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1st Confederate Engineers

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Muster In: Organized from January 19, 1864 to April 1, 18641
Muster Out: April 9, 18642

Commander(s):
Thomas M. R. Talcott
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7

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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott9
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army10,11

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott12
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army13

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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army14,15

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott16,17
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army18,19

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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Engineers | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott (March 1865)22
    • None listed. (April 1-2, 1865)23
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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles:24

  • Petersburg Siege June 1864-April 1865
  • Appomattox CH 04/09/65

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

      Sources:

      1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units, and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, page 178 ↩
      2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units, and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, page 178 ↩
      3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
      4. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 80), page 692 ↩
      5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
      6. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 80), page 692 ↩
      7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
      8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
      9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
      10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
      11. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1310. ↩
      12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
      13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
      14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
      15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
      16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
      17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
      18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
      19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
      20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
      21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
      22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
      23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
      24. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units, and the Indian Units by Stewart Sifakis, page 178 ↩

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