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Provost Guard (Richmond)

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Note: I know almost nothing about Richmond’s Provost Guard during the Siege of Petersburg.  I also do not know if this unit was made up of members of other permanent organizations or even just one permanent organization.  This page will serve as a placeholder until more information can be found.

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Commander(s):
Lieutenant T. F. A. Bibb
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Independent Richmond Infantry | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army1

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Independent Richmond Infantry | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army2

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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Independent Richmond Infantry | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army3

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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Independent Richmond Infantry | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army4

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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Unattached | Richmond Forces | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army5,6

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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Independent Richmond Infantry | Richmond Forces | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army7

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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

Independent Richmond Infantry | Richmond Forces | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army (November 1864)8

? | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army9

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    • None listed. (November 1864)
    • Lieutenant T. F. A. Bibb (December 1864)10
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: 1st Brigade Virginia Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army11,12

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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: 1st Brigade Virginia Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army15,16

  • Commander: None listed. (March & April 1-2, 1865)17,18
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Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

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      1. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 117 ↩
      2. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 117 ↩
      3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 126 ↩
      4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 135 ↩
      5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 144 ↩
      6. 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. 1315. ↩
      7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 153 ↩
      8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 161 ↩
      9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 170 ↩
      10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 170 ↩
      11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 179 ↩
      12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
      13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 179 ↩
      14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 187 ↩
      15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
      16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 206 ↩
      17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
      18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 206 ↩

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