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Muster In: Organized on June 8, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Edward C. Councell
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Lieutenant Colonel James H. Duncan
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Captain Jonathan S. Lewis
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Colonel Edward C. Councell6
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7
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- 166 officers and men PFD (August 30, 1864)11
- Weapons: Springfield and/or Enfield Rifles12
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13,14
- Commander: Captain Jonathan S. Lewis15,16
- Unit Strength: 125 officers and men PFD (September 30, 1864)17
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles and Enfield Rifles18
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army22,23
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James H. Duncan (November & December 1864)24,25
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army26,27,28,29
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James H. Duncan (January & February 1865)30,31
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Harris’ Brigade | Mahone’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army32,33
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles37:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 16th MS: Grandfather’s Journal: Company B, Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry Volunteers
- 16th MS: The Veteran’s Story … Dedicated to the Heroes Who Wore the Gray
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 16th MS: Grandfather’s Journal: Company B, Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry Volunteers
- 16th MS: The Veteran’s Story … Dedicated to the Heroes Who Wore the Gray
- CIR: 5-P-17 Harris’ Brigade August 30, 1864
- Confederate Defenders at Fort Gregg: April 2, 1865 by Bill Furr
- NP: October 1, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 4
- NP: October 8, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Surrender-Homeward Bound!: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 5
- NP: September 10, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 1
- NP: September 15, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Harris’ Mississippi Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg and Appomattox
- NP: September 17, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 2
- NP: September 24, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 3
- NT: May 1, 1890 National Tribune: Front of Petersburg, Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865
- 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
- SHS Papers: Volume 8: Defence of Battery Gregg by N.H. Harris
- SHS Papers: Volume 9: Battery Gregg-Reply to General N. H. Harris
- UPR: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Finnicum, 7th WI, August 18-21, 1864
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 99-100 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 99-100 ↩
- 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 130 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 130 ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 5-P-17: Harris’ Brigade, August 30, 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 130 ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 5-P-17: Harris’ Brigade, August 30, 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 5-P-17: Harris’ Brigade, August 30, 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 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. 1312. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 138 ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report 13-P-24: Harris’ Brigade, September 30, 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 13-P-24: Harris’ Brigade, September 30, 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 13-P-24: Harris’ Brigade, September 30, 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 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 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 165 ↩
- 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 165 ↩
- 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 1174: “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 War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1272: “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 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 193 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 203 ↩
- 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 203 ↩
- “The Death Grapple at Petersburg! Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade.” The Clarion (Jackson, MS). September 24, 1884, p. 1 col. 4-6: “Gen. Harris placed the 12th Mississippi under Capt. A. K. Jones, and the 16th Mississippi regiment under Capt. J. H. Duncan, both under the immediate command of Lt. Col. James H. Duncan, of the 19th Mississippi regiment, in Fort Gregg. The 19th Mississippi and 48th Mississippi regiment were placed in Whitworth, and were under the personal command of Gen. Harris. Cols. R. H. Phipps and Joseph M. Jayne commanded the latter two regiments.” ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 99-100 ↩