Confederate States Army • Army of Northern Virginia • Third Corps
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Commanded by:
Major General Henry Heth (w 7/1)
Brigadier General James J. Pettigrew (w 7/3, mw 7/14)
Major General Henry Heth
Heth’s Division opened the Battle of Gettysburg for the Army of Northern Virginia on July 1, then went on to take part in Pickett’s Charge on July 3, suffering heavy casualties on both days.
| Archer’s Brigade | Brigadier General James J. Archer (c 7/1) Colonel Birkett D. Fry (w&c 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel Samuel G. Shepard |
attached to Pettigrew’s Brig. 7/10 |
| 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion | Major Albert S. Van de Graaff | |
| 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Birkett T. Fry (^ 7/1) Major Algernon S. Reaves |
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| 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Newton J. George (c 7/3) Major Felix G. Buchanan (w 7/3) Captain J. B. Turney |
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| 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel John A. Fite (c 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel Samuel G. Shepard (^ 7/3) Captain A.D. Norris |
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| 14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Captain Bruce L. Phillips | |
| Davis’ Brigade | Brigadier General Joseph R. Davis | |
| 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel John M. Stone (w 7/1) Major John Blair (c 7/1) Lieutenant Colonel David W. Humphries (k 7/3) Lieutenant William C. Moody |
lost 85-90% of its men from 7/1-7/14; 232 surrendered 7/1 in the Railroad Cut |
| 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Francis M. Green (w 7/3) Major Reuben D. Reynolds (w 7/1) Lieutenant Daniel Featherston (k 7/3) Lieutenant R. A. McDowell |
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| 42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Hugh R. Miller (mw&c 7/3) Captain Andrew M. Nelson |
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| 55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John K. Connally (w 7/1, c 7/5) Lieutenant Colonel Maurice T. Smith (mw 7/1) Major Alfred H. Belo (w 7/1) Captain George A. Gilreath (k) Captain E. Fletcher Satterfield |
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| Heth’s Brigade | Colonel John M. Brockenbrough (to 7/3) Colonel Robert Mayo (to 7/19) Brigadier General Henry Walker |
temp. combined with Archer’s Brig. 7/19 |
| 40th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain Thomas E. Betts Captain R. B. Davis (to 7/19) Colonel John M. Brockenbrough |
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| 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert M. Mayo (^ 7/3) Lieutenant Colonel John W. Lyell (to 7/19) Colonel Robert M. Mayo |
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| 55th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William S. Christian (c 7/14) Major Charles N. Lawson |
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| 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion | Major John S. Bowles | |
| Pettigrew’s Brigade | Brigadier General James J. Pettigrew (^ 7/1) Colonel James Marshall (k 7/3) Major John T. Jones (w 7/3) |
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| 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Collett Leventhorpe (w 7/1, c 7/10) Major Egbert A. Ross (k 7/1) Captain Albert Haynes (w&c 7/3) Captain Francis W. Bird (to 7/15) Lieutenant Colonel W.J. Martin |
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| 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn (k 7/1) Lieuteant Colonel John R. Lane (w) Major John T. Jones (^ 7/3) Captain H. C. Albright |
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| 47th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel George H. Fairbault (w 7/1) Lieutenant Colonel J. Owens Rogers |
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| 52nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James Marshall (^ 7/1) Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Parks (w&c 7/3) Major John Q. Richardson (mw&c 7/3) Captain Nathaniel Foster |
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| Garnett’s Artillery Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel John J. Garnet | |
| Donaldsonville (La.) Artillery | Captain Victor Maurin | |
| Norfolk (Va.) Artillery | Captain Joseph D. Moore | |
| Norfolk (Va.) Blues Artillery | Captain Charles R. Grady | |
| Pittsylvania (Va.) Artillery | Captain John W. Lewis |