Confederate Inspection Report:
Davis’ Brigade, Heth’s Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia1
August 16, 1864
The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia produced inspection reports at approximately monthly intervals late in the Civil War. Luckily, many of these reports have been preserved and are available on microfilm from the National Archives and Records Association. I have produced transcriptions of the key information from these reports. See the bottom of this page for freely downloadable transcriptions of most of these reports. This transcription is copyrighted by Brett Schulte and may not be distributed, changed, or reproduced in any manner without the written consent of the transcriber.
M935 Roll #: 10
Image # from Digitized Copy: 0251.jpg-0262.jpg
Date of Inspection: August 16, 1864
Commander: Brigadier General Joseph R. Davis
Inspection Location: Petersburg, Virginia
Aggregate Present & Absent: 2,986
Aggregate Effective for the Field: 1,121
Officers and Men Present for Duty (PFD): 1,131
Weapons: .58 caliber rifles (probably a mix of Enfield Rifles and Springfield Rifles)
Sub-Units:
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- 1st Confederate Battalion, Captain John M. Johnson, 88 officers and men PFD
- 2nd Mississippi, Colonel John M. Stone, 149 officers and men PFD
- 11th Mississippi, Major Reuben O. Reynolds, 213 officers and men PFD
- 26th Mississippi, Colonel Arthur E. Reynolds, 271 officers and men PFD
- 42nd Mississippi, Captain Jones C. Donaldson, 146 officers and men PFD
- 55th North Carolina, Captain Robert W. Thomas, 257 officers and men PFD
Downloadable Spreadsheet:
Source/Notes:
- Confederate Inspection Report 15-P-17: Davis’ Brigade, August 16, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