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Holcombe South Carolina Legion Infantry

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Muster In: Organized on November 21, 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel William J. Crawley
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Captain Andrew B. Woodruff
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army3

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  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge4

Second Offensive Order of Battle: Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army5

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William J. Crawley (at least June 29, 1864)(wounded June 29, 1864)6,7
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  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge8

Third Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army9

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  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge.10

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army11

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  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge.12

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army13,14

  • Commander: Captain Andrew B. Woodruff15
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge.16

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army17

  • Commander: Captain Andrew B. Woodruff18
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge.19

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army (November 1864)20

First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army (December 1864)21

  • Commander: Captain Andrew B. Woodruff (November 1864)22
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  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge.23,24

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26

  • Commander:
    • Captain Andrew B. Woodruff (January 1865)27
    • None listed. (February 1865)28
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  • Note: The unit was stationed as follows: 4 companies at Stony Creek, 4 companies at Nottoway Bridge, and 2 companies at Rowanty Bridge.29,30

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army31,32

  • Commander:
    • Colonel William J. Crawley (retired March 8, was he ever really present?)(March 1865)33
    • ? (March 1865)34
    • None listed. (April 1-2, 1865)35
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  • Note: Four companies were stationed at Stony Creek, four companies were stationed at Nottoway Bridge, and two companies were stationed at Rowanty Bridge at this time.36,37

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles38:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • The Crater (July 30, 1864)
  • Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 108-109 ↩
    2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 108-109 ↩
    3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
    4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116: But how long was this unit detached from its parent brigade, Elliott’s, of Johnson’s Division?  More research is needed. ↩
    5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
    6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
    7. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pp. 808-809: “Soon after my line was established, Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley, commanding the Holcombe Legion (infantry), brought 200 men of his command to join me, and he was placed in the center of the line.” and “The reports from General Chambliss and Colonel Crawley have not been sent in. I regret to announce that the latter was severely wounded, and I beg to express my sense of the valuable services rendered to me by this officer and his command.” ↩
    8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116: But how long was this unit detached from its parent brigade, Elliott’s, of Johnson’s Division?  More research is needed. ↩
    9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 125 ↩
    10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 125 ↩
    11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 134 ↩
    12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 134 ↩
    13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 142 ↩
    14. 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. 1313: Sommers has the unit as an independent regiment not attached to the Post of Petersburg.  More research is necessary. ↩
    15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 142 ↩
    16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 142 ↩
    17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
    18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
    19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
    20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
    21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168: In December, Sibley does not have the Holcombe Legion belonging to any sub-unit lower than the First Military District, DNCSV. ↩
    22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
    23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
    24. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
    25. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
    26. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
    27. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
    28. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
    29. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
    30. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
    31. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
    32. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
    33. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
    34. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
    35. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
    36. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
    37. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
    38. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 108-109 ↩

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