lost 223 men. Pender's Brigade was not as heavily engaged as other Light Division brigades at Sharpsburg, where it suffered only 30 casualties. With the transfer of the 13th, the Brigade fought at Fredericksburg...
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270 troops present for duty equipped 356 troops present for duty equipped Brigadier-General Ambrose Ransom Wright 441 troops present for duty equipped 395 troops present for duty equipped 400 troops present for duty equipped 173 troops present for duty equipped to A.P. Hill's newly-created III Corps. Anderson was accustomed to either Longstreet's firm control or Lee's close direction. However Hill commanded with a much looser rein and how the Division would perform under this novel situation...
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Captain J. McLeod Turner 291 troops present for duty equipped As part of A.P. Hill's Light Division, the Brigade fought along the Railroad Cut at Second Manassas. It participated in the capture of Harper's Ferry and then rapidly marched to Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862. It pitched in, along with the Light Division's other brigades, to savage Burnside's Corps and help save Lee's army in the late hours of the Battle of Sharpsburg. Here Branch fell while leading a charge and Lane took temporary...
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Brigade became separated into two wings. Quite simply, Archer had lost control of his men. A break occurred on the right when advancing Federals enveloped that flank. The Brigade's line unravelled until the regiments fighting on the opposite flank received the order to fall back to Willoughby Run. With the Iron Brigade in hot pursuit, the Confederates retired rapidly across the Run and back up the slope of Herr Ridge. The Brigade lost about 75 prisoners during this phase of the fighting, not...
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Brigadier-General Jerome Bonaparte Robertson 5 Staff and Field Officers Colonel Vannoy Hartrog Manning 479 troops present for duty equipped Colonel John Cotlett Garreff Key 415 troops present for duty equipped Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip Alexander Work 426 troops present for duty equipped Co one Robert Michael Powell 409 troops present for duty equipped Brigadier-General Henry Lewis Benning 4 Staff and Field Officers 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Lieutenant-Colonel William Terrell...
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Colonel John Thompson Brown 4 Staff and Field Officers Accordingly, Dance's Battalion, which had been a fixture in II Corps Reserve Artillery, remained. Its sister unit, Mcintosh's Battalion, transferred to III Corps Reserve. Replacing Mcintosh's was Nelson's Battalion, which as recently as the Chancellorsville Campaign had been part of the now disbanded general army reserve. Pendleton described Nelson as a gallant and efficient officer. Colonel John T. Brown remained in command of II Corps...
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25 Caissons 390 Horses 7 Forges 2 Battery Wagons Whitworth Rifles in Hurt's 2nd Hardaway Artillery. Imported through the blockade they were credited with a range of 10,000 yards at 30 degrees elevation. The most advanced pieces on the field, their complicated breech mechanisms often required repair and were less manoeuvrable than other rifled pieces. The Reserve's march north was largely uneventful. Colonel Walker did not assume command until the morning of July 1. Major William Johnson Peg ram...
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actually lead to Washington's capture and foreign intervention on behalf of the Confederacy. Davis and his Cabinet reflected upon all of this and upon the fact that since Lee had taken command of the Army of Northern Virginia he had never lost a battle. The Davis government authorised Lee to march north. When Stonewall Jackson died, Lee said, I do not know how to replace him. Rather than try, he decided Escort Couriers 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Major John Harvie Richardson 60 troops...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Hanlon 218 troops present for duty equipped Co one Trevanion D. Lewis 296 troops present for duty equipped Brigadier-General Harry Thompson Hays, 43 years old, was raised in Mississippi and practiced law in New Orleans. His only previous military experience had been in the Mexican War, but he was able to handle a tough band of Louisianans. From the time of their arrival in Virginia, Louisiana troops as a whole suffered a bad reputation for drunkenness, poor discipline,...
Battalion Equipment
17 Caissons 159 Horses 4 Forges 1 Battery Wagon The 12-pounder howitzer fired a shell to a range of between 195 and 1,072 yards, ft fired canister for close-range, anti-personnel work. By November 1862, no more of these howitzers were manufactured in the South with many existing models being melted to recast 12-pounder Napoleons. manpower from Chambersburg to Cashtown, a battery gunner remarked that everything last night wore the appearance of battle. Donatdsonville Artillery Louisiana Captain...
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Brigadier-General John Marshall Jones 183 troops present for duty equipped 227 troops present for duty equipped 280 troops present for duty equipped 265 troops present for duty equipped Lieutanent-Colonel Robert Woodson Withers Lieutenant-Colonel Logan Henry Neal Salyer 265 troops present for duty equipped 240 troops present for duty equipped
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it trailed Jackson's column during his famous flank march and became delayed by the fight around Catherine Furnace. Consequently, It suffered the least of any of the Light Division units during the battle. As the Brigade marched into Pennsylvania, it carried it trailed Jackson's column during his famous flank march and became delayed by the fight around Catherine Furnace. Consequently, It suffered the least of any of the Light Division units during the battle. As the Brigade marched into...
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356 troops present for duty equipped 476 troops present for duty equipped Divisional Artillery - 38th Battalion of Virginia Light Artillery Richmond Fayette Artillery Virginia 134 troops present for duty equipped 90 troops present for duty equipped 90 troops present for duty equipped 96 troops present for duty equipped sometimes stay with him to make sure he did not get astray. On June 27 the Division camped outside of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Here it worked at destroying railroad depots,...
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Colonel Birkett Davenport FryI Lieutenent-Colonel James Aiken 308 troops present for duty equipped Co. Roanoke Mitchell Invincibles charged to within 20 paces of the Federal line before being driven back with heavy losses. Because of Archer's conduct, the Brigade changed its view of him. He had won the hearts of his men by his wonderful judgment and conduct on the field. He treated the Major Albert Sebastian Van de Graaff 135 troops present for duty equipped humblest private with courtesy and...