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Muster In: Organized on May 4, 1861.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Reuben O. Reynolds
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Lieutenant Colonel William B. Lowry
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William B. Lowry6
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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- 213 officers and men PFD (August 16, 1864)11
- Weapons: Springfield and/or Enfield Rifles12
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13,14
- Commander: Major Reuben O. Reynolds (at least September 28, 1864)15,16
- Unit Strength: 171 officers and men PFD (September 28, 1864)17
- Weapons: 58 caliber (explicitly listed mix of Springfields and Enfields)(September 28, 1864)18
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William B. Lowry20
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army21,22
- Commander: Major (Colonel) Reuben O. Reynolds (November & December 1864)23,24
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26,27,28,29
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Davis’ Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army34,35
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles38:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 11th MS: Far From Home: The Diary of Lt. William H. Peel, 1863-1865
- 11th MS: Duty-Honor-Valor: The Story of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment
- 11th MS: Lamar Rifles, A History of Company G., Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, C. S. A.
- 11th MS: The University Greys: Company A, Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 11th MS: Far From Home: The Diary of Lt. William H. Peel, 1863-1865
- 11th MS: Duty-Honor-Valor: The Story of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment
- 11th MS: Lamar Rifles, A History of Company G., Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, C. S. A.
- 11th MS: The University Greys: Company A, Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
- CIR: 15-P-17 Davis’ Brigade August 16, 1864
- Confederate Casualties at Burgess Mill by Bryce Suderow
- New Confederate Inspection Report: 15-P-17 Davis’ Brigade August 16, 1864
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Confederate Third Corps
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Epilogue and Order of Battle
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 90-92 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 90-92 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 121 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 121 ↩
- 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 ↩
- 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. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 131 ↩
- 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. ↩
- 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. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 139 ↩
- 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. 1312. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 139 ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 17-P-24: Davis’ Brigade, September 28, 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 17-P-24: Davis’ Brigade, September 28, 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 17-P-24: Davis’ Brigade, September 28, 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. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 148 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 148 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 156 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 165 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 156 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 165 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 174 ↩
- 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 1173: “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 1182: “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 184 ↩
- 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 174 ↩
- 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 1182: “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 184 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 184 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 193 ↩
- 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 193 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 202 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 90-92 ↩