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Muster In: Organized as the 13th Georgia on August 17, 1861. Reorganized as the 26th Georgia at Savannah on May 10, 1862.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Major Benjamin F. Grace
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Captain James Knox
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.3
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.4
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.5
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.6
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James S. Blain (August 20, 1864) (Blain never commanded troops at Petersburg. He was wounded in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.)7
- Unit Strength: 158 officers and men PFD (August 20, 1864)8
- Weapons: .58 caliber rifles (probably a mix of Enfield Rifles and Springfield Rifles) (August 20, 1864)9
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.10
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.11
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Evans’ Brigade | Evans’ Division | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army12
- Commander: Major Benjamin F. Grace (December 1864)13
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: The Second Corps, in the Shenandoah Valley since June 1864, was ordered to rejoin Lee at the Siege of Petersburg on December 9, 1864. The Second Corps moved to Richmond and Petersburg over the next several days, remaining with Lee’s army through Appomattox.14
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Evans’ Brigade | Evans’ Division | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16,17,18,19
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Evans’ Brigade | Evans’ Division | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army24,25
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles28:
- Petersburg Siege (from December 1864)(June 1864-April 1865)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- High Bridge (April 7, 1865)
- Farmville (April 7, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Petersburg Campaign Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Epilogue and Order of Battle
- CIR: 8-P-17 Evans’ Brigade August 20, 1864
- NP: July 19, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 9-18
Sources:
Tags: 26th georgia, benjamin f. grace 26th ga, james knox 26th ga, james s. blain 26th ga, twenty-sixth georgia
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 8-P-17: Evans’ Brigade, August 20, 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. ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 8-P-17: Evans’ Brigade, August 20, 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. ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 8-P-17: Evans’ Brigade, August 20, 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. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 164 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 164 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 376 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 173 ↩
- 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 1172: “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 1180: “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 183 ↩
- 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 1271: “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 173 ↩
- 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 1180: “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 183 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 183 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 192 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 202 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 192 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 202 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 232-233 ↩