Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia
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Lieutenant General James Longstreet
The First Corps suffered high casualties in the Battle of Gettysburg. Eight of the fourteen division and brigade commanders became casualties, with four brigade commanders killed or mortally wounded. Pickett’s Division was the hardest hit, with sixteen of its seventeen brigade and regimental commanders killed or wounded.
Hood’s Division –
Major General John B. Hood (w 7/2)
Brigadier General Evander M. Law
Hood’s Division suffered heavily during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg in its attack on the Union flank and its unsuccessful assault on Little Round Top. Hood himself was badly wounded by an artillery shell at the beginning of the attack.
| Anderson’s Brigade | Brigadier General George T. Anderson (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman Colonel William W. White |
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| 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William W. White | |
| 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John R. Towers | |
| 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John C. Mounger (k 7/2) Major William M. Jones (w 7/2) Captain J.M.D. King (w 7/2) Captain George Hilyer |
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| 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Francis H. Little (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman (^ 7/2) Major Henry D. McDaniel (after 7/2) |
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| 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William A. Jackson Brown (w 7/2) Major Bolivar H. Gee (w 7/2) Captain G. Bass |
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| Benning’s Brigade | Brigadier General Henry L. Benning | |
| 2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William T. Harris (k 7/2) Major William S. Shepherd |
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| 15th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Dudley M. DuBose | |
| 17th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Wesley C. Hodges | |
| 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John A. Jones (k 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel James D. Waddell |
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| Law’s Brigade | Brigadier General Evander McIvor Law (^ 7/2) Colonel James L. Sheffield |
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| 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Pickney D. Bowles | |
| 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Oates | |
| 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Perry | |
| 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Bulger (w&c 7/2) Major James M. Campbell |
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| 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel James Lawrence Sheffield (^ 7/2) Captain Thomas J. Eubanks (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel W. M. Hardwick (w 7/2) Major C.B. St. John (w 7/2) Captain Jeremiah Edwards (c 7/2) Lieutenant E. M. Burk Lieutenant R. T. Ewing |
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| Robertson’s Brigade | Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel Philip A. Work |
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| 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Colonel Van Manning (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Taylor |
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| 1st Texas Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Philip A. Work (^ 7/2) Major Frederick S. Bass |
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| 4th Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel John C.G. Key (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Carter (mw 7/2) Major John P. Bane |
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| 5th Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert M. Powell (w&c 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel King Bryan (w 7/2) Major Jefferson C. Rogers |
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| Artillery | Major Mathias W. Henry | |
| Branch (NC) Artillery | Captain Alexander C. Latham | |
| Charleston German (SC) Artillery | Captain William Kunhardt Bachman | |
| Palmetto (SC) Artillery | Captain Hugh R. Garden | |
| Rowan (NC) Artillery | Captain James Reilly |
McLaws’ Division – Major General Lafayette McLaws
| Barksdale’s Brigade | Brigadier General William Barksdale (mw&c 7/2) Colonel Benjamin Humphreys |
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| 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel James W. Carter (k 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel Kennon McElroy (w 7/2) Major John M. Bradley (mw 7/2) 2nd Lieutenant Abslom H. Farrar (w&c 7/3) |
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| 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William D. Holder (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel John Calvin Fiser (w 7/2) Acting Major Andrew J. Pulliam (w 7/2) Acting Major Richard E. Jones (k 7/2) Captain Gwen R. Cherry |
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| 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas M. Griffin (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel William H. Luse (c 7/2) Major George B. Gerald |
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| 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys (^ 7/2) Captain Isaac D. Stamps (k 7/3) Lieutenant William P. McNeily |
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| Kershaw’s Brigade | Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw | |
| 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John D. Kennedy (w 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard |
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| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel David Langston (k 7/2) Major Robert Clayton Maffett (until 7/3) Colonel James D. Nance |
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| 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel David W. Aiken | |
| 8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John W. Henegan | |
| 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel William D. de Saussure (mw 7/2) Major William M. Gist |
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| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William G. Rice | |
| Semmes’ Brigade | Brigadier General Paul Semmes (mw 7/2) Colonel Goode Bryan |
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| 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John B. Weems | |
| 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Goode Bryan (^ 7/2) Lieutenant Colonel Henry P. Thomas |
from Wofford’s Brig. 7/2 |
| 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William R. Manning (res. 7/31) Colonel Peter A.S. McGlashan |
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| 51st Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutanent Colonel Edward Ball | |
| 53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James P. Simms | |
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Wofford’s Brigade |
Brigadier General William T. Wofford |
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| 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Goode Bryan | to Semmes’ Brig. 7/2 |
| 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Solon Z. Ruff | |
| 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. McMillan | |
| Cobb’s Georgia Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Luther Glenn | |
| Phillips Georgia Legion | Major Joseph Hamilton | |
| 3rd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Nathan I. Hutchins | |
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Artillery |
Colonel Henry C. Cabell |
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| Troup (Ga.) Artillery | Captain Henry H. Carlton (w 7/3) Lieutenant C. W. Motes |
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| Pulaski (Ga.) Artillery | Captain John C. Fraser (mw 7/2) Lieutenant William J. Furlong |
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| Battery A, 1st North Carolina Artillery | Captain Basil C. Manly (w 7/3) Lieutenant Robert M. Anderson |
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| 1st. Co. Richmond (Va.) Howitzers | Lieutenant Edward S. McCarthy |
Pickett’s Division – Major General George E. Pickett
With two of its five brigade detached back near Richmond, Pickett’s was the smallest Confederate Division at Gettysburg. The division was annihilated on July 3 in Pickett’s Charge, suffering well over 50% casualties. The losses among the enlisted men were matched by the devastation of the division’s officer corps.
