Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Col. John B. Strange
Capt. John L. Cochran
Lt. William N. Wood
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of Northern Virginia
Corps - Longstreet's Command
Division - Jones' Division
Brigade - Pickett's (Garnett's) Brigade
Unit history
Company C organized at Scottsville, Capt (later Colonel and commander of the 19th) Henry Gantt. Most companies recruited and formed in Charlottesville. Organized for 1 year at Manassas Junction May 1861 - transferred to Confederate service 7/1/1861 - reorganized 4/29/1862 - surrendered Appomattox Court House 4/9/1865.
"The first Colonel of the regiment was Philip St. George Cocke, of Powhaten, who, up to the time the Virginia troops were turned over to the Confederate government commanded the whole of the VA forces in northern VA. He never took command of the regiment, and the only official act he ever performed as Colonel of the Nineteenth was to appoint First Lieutenant C. C. Wertenbaker, of Co. A, as adjutant of the regiment. Gen. Cocke commanded the Third Brigade (in which the Nineteenth was) and after the first battle of Manassas was promoted Brigadier General. He committed suicide soon after, and the writer has no doubt that his having been taken from the supreme command of the VA army, and reduced to a regimental commander, was what caused his death".
"Lieutenant-Colonel John Bowie Strange was the actual commander of the regiment, and to him was due the drill and discipline of the command. Major Henry Gantt, of Scottsville, was the third field officer".
(from Hardesty's)
Statistics
Initial Strength: 150; Total Casualties: 71;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 47.3%
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #322: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #364: Garnett's Brigade, Jones' Division - 15 Sep, 11 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #369, cont: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #321: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #369: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
References & Notes
See a history and muster rolls (Albrmarle soldiers) of the Regiment online courtesy of rootsweb. Transcribed from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (Illustrated), 1884, Special VA Edition, R. A. Brock, H. H. Hardesty & CO, NY, Richmond, Chicago, and Toledo.
We have 21 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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A | Lt | Wood, William Nathaniel | ||
B | Capt | Cochran, John Lewis | ||
B | Corp | Lumsden, William J. | KIA 09/14 | |
B | Pvt | Reynolds, Benjamin F. | KIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Harlow, Benjamin | MWIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Anderson, Benjamin D. | MWIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Anderson, Richard W. | ||
E | Pvt | Eastin, Granville | KIA 09/14 | |
F | Pvt | Ellis, William | WIA/POW 09/14 | |
H | Capt | Brown, Benjamin J. | ||
H | Pvt | Christian, John L. | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Bailes, John T. | POW 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Bailes, Merritt G. | POW 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Martin, James Goodrich | WIA/POW 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Troeter, Louis L. | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Wolfe, George H. | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Wolfe, William C. | MWIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Woods, Robert H. | POW 09/14 | |
K | Capt | Woodson, James Garland | WIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Woodson, James M. | KIA 09/14 | |
F&S | Col | Strange, John Bowie | KIA 09/14 |
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