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Order of Battle: Pickett's Charge July 3, 1863 Order of Battle: Pickett's Charge July 3, 1863 General Robert E. Lee – Confederate Army of Northern Virginia I CORPS: Lieutenant General James Longstreet DIVISION Pickett's, Major General George E. Pickett Armistead's Brigade, Brigadier General Lewis Armistead 9th Virginia, Major H.C. Owens 14th Virginia, Colonel James G. Hodges 38th Virginia, Colonel E.C. Edmonds 53rd Virginia, Colonel W.R. Aylett 57th Virginia, Colonel John B. Magruder Garnett's Brigade, Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett 8th Virginia, Colonel Eppa Hutton 18th Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel H.A. Carrington 19th Virginia, Colonel Henry Gantt 28th Virginia, Colonel R.C. Allen 56th Virginia, Colonel W.D. Stuart Kemper's Brigade, Brigadier General James Kemper 1st Virginia, Colonel Lewis B. Williams 3rd Virginia, Colonel Joseph Mayo, Jr. 7th Virginia, Colonel W.T. Patton 11th Virginia, Major Kirkwood Otey 24th Virginia, Colonel William R. Terry Artillery, Major James Dearing Fauquier Artillery, Captain R.M. Stribling Hampden Artillery, Captain W.H. Caskie Richmond Fayette Artillery, Captain M.C. Macon Virginia Battery, Captain Joseph O. Blount Artillery, Reserve, Colonel J.B. Walton Alexander's Battalion, Colonel E.P. Alexander Ashland Artillery, Captain P. Woolfolk Bedford Artillery, Captain T.C. Jordan Brooks Artillery, Lieutenant S.C. Gilbert Madison Light Artillery, Captain George Moody Virginia Battery, Captain W.W. Parker Virginia Battery, Captain O.B. Taylor Washington Artillery, Major B.F. Eshelman First Company, Captain C.W. Squires Second Company, Captain J.B. Richardson Third Company, Captain M.B. Miller Fourth Company Captain Joe Norcom DIVISION McClaw's, Colonel H.C. Cabell 1st North Carolina Battery A, Captain B.C. Manly Pulaski Artillery, Lieutenant W. J. Furlong Troup Artillery, Captain H.H. Carelton DIVISION Hood's, Major M.W.Henry Branch Artillery, Captain A.C. Latham German Artillery, Captain W.K. Bachman Palmetto Light Artillery, Captain H.R. Garden Rowan Artillery, Captain Janes Reilly CORPS - Second Corps, Lieutenant General Richard Ewell Rodes' Division Artillery, Lieut. Colonel Thomas H. Carter Artillery Reserve, Colonel J. Thompson Brown Jeff Davis Artillery, Captain W.J. Reese King William Artillery, Captain W.P. Carter Morris Artillery, Captain R.C. M. Page Orange Artillery, Captain C.W. Fry First Virginia Battalion, Captain Willis Dance 2nd Richmond Howitzers, Captain David Watson 3rd Richmond Howitzers, Captain B.H. Smith Powhatan Artillery, Lieutenant John Cuningham Rockbridge Artillery, Captain A. Graham Nelson's Battalion, Lt. Col. William Nelson Amherst Artillery, Captain T.J. Kirkpatrick Fluvana Artillery, Captain J.L. Massie Georgia Battery, Captain John Milledge CORPS: Third Corps, Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill DIV: Anderson's Division, Major General Richard Anderson Wilcox's Brigade, Brigadier General Camus Wilcox 8th Alabama, Lieutenant Colonel Hilary Herbert 9th Alabama, Captain J.H. King 10th Alabama, Lt. Col. James Shelley 11th Alabama, Lt. Col. George Tayloe 14th Alabama, Lt. Col. James Broome Perry's Brigade, Colonel David Lang 2nd Florida, Captain Seton Fleming 5th Florida, Captain Hollyman 8th Florida, Lieutenant Colonal Baya Wright's Brigade, Brigadier General Ambrose Wright 3rd Georgia, Colonel E. J. Walker 22nd Georgia, Capt. B. C. Murry 48th Georgia, Capt. M. R. Hall 2nd Georgia Batallion, Capt. Charles Moffett Posey's Brigade, Brigadier General Carnot Posey 12th Mississippi, Colonel W.H. Taylor 16th Mississippi, Colonel Samuel Baker 19th Mississippi, Colonel Nathaniel Harris 48th Mississippi, Colonel Joseph Jayne Div: Heth's Division, Brigadier General Johnston J. Pettigrew Pettigrew's Brigade, Colonel J.K. Marshall 11th North Carolina, Lt. Col. Martin 26th North Carolina, Major Jonest 47th North Carolina, Colonel G.H. Faribault 52nd North Carolina, Colonel J.K. Marshall Archer's Brigade, Colonel Birkett D. Fry 13th Alabama, Colonel Birkett D. Fry 5th Alabama Battalion, Major A.S. Van de Graaf 1st Tennessee, Major Felix Buchanan 7th Tennesee, Lieutenant Colonel S.G. Shepard 14th Tennessee, Capt. B. L. Phillips Davis's Brigade,Brigadier General Joseph Davis 2nd Mississippi, Colonel M.J. Stone 11th Missisippi, Colonel F.M. Green 42nd Misissippi, Colonel H.R. Miler 55th North Carolina, Capt. Gilreath Brockenbrough's Brigade, Colonel Robert Mayo 47th Virginia, Colonel Robert Mayo 40th Virginia, Captain R.B. Davis 55th Virginia, Colonel W.S. Christian 22nd Virginia Batallion, Major John Bowles Artillery, Lieutenant Colonel John Garnett Donaldson Artillery, Captain V. Maurin Huger Artillery, Captain Joseph Moore Lewis Artillery, Captain John Lewis Pender's Division, Major General Issac R. Trimble Lane's Brigade, Brigadier General