| Armistead’s Brigade | Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead (mw 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel William White (w 7/3) Major Joseph R. Cabell (7/3) Colonel William R. Aylett |
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| 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Major John C. Owens (mw 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel James J. Phillips (to Col. 7/4) |
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| 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James G. Hodges (k 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel William White (w 7/3; to Col. 7/3) Major Robert H. Poore (mw 7/3) |
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| 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edward Claxton Edmonds (k 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel Powhatan B. White (mw 7/3) Major Joseph R. Cabell (^ 7/3; to L.C. 7/3) |
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| 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William R. Aylett (w 7/3; ^) Lieutenant Colonel Rawley W. Martin (w&c 7/3) Major John C. Timberlake (c 7/3) Captain Henry Edmunds |
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| 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John Bowie Magruder (mw&c 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Wade (mw 7/3) Major Clement R. Fontaine (to Col. 7/5) |
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| Garnet’s Brigade | Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett (k 7/3) Major Charles S. Peyton (w 7/3) |
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| 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Eppa Hunton (w 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel Norborne Berkeley (w&c 7/3) Major Edmund Berkeley (w 7/3) |
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| 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Carrington (w&c 7/3) | |
| 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry Gantt (w 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel John T. Ellis (mw 7/3) Major Charles S. Peyton (^) |
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| 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert C. Allen (k 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel William Watts |
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| 56th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William D. Stuart (mw 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel P. P. Slaughter |
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| Kemper’s Brigade | Brigadier General James L. Kemper (w&c 7/3) Colonel Joseph Mayo |
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| 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Lewis B. Williams (mw 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Skinner |
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| 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph Mayo (^ 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel A. D. Callcote (k 7/3) Major William H. Pryor |
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| 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Walter T. Patton (mw&c 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Flowerree |
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| 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Major Kirkwood Otey (w 7/3) Captain Jame R. Hutter (w&c 7/3) Captain John H. Smith (w 7/3) Captain Albert Douthat |
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| 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William R. Terry (w 7/3) Major Joseph A. Hambrick (w 7/3) Captain William N. Bentley |
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| Artillery | Major James Dearing | |
| Lynchburg (Va.) Artillery | Captain Joseph Blount | |
| Fauquier (Va.) Artillery | Captain Robert M. Stribling | |
| Hampden (Va.) Artillery | Captain William H. Caskie | |
| Richmond (Va.) Fayette Artillery | Captain Miles C. Macon |
Reserve Artillery – Colonel James B. Walton
Colonel James B. Walton
| Lee’s Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Edward Porter Alexander | |
| Madison (La.) Light Artillery | Captain George V. Moody | |
| Brooks (S.C.) Artillery | Captain William W. Fickling Lieutenant Stephen C. Gilbert (w) |
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| Ashland (Va.) Battery | Captain Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. | |
| Bath (Va.) Battery | Captain Osmond B. Taylor | |
| Bedford (Va.) Artillery | Captain Tyler C. Jordan | |
| Parker’s (Va.) Battery | Captain William W. Parker | |
| Washington (LA) Artillery | Major Benjamin F. Eschleman | |
| 1st Company | Captain Charles W. Squires (c) Lieutenant C. H. C. Brown |
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| 2nd Company | Captain John B. Richardson | |
| 3rd Company | Captain Meritt B. Miller | |
| 4th Company | Captain Joseph Norcom (w 7/3) Lieutenant H. A. Battles |