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Muster In: Organized at Salisbury on July 17, 1862.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Hamilton C. Jones, Jr.
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Captain John Beard
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Captain Philip Carpenter
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Commander 4
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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
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.7
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not yet present at the Siege of Petersburg.8
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Lewis’ Brigade | Pegram’s Division | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army9
- Commander: Captain John Beard (December 1864)10
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- 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.11
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Lewis’ Brigade | Pegram’s Division | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army12,13,14,15,16
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- Note: On February 27, 1865, two companies each of the 15th, 27th, 46th, 48th, and 57th NC were detached and sent with Lt. Colonel Alexander C. McAlister of the 46th North Carolina to the state of North Carolina, there to enforce the Conscription Act and protect the area from Union raiding parties. They never returned to the Siege of Petersburg and surrendered with Joseph Johnston’s Army in North Carolina in May 1865.22
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Lewis’ Brigade | Pegram’s Division | Second Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army23,24
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles29:
- Petersburg Siege (from December 1864)(June 1864-April 1865)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
- Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 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
- CLARK NC: 46th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: Heroism In the Hour of Reverse
- NP: June 17, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Hoke’s Brigade, June 10
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩
- 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 1270: “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 183 ↩
- Clark, Walter. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-’65, Volume 3 (Nash Brothers: 1901), pp. 77-80, 82: “27 February Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. McAlister was detached from the regiment and with the writer as Adjutant, assumed command of a force of about six hundred men and was assigned to duty in the counties of Randolph, Chatham, Montgomery and Moore, North Carolina. This force was composed of the Seventh North Carolina, Major James G. Harris commanding, and two companies each from the Fifteenth, Twenty-seventh, Forty-sixth, Forty-eighth and Fifty-fifth North Carolina Regiments, designed for the protection of that section from raiding parties of the enemy, as also to preserve order in enforcing the Conscript Act. This force was actively employed until General Johnson’s army arrived near Greensboro, when it was attached to General D. H. Hill’s Division until paroled by General Sherman.” ↩
- 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 192 ↩
- 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: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 157-158 ↩