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Finegan's Brigade.*

2nd Florida, Major Walter R. Moore.

5th Florida, Colonel Thomas B. Lamar.

8th Florida, Colonel David Lang.

9th Florida, Colonel John M. Martin.

10th Florida, Colonel Charles F. Hopkins.

11th Florida,+ Colonel Theodore W. Brevard.

WILCOX'S DIVISION.

Major General CADMUS M. WILCOX.

Thomas' Brigade.++

Colonel THOMAS J. SIMMONS.

14th Georgia, Major Washington L. Goldsmith.

35th Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel William H. McCullohs.

45th Georgia, Captain Aurelius W. Gibson.

49th Georgia, Colonel John T. Jordan.

McGowan's Brigade.++

Brigadier General SAMUEL McGOWAN.

1st South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew P. Butler.

12th South Carolina, Captain Robert M. Kerr.

13th South Carolina, Captain David R. Duncan.

14th South Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Croft.

Orr's Rifles, Major James T. Robertson.

Lane's Brigade.++

Brigadier General JAMES H. LANE.

7th North Carolina, Captain James G. Harris.

18th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel John W. McGill.

28th North Carolina, Major Samuel N. Stowe.

33rd North Carolina, Captain W. J. Callais.

37th North Carolina, Colonel William M. Barbour.

Scales' Brigade.++

Brigadier General ALFRED M. SCALES.

13th North Carolina, Colonel Joseph H. Hyman.

16th North Carolina, Colonel William A. Stowe.

22nd North Carolina, Colonel Thomas S. Gallaway, jr.

34th North Carolina, Colonel William L. J. Lowrance.

38th North Carolina, Colonel John Ashfrod.

HETH'S DIVISION.$

Major General henry heth.

Davis' Brigade.\\

2nd Mississippi, Colonel John M. Stone.

11th Mississippi, Lieutenant Colonel William B. Lowry.

26th Mississippi, Colonel Arthur E. Reynolds.

42nd Mississippi, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Nelson.

1st Confederate Battalion, Captain J. M. Johnson.

MacRae's Brigade.

11th North Carolina, Colonel William J. Martin.

26th North Carolina, Colonel John R. Lane. 44th North Carolina, Colonel Thomas C. Singeltary.

47th North Carolina, Colonel George H. Faribault.

52nd North Carolina, Colonel Marcus A. Parks.

Cooke's Brigade.

15th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Yarborough.

27th North Carolina, Colonel John. A. Gilmer, jr.

46th North Carolina, Colonel William L. Saunders.

48th North Carolina, Colonel Samuel H. Walkup.

Archer's Brigade.

1st Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel Newton J. George.

7th Tennessee, Colonel John A. Fite.

14th Tennessee, Colonel William McComb.

13th Alabama, Lieutenant Colonel James Aiken.

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*Finegan's and Perry's brigades consolidated; General Finegan commanding August 16.

+Two companies Bonaud's battalion attached.

++Actual commanders given as shown by inspection reports.

$Four brigadier-generals reported present for duty; names not indicated.

\\Inspection report for August 16 puts the 55th North Carolina, Captain R. W. Thomas, in this brigade.

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