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1309 Series I Volume XLII-II Serial 88 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part II

Page 1309 Chapter LIV. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

Organization of Heth's Division.

Major General HENRY HETH.

Archer's and Walker's Brigades.

Brigadier General JAMES J. ARCHER.

13th Alabama, Lieutenant Colonel James Aiken.

1st Tennessee, Captain William S. Daniel.

7th Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel G. Shepard.

14th Tennessee, Colonel William McComb.

2nd Maryland Battalion, Captain John W. Torsch.

40th Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur S. Cunningham.

47th Virginia, Captain E. L. Wharton.

55th Virginia, Major Robert B. Fauntleroy.

22nd Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Tayloe.

Davis' Brigade.

Brigadier General JOSEPH R. DAVIS.

1st Confederate Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Francis B. McClung.

2nd Mississippi, Colonel John M. Stone.

11th Mississippi, Major Reuben O. Reynolds.

26th Mississippi, Colonel Arthur E. Reynolds.

42nd Mississippi, Captain Thomas R. Smith.

55th North Carolina, Captain Walter A. Whitted.

MacRae's Brigade.

Brigadier General WILLIAM MACRAE.

11th North Carolina, Colonel William J. Martin.

26th North Carolina, Major James T. Adams.

44th North Carolina, Major Charles M. Stedman.

47th North Carolina, Major William C. Lankford.

52nd North Carolina, Lieutenant William W. Carmichael.

Strength of the Third Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia, Colonel R. L. Walker commanding, September 30, 1864.*

Present for Present and

duty. absent.

Command. Officers Men Officers Men.

Staff 7 10 8 10

Cutt's battalion+ 26 604 49 984

McIntosh's battalion 24 414 27 719

Pegram's battalion 9 363 23 647

Poague's battalion 14 188 22 449

Washington Artillery 17 271 24 411

Total 97 1,850 153 3,220

Present effective

for the field.

Command. Officers Men Guns. Serviceable

horses.

Staff 7 10 --- ---

Cutt's battalion+ 26 604 32 265

McIntosh's battalion 24 414 21 221

Pegram's battalion 9 363 20 159

Poague's battalion 14 188 13 128

Washington Artillery 17 271 14 119

Total 97 1,850 100 892

Strength of the Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Major General Wade Hampton commanding, for September 30, 1864.++

Command. Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate

present for present. Present and

duty. absent.

General Staff 72 --- ---

Lee's division 2,684 3,243 5,707

(Lee)

Butler's division 1,510 2,111 6,302

(Butler)

Dearing's brigade 1,374 1,636 2,226

(Dearing)

Artillery (Chew) 222 254 333

Total 5,862 7,244 14,568

Command. Present Pieces of field

effective for artillery.

the field.

General Staff --- ---

Lee's division (Lee) 2,241 ---

Butler's division 882 ---

(Butler)

Dearing's brigade 937 ---

(Dearing)

Artillery (Chew) 227 12

Total 4,287 ---

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*From Captain Richard Walke's report of inspection at that date.

+Comprising Lane's and Richardson's battalions.

++As shown by inspection of Major A. R. Venable.

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