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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
19th Mississippi Infantry Colonel Thomas J. Hardin (k 5/12)
Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Phipps
48th Mississippi Infantry Colonel Joseph M. Jayne
Perrin’s Brigade Brigadier General Abner M. Perrin (k 5/12)
Colonel John C.C. Sanders
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



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
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
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
1st South Carolina Infantry Colonel Comillus W. McCreary (w 5/10)
Lieutenant Colonel Washington P. Shooter (k 5/12)
Major Thomas P. Alston
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
14th South Carolina Infantry Colonel Joseph N. Brown (^ 5/13)
Captain J.H. Boatwright
Scales’ Brigade Brigadier General Alfred M. Scales
Colonel William L.J. Lowrance
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