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Honoring Confederate Soldiers Whose
 Regiments Served At Petersburg
 
I'm seeking the opportunity to make contact with descendants of soldiers who served in Confederate regiments manning the Petersburg line during the U.S. Sixth Corps assault on April 2, 1865. This battle took place on ground that is today substantially within Pamplin Historical Park, near Petersburg, Virginia. 
 
These soldiers were the hard core of the Army of Northern Virginia, A.P. Hill's Third Army Corps, Heth's Division, and they fought with bravery and tenacity throughout the final campaign of The War Between The States.
 
My website is a collection of descendant's association webpages that feature regimental histories, notes on soldiers, and a Descendants Roll Call that lists soldiers and descendants. These web pages are intended to honor the patriots of both sides who served in this climatic and generally under-appreciated battle.  
 

As an example, here's the link to the 11th North Carolina webpage.

The 11th  Descendants Roll Call is linked from this page.
 
The battle became a matter of great interest to me when I was researching and writing "Two Brothers: One North, One South."  The novel tells the story of the Prentiss brothers of Baltimore and is very closely based on real people and events. Clifton, served in the US 6th Maryland Infantry, and William, served in the 1st and 2nd CS Maryland Battalions, They actually met as the battle raged on the battlefield on April 2, 1865 and are buried side by side at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. The book is available from the Museum of the Confederacy bookstore.
 
Please circulate among your membership the list shown below of the regiments, battalions, and batteries that served in the final battles of the Petersburg Campaign. If any of your camp members are descendants of soldiers who served in these units at any time during the war, please ask them to contract me for inclusion on the Descendants Roll Call.  There is no charge or obligation for the listing.  Thank you.
 
Cordially,
 
David H. Jones
Author of Two Brothers: One North, One South

 
MacRae's Brigade
 
11th North Carolina Infantry
26th North Carolina Infantry
44th North Carolina Infantry
47th North Carolina Infantry
52nd North Carolina Infantry
 
Lane's Brigade
 
18th North Carolina Infantry
28th North Carolina Infantry
33rd North Carolina Infantry
37th North Carolina Infantry
 
Thomas's Brigade
 
14th Georgia Infantry
35th Georgia Infantry
45th Georgia Infantry
49th Georgia Infantry
McComb's Brigade
 
2nd Maryland Infantry
1st Tennessee Infantry
7th Tennessee Infantry
14th Tennessee Infantry
17th Tennessee Infantry
23rd Tennessee Infantry
25th Tennessee Infantry
44th Tennessee Infantry
  
McGowan's Brigade
 
1st South Carolina Infantry
12th South Carolina Infantry
13th South Carolina Infantry
14th South Carolina Infantry
 
 

 
Pegram's Battalion
 
Crenshaw Battery
Fredericksburg Battery
Letcher Battery
Purcell Battery
Battery B, 1st North Carolina

 
McIntosh's Battalion
 
Danville Battery
 
Hardaway Battery
 
2nd Rockbridge Battery
 
Lynchburg Battery

 
Poague's Battalion
 
Albemarle Artillery
Charlotte Artillery
Madison (MS) Light Artillery
Warrington Battery
Pittsylvania Battery
 
Richardson's Battalion
 
Norfolk Blues Battery
Donaldsonville Battery
Norfolk Battery
 
13th Virginia Battalion
 
Otey Battery
Ringgold Battery
Davidson Battery

Orr's Rifles

 
 

 

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