Confederate Army – Second Offensive

Commander:
General Robert E. Lee¹	²
Strength:
Units:³ Army of Northern Virginia Engineers 1st Confederate Engineers Provost Guard 5th Alabama Battalion 1st Virginia Regular Battalion 48th Georgia (1 company) 64th Georgia First Corps Pickett’s Division Steuart’s Brigade 9th Virginia 14th Virginia 38th Virginia 53rd Virginia 57th Virginia Corse’s Brigade 15th Virginia 17th Virginia 29th Virginia 30th Virginia 32nd Virginia Hunton’s Brigade Terry’s Brigade Field’s Division Bratton’s Brigade 1st South Carolina (Hagood’s) 2nd South Carolina Rifles 5th South Carolina 6th South Carolina Palmetto South Carolina Sharpshooters Anderson’s Brigade 11th Georgia 59th Georgia 7th Georgia 8th Georgia 9th Georgia Gregg’s Brigade 1st Texas 3rd Arkansas 4th Texas 5th Texas Law’s Brigade 15th Alabama 44th Alabama 47th Alabama 48th Alabama 4th Alabama Benning’s Brigade 15th Georgia 17th Georgia 20th Georgia 2nd Georgia Kershaw’s Division Kershaw’s Brigade 2nd South Carolina 3rd South Carolina 7th South Carolina 8th South Carolina 15th South Carolina 20th South Carolina 3rd South Carolina Battalion Humphreys’ Brigade 13th Mississippi 17th Mississippi 18th Mississippi 21st Mississippi Wofford’s Brigade 16th Georgia 18th Georgia 24th Georgia 3rd Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters Cobb’s Georgia Legion Phillips’ Georgia Legion Bryan’s Brigade 10th Georgia 50th Georgia 51st Georgia 53rd Georgia First Corps Artillery




Bibliography:


Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

*Sources:*

The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
Robert E. Lee Wikipedia Article ↩
The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., pages 110-118 ↩

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