Roster of chaplains, army of Northern Virginia.
The following Roster is not as complete as I had hoped to make it, as some of my material has been lost, and I have been disappointed in not finding a Roster in the ‘War Records Office’ in Washington. But even an incomplete Roster will be of wide interest. I shall give the names of all chaplains who were at any time connected with the regiments, so far as I shall be able to ascertain them from lists before me, Minutes of the Chaplains' Association, and other data. I should be grateful for any corrections or additions. It ought to be added that the basis of this Roster is one that I made in February, 1865, so that while the regiments all appear, the corps, divisions, and brigades are different from their organization at an earlier period.
General Longstreet's Corps (first Corps): Kershaw's Division.
Bryan's Brigade.Tenth Georgia. J. C. Camp.
Fiftieth Georgia. W. L. Curry.
Fifty-first Georgia. C. H. Toy.
Fifty-third Georgia.
Wofford's Brigade.
Sixteenth Georgia.
Eighteenth Georgia.
Twenty-fourth Georgia.
Philip's Legion. Rev. Mr. Flinn.
Cobbs'.
Sharpshooters.
Kershaw's (Old) Brigade.
Brigade at large. W. P. Dubose.
Second South Carolina.
Third South Carolina.
Seventh South Carolina. J. M. Carlisle.
Eighth South Carolina. H. M. Brearley.
Fifteenth South Carolina. H. B. McCallum.
James' Battalion.
Humphries' Brigade.
Thirteenth Mississippi. Rev. Mr. West.
Seventeenth Mississippi. W. B. Owen.
Eighteenth Mississippi. J. A. Hackett.
Twenty-first Mississippi. Rev. Mr. McDonald.
Field's Division.
Jenkins' (Old) Brigade.First S. Carolina. Geo. T. T. Williams.
Fifth South Carolina. J. N. Craig.
Sixth South Carolina. W. E. Boggs.
Second Rifles. W. E. Walters.
Sharpshooters. Jas. McDowell.
Anderson's Brigade.
Eighth Georgia. W. C. Dunlap.
Seventh Georgia. Rev. Mr. Stokes.
Ninth Georgia. H. Allen Tupper; J. C. Byrnham; A. B. Campbell.
Eleventh Georgia. W. A. Simmons.
Fifty-ninth Georgia.
Benning's Brigade.
Fifteenth Georgia. W. F. Robertson.
Second Georgia.
Seventeenth Georgia. Rev. Mr. Hudson.
Twentieth Georgia.
Gregg's Brigade.
First Texas. I. R. Vick.
Fourth Texas.
Fifth Texas.
Third Arkansas. G. E. Butler.
Law's Brigade.
Fourth Alabama. Robt. Frazier.
Fifteenth Alabama.
Forty-fourth Alabama. W. G. Perry.
Forty-eighth Alabama. Rev. Mr. Price.
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Pickett's Division
Steuart's Brigade.Ninth Virginia. J. W. Walkup; G. W. Easter.
Thirty-eighth Virginia. R. W. Cridlin; Rev. Mr. Cosby.
Fifty-third Virginia. W. S. Penick; P. H. Fontaine; Rev. Mr. Colton
Fifty-seventh Virginia. J. E. Joyner.
Fourteenth Virginia. Rev. Mr. Crocker.
Terry's Brigade.
First Virginia. Rev. Mr. Oldrich.
Third Virginia. Rev. Mr. Hammond; J. W. Ward.
Seventh Virginia. John H. Bocock; F. McCarthy; Rev. Mr. Frayser.
Eleventh Virginia. John C. Granberry; Thos. C. Jennings.
Twenty-fourth Virginia. W. F. Gardiner
Hunton's Brigade.
Eighth Virginia. T. A. Ware; Geo. W. Harris.
Eighteenth Virginia. J. D. Blackwell.
Nineteenth Virginia. P. Slaughter.
Twenty-eighth Virginia. Rev. Mr. Tinsley.
Fifty-sixth Virginia. Rev. Mr. Robbins.
Corse's Brigade.
Fifteenth Virginia. P. F. August.
Seventeenth Virginia. John L. Johnson; R. M. Baker.
Thirtieth Virginia. W. R. D. Moncure.
Thirty-second Virginia.
Twenty-ninth Virginia. Rev. Mr. Phillippi.
Artillery first Corps (Brigadier-General Alexander).
Haskell's Battalion. J. A. Chambliss.Gibbes' Virginia Battalion.
