PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN–SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES No. 263. — Report of Col. B. B. Gayle, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, of the battle of Gaines’ Mill. HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH ALABAMA REGIMENT. About 2 o’clock on the morning of June 26 the Twelfth Alabama Regiment, in conjunction with the others of General Rodes’ brigade, left…
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Seven Days Battle
PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN–SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES No. 227. — Report of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, C. S. Army, commanding Second Corps, of the battle of Gaines’ Mill, engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge, and battle of Malvern Hill. Extract The four brigades of Jackson’s division did not act together during the…
Seven Pines
MAY 31- JUNE 1, 1862– Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, Va. No. 114. — Reports of Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, C. S. Army, commanding brigade. RICHMOND, VA., June 7, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of the Third Brigade,…
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh, also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. The name Shiloh was taken from that of a meetinghouse, 5 km (3 mi) from Pittsburg Landing, that is on the Tennessee River, 14 km (9 mi) north of Savannah, Tennessee. Here on April 6, 1862, a Confederate army of…
Shiloh – Order of Battle
April 6-7, 1862..–Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn. No. 134. — Organization of the Army of the Mississippi, April 6-7, 1862.(*) FIRST CORPS.(+) Maj. Gen. LEONIDAS POLK. FIRST DIVISION. Brig. Gen CHARLES CLARK. First Brigade. Col. R. M. RUSSELL. 11th Louisiana. 12th Tennessee. 13th Tennessee. 22d Tennessee. Bankhead’s…
Antietam – Order of Battle
THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA General Robert E. Lee, CSA, commanding LONGSTREET’S CORPS (Maj. Gen. James Longstreet) McLaws’ Division (Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws) •· Kershaw’s Brigade (Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw) •o 2nd South Carolina (Col. John D. Kennedy)(Maj. Franklin Gaillard) •o 3rd South Carolina (Col. James D. Nance) •o …
Battle Reports – 11th Tennessee Infantry
BATTLE REPORTS 11th Regiment Tennessee Infantry Murfreesborough | Chickamauga DECEMBER 26, 1862-JANUARY 5, 1863.–The Stone’s River or Murfreesborough, Tenn., Campaign. No. 292.–Report of Lieut. Col. William Thedford, Eleventh Tennessee Infantry. 1863. On Wednesday, at daylight,, the Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, Col. G. W. Gordon commanding, was drawn up in line of…