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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Suffolk of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
LTG James Longstreet, Commanding
Infantry and Artillery
Division
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Brigade
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Regiments
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Pickett's Division
MG George E. Pickett
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Armistead's Brigade
BG Lewis A. Armistead
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Corse's Brigade
BG Montgomery D. Corse
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Kemper's Brigade
BG James L. Kemper
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Garnett's Brigade
BG Richard B. Garnett
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Dearing's Artillery Battalion
Maj James Dearing
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- Fauquier (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling
- Hampden (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt William H. Caskie
- Latham (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Joseph G. Blount
- Richmond Fayette (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Miles C. Macon
- Confederate Guards (Mississippi) Artillery: Cpt William D. Bradford
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Hood's Division
MG John B. Hood
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Law's Brigade
BG Evander M. Law
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- 4th Alabama: Ltc Laurence H. Scruggs
- 15th Alabama: Maj William C. Oates
- 44th Alabama: Ltc John H. Jones
- 47th Alabama: Col James W. Jackson
- 48th Alabama: Col James L. Sheffield
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Robertson's Brigade
BG Jerome B. Robertson
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Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson
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- 7th Georgia: Col William W. White
- 8th Georgia: Col John R. Towers
- 9th Georgia: Col John C. Mounger
- 11th Georgia: Col Francis H. Little
- 59th Georgia: Col William A. J. Brown
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Benning's Brigade
BG Henry L. Benning
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Henry's Artillery Battalion
Maj Mathias W. Henry
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- Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery, Reilly's battery
- Gatlin (North Carolina) Artillery, Lane's battery
- German (South Carolina) Light Artillery, Bachman's battery
- Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery, Garden's battery
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French's Division
MG Samuel G. French
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Jenkins' Brigade
BG Micah Jenkins
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- 1st South Carolina (Hagood's)
- 2nd South Carolina (Rifles): Col Thomas Thompson
- 5th South Carolina: Col Asbury Coward
- 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton
- Hampton's Legion: Col Martin W. Gary
- Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Joseph Walker
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Davis's Brigade
BG Joseph R. Davis
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- 2nd Mississippi
- 11th Mississippi
- 42nd Mississippi: Col. Hugh R. Miller
- 55th North Carolina: Col John K. Connally
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Shumaker's Artillery Battalion
Maj Lindsay M. Shumaker
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- Chesterfield (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt James C. Coit
- Alexandria (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt David L. Smoot
- Martin's (Virginia) battery: Cpt S. T. Martin
- Sturdivant's (Virginia) battery: Cpt Nathaniel A. Sturdivant
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Cavalry
Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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Baker's Brigade
Col John A. Baker
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- 2nd North Carolina
- 3rd North Carolina
- 4th North Carolina: Col Dennis D. Ferbee
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Notes
- ^ Provost guard, Petersburg, Virginia
References
- Cormier, Steven A., The Siege of Suffolk: The Forgotten Campaign, April 11 – May 4, 1863, H. E. Howard, 1989, ISBN 978-0-930919-82-5.