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480 Series I Volume XI-III Serial 14 - Peninsular Campaign Part III

Page 480 THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN,VA. Chapter XXIII.

Griffith's Brigade.

Brigadier General RICHARD GRIFFITH commanding.

1st Louisiana Battalion................................. 315

13th Mississippi........................................ 640

18th Mississippi........................................ 684

21st Mississippi........................................ 792

Cosnahan's battery...................................... 51

Howitzer battery........................................ 103

Manly's battery......................................... 37

Read's battery.......................................... 72

Sand's battery.......................................... 80

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2,774

Kershaw's Brigade.

Brigadier General J. B. KERSHAW commanding.

2nd South Carolina..................................... 616

3rd South Carolina..................................... 550

7th South Carolina.................................... 581

8th South Carolina.................................... 467

Gracie's battalion.................................... 276

Kemper's battery...................................... 77

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2,567

Cobb's brigade.

Brigadier General HOWELL COBB commanding.

16th Georgia.......................................... 488

24th Georgia.......................................... 660

Cobb's Georgia Legion................................. 594

2nd Louisiana.......................................... 782

17th Mississippi...................................... 692

15th North Carolina................................... 532

Page's battery........................................ 48

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3,796

IN RESERVE.

10th Georgia, Colonel A. Cumming commanding................ 582

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Effective strength of McLaw's division...............11,803

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TOOMB'S DIVISION.

Brigadier General R. TOOMB'S commanding.

Toombs' Brigade.

Brigadier General R. TOOMBS commanding.

1st Georgia (Regulars)............................... 367

2nd Georgia........................................... 607

15th Georgia......................................... 441

17th Georgia......................................... 398

38th Virginia........................................ 544

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2,357

D. R. Jones' Brigade.

Brigadier General P. J. SEMMES commanding.

7th Georgia.......................................... 611

8th Georgia.......................................... 251

9th Georgia.......................................... 411

11th Georgia......................................... 573

1st Kentucky......................................... 496

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2,342

Total effective strength of Toomb's division......... 4,699

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