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Pryor's Brigade.
Colonel J. A. WINSTON commanding.
8th Alabama........................................ 800
14th Alabama....................................... 700
14th Louisiana..................................... 750
Macon's battery.................................... 60
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2,310
Total effective strength of the forces in the center
of position, commanded by Major General James
Longstreet........................................13,816
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LEFT OF POSITION.-Major General D. H. HILL commanding.
EARLY'S DIVISION.
Brigadier General J. A. EARLY commanding.
Early's Brigade.
Brigadier General J. A. EARLY commanding.
20th Georgia...................................... 560
5th North Carolina................................ 460
23rd North Carolina................................ 540
24th Virginia..................................... 740
Jeff. Davis Artillery.............................. 80
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2,380
Rodes' Brigade.
Brigadier General R. E. RODES commanding.
5th Alabama....................................... 660
6th Alabama.......................................1,100
12th Alabama...................................... 550
12th Mississippi.................................. 650
King William Artillery............................ 80
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3,040
DETACHED.
Colonel WARD commanding.
2nd Florida....................................... 530
2nd Mississippi Battalion......................... 360
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890
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Total Brigadier General J. A. Early's division..............6,310
RAINS' DIVISION.
Brigadier General G. J. RAINS commanding.
Rains' Brigade.
Brigadier General G. J. RAINS commanding.
Forces within the post (Yorktown):
13th Alabama..................................... 474
26th Alabama..................................... 283
6th Georgia...................................... 703
23rd Georgia...................................... 370
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1,830
Nineteen heavy batteries.........................1,151
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