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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
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Army of Northern Virginia[]
Gen Robert E. Lee
III Corps[]
LTG A. P. Hill
| Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Richard Anderson's Division
BG William Mahone
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Mahone's (Virginia) Brigade
Col David A. Weisiger (w)
Col George T. Rogers
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- 6th Virginia: Col George T. Rogers, Ltc Henry W. Williamson
- 12th Virginia: Cpt Richard W. Jones
- 16th Virginia: Ltc Richard O. Whitehead
- 41st Virginia: Maj William H. Etheridge
- 61st Virginia: Ltc William H. Stewart
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| Wilcox's (Alabama) Brigade
Col John C. C. Sanders
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- 8th Alabama: Cpt William W. Mordecai
- 9th Alabama: Col J. Horace King
- 10th Alabama: Cpt Wilson L. Brewster
- 11th Alabama: Ltc George E. Tayloe
- 14th Alabama: Cpt Elias Folk (k)
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| Wright's (Georgia) Brigade
Ltc Matthew R. Hall
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- 3rd Georgia: Ltc Claiborne Snead
- 22nd Georgia: Col George H. Jones
- 48th Georgia: Ltc Reuben W. Carswell
- 64th Georgia: Col John W. Evans (w)
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Artillery[]
BG William N. Pendleton
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First Corps
Ltc Frank Huger
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Haskell's Battalion
Maj John C. Haskell
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- Branch Battery (North Carolina): Cpt Henry G. Flanner
- Nelson Battery (Virginia): Cpt James N. Lamkin
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| 13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery
Maj Wade H. Gibbs (w)
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- Company A, Otey Battery: Cpt David N. Walker
- Company B, Ringgold Battery: Cpt Crispin Dickenson
- Company C, Davidson's Battery: Lt John H. Chamberlayne
- Mortar Battery:[1] Lt Jack Langhorne
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Third Corps
Col Reuben Lindsay Walker
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Pegram's Battalion
Ltc William Pegram
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- Crenshaw's Battery (Virginia): Cpt Thomas Ellett
- Letcher Light Artillery: Cpt Thomas A. Brander
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Department of North Carolina And Southern Virginia[]
Gen P.G.T. Beauregard
| Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Johnson's Division
BG Bushrod Johnson
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Ransom's (North Carolina) Brigade
Col Leroy M. McAfee
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- 24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke
- 25th North Carolina: Maj William S. Grady (mw)
- 35th North Carolina: Col James T. Johnson
- 49th North Carolina: Ltc John A. Flemming (k), Ltc James T. Davis
- 56th North Carolina: Cpt Lawson Harrill
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| Elliott's (South Carolina) Brigade
BG Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w)
Col. Fitz W. McMaster
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- 17th South Carolina: Col Fitz W. McMaster, Maj John R. Culp
- 18th South Carolina: Cpt Robert H. Glenn
- 22nd South Carolina: Col David G. Flemming (k), Cpt James N. Shedd
- 23rd South Carolina: Cpt Edwin R. White (w)
- 26th South Carolina: Col Alexander D. Smith
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| Wise's (Virginia) Brigade
Col J. Thomas Goode
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- 26th Virginia: Cpt Napoleon B. Street
- 34th Virginia: Maj John R. Bagby
- 46th Virginia: Cpt George Norris
- 59th Virginia: Cpt Henry Wood (w)
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Hoke's Division
MG Robert Hoke
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Clingman's (North Carolina) Brigade
BG Thomas L. Clingman
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- 61st North Carolina: Col James D. Radcliffe
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| Colquitt's (Georgia) Brigade
[temporarily assigned to Johnson's Division]
BG Alfred H. Colquitt
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- 6th Georgia: Col John T. Lofton
- 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal
- 23rd Georgia: Col James H. Huggins
- 27th Georgia: Maj Hezekiah Bussey
- 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson
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Artillery
Col Hilary Pollard Jones, Sr.
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Branch's Battalion
Maj James C. Coit
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- Halifax Battery (Virginia): Cpt Samuel T. Wright
- Petersburg Battery (Virginia): Cpt Richard G. Pegram
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Notes[]
- ^ manned by soldiers of Otey & Ringgold Batteries
References[]
- Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-886661-06-5
See also[]
American Civil War portal
Categories:
- American Civil War orders of battle
