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Muster In: Organized at Louisville, Ky., May 3 to September 15, 1864.1
Muster Out: Mustered out November 22, 1866.2
Commander(s):
Colonel William H. Revere, Jr.
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Lieutenant Colonel David M. Sells
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First Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet in existence.3
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet in existence.4
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.5
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.6
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Unit not yet at the Siege of Petersburg.7
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Provisional Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army8
- Commander: Colonel William H. Revere, Jr. (October 31, 1864)9
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: Ordered to Baltimore, Md., thence to City Point, Va., October 26.10
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
Provisional Brigade | Third Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864)11
Third Brigade | First Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-31, 1864)12
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel David M. Sells (December 31, 1864)13
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
- Note: Left the Siege of Petersburg on December 7, 1864 to participate in the First Assault on Fort Fisher, NC.14
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.15
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.16
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles17:
- Ordered to Baltimore, Md., thence to City Point, Va., October 26.
- Siege of Petersburg November 3 to December 7.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 467: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 467: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1126: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1126: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