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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 8-21, 1864

Major General Richard Anderson (as of May 7)

Field’s Division Major General Charles W. Field
Anderson’s Brigade Brigadier General George T. Anderson
7th Georgia Infantry
8th Georgia Infantry
9th Georgia Infantry
11th Georgia Infantry
59th Georgia Infantry Lt. Colonel Bolivar H. Gee
Benning’s Brigade Colonel Dudley M. DuBose
2nd Georgia Infantry
15th Georgia Infantry
17th Georgia Infantry
20th Georgia Infantry
Gregg’s Brigade Brigadier General John Gregg
3rd Arkansas Infantry Colonel Van H. Manning
1st Texas Infantry
4th Texas Infantry Colonel John P. Bane
5th Texas Infantry Lt. Colonel King Bryan
Law’s Brigade Colonel William F. Perry (to 5/18)
Brigadier General Evander Law *
4th Alabama Infantry Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles
15th Alabama Infantry
44th Alabama Infantry Colonel William F. Perry (after 5/18)
47th Alabama Infantry
48th Alabama Infantry Lt. Colonel William M. Hardwick
Jenkins’ Brigade Colonel John Bratton
1st South Carolina Infantry Colonel James R. Hagood
2nd South Carolina Rifles Colonel Robert E. Bowen
5th South Carolina Infantry Colonel A. Coward
6th South Carolina Infantry
Palmetto (SC) Sharpshooters Colonel Joseph Walker
McLaws’ Division Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw**
Bryan’s Brigade Brigadier General Goode Bryan
10th Georgia Infantry Colonel Willis C. Holt
50th Georgia Infantry Colonel Peter McGlashan
51st Georgia Infantry Colonel Edward Ball
53rd Georgia Infantry Colonel James P. Simms
Humphreys’ Brigade Brigadier General Benjamin G. Humphreys 
13th Mississippi Infantry Major George L. Donald
17th Mississippi Infantry
18th Mississippi Infantry Captain William H. Lewis
21st Mississippi Infantry Colonel D.N. Moody
Kershaw’s Brigade Colonel John W. Henagan
2nd South Carolina Infantry
3rd South Carolina Infantry
7th South Carolina Infantry Captain James Mitchell
8th South Carolina Infantry Lt. Colonel Eli T. Stackhouse
15th South Carolina Infantry Colonel John B. Davis
3rd South Carolina Battalion Captain B.M. Whitener
Wofford’s Brigade Brigadier General William T. Wofford
16th Georgia Infantry
18th Georgia Infantry
24th Georgia Infantry
Cobb’s (Georgia) Legion
Phillips’ (Georgia) Legion
3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
Artillery Reserve Brigadier General E. Porter Alexander
Cabell’s Artillery Battalion Colonel Henry C. Cabell
1st North Carolina Artillery, Company A Captain Basil C. Manly
Pulaski (GA) Artillery Captain Callaway
1st Richmond (Va.) Howitzers Captain Edward S. McCarthy
Troup (GA) Battery Captain Henry H. Carlton
Haskell’s Artillery Battalion Colonel James B. Walton
Garden’s (SC) Battery Captain Hugh R. Garden
Lamkins’ (VA) Battery***
1st North Carolina Artillery, Company D Captain John A. Ramsay
13th North Carolina Artillery Battalion, Company F Captain John R. Potts (k 5/8)
Lieutenant Henry G. Flanner
Huger’s Artillery Battalion Lt. Colonel Frank Huger
Ashland (VA) Battery Captain Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr.
Bath (VA) Battery Captain Osmond B. Taylor
Bedford (VA) Battery Captain Smith
Brooks (SC) Artilllery Captain William W. Fickling
Madison (LA) Artillery Captain George V. Moody
Richmond (VA) Parker Battery Captain William W. Parker

Notes:
* General Law was under arrest until 5/18
** General McLaws had left the army and would never return, but had not been formally replaced
*** serving as sharpshooters

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