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Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865.*
FIRST ARMY CORPS.
Lieutenant General JAMES LONGSTREET.
FIELD'S DIVISION.
Brigadier General HENRY L. BENNING.
Anderson's Brigade.
Colonel FRANCIS H. LITTLE.
7th Georgia, Major John F. Kiser.
8th Georgia, Colonel John R. Towers.
9th Georgia, Captain John W. Arnold.
11th Georgia, Captain Marcus F. Gudger.
59th Georgia, Captain William H. Fickling.
Bratton's Brigade.
Brigadier General JOHN BRATTON.
1st South Carolina, Colonel James R. Hagood.
2nd South Carolina Rifles, Colonel Robert E. Bowen.+
5th South Carolina, Colonel A. Coward.
6th South Carolina, Colonel John M. Steedman.+
Palmetto Sharpshooters, Colonel Joseph Walker.+
Benning's Brigade.
Brigadier General HENRY L. BENNING.
2nd Georgia, Captain Thomas Chaffin, jr.
15th Georgia, Major Peter J. Shannon.
17th Georgia, Major James B. Moore.
20th Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel Eli M. Seago.
Law's Brigade.
Colonel WILLIAM F. PERRY.++
4th Alabama, Colonel Pinckney D. Bowles.
15th Alabama, Captain F. Key Shaaff.
44th Alabama, Major George W. Cary.
47th Alabama, Colonel Michael J. Bulger.
48th Alabama, Major John W. Wigginton.
Texas Brigade.
Colonel FREDERICK S. BASS.
3rd Arkansas, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Taylor.
1st Texas, Captain W. A. Bedell.
4th Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Clinton M. Winkler.
5th Texas, Captain W. T. Hill.
KERSHAW'S DIVISION.#
Major General JOSEPH B. KERSHAW.
Bryan's Brigade.
Colonel JAMES DICKEY.
10th Georgia, Captain John T. Stovall.
50th Georgia, Major John M. Spence.
51st Georgia, Captain W. R. McClain.
53rd Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel W. F. Hartsfield.
Humphrey's Brigade.
Major G. B. GERALD.
13th Mississippi, Captain Hugh D. Cameron.
17th Mississippi, Captain Gwin R. Cherry.
18th Mississippi, Captain Joseph F. Sessions.
21st Mississippi, Major William H. Fitz Gerald.
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*As shown by inspection reports January 26-31. For abstract of strength, see Part I, p. 384.
+Reported absent on inspection report and actual commander not indicated.
++Brigadier-General Law relieved January 7.
#Conner's brigade ordered to South Carolina, January 3.
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