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Muster In: Organized in August 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain William Craig
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Captain Henry C. Mitchell
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Captain Ransom D. Little
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Benning’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Captain William Craig4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Benning’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Captain William Craig6
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Captain Henry C. Mitchell (at least on August 9, 1864)7
- Unit Strength: 173 officers and men PFD (August 9, 1864)8
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Captain Ransom D. Little (at least April 2, 1865)13
- Unit Strength: ~150-160 officers and men PFD (April 2, 1865)14
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles15:
- 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)
- Petersburg Final Assault (April 2, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 20th GA: Benning’s Brigade: A History and Roster of the Second, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiments
- 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 222-223 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 222-223 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 326 (William Craig, 20th Georgia, Fold3.com Page 43): Invoice for Ordnance Stores Turned Over to Captain Craig in June 1864 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 326 (William Craig, 20th Georgia, Fold3.com Page 43): Invoice for Ordnance Stores Turned Over to Captain Craig in 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.: 17 officers + 156 enlisted men = 173 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.: 22 officers + 144 enlisted men = 166 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 + 161 enlisted men = 181 PFD ↩
- Benning, H.L.. “Notes on the Final Campaign of April, 1865.” Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7, p. 194 ↩
- Benning, H.L.. “Notes on the Final Campaign of April, 1865.” Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7, p. 194 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 222-223 ↩
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