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Muster In: Organized on May 26, 18631
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Thomas J. Pritchett
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Johnson’s Brigade | Hoke’s Division | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Captain Thomas J. Pritchett (June 16, 1864)4
- Unit Strength: ~183 officers and men PFD (6 cos.)(June 16, 1864)5
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6,7
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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles:8
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- The Crater (July 30, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 277-278 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 277-278 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., pages 114-115 ↩
- NARA RG 109, Entry 66, Box 106: War Department Collection of Confederate Records, General Records of the Government of the CSA, Battle Reports 1862-1864: Bushrod Johnson’s Report on Petersburg Assaults June 15-18, 1864 ↩
- NARA RG 109, Entry 66, Box 106: War Department Collection of Confederate Records, General Records of the Government of the CSA, Battle Reports 1862-1864: Bushrod Johnson’s Report on Petersburg Assaults June 15-18, 1864: Johnson reports 160 “effectives” in the 6 companies of the 64th Georgia which were present on June 16, 1864. Taking Steven H. Newton’s method for converting effectives to PFD, we get (160/.93) * 1.065 = ~183 officers and men PFD ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 669: The 64th GA joined the Provost Guard on June 19, 1864. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 277-278 ↩
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