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~~ 6th Alabama Infantry ~~ Battle for the Wilderness - CSA Troops |
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Confederate Order of Battle for The Wilderness - May 5-6, 1864
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General Robert E. Lee I Army Corps Lt. Gen. James Longstreet Kershaw's Division Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw Kershaw's Brigade Col. John W. Henagan 2nd SC Lt. Col. F. Gaillard 3rd SC Col. James D. Nance 7th SC Capt. James Mitchell 8th SC Lt. Col. E. T. Stackhouse 15th SC Col. John B. Davis 3rd SC Battalion Capt. B. M. Whitener Humphreys' Brigade Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys 13th MS Maj. G. L. Donald 17th MS 18th MS Capt. W. H. Lewis 21st MS Col. D. N. Moody Wofford's Brigade Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford 16th GA 18th GA 24th GA Cobb's GA Legion Phillips GA Legion 3rd GA Sharpshooters Bryan's Brigade Brig. Gen. Goode Bryan 10th GA Col. Willis C. Holt 50th GA Col. P. McGlashan 51st GA Col. E. Ball 53rd GA Col. James P. Simms Field's Division Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field Jenkins' Brigade Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins 1st SC Col. James R. Hagood 2nd SC (Rifles) Col. R. E. Bowen 5th SC Col. A. Coward 6th SC Col. John Bratton Palmetto Sharp. Col. Joseph Walker Anderson's Brigade Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson 7th GA 8th GA 9th GA 11th GA 59th GA Lt. Col. B. H. Gee Law's Brigade Brig. Gen. E. McIver Law 4th AL Col. P. D. Bowles 15th AL 44th AL Col. W. F. Perry 47th AL 48th AL Lt. Col. W. M. Hardwick Gregg's Brigade Brig. Gen. Hohn Gregg 3rd AR Col. Van H. Manning 1st TX 4th TX Col. J. P. Bane 5th TX Lt. Col. K. Bryan Benning's Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning 2nd GA 15th GA Col. D. M. DuBose 17th GA 20th GA Artillery Brig. Gen. E. Porter Alexander Huger's Battalion Lt. Col. Frank Huger Fickling's Battery (VA) Moody's Battery (LA) Parker's Battery (VA) J. D. Smith's Battery (VA) Taylor's Battery (VA) Woolfolk's Battery (VA) Haskell's Battalion Maj. John C. Haskell Flanner's Battery (NC) Garden's Battery (SC) Lamkin's Battery (VA) Ramsay's Battery (NC) Cabell's Battalion Col. Henry C. Cabell Callaway's Battery (GA) Carlton's Battery (GA) McCarth's Battery (VA) Manly's Battery (NC) II Army Corps Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell Early's Division Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early Hay's Brigade Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays 5th LA Lt. Col. Bruce Menger 6th LA Maj. William H. Manning 7th LA Maj. J. M. Wilson 8th LA 9th LA Pegram's Brigade Brig. Gen. John Pegram 13th VA Col. JamesB. Terrill 31st VA Col. John S.Hoffman 49th VA Col. J. C. Gibson 52nd VA 58th VA Gordon's Brigade Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon 13th GA 26th GA Col. E. N. Atkinson 31st GA Col. C. A. Evans 38th GA 60th GA Lt. Col. Thomas J. Berry 61st GA Johnson's Division Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson Stonewall Brigade Brig. Gen. James A. Walker 2nd VA Capt. C. H. Stewart 4th VA Col. William Terry 5th VA 27th VA Lt. Col. Charles L. Haynes 33rd VA Steuart's Brigade Brig. Gen. George H. Steuart 1st NC Col. H. A. Brown 3rd NC Col. S. D. Thruston 10th VA 23rd VA 37th VA Jone's Brigade Brig. Gen. John M. Jones 21st VA 25th VA Col. J. C. Higginbotham 42nd VA 44th VA 48th VA 50th VA Stafford's Brigade Brig. Gen. Leroy A. Stafford 1st LA 2nd LA Col. J. M. Williams 10th LA 14th LA 15th LA Rode's Division Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes Daniel's Brigade Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel 32nd NC 43rd NC 45th NC 53rd NC 2nd NC Battery Ramseur's Brigade Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur 2nd NC Col. W. R. Cox 4th NC Col. Bryan Grimes 14th NC Col. R. T. Bennett 30th NC Col. F. M. Parker Doles' Brigade Brig. Gen. George Doles 4th GA 12th GA Col. Edward Willis 44th GA Col. W. H. Peebles Battle's Brigade Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle 3rd AL Col. Charles Forsyth 5th AL 6th AL 12th AL 26th AL Johnston's Brigade Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnston 5th NC Col. T. M. Garrett 12th NC Col. H. E. Collman 20th NC Col. Thomas F. Toon 23rd NC Artillery Brig. Gen. Armistead L. Long Hardaway's Battalion Lt. Col. R. A. Hardaway Dance's Battery (VA) Graham's Battery (VA) C. B. Griffin's Battery (VA) Jones' Battery (VA) B. H. Smith's Battery (VA) Nelson's Battalion Lt. Col. William Nelson Kirkpatrick's Battery (VA) Massie's Battery (VA) Milledge's Battery (GA) Braxton's Battalion Lt. Col. Carter M. Braxton Carpenter's Battery (VA) Cooper's Battery (VA) Hardwicke's Battery (VA) Cutshaw's Battalion Maj. W. E. Cutshaw Carrington's Battery (VA) A. W. Garber's Battery (VA) Tanner's Battery (VA) Page's Battalion Maj. R. C. M. Page W. P. Carter's Battery (VA) Fry's Battery (VA) Page's Battery (VA) Reese's Battery (AL) III Army Corps Lt. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill Anderson's Division Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson Perrin's Brigade Brig. Gen. Abner Perrin 8th AL 9th AL 10th AL 11th AL 14th AL Mahone's Brigade Brig. Gen. William Mahone 6th VA Lt. Col. H. W. Williamson 12th VA Col. D. A. Weisiger 16th VA Lt. Col. R. O. Whitehead 41st VA 61st VA Col. V. D. Groner Harris' Brigade Brig. Gen. Nathaniel H. Harris 12th MS 16th MS Col. S. E. Baker 19th MS Col. T. J. Hardin 48th MS Wright's Brigade Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright 3rd GA 22nd GA 48th GA 2nd GA Battalion Maj. C. J. Moffett Perry's Brigade Brig. Gen. E. A. Perry 2nd FL 5th FL 8th FL Heth's Division Maj. Gen. Henry Heth Davis' Brigade Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis 2nd MS 11th MS 42nd MS 55th NC Cooke's Brigade Brig. Gen. John R. Cook 15th NC 27th NC 46th NC 48th NC Kirkland's Brigade Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland 11th NC 26th NC 44th NC 47th NC 52nd NC Walker's Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry H. Walker 40th VA 47th VA Col. R. M. Mayo 55th VA Col. W. S. Christian 22nd VA Battalion Archer's Brigade Brig. Gen. James J. Archer 1st TN Maj. F. G. Buchanan 7th TN Lt. Col. S. G. Shepard 14th TN Col. William McComb Wilcox's Division Maj. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox Lane's Brigade Brig. Gen. James H. Lane 7th NC Lt. Col. W. Lee Davidson 18th NC Col. John D. Barry 28th NC 33rd NC Lt. Col. R. V. Cowan 37th NC Col. William M. Barbour Scale's Brigade Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales 13th NC Col. J. H. Hyman 16th NC Col. W. A. Stowe 22nd NC 34th NC Col. W. L. J. Lowrance 38th NC Lt. Col. John Ashford McGowan's Brigade Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan 1st SC Lt. Col. W. P. Shooter 12th SC Col. John L. Miller 13th SC Col. B. T. Brockman 14th SC Col. Joseph N. Brown 1st SC Rifles Lt. Col. G. McD. Miller Thomas' Brigade Brig. Gen. Edward L. Thomas 14th GA 35th GA 45th GA 49th GA Lt. Col. J. T. Jordan Artillery Col. R. Lindsay Walker Poague's Battalion Lt. Col. William T. Poague Richard's Battery (MS) Utterback's Battery (VA) Williams' Battery (NC) Wyatt's Battery (VA) McIntosh's Battalion Lt. Col. D. G. McIntosh Clutter's Battery (VA) Donald's Battery (VA) Hurt's Battery (AL) Price's Battery (VA) Pegram's Battalion Lt. Col. W. J. Pegram Brander's Battery (VA) Cayce's Battery (VA) Ellett's Battery (VA) Marye's Battery (VA) Zimmerman's Battery (SC) Cutts' Battalion Col. A. S. Cutts Patterson's Battery (GA) Ross' Battery (GA) Wingfield's Battery (GA) Richardson's Battalion Lt. Col. Charles Richardson Grandy's Battery (VA) Landry's Battery (LA) Moore's Battery (VA) Penick's Battery (VA) Calvary Corps Maj. Gen. James E. B. Stuart Hampton's Division Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton Young's Brigade Brig. Gen. P. M. B. Young 7th GA Col. W. P. White Cobb's Legion (GA) Col. G. J. Wright Phillips Legion (GA) 20th GA Lt. Col. John M. Millen Jeff Davis Legion (MS) Rosser's Brigade Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser 7th VA Col. R. H. Dulany 11th VA 12th VA Lt. Col. Thomas B. Massie 35th VA Battalion Butler's Brigade Brig. Gen. M. C. Butler 4th SC Col. B. H. Rutledge 5th SC Col. John Dunovant 6th SC Col. Hugh K. Aiken Fitz Lee's Division Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Lomax's Brigade Brig. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax 5th VA Col. Henry C. Pateh 6th VA 15th VA Wickham's Brigade Brig. Gen. William C. Wickham 1st VA 2nd VA Col. Thomas T. Munford 3rd VA Col. Thomas H. Owen 4th VA W. H. F. Lee's Division Maj. W. H. F. Lee Chambliss' Brigade Brig. Gen. John R. Chambliss Jr. 9th VA 10th VA 13th VA Gordon's Brigade Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon 1st NC 2nd NC Col. C. M. Andrews 5th NC Col. S. B. Evans Horse Artillery Maj. R. P. Chew Breathed's Battalion Maj. James Breathed Hart's Battery (SC) Johnston's Battery (VA) McGregor's Battery (VA) Shoemaker's Battery (VA) Thompson's Battery (VA)The Army of Northern Virginia -
The effective strength of the above forces was at least 61,000 men Casualty figures are imprecise but estimated at about 11,000 killed, wounded and missing in the engagement Source: _The Wilderness Campaign_ by Edward Steere
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