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D
IVISION
A
RTILLERY
B
ATTALION
Maj. J. W. Latimer (mortally wounded July 2, 1863): four batteries

 

R
ODES’S
D
IVISION
(formerly D. H. H
ILL’S
)

 

Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes
(
May 2, 1863:
his promotion was antedated as of the Battle of Chancellorsville, when he commanded as a brigadier)

 

Daniel’s Brigade:

Doles’s Brigade:

Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel

Brig. Gen. George G. Doles

(Sept. 1, 1862)

(Nov. 1, 1862)

32nd North Carolina Regiment

4th Georgia Regiment

43rd North Carolina Regiment

12th Georgia Regiment

45th North Carolina Regiment

21st Georgia Regiment

53rd North Carolina Regiment

44th Georgia Regiment

2nd North Carolina Battalion

 

 

 

Ramseur’s Brigade:

Iverson’s Brigade:

Brig. Gen. S. D. Ramseur

Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson

(Nov. 1, 1862)

(Nov. 1, 1862)

2nd North Carolina Regiment

5th North Carolina Regiment

4th North Carolina Regiment

12th North Carolina Regiment

14th North Carolina Regiment

20th North Carolina Regiment

30th North Carolina Regiment

23rd North Carolina Regiment

 

Replaced after Gettysburg by
R. D. Johnson, who was later
promoted to brigadier.

Rodes’s Brigade:

Col. E. A. O’Neal

3rd Alabama Regiment

5th Alabama Regiment

6th Alabama Regiment

 

12th Alabama Regiment

26th Alabama Regiment

Replaced after Gettysburg by
Colonel Cullen A. Battle, later promoted to brigadier.

D
IVISION
A
RTILLERY
B
ATTALION
Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Carter: four batteries

 

C
ORPS
A
RTILLERY
R
ESERVE

 

Col Stapleton Crutchfield
(out with an amputated leg; at Gettysburg the corps artillery command devolved temporarily upon J. Thompson Brown):

Thompson’s Battalion: five batteries

 

Nelson’s Battalion: three batteries

 
 

THIRD CORPS
Lieut. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill (May 24, 1863)

 

H
ETH’S
D
IVISION
(newly created, containing two brigades from A. P. Hill’s old ”Light Division”)

 

Maj. Gen. Henry Heth (May 24, 1863)
(wounded July 1, 1863, did not command during the remainder of the battle)

 
Pettigrew’s Brigade:
Archer’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. Johnston Pettigrew
Brig. Gen. James J. Archer
(Feb. 26, 1862)
(June 3, 1862)
11th North Carolina Regiment
1st Tennessee Regiment
26th North Carolina Regiment
7th Tennessee Regiment
42nd North Carolina Regiment
14th Tennessee Regiment
47th North Carolina Regiment
13th Alabama Regiment
52nd North Carolina Regiment
5th Alabama Battalion
Assumed command on Heth’s incapacity; killed on the retreat to Virginia.
Captured July 1, 1863; died after release from prison. Succeeded by Col. B. D. Fry, who was wounded July 3, 1863.
 
Davis’s Brigade:
Heth’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis
(Sept. 15, 1862)
2nd Mississippi Regiment
(actually the brigade of Brig. Gen.
Charles W. Field, long out with
wounds):
11th Mississippi Regiment
Col. J. M. Brockenbrough
26th Mississippi Regiment
46th Virginia Regiment
42nd Mississippi Regiment
47th Virginia Regiment
50th North Carolina Regiment
55th Virginia Re|iment
1st Confederate Battalion
22nd Virginia Battalion
 
According to Gen. Early’s chart, but nowhere else listed; probably not at Gettysburg.
There is evidence that he was succeeded on the third day by Col. Robert Mayo of the 47th Virginia; after Gettysburg Col. H. H. Walker was promoted to brigadier and assumed command.
 
Cooke’s Brigade:
 
Brig. Gen. John R. Cooke
 
(Nov. 1, 1862)
 
15th North Carolina Regiment
 
27th North Carolina Regiment
 
46th North Carolina Regiment
 
48th North Carolina Regiment
 

Not at Gettysburg; retained  south of Richmond by order of President
Davis.

 

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