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Muster In: Organized on March 31, 18621
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel William J. Martin
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Kirkland’s Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles6:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Globe Tavern (August 18-21)
- Reams’ Station (August 25, 1864)
- Jones’ Farm (September 30, 1864)
- Squirrel Level Road (September 30, 1864)
- Pegram’s Farm (October 1, 1864)
- Harman Road (October 2, 1864)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Petersburg Final Assault (April 2, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 11th NC: More Terrible Than Victory : North Carolina’s Bloody Bethel Regiment, 1861-65
- 11th NC: My Dearest Friend: The Civil War Correspondence of Cornelia McGimsey and Lewis Warlick
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 11th NC: More Terrible Than Victory : North Carolina’s Bloody Bethel Regiment, 1861-65
- 11th NC: My Dearest Friend: The Civil War Correspondence of Cornelia McGimsey and Lewis Warlick
- New Confederate Inspection Report: 17-P-17 Kirkland’s Brigade August 16, 1864
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 98-99 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 98-99 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: North Carolina by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 98-99 ↩
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