First Deep Bottom Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Deep Bottom
First Battle of Deep Bottom
The First Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, New Market Road, or Gravel Hill, was fought July 27–29, 1864, at Deep Bottom in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. A Union force under Maj. Gens. Winfield S....

 (July 27–29, 1864) of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Union order of battle
First Deep Bottom Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Deep Bottom of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military Rank:* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...

 is listed separately.

Military rank

  • Gen = General
  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...

  • Maj = Major
    Major (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...

  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st Lieutenant

First Corps
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
The First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a military unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. It was formed in early 1861 and served until the spring of 1865, mostly in the Eastern Theater. The corps was commanded by James Longstreet for much of its...

LTG Richard H. Anderson
Richard H. Anderson
Richard Heron Anderson was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Kershaw's Division

    
MG Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph Brevard Kershaw was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...

Wofford's Brigade
  
BG Dudley M. Du Bose
Dudley M. Du Bose
Dudley McIver Du Bose was a lawyer, soldier, and a U.S. Representative from Georgia.-Early life:Du Bose was born in Shelby County, Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and graduated from the Lebanon Law School in 1856...

  • 16th Georgia: Maj John H. H. Skelton
  • 18th Georgia: Col Joseph Armstrong
  • 24th Georgia: Col C. C. Sanders
  • 3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion: Ltc N. L. Hutchins, Jr.
  • Cobb's Georgia Legion: Ltc Luther J. Glenn
  • Phillips' Georgia Legion: Ltc Joseph Hamilton
Humphreys' Brigade
  
BG Benjamin G. Humphreys
Benjamin G. Humphreys
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1865 to 1868, during Reconstruction.-Early life:Humphreys was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi, on the...

  • 13th Mississippi: Ltc Alfred J. O'Brien
  • 17th Mississippi: Cpt Jesse C. Cochran
  • 18th Mississippi: Ltc William H. Luse
  • 21st Mississippi: Col Daniel N. Moody
Bryan's Brigade
  
BG Goode Bryan
Goode Bryan
Goode Bryan was a planter, politician, military officer, and American Civil War general in the Confederate States Army. His brigade played a prominent role during the Battle of the Wilderness, fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition.-Early life and career:Bryan was born in Hancock...

  • 10th Georgia: Col Willis C. Holt
  • 50th Georgia: Col Peter McGlashan
  • 51st Georgia: Ltc James Dickey
  • 53rd Georgia: Col James P. Simms
Conner's Brigade
  
BG James Conner
  • 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy
  • 3rd South Carolina: Ltc R. C. Moffett
  • 7th South Carolina: Cpt E. Jerry Goggans
  • 8th South Carolina: Col John Williford Henagan
  • 15th South Carolina: Col John Bunyon Davis
  • 20th South Carolina: Col Stephen M. Boykin
  • 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion: Ltc William G. Rice

Artillery

    
BG Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander was an engineer, an officer in the U.S. Army, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and later a railroad executive, planter, and author....

 (w)

    
Ltc F. Huger
Cabell's Battalion
  
Col H. C. Cabell
  • Anderson's Battery (Virginia): Cpt R. M. Anderson
  • Callaway's Battery (Georgia): Lt Morgan Callaway
  • Carlton's Battery (Georgia): Cpt H. H. Carlton
  • Manly's Battery (North Carolina): Cpt Basil C. Manly
Huger's Battalion
  
Ltc F. Huger
  • Fickling's Battery (South Carolina): Cpt W. W. Fickling
  • Moody's Battery (Louisiana): Lt J. C. Parkinson
  • Parker's Battery (Virginia): Cpt W. W. Parker
  • Smith's Battery (Virginia): Cpt John D. Smith
  • Taylor's Battery (Virginia): Cpt O. B. Taylor
  • Woolfolk's Battery (Virginia): Cpt James Woolfolk
Hardaway's Battalion
[detached from Second Corps]
  
Ltc R. A. Hardaway
  • Dance's Battery (Virginia): Cpt Willis J. Dance
  • Graham's Battery (Virginia): Cpt Archibald Graham
  • Griffin's Battery (Virginia): Cpt Charles B. Griffin
  • Smith's Battery (Virginia): Cpt B. H. Smith, Jr.
Haskell's Battalion
  
Maj John C. Haskell
  • Flanner's Battery (North Carolina): Cpt H. G. Flanner
  • Garden's Battery (South Carolina): Cpt H. R. Garden
  • Ramsay's Battery (North Carolina): Cpt John A. Ramsay
  • Lamkin's Battery (Virginia): Cpt J. N. Lamkin
Stark's Battalion
  
Ltc A. W. Stark
  • Green's Battery (Louisiana): Cpt Charles A. Green
  • Armistead's Battery (Virginia): Cpt A. D. Armistead
  • French's Battery (Virginia): Cpt David A. French

Department of North Carolina & Southern Virginia

Brigade
Elliott's Brigade, Johnson's Division
  
BG Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w)

  
Col F. W. McMaster
  • 17th South Carolina: Maj John R. Culp
  • 18th South Carolina: Ltc W. B. Allison
  • 22nd South Carolina: Col William G. Burt
  • 23rd South Carolina: Col Henry L. Benbow
  • 26th South Carolina: Col A. D. Smith
  • Holcombe's South Carolina Legion: Cpt Andrew B. Woodruff

See also

  • Virginia in the American Civil War
  • Siege of Petersburg
    Siege of Petersburg
    The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War...

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