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Muster In: Organized September 30, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel John P. Bane
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Lieutenant Colonel Clinton Mc. Winkler
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Major William H. Martin
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Captain James T. Hunter
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army9
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Clinton Mc. Winkler14
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Clinton Mc. Winkler (at least September 28-30 & October 7, 1864)17,18,19,20
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army21
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army26,27
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- Lieutenant Colonel Clinton Mc. Winkler (no reason given for absence in December 1864) (November & December 1864)28,29
- Major William H. Martin (in the hospital at least on December 14, 1864) (commanded at least on December 20, 1864) (December 1864)30
- Captain James T. Hunter (commanded around December 9, 1864) (December 1864)31
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army32,33,34,35,36
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Gregg’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army41,42
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles46:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- New Market Heights (September 29, 1864)
- Chaffin’s Farm (September 29, 1864)
- Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 4th TX: A Soldier’s Letters to Charming Nellie
- 4th TX: From Corsicana to Appomattox: The Story of the Coriscana Invincibles and Navarro Rifles
- 4th TX: Gaines’ Mill to Appomattox: Waco & McLennan County in Hood’s Texas Brigade
- 4th TX: Memories of the Lost Cause: Stories and Adventures of a Confederate Soldier
- 4th TX: Mexican Texans in the Union Army
- 4th TX: Rags and Hope: The Recollections of Val. C. Giles Four Years with Hood’s Brigade, Fourth Texas Infantry, 1861-1865
- 4th TX: The Confederate Soldier: And Ten Years in South America
- Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 4th TX: A Soldier’s Letters to Charming Nellie
- 4th TX: From Corsicana to Appomattox: The Story of the Coriscana Invincibles and Navarro Rifles
- 4th TX: Gaines’ Mill to Appomattox: Waco & McLennan County in Hood’s Texas Brigade
- 4th TX: Memories of the Lost Cause: Stories and Adventures of a Confederate Soldier
- 4th TX: Mexican Texans in the Union Army
- 4th TX: Rags and Hope: The Recollections of Val. C. Giles Four Years with Hood’s Brigade, Fourth Texas Infantry, 1861-1865
- 4th TX: The Confederate Soldier: And Ten Years in South America
- Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65
- Book Review: Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65
- BTC Notes: Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65
- BTC Notes: From Corsicana To Appomattox: The Story of the Corsicana Invincibles and the Navarro Rifles by John W. Spencer (The Texas Press: 1984)
- CV: V12N12: The Fight at Fort Gilmer
- CV: V13N6: The Assault Upon Fort Gilmer
- CV: V21N10: Fort Harrison
- CV: V25N1: Texas and Arkansas at Fort Harrison
- The 48th Alabama at Fussell’s Mill, August 16, 1864
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 112-113 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 112-113 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Winkler, Angelina V. W. The Confederate Capital and Hood’s Texas Brigade E. Von Boeckmann, 1894. pp. 180–181: “July 3. — Some changes have taken place in the regiment. Adjutant W. H. Brown, who was wounded on the 17th of June, was removed to St. Francis hospital in Richmond, where he lingered only a few days, when death came to his relief. This is the second of our mess-mates who were with us on the morning of May 6th, who will meet around our board no more. Colonel Bane, Captain Hunter and myself remain…” ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Winkler, Angelina V. W. The Confederate Capital and Hood’s Texas Brigade E. Von Boeckmann, 1894. pp. 180–181: “July 3. — Some changes have taken place in the regiment. Adjutant W. H. Brown, who was wounded on the 17th of June, was removed to St. Francis hospital in Richmond, where he lingered only a few days, when death came to his relief. This is the second of our mess-mates who were with us on the morning of May 6th, who will meet around our board no more. Colonel Bane, Captain Hunter and myself remain…” ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
- Spencer, John W. From Corsicana To Appomattox: The Story of the Corsicana Invincibles and the Navarro Rifles (The Texas Press: 1984), pp. 98-99: This describes Winkler in command on July 29-30, 1864 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 129 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 129 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 138 ↩
- 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. 1311. ↩
- Spencer, John W. From Corsicana To Appomattox: The Story of the Corsicana Invincibles and the Navarro Rifles (The Texas Press: 1984), pp. 99-100 ↩
- Field, Ron. Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65 (Osprey: 2013), p. 61: Winkler was in command at New Market Heights on September 29, 1864. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 138: For Winkler commanding on September 28, 1864. ↩
- Spencer, John W. From Corsicana To Appomattox: The Story of the Corsicana Invincibles and the Navarro Rifles (The Texas Press: 1984), p. 102: Winkler took command of the Texas Brigade on October 7 when General Gregg was killed and Colonel Bass was wounded. He apparently still commanded the brigade in late October 1864 as well. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 147 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 147: Winkler assumed brigade command during the October 7, 1864 fighting. If that is true, as Sibley points out, then Bane probably wasn’t present during this time. More research is needed. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 147 ↩
- Spencer, John W. From Corsicana To Appomattox: The Story of the Corsicana Invincibles and the Navarro Rifles (The Texas Press: 1984), p. 102: Winkler took command of the Texas Brigade on October 7 when General Gregg was killed and Colonel Bass was wounded. He apparently still commanded the brigade in late October 1864 during the Sixth Offensive as well. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 147: Given that Winkler seems to have been in command of the Texas Brigade well into late October 1864, it appears Hunter probably commanded the 4th Texas for most of the period from October 14-31, 1864. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 172 ↩
- 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 1171: “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 War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1179: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 182 ↩
- 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 1269: “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 172 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 172 ↩
- 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 1179: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 182 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 191 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 191 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
- Spencer, John W. From Corsicana To Appomattox: The Story of the Corsicana Invincibles and the Navarro Rifles (The Texas Press: 1984), pp. 103-104 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas by Stewart Sifakis, pages 112-113 ↩