CIR: 1-P-17 Rodes’ Division, August 20, 1864

Confederate Inspection Report:

Rodes’ (eventually Grimes’) Division, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia¹

August 20, 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: 0069-0093.jpg

Date of Inspection: August 20, 1864

Commander: Major General Robert E. Rodes (Rodes never commanded at Petersburg. He was killed September 19, 1864 at Third Winchester.)

Inspection Location: Bunker Hill in the Shenandoah Valley

Aggregate Present & Absent: 13,120

Aggregate Effective for the Field: 3,332

Officers and Men Present for Duty (PFD): 3,386

Weapons: .58 caliber rifles (probably some combination of Springfield and Enfield Rifled Muskets)

Sub-Units:

• Battle’s Brigade, Brigadier General Cullen A. Battle, 966 officers and men PFD
• Grimes’ Brigade, Brigadier General Bryan Grimes, 918 officers and men PFD
• Cook’s Brigade, Brigadier General Philip Cook, 699 officers and men PFD
• Ramseur’s (Cox’s) Brigade, Brigadier General William R. Cox, 803 officers and men PFD

Downloadable Spreadsheet:

• I did not do a detailed transcription of this report because it was not taken at Petersburg. You can access the images for this report at the Internet Archive. If you are interested in transcribing this inspection report from the original images, please CONTACT US.

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