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Muster In: May 7, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles
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Lt. Colonel Lawrence H. Scruggs
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Law’s Brigade | Field’s DivisionFirst Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander: Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles4,5
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Law’s Brigade | Field’s DivisionFirst Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6

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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles12:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
  • Fort Gilmer (September 29-30, 1864)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 59-60
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 59-60
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  4. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 46): Pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864
  5. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 47): Written acknowledgement of pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864: This letter appears to have been written by Bowles on June 28, 1864, inferring but not proving Bowles was present with his regiment in late June.
  6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  7. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 46): Pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864
  8. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 47): Written acknowledgement of pay receipt for January to March 1864 received June 28 , 1864: This letter appears to have been written by Bowles on June 28, 1864, inferring but not proving Bowles was present with his regiment in late June.
  9. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 33): Requisition of Forage from July 1 to 31, 1864
  10. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 18): Field and Staff Muster Roll for July + August, 1864: Bowles was commanding the Brigade at least at the end of August 1864 when the muster roll was compiled.
  11. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, National Archives, Roll 119 (Pinckney D. Bowles, 4th Alabama, Footnote.com Page 31): Requisition of Forage from August 1 to 31, 1864
  12. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama by Stewart Sifakis, pages 59-60

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