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Pryor's Brigade.

Colonel J. A. WINSTON commanding.

8th Alabama........................................ 800

14th Alabama....................................... 700

14th Louisiana..................................... 750

Macon's battery.................................... 60

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2,310

Total effective strength of the forces in the center

of position, commanded by Major General James

Longstreet........................................13,816

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LEFT OF POSITION.-Major General D. H. HILL commanding.

EARLY'S DIVISION.

Brigadier General J. A. EARLY commanding.

Early's Brigade.

Brigadier General J. A. EARLY commanding.

20th Georgia...................................... 560

5th North Carolina................................ 460

23rd North Carolina................................ 540

24th Virginia..................................... 740

Jeff. Davis Artillery.............................. 80

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2,380

Rodes' Brigade.

Brigadier General R. E. RODES commanding.

5th Alabama....................................... 660

6th Alabama.......................................1,100

12th Alabama...................................... 550

12th Mississippi.................................. 650

King William Artillery............................ 80

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3,040

DETACHED.

Colonel WARD commanding.

2nd Florida....................................... 530

2nd Mississippi Battalion......................... 360

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890

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Total Brigadier General J. A. Early's division..............6,310

RAINS' DIVISION.

Brigadier General G. J. RAINS commanding.

Rains' Brigade.

Brigadier General G. J. RAINS commanding.

Forces within the post (Yorktown):

13th Alabama..................................... 474

26th Alabama..................................... 283

6th Georgia...................................... 703

23rd Georgia...................................... 370

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1,830

Nineteen heavy batteries.........................1,151


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