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D IVISION A RTILLERY B ATTALION Lieut. Col. John J. Garnett: four batteries
P ENDER’S D IVISION (four brigades from Hill’s old “Light Division”)
Maj. Gen. W. Dorsey Fender (May 28,1863) (mortally wounded July 2, 1863)
Lane’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. James H. Lane
(Nov. 1, 1862)
7th North Carolina Regiment
18th North Carolina Regiment
28th North Carolina Regiment
33rd North Carolina Regiment
37th North Carolina Regiment
Temporarily assumed division command after Pender was wounded; superceded on July 3 by Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble, who was wounded and captured; after Gettysburg, Cadmus Wilcox was promoted to major general and assumed command of the division.

Thomas’s Brigade:	Scales’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. E. L. Thomas	Brig. Gen. A. M. Scales
(Nov. 1, 1862)	(June 13, 1862)
14th Georgia Regiment	13th North Carolina Regiment
35th Georgia Regiment	16th North Carolina Regiment
45th Georgia Regiment	22nd North Carolina Regiment
49th Georgia Regiment	34th North Carolina Regiment
	38th North Carolina Regiment

McGowan-Gregg Brigade:

formed by Maxcy Gregg, who was killed at Fredericksburg; his successor, Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan (Jan. 17, 1863), was out wounded during the Gettysburg campaign, and the brigade was commanded by Col. Abner Perrin.

1st South Carolina Regiment (Provisional)

12th South Carolina Regiment

13th South Carolina Regiment

14th South Carolina Regiment

1st South Carolina Rifles

D IVISION A RTILLERY B ATTALION Maj. William T. Poague: four batteries
A NDERSON’S D IVISION (transferred from Longstreet’s corps)
Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson (July 14, 1862)
Wilcox’s Brigade:	Mahone’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. C. M. Wilcox	Brig. Gen. Wm. Mahone
(Oct. 21, 1861)	(Nov. 16, 1861)
8th Alabama Regiment	6th Virginia Regiment
9th Alabama Regiment	12th Virginia Regiment
10th Alabama Regiment	16th Virginia Regiment
11th Alabama Regiment	41st Virginia Regiment
14th Alabama Regiment	61st Virginia Regiment
After Gettysburg, when Wilcox assumed command of Pender’s division, he was succeeded by Col. Abner Perrin, who handled McGowan’s brigade so well on the first day.

Wright’s Brigade:	Perry’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. A. R. Wright	Brig. Gen. E. A. Perry
(June 3, 1862)3rd Georgia Regiment	(Aug. 26, 1862)—commanded at Gettysburg by Col. David Lang
22nd Georgia Regiment	2nd Florida Regiment
48th Georgia Regiment	5th Florida Regiment
2nd Georgl Battalion	8th Florida Regiment

Posey’s Brigade:
Brig. Gen. Carnot Posey
12th Mississippi Regiment
16th Mississippi Regiment
19th Mississippi Regiment
48th Mississippi Regiment

D
IVISION
A
RTILLERY
B
ATTALION
Maj. John Lane: three batteries

C
ORPS
R
ESERVE
A
RTILLERY
Col. R. Lindsay Walker, corps artillery commander

M
C
I
NTOSH’S
B
ATTALION
Maj. David G. McIntosh: four batteries

P
EGRAM’S
B
ATTALION
Maj. William J. Pegram: five batteries

STUART’S CAVALRY DIVISION Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart
With Stuart on the ride that brought the cavalry to Gettysburg on July 2:
Fitzhugh Lee’s Brigade: 1st Virginia Regiment 2nd Virginia Regiment	W. F. H. (“Rooney”) Lee’s Brigade, commanded by John Chambliss:
3rd Virginia Regiment	2nd North Carolina Regiment
4th Virginia Regiment	9th Virginia Regiment
5th Virginia Regiment	10th Virginia Regiment
	13th Virginia Regiment

Wade Hampton’s Brigade:
1st North Carolina Regiment
1st South Carolina Regiment
2nd South Carolina Regiment
Cobb’s Legion
Jeff Davis Legion
Phillips’s Legion
The brigades that waited in the Shenandoah passes and arrived July 3:
Beverly Robertson’s Brigade: 4th North Carolina Regiment	Wm. E. (“Grumble”) Jones’s Brigade:
5th North Carolina Regiment	6th Virginia Regiment
	7th Virginia Regiment
	11th Virginia Regiment
	34th Virginia Battalion