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Assignments

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Army of the Kanawha (Aug.-Dec. 1861)

Floyd's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Dept. #2 (Jan.-Feb. 1862)

Wharton's Brigade, Floyd's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Dept.#2 (Feb. 1862)

Wharton's Brigade, Floyd's Division, Fort Donelson, Dept. #2 Feb. 1862)

Wharton's Brigade, Army of the Kanawha (Feb.-May 1862)

Wharton's Brigade, Army of the Kanawha, Dept. of Southwestern Virginia (May-Sep. 1862)

Wharton's Brigade, Dept. of Western Virginia (Feb.-Oct 1863)

Wharton's Brigade, Ransom's Division, Dept. of Western Virginia and East Tennessee (Oct.-Nov. 1863)

Wharton's Brigade, Ransom's Division, Dept. of East Tennessee (Nov. 1863 - Mar. 1864)

Wharton's Brigade, Dept. of Western Virginia (Mar.-May 1864)

Wharton's Brigade, Breckinridge's Division, Army of Northern Virginia (May-Jun. 1864)

Wharton's-Forsberg's Brigade, Breckinridge's-Wharton's Division, Valley District, Dept. of Northern Virginia (Jun. 1864 - Mar. 1865)

Command Structure

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First Commander: Gabriel C. Wharton (Colonel, Brigadier General)

Field Officers:

William T. Akers (Major)
George A. Cunningham (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Stephen M. Dickey (Major)
Augustus Forsberg (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
David P. Graham (Major)
James W. Massie (Lieutenant Colonel)
Samuel H. Reynolds (Lieutenant Colonel)
John P. Wolfe (Lieutenant Colonel)
William A. Yonce (Major)

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