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Organization of troops in the Department of Richmond, commanded by Major General Arnold Elzey, C. S. Army, March 31, 1864.

HUNTON'S BRIGADE.

Brigadier General EPPA HUNTON.

Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion, Colonel W. Pinkney Shingler.

8th Virginia, Captain Henry C. Bowie.

19th Virginia, Captain James G. Woodson.

28th Virginia, Captain William L. Wingfield.

32nd Virginia, Colonel Edgar B. Montague.

56th Virginia, Captain John Richardson.

42nd Virginia Battalion Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel W. T. Robins.

BARTON'S BRIGADE.

Brigadier General SETH M. BARTON.

9th Virginia, Colonel James J. Phillips.

14th Virginia, Colonel William White.

38th Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. Cabell.

53rd Virginia, Colonel William R. Aylett.

57th Virginia, Major Clement R. Fontaine.

MARYLAND LINE.

Colonel BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.

2nd Maryland Infantry, Captain James Parran Crane.

1st Maryland Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Ridgley Brown.

2nd Maryland Artillery, Captain William H. Griffin.

Cooper's (Virginia) battery, Captain Raleigh L. Cooper.

ENGINEER TROOPS.

1st Engineer Regiment, Company D, Lieutenant H. C. Derrick.

RICHMOND DEFENSES.

Colonel WALTER H. STEVENS.

First Division (Inner Line).

Lieutenant Colonel JOHN W. ATKINSON.

10th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, Major James O. Hensley.

19th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, Major N. C. Cary.

Second Division (Inner Line).

Lieutenant Colonel JAMES HOWARD.

18th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, Major Mark B. Hardin.

20th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, Major James E. Robertson.

Unattached.

Louisiana Guard Artillery, Captain Charles A. Green.

Light Artillery Battalion.

Lieutenant Colonel C. E. LIGHTFOOT.

Caroline (Virginia) Artillery, Captain Thomas R. Thornton.

2nd Nelson (Virginia) Artillery, Captain J. Henry Rives.

Surry (Virginia) Artillery, Captain James D. Hankins.

CHAFFIN'S BLUFF.

Heavy Artillery. *

Lieutenant Colonel J. M. MAURY.

Goochland (Virginia) Artillery, Captain Jonathan Talley.

Virginia Howitzer Company, Captain John J. Young.

James City (Virginia) Artillery, Captain Jucien W. Richardson.

Lunenburg (Virginia) Rebel Artillery, Captain C. Tacitus Allen.

Pamunkey (Virginia) Artillery, Captain Andrew J. Jones.

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*Reported as infantry.

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