. . . and the units they commanded

General Micah Jenkin's Brigade consisted of :

• 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry-Col. F. W. Kilpatrick
• 2nd South Carolina Rifles-Col. Thomas Thomson
• 5th South Carolina Infantry-Col A. Coward
• 6th South Carolina Infantry-Col John Bratton
• Hampton Legion-Col. M. W. Gary
• Palmetto (SC) Sharpshooters-Col. Joseph Walker

present for duty-184 officers and 2,108 men

General M. W. Ransom's Brigade consisted of :

• 24th North Carolina Infantry-Col. William J. Clarke
• 25th North Carolina Infantry-Col. Henry M. Rutledge
• 35th North Carolina Infantry-Col. John, G. Jones
• 49th North Carolina Infantry-Col. Lee M. McAfee
• 56th North Carolina Infantry-Col. Paul F. Faison

present for duty-109 officers and 2,826


source: Organization of Troops in the Department of North Carolina, commanded by Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, C. S. Army, June 30, 1863 and Abstract from return in the Department of North Carolina, commanded by Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, C. S. Army, June 30, 1863; headquarters, near Richmond, Va.

Some Confederate personalities of July 1863 . . .

Grave of Colonel William P. Shingler

Col. William P. Shingler of South Carolina commanding Holcombe's Legion (really the cavalry thereof), a mounted battalion that numbered between a 125 and a 150 men at this time. Holcombe's Legion kept an eye on Union movements on the upper Peninsula.

General Micah Jenkins

General Micah Jenkins commanded a brigade of South Carolina troops.

General M. W. Ransom commanded a North Carolina brigade.


All these units fell under the authority of General D. H. Hill.