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Muster In: Organized as part of Cobb’s GA Legion prior to April 8, 1861.1
Muster Out: Captured as part of Walker’s artillery column on April 8, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Captain Henry C. Carlton
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
- Commander: Captain Henry C. Carlton5
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
- Commander: Captain Henry C. Carlton8
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army9,10
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army11
- Commander: Captain Henry C. Carlton12
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13,14
- Commander: Captain Henry C. Carlton (November & December 1864)15,16
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- Weapons: 4 x 10-lb. Parrotts (December 28, 1864)17
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army18,19,20
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Cabell’s Battalion | First Corps Artillery | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army23,24
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles27:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
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Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 144-146 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 144-146 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
- 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. ↩
- 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 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 155 ↩
- 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 155 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 163 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 144-146 ↩
- 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 1176: “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 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 172 ↩
- 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 201 ↩
- 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 201 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 144-146 ↩