John Wolf Smith
Sergeant
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Does anyone have a good CSA order of battle for The Carolinas Campaign (The 89,270 soldiers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida)
I believe they were out west in the Alabama/Mississippi area. I know they had a fight around Selma in March of bbn 65.Do you have information on Forrest's Cavalry Corps or brigades that were with Jefferson Davis at this time or the 7,000 men Division under John Echols?
Thanks.Battle of Selma - Encyclopedia of Alabama
The Battle of Selma was fought during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and took place on April 2, 1865. Selma, Dallas County, had become a major industrial and manufacturing center during the war and provided critical support to Confederate States of America infantry and naval forces. Situated...www.encyclopediaofalabama.org
Question, do you know the regiments and artillery battalions in this force??So in summary, the 7000 men division under Echols were organized as follows:
Cosby's Brigade -
Vaughn's Brigade -
Duke's Brigade -
The division then split, Cosby's Brigade heading west into Kentucky to surrender. Echols and his two remaining brigades under Vaughn and Duke headed south to join Johnston. Echols left with small contingent to join Johnston on April 16, surrendering with him ten days later. Vaughn and Duke's brigades continued south and linked up with Jefferson Davis three days later on April 29th, joining the the three brigades travelling with him (Breckinridge, Fergurson, and Dibrell's brigades). They all continued together until May 5th, when Jefferson Davis held last cabinet meeting in Washington, GA before heading west on his own. The next day, May 6th, the first three brigades that were with Davis surrendered in Washington, GA, and three days later, May 9th Vaughn and Duke's brigades surrendered as well.
I have looked and BG Alfred Iverson was leading the division with Lewis/Breckenridge's brigade and Ferguson’s Brigade in it.Question, do you know the regiments and artillery battalions in this force??
Is The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle a good source??That was the formal designation, yes. But once Jefferson Davis flees into NC and it becomes apparent that surrender is inevitable, those brigades join Davis as an escort, with Breckinridge in overall command, and Alfred Iverson remains in Greensboro, North Carolina and watched as his Garrison slips away, allowing parts of the city to be plundered by fugitive soldiers.
So in summary, the 7000 men division under Echols were organized as follows:
Cosby's Brigade -
Vaughn's Brigade -
Duke's Brigade -
The division then split, Cosby's Brigade heading west into Kentucky to surrender. Echols and his two remaining brigades under Vaughn and Duke headed south to join Johnston. Echols left with small contingent to join Johnston on April 16, surrendering with him ten days later. Vaughn and Duke's brigades continued south and linked up with Jefferson Davis three days later on April 29th, joining the the three brigades travelling with him (Breckinridge, Fergurson, and Dibrell's brigades). They all continued together until May 5th, when Jefferson Davis held last cabinet meeting in Washington, GA before heading west on his own. The next day, May 6th, the first three brigades that were with Davis surrendered in Washington, GA, and three days later, May 9th Vaughn and Duke's brigades surrendered as well.