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Muster In: Organized July 15, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Major Peter J. Shannon
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Benning’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Major Peter J. Shannon4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Benning’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
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- Commander: Major Peter J. Shannon (at least August 9, 1864)7
- Unit Strength: 220 officers and men PFD (August 9, 1864)8
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles13:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Chaffin’s Farm (September 29, 1864)
- Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
- Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 15th GA: Benning’s Brigade: A History and Roster of the Fifteenth Georgia
- 15th GA: The Granite Farm Letters: The Civil War Correspondence of Edgeworth & Sallie Bird
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 15th GA: Benning’s Brigade: A History and Roster of the Fifteenth Georgia
- 15th GA: The Granite Farm Letters: The Civil War Correspondence of Edgeworth & Sallie Bird
- SHS Papers: Volume 7: Notes on the Final Campaign of April, 1865
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 213-215 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 213-215 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., pages 110-111 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 295 (Peter J. Shannon, 15th Georgia, Fold3.com Page 23): Company Muster Roll for May + June 1864 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., pages 110-111 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 295 (Peter J. Shannon, 15th Georgia, Fold3.com Page 23): Company Muster Roll for May + June 1864 ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report P-13: Benning’s Brigade, August 9, 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 P-13: Benning’s Brigade, August 9, 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.: 22 officers + 198 enlisted men = 220 PFD ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report P-12: Benning’s Brigade, September 8, 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 P-15: Benning’s Brigade, September 19, 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 P-12: Benning’s Brigade, September 8, 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.: 21 officers + 196 enlisted men = 217 PFD ↩
- Confederate Inspection Report P-15: Benning’s Brigade, September 19, 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.: 20 officers + 193 enlisted men = 213 PFD ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 213-215 ↩
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