James Lane 7th North Carolina, Captain J. McLeod Turner 18th North Carolina, Colonel John Barry 33rd North Carolina, Colonel C. M. Avery 28th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel John Ashford 37th North Carolina, Col. W. M. Barbour Scale's Brigade, Colonel W.L.J. Lowrance 13th North Carolina, Lt. Colonel H.A. Rogers 16th North Carolina, Capt. A. S. Cloud 22nd North Carolina, Colonel James Conner 34th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel G.T. Gordon 38th North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel John Ashford Artillery, Major William T. Poague Albemarle Artillery, Captain James W. Wyatt Charlotte Artillery, Captain Joseph Graham Madison Light Artillery, Captain George Ward Virginia Battery, Captain J.V. Brooke Artillery Reserve, Colonel R. Lindsay Walker McIntosh's Battallion, Major D.G. McIntosh Danville Artillery, Captain R.S. Rice Hardaway Artillery, Captain W.B. Hurt 2nd Rockbridge Artillery, Lieutenant Samuel Wallace Virginia Battery, Captain M. Johnson Pegram's Battalion, Major W.J. Pegram Richmond Artillery, Crenshaw Battery, Captain Johnson Fredericksburg Artillery, Captain E.A. Marye Letcher Artillery, Captain T.A. Brander Peter Dee Artillery, Lieutenant William Zimmerman Richmond Artillery, Purcell Artillery, Captain Joseph McGraw General George Meade – Union Army of The Potomac First Army Corps, Major General John Newton First Division, Brigadier General James Wadsworth Third Division, Major General Abner Doubleday Third Brigade, Brigadier General George Stannard 13th Vermont, Colonel Francis Randall 14th Vermont, Colonel William Nichols 16th Vermont, Colonel Wheelock Veazey Artillery Brigade, Colonel Charles Wainright 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B, Captain James Cooper 4th United States, Battery B, Lieutenant James Stewart 1st New York, Battery L, Lieutenant George Breck 5th Maine Light, Lieutenant Edward Whittier Second Army Corps, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock Second Division, Brigadier General John Gibbon First Brigade, Brigadier General William Harrow 19th Maine, Colonel Francis Heath 15th Massachusetts, Colonel George Ward 1st Minnesota, Captain Nathan Messick 82nd New York (2d Militia), Lt. Colonel James Huston Second Brigade, Brigadier General Alexander Webb 69th Pennsylvania, Colonel Dennis O'Keefe 71st Pennsylvania, Colonel Richard Penn Smith 72nd Pennsylvania, Colonel De Witt Baxter 106th Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam Curry (Two Companies) Third Brigade, Brigadier Colonel Norman Hall 19th Massachusetts, Colonel Arthur Devereux 20th Massachusetts Colonel Henry Abbott 7th Michigan, Major Sylvanus Curtis 42nd New York, Colonel James Mallon 59th New York (Four Companies) Captain William McFadden Unattached 1st Company Minnesota Sharpshooters, Captain William Plumer Third Division, Brigadier General Alexander Hays First Brigade, Colonel Samuel Carroll 8th Ohio, Colonel Frank Sawyer Second Brigade, Colonel Thomas Smyth 14th Connecticut, Major Theodore Ellis 1st Delaware, Captain Thomas Hizar 12th New Jersey Major John Hill 108th New York Lieutenant Colonel Franci sPierce Third Brigade, Colonel Eliakim Sherrill 39th New York, Major Hugo Hildebrandt (Four Companies) 111th New York, Colonel Clinton MacDougal 125th New York, Lieutenant Colonel Levin Crandell 126th New York, Colonel Eliakim Sherrill Artillery Brigade, Captain John Hazard 1st New York Light Battery B, Captain James Rorty 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A, Captain William Arnold 1st United States, Battery I, Lieutenant George A. Woodruff, Lieutenant Tully Mcrea 4th United States, Battery A, Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing, Sergeant Frederick Fuger Fifth Army Corps Artillery Brigade, Captain Augustus P. Martin 1st Ohio Light Battery I, Captain Frank Gibbs 5th United States, Battery D, Lieutenant Benjamin Ritenhouse 3rd Massachusetts Light, Battery C, Lt. Aaron Wolcott 1st New York, Battery C, Captain Almont Barnes Sixth Army Corps Artillery Brigade, Colonel Charles Tompkins Massachusetts Light, Battery, 1st Batery (A) Captain William McCartney New York Light, 1st Battery, Captain Andrew Cowan 2nd United States, Battery G, Lieutenant John Butler 5th United States, Battery F, Lieutenant Leonard Martin Eleventh Army Corps Artillery Brigade, Major Thomas Osborn 13th New York Light, Lieutenant William Wheeler 1st Ohio Light, Battery I, Captain Hubert Dilger 1st Ohio Light, Battery K, Captain Lewis Heckman 4th United States, Battery G, Lieutenant Eugene Bancroft 1st New York, Battery I, Captain Michael Wedrich Twelfth Army Corps Artillery Brigade, Lieutenant Edward Muhlenberg 4th United States, Battery F, Lieutenant Sylvanus Rugg 5th United States, Battery K, Lieutenant Lewis Heckman 1st New York, Battery M, Lieutenant
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