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Muster In: Organized on February 17, 1862.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Major Thomas A. Brander
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Captain James E. Tyler
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
- Commander: Captain Thomas A. Brander (June 30, 1864)5
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- Weapons: at least 1 x 12-lb. Napoleon (June 30, 1864)6
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8
- Commander: Captain Thomas A. Brander9
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army10,11
- Commander: Captain Thomas A. Brander12
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13
- Commander: Captain Thomas A. Brander14
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16
- Commander: Captain Thomas A. Brander (November & December 1864)17,18
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- Weapons: 4 x 12-lb. Napoleons (December 28, 1864)19
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21,22
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Pegram’s Artillery Battalion | Third Corps Artillery | Third Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles30:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Reams’ Station (June 29, 1864)
- The Crater (July 30, 1864)
- Weldon Railroad (August 18-21, 1864)
- Reams’ Station (August 25, 1864)
- Squirrel Level Road (September 30, 1864)
- Jones’ Farm (September 30, 1864)
- Pegram’s Farm (October 1, 1864)
- Squirrel Level Road (October 8, 1864)
- Burgess’ Mill (October 27, 1864)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
- Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
- Petersburg Final Assault (April 2, 1865)
- Appomattox Station (April 8, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 76-78 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 76-78 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 113 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 113 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men, National Archives, Roll 168 (William Gordon McCabe, Ordnance Officer Pegram’s Arty Bn., Fold3.com Page 24): Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores turned over by Lt. W. Gordon McCabe to Capt. Thomas Brander, June 30, 1864: Indicates Brander was present and in command on June 30, 1864. ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men, National Archives, Roll 168 (William Gordon McCabe, Ordnance Officer Pegram’s Arty Bn., Fold3.com Page 24): Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores turned over by Lt. W. Gordon McCabe to Capt. Thomas Brander, June 30, 1864: Indicates materials to serve one or more 12-lb. Napoleons. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 122 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 131 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 131 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 140 ↩
- 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. 1313. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 140 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 149 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 149 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 157 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 166 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 157 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 166 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 76-78 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 175 ↩
- 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 1177: “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 185 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 175 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 185 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 194 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 204 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 194 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 194 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 204 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 76-78 ↩