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Muster In: June 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel John R. Towers
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Captain William W. Williamson
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Colonel John R. Towers4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Colonel John R. Towers (wounded on June 30, 1864)6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8
- Commander: Colonel John R. Towers9
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army10,11
- Commander: Colonel John R. Towers 12
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13
- Commander: Colonel John R. Towers14
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19,20,21,22,23
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army28,29
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles32:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Reams’ Station (August 25, 1864)
- Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 8th GA: A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor
- 8th GA: A Scythe of Fire: A Civil War Story of the Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment
- 8th GA: Charlotte’s Boys: Civil War Letters of the Branch Family of Savannah
- 8th GA: My Dear Wife, from Your Devoted Husband; Letters from a Rebel Soldier to His Wife
- 8th GA: The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John C. Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox
- 8th GA: War Stories and School-day Incidents for the Children
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 8th GA: A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor
- 8th GA: A Scythe of Fire: A Civil War Story of the Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment
- 8th GA: Charlotte’s Boys: Civil War Letters of the Branch Family of Savannah
- 8th GA: My Dear Wife, from Your Devoted Husband; Letters from a Rebel Soldier to His Wife
- 8th GA: The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John C. Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox
- 8th GA: War Stories and School-day Incidents for the Children
- Book Review: The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John C. Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox edited by William R. Cobb
- MAP: 2nd Deep Bottom (Horn 2nd Ed.): Fussell’s Mill 12:30-1:00 p.m., August 16, 1864
- Maps of the 2nd Battle of Deep Bottom from John Horn’s New Petersburg Book
- OR XLII P1 #359: Return of Casualties in Bratton’s, Law’s, Anderson’s, and Benning’s Brigades, First/ANV, Aug 1 to Dec 31, 1864
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 199-201
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 199-201
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 232 (John R. Towers, 8th Georgia, Footnote.com Page 27): Inspection Report of Anderson’s Brigade, September 18, 1864
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 232 (John R. Towers, 8th Georgia, Footnote.com Page 27): Inspection Report of Anderson’s Brigade, September 18, 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 128
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137
- 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.
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146
- 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 162
- 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 162
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171
- 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 181
- 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 171
- 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 181
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190
- 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 190
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 199-201
