Huge Preservation Opportunity

Boy what a busy year the CWPT is having. This is a good thing however, that so much prime acreage has become available for preservation. It already has been a huge year for preservation, with opportunities at Gettysburg, Franklin, Second Manassas, Bentonville, Brandy Station and others. Now we have 49 acres of core battlefield available at the Wilderness, right smack dab in the middle of NPS property incorporating portions of the Saunders Field fight and Gordon's May 6th flank attack. With the whole Wal-Mart controversy still raging in the area, not to mention the encroaching development, it would be a monumental coup in my opinion, if this land was saved.  As always, if you are not a member of the Civil War Preservation Trust, please think about joining, or at the least donating. They are the nations best historic preservation organization, as their track record speaks for itself. CWPT can be found here. Also, here is the map with the target property.

Accurate Death Tally for NC

Another news story, and the best I've read, on the ongoing work to get an accurate tally of North Carolina's dead during the WBTS.

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/8484935/

Petersburg Campaign October 31st, 1864

North Carolina Order of Battle, around Petersburg and Valley District, October 31st, 1864.

Longstreet's First Corps

Hoke's Division
Clingman's Brigade
8th North Carolina
31st North Carolina
51st North Carolina
61st North Carolina

Kirkland's Brigade
17th North Carolina
42nd North Carolina
66th North Carolina

Alexander's Corps Artillery
Cabell's Battalion
Manly's (NC) Battery

Haskell's Battalion
Branch (NC) Battery

Hill's Third Corps

Heth's Division
McRae's Brigade
11th North Carolina
26th North Carolina
44th North Carolina
47th North Carolina
52nd North Carolina

Cooke's Brigade
15th North Carolina
27th North Carolina
46th North Carolina
48th North Carolina

Wilcox' Division
Lane's Brigade
7th North Carolina
18th North Carolina
28th North Carolina
33rd North Carolina
37th North Carolina

Scales' Brigade
13th North Carolina
16th North Carolina
22nd North Carolina
34th North Carolina
38th North Carolina

Anderson's Corps

Johnson's Division
Ransom's Brigade
24th North Carolina
25th North Carolina
35th North Carolina
49th North Carolina
56th North Carolina

Hampton's Cavalry Corps

W.H.F. Lee's Division
Barringer's Brigade
1st North Carolina Cavalry
2nd North Carolina Cavalry
3rd North Carolina Cavalry
5th North Carolina Cavalry

Independent Brigade (Dearing)
4th North Carolina Cavalry

Valley District (Early)

Grimes' Division
Cox' Brigade
1st North Carolina
2nd North Carolina
3rd North Carolina
4th North Carolina
14th North Carolina
30th North Carolina

Cowand's Brigade
32nd North Carolina
43rd North Carolina
45th North Carolina
53rd North Carolina
2nd North Carolina Battalion

Pegram's Division
Brown's Brigade
6th North Carolina
21st North Carolina
54th North Carolina
57th North Carolina

Johnston's Brigade
5th North Carolina
12th North Carolina
20th North Carolina
23rd North Carolina
1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion

Petersburg Campaign September 29-30, 1864

North Carolina Order of Battle for Wilcox' and Heth's Divisions, and the Cavalry Corps, around Petersburg, Sept. 29-30, 1864.

Wilcox' Division
Lane's Brigade
7th North Carolina
18th North Carolina
28th North Carolina
33rd North Carolina
37th North Carolina

Scales' Brigade
13th North Carolina
16th North Carolina
22nd North Carolina
34th North Carolina
38th North Carolina

Heth's Division
Davis' Brigade
55th North Carolina

McRae's Brigade
11th North Carolina
26th North Carolina
44th North Carolina
47th North Carolina
52nd North Carolina

Cavalry Corps

W.H.F. Lee's Division
Barringer's Brigade
1st North Carolina Cavalry
2nd North Carolina Cavalry
3rd North Carolina Cavalry
5th North Carolina Cavalry

M.C. Butler's Division
Dearing's Brigade
4th North Carolina Cavalry

Petersburg Campaign August 9, 1864

North Carolina Order of Battle, August 9, 1864 for Beauregard's command.

Johnson's Division

Ransom's Brigade
24th North Carolina
25th North Carolina
35th North Carolina
49th North Carolina
56th North Carolina

Hoke's Division

Clingman's Brigade
8th North Carolina
31st North Carolina
51st North Carolina
61st North Carolina

Martin's Brigade
17th North Carolina
42d North Carolina
66th North Carolina

Petersburg Campaign August 31, 1864

North Carolina Order of Battle operations around Petersburg August 31, 1864.

Longstreet's First Corps

First Corps Artillery

Cabell's Battalion
Manly's (NC) Battery

Haskell's Battalion
Branch (NC) Battery

Hill's Third Corps

Wilcox' Division
Lane's Brigade
7th North Carolina
18th North Carolina
28th North Carolina
33rd North Carolina
37th North Carolina

Scales' Brigade
13th North Carolina
16th North Carolina
22nd North Carolina
34th North Carolina
38th North Carolina

Heth's Division
Davis' Brigade
55th North Carolina

MacRae's Brigade
11th North Carolina
26th North Carolina
44th North Carolina
47th North Carolina
52d North Carolina

Cooke's Brigade
15th North Carolina
27th North Carolina
46th North Carolina
48th North Carolina

Third Corps Artillery
Poague's Battalion
Charlotte (NC) Battery

Cavalry Corps

W.H.F. Lee's Division
Barringer's Brigade
1st North Carolina Cavalry
4th North Carolina Cavalry
5th North Carolina Cavalry
6th North Carolina Cavalry