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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 8-21, 1864
Commanded by:
Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill (on sick leave 5/8)
Major General Jubal Early
Anderson’s Division | Brigadier General William Mahone | |
Harris’ Brigade | Brigadier General Nathaniel H. Harris | |
12th Mississippi Infantry | Colonel Merry B. Harris | |
16th Mississippi Infantry | Colonel Samuel E. Baker (k 5/12) Major Edward Councill |
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19th Mississippi Infantry | Colonel Thomas J. Hardin (k 5/12) Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Phipps |
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48th Mississippi Infantry | Colonel Joseph M. Jayne | |
Perrin’s Brigade | Brigadier General Abner M. Perrin (k 5/12) Colonel John C.C. Sanders |
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8th Alabama Infantry | ||
9th Alabama Infantry | ||
10th Alabama Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel James E. Shelley (w) | |
11th Alabama Infantry | Colonel John C.C. Sanders (^ 5/12) | |
14th Alabama Infantry | Major George W. Taylor | |
Mahone’s Brigade | Colonel David A. Weisiger | |
6th Virginia Infantry | Colonel George T. Rogers | |
12th Virginia Infantry | ||
16st Virginia Infantry | Lt. Colonel Richard O. Whitehead | |
41th Virginia Infantry | Colonel William A. Parham | |
61st Virginia Infantry | Colonel Virginius D. Groner | |
Perry’s Brigade | Colonel David Lang | |
2nd Florida Infantry | Major Walter R. Moore | |
5th Florida Infantry | ||
8th Florida Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel William Baya | |
Wright’s Brigade | Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright | |
3rd Georgia Infantry | ||
22nd Georgia Infantry | ||
48th Georgia Infantry | Colonel William Gibson | |
2nd Georgia Battalion | Major Charles J. Moffett | |
10th Georgia Battalion | Major John E. Rylander | |
Heth’s Division | Major General Henry Heth | |
Archer’s & Walker’s Brigade | Brigadier General Henry H. Walker (w 5/10) Colonel Robert M. Mayo |
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13th Alabama Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel James Aiken | |
1st Tennessee Infantry | Major Felix G. Buchanan | |
7th Tennessee Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel Samuel G. Shepard | |
14th Tennessee Infantry | Colonel William McComb | |
40th Virginia Infantry | ||
47th Virginia Infantry | Colonel Robert M. Mayo (^ 5/10) | |
55th Virginia Infantry | Colonel William S. Christian | |
22nd Virginia Battalion | ||
Cooke’s Brigade | Brigadier General John R. Cooke (w) | |
15th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel William McRae | |
27th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel John A. Gilmer | |
46th North Carolina Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel Alexander McAlister | |
48th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel Samuel Walkup | |
Davis’ Brigade | Colonel John M. Stone | |
1st Confederate Battalion | ||
2nd Mississippi Infantry | ||
11th Mississippi Infantry | Colonel Francis M. Green (mw 5/12) Major Reuben O. Reynolds |
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26th Mississippi Infantry | ||
42nd Mississippi Infantry | Captain J.H. Buchanan | |
55th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel John H.K. Connally | |
Kirkland’s Brigade | Brigadier General William W. Kirkland | |
11th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel William Martin | |
26th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel John Randolph Lane | |
44th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel George B. Singletary (w) Lieutenant Colonel Tazewell L. Hargrove |
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47th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel George H. Faribault | |
52nd North Carolina Infantry | Colonel Marcus A. Parks | |
Wilcox’s Division | Major General Cadmus M. Wilcox | |
Lane’s Brigade | Brigadier General James H. Lane | |
7th North Carolina Infantry | ||
18th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel John D. Barry | |
28th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel Samuel Lowe | |
33rd North Carolina Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel Robert V. Cowan | |
37th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel William M. Barbour | |
McGowan’s Brigade | Brigadier General Samuel McGowan (w) Colonel Benjamin Brockman (mw 5/13) Colonel Joseph N. Brown |
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1st South Carolina Infantry | Colonel Comillus W. McCreary (w 5/10) Lieutenant Colonel Washington P. Shooter (k 5/12) Major Thomas P. Alston |
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1st South Carolina Rifles | Colonel George McD. Miller | |
12th South Carolina Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas F. Clyburne | |
13th South Carolina Infantry | Colonel Benjamin T. Brockman (^ 5/12) Lieutanant Colonel Isaac Hunt |
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14th South Carolina Infantry | Colonel Joseph N. Brown (^ 5/13) Captain J.H. Boatwright |
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Scales’ Brigade | Brigadier General Alfred M. Scales Colonel William L.J. Lowrance |
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13th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel Joseph H. Hyman | |
16th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel William A. Stowe | |
22nd North Carolina Infantry | Colonel Thomas S. Galloway | |
34th North Carolina Infantry | Colonel William L.J. Lowrance (^) | |
38th North Carolina Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel John Ashford | |
Thomas’ Brigade | Brigadier General Edward L. Thomas | |
14th Georgia Infantry | Colonel Richard Paul Lester | |
35th Georgia Infantry | Colonel Bolling H. Holt | |
45th Georgia Infantry | Colonel Thomas J. Simmons | |
49th Georgia Infantry | Colonel John T. Jordan | |
Artillery Reserve | Colonel Reuben L. Walker | |
McIntosh’s Artillery Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel David G. McIntosh | |
Richmond (Va.) Johnson Artillery | Captain Valentine J. Clutter | |
2nd Rockbridge (Va.) Artillery | Captain William K. Donald | |
Hurt’s (AL) Artillery | Captain William B. Hurt | |
Danville (VA) Artillery | Captain Robert Sidney Rice | |
Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William J. Pegram | |
Brander’s (VA) Battery | ||
Cayce’s (VA) Battery | ||
Ellet’s (VA) Battery | ||
Marye’s (VA) Battery | ||
Zimmerman’s (SC) Battery | ||
Poague’s Artillery Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William T. Poague | |
Richards’ (MS) Battery | ||
Utterbeck’s (VA) Battery | ||
Williams’ (VA) Battery | ||
Wyatt’s (VA) Battery | ||
Richardson’s Artillery Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Charles Richardson | |
Grandy’s (VA) Battery | ||
Landry’s (VA) Battery | ||
Moore’s (VA) Battery | ||
Penick’s (AL) Battery | ||
Sumter (Ga.) Artillery Battalion | Colonel Allen S. Cutts | |
Company A | Captain Hugh M. Ross | |
Company B | Captain George M. Patterson | |
Company C | Captain John T. Wingfield |