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Muster In: June 11, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel George E. Tayloe
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Captain Martin L. Stewart
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Unknown4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army11
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel) George E. Tayloe (promoted to Colonel October 31, 1864 with effective date of August 21, 1864)12,13
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army14,15
- Commander: Colonel George E. Tayloe16
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army17
- Commander: Colonel George E. Tayloe18
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Sanders’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19,20
- Commander: Colonel George E. Tayloe (at least November 4 & 7, 1864)(November & December 1864)21,22,23
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Forney’s Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army24,25,26,27
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- Note: Colonel Tayloe was placed in command of Moxley Sorrel’s [Wright’s old] GA Brigade “by February 28, 1865.”32
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Forney’s Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army33,34
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles37:
- Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road (June 22-23, 1864)38
- First Battle of Ream’s Station (June 29, 1864)39
- The Crater (July 30, 1864)40
- Second Deep Bottom (August 16, 1864)41
- Battle of Globe Tavern (August 21, 1864)42
- Second Battle of Ream’s Station (August 25, 1864) (reserve or came up very late)43
- Battle of Boydton Plank Road (October 27, 1864) (???)44
- Capture of Union Pickets at Fort Davis (October 30, 1864)45
- Battle of Hatcher’s Run (February 6, 1865)46
Bibliography:
- 11th AL: A Glance Backward: Or, Some Events in the Past History of My Life
- 11th AL: The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War
Petersburg Campaign Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 11th AL: A Glance Backward: Or, Some Events in the Past History of My Life
- 11th AL: The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War
- Confederate Casualties at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road: June 21-23, 1864
- Confederate Casualties at the Crater: July 30, 1864
- Confederate Casualties During the Wilson-Kautz Raid: June 22-July 2, 1864
- CV: V3N2: Alabamians in the Crater Battle
- NP: February 4, 1886 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: A Story of the Battle of the Crater
- NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting Around Petersburg, June 22-23
- NP: November 15, 1896 Birmingham Age-Herald: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
- NP: October 22, 1905 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Confederate Third Corps
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Epilogue and Order of Battle
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 70-72 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 70-72 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 111 ↩
- “The Fighting Around Petersburg.” Richmond Examiner. June 25, 1864, p. 2 col. 4-5: “The colours were captured as follows:…one by the Eleventh Alabama, Colonel Taylor (sic)…” This does not guarantee, but does seem to imply, that Lieutenant Colonel George E. Tayloe commanded the 11th Alabama at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road on June 22, 1864. Several other regiments were mentioned along with their commanders names, while others did not mention a name. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 121 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 121 ↩
- “Graphic Account Battle of Crater.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 22, 1905 p. 16, col. 1-6: “This brigade was composed of the Eighth Alabama, Captain W. W. Mordecai, commanding; Ninth Alabama, Colonel J. H. King, commanding; Tenth Alabama, Captain W. L. Brewster, commanding; Eleventh Alabama, Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Tayloe, commanding; Fourteenth Alabama, Captain Elias Folk, commanding.” ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 130 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 130 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, p. 210 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 139 ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1312. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 139 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 149 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 149 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 157 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 166 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 157 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 166 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, p. 216 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 175 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1174: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there. They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave. I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 185 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1272: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865. However, leaders listed are from January. I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 175 ↩
- Per brigade historian David White, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 762 (William H. Forney, 10th Alabama, Fold3.com Page 99): “Letter recommending Colonel Forney for promotion to Brigadier General.” Multiple officers signed this letter, including Tayloe, and he indicated he was commanding the regiment on January 18, 1865. ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, p. 216 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 185 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, p. 210 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 194 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 203 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 194 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 203 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 70-72 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 190-193 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 194-195 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 195-202 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 202-204 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 205-208 ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 208-209: The regiment suffered 1 killed and 6 wounded at Ream’s Station, but the author Ronald G. Griffin freely admits he could not find much information about what Sanders’ Brigade and the 11th Alabama did during the fight. More research is needed to understand if these casualty came as they were held in reserve, or happened as the result of actual fighting. In any case, they came up late and were maybe involved in some mop up duty. ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 213-215: Griffin gives a vague general account of the battle with no reference to what Sanders’ Brigade or the 11th Alabama in particular were doing at this time. The 11th Alabama lost 3 killed, 10 wounded, and 1 captured. ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 215-216: Griffin writes that the 11th Alabama “assisted General Mahone in capturing a picket line without themselves sustaining a single loss.” I am unsure if this small action involved the entire regiment, portions of the regiment, or just the men attached to King’s sharpshooter battalion. Martin Husk, in a comment on my post detailing the fight on October 30, notes he found a source which included the 8th Alabama as well. More research is needed. ↩
- Griffin, Ronald G. The 11th Alabama Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. McFarland, 2008, pp. 218-219 ↩