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Amick's Rangers
ORDER OF BATTLE
1861-Disorganization |
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Brigadier General Robert Garnett
Dept. Trans-Alleghany Mtns.
Virginia Militias & Wise Legion |
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After Phillipi, General Garnett took command of all forces in the Trans-Allegheny Department. The Virginia Militia was called into service in late June and by June 25, the 27th Brigade Virginia Militia, with General Beckley commanding was mustered. The companies at Lewisburg and Staunton were mustered as the 19th Brigade and drilled at Lewisburg in early May. The Virginia Militia of the 27th and 19th Brigades were assigned to Fayetteville during the summer to guard the routes from Gauley to Fayetteville, and brigaded with the Volunteer Kanawha regiments at Camp Defiance, Sewell Mtn. |
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27th Brigade Virginia Militia
Brigadier General Alfred Beckley
(35th Regiment of Virginia Volunteers)
129th Regiment (Nichols & Logan) Col. J. DeJernatt
187th Regiment (Boone)
142nd Regiment (Fayette) Col. S. Woods
184th Regiment (Raleigh)
190th Regiment (Wyoming) Col. W. Henderson
198th Regiment (Bland & Clay) Col. J. Comton
126th Regiment (Nicholas) |
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19th Brigade Virginia Militia
Brigadier General Augusta A. Chapman
(35th Regiment of Virginia Volunteers)
86th Regiment (Giles) Lt.Col English
151st Regiment (Mercer) Lt.Col John Carr
108th Regiment (Monroe) Col. John Rowen
166th Regiment (Monroe) Col. W.B. Suttle
Town of Union
Town Of Lewisburg
135th Regiment (Greenbrier) Col. John Snyder
79th Regiment (Greenbrier) |
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A. Beckley-
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Gen. R.E. Lee ordered Gen. Beckley to join the Wise Legion as the 35th Regiment of Volunteer Militia Aug. 15. "Alfred Beckley, the colonel of the 35th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, writes to Gen. Lee, complaining about the trouble he was having finding sufficient men. He said that he had about 250 men from Raleigh and Fayette counties, and hoped to muster into his regiment four companies newly organized in Mercer county. But when he went to Mercer, the units refused to join his regiment" (General Order 24, Lee creates 35th Virginia Regiment- June 1, 1861) |
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June 6, Brig. Gen. Henry Wise was appointed by Govenor Letcher to raise an Legion and also to all Provisional forces in the Kanawha and Greenbrier. The Wise Legion arrived in Lewisburg in late June and had Col. Echols command join him. Echols had been sending new companies to Staunton, even before they were commisioned, and they were being sent north to Lt. Col. T. J. Jackson at Harpers Ferry and to General Garnett at Laurel Hill. General Henry R. Jackson had been commissioned on July 4, and arrived just before Gen.Garnett was killed on July 13 at Laurel Hill, and Gen. Jackson took over command of the Trans-Allegheny Department, Northwest Virginia. |
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Brigadier General Garnett, then Henry R. Jackson
Department of Trans-Alleghany Mountains
Forces At Gauley- July 1861 |
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Brigadier General Henry Wise
Wise Legion |
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1st Regiment- Lt.Col. Richardson (46th Inf)
2nd Regiment-Lt. Col. Henningsen (35th Inf)
3rd Regiment- Lt Col. Spalding, (60th Inf)
Cavalry Regiment- Col. Davis (10th Cav)
Wise Legion Artillery- Maj. Gibbs |
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H. Wise
Best Forgotten! |
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H R Jackson
Not Forgotten |
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Colonel Christopher Tompkins
Kanawha Regiments |
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General Wise went to Gauley and on to Charleston, where Tompkins volunteer companies joined him, and the combined forces moved to Ripley by the end of June, just as the 35th Regiment was forming at Fayetteville. As the militia was forming and being re-organized, many men joined the volunteer companies of Col. Tompkins and Lt. Col. McCausland instead. The volunteer Kanawha Regiments were organized into the Wise Legion at Gauley Mount. |
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Cont on Pg 3 |
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Garnett & Wise Troops, July 8, OR |
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