Cabell's Virginia Battalion.
Huger's Virginia Battalion.
Washington Artillery Battalion. Wm. A. Hall.
Missionary Chaplains in the Corps: Rev. Dr. Theodorick Pryor; Rev. Dr. J. C. Granberry; Rev. Harvie Hatcher; Rev. A. B. Woodfin.
Second Corps (Major-General John B. Gordon commanding).
Chaplains-at-large: Rev. Dr. B. T. Lacy; Rev. Dr. L. Rosser; Rev. E. J. Willis.
Gordon's Division.
Evans' Brigade.Sixty-first Georgia. A. B. Woodfin.
Thirty-first Georgia. J. L. Pettigrew.
Thirty-eighth Georgia. J. M. Brittain.
Twenty-sixth Georgia.
Thirteenth Georgia.
Sixtieth Georgia. S. H. Smith.
Twelfth Georgia Battalion.
Louisiana Brigade (Colonel Peck).
Sixth Louisiana.
Seventh Louisiana. Father Hubert.
Fifth Louisiana. Wm. M. Strickler.
Eighth Louisiana. Father Schmilders.
Ninth Louisiana. Rev. F. McCarthy.
First Louisiana. Father Sheran.
Second Louisiana. Robert Hardee.
Tenth Louisiana.
Fourteenth Louisiana.
Fifteenth Louisiana.
Terry's Brigade (Stonewall, J. M. Jones' and Steuart's Virginia Brigades).
Second Virginia. Rev. Mr. McVeigh; A. C. Hopkins.
Fifth Virginia. E. Payson Walton; C. S. M. See.
Fourth Virginia. F. C. Tebbs; Wm. R. McNeer.
Twenty-seventh Virginia. L. C. Vass.
Thirty-third Virginia. J. M. Grandin.
Twenty-third Virginia. Paul C. Morton.
Tenth Virginia. J. P. Hyde; S. S. Lambeth; Rev. Mr. Balthis.
Thirty-seventh Virginia.
Forty-fourth Virginia. Richard I. McIlwaine; James Nelson.
Twenty-fifth Virginia. George B. Taylor; John W. Jones.
Twenty-first Virginia. T. Harvie Gilmore.
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Gordon's Division—Continued.
Forty-second Virginia. Thomas Williams.Forty-eighth Virginia. Geo. E. Booker.
Fiftieth Virginia. J. W. Denny.
First North Carolina. W. R. Gwaltney.
Third North Carolina.
First Maryland. Rev. Mr. Cameron.
Pegram's Division.
Pegram's (Old) Brigade.Thirteenth Virginia. J. Wm. Jones; Wm. S. Ryland.
Fifty-second Virginia. John Magill.
Forty-ninth Virginia. J. Powel Garland.
Fifty-eighth Virginia. George Slaughter; L. B. Madison.
Thirty-first Virginia. A. D. Lepps.
Lewis's Brigade
Twenty-first North Carolina,
Fifty-fourth North Carolina.
Sixth North Carolina.
Fifty-seventh North Carolina. John Paris.
Johnson's Brigade.
Fifth North Carolina.
Twelfth North Carolina. J. H. Robbins.
Twentieth North Carolina. L. A. Bickle.
Twenty-third North Carolina.
Rodes's (old) Division
Cook's Brigade.Twelfth Georgia. A. M. Marshall; Rev. Mr. Poulridge.
Forty-fourth Georgia. H. E. Brookes.
Fourth Georgia. R. F. Evans; James O. A. Sparks.
Twenty-first Georgia.
Battle's Brigade.
Third Alabama. T. J. Rutledge.
Fifth Alabama. W. G. Curry.
Sixth Alabama. G. R. Talley.
Twelfth Alabama. H. G. Moore.
Twenty-sixth Alabama. Wm. E. Cameron.
Sixty-first Alabama.
Cox's Brigade.
Thirtieth North Carolina. A. D. Betts.
Fourteenth North Carolina. W. C. Power.
Second North Carolina.
Fourth North Carolina.
Grymes's Brigade.
Fifty-third North Carolina. J. H. Colton.
Forty-fifth North Carolina. E. H. Harding.
Forty-third North Carolina. E. W. Thompson.
Second Battalion. Rev. Mr. Tennent.
Thirty-second North Carolina. W. B. Richardson.
D. R. Johnson's Brigade.
Fifth North Carolina.
Twelfth North Carolina.
Twentieth North Carolina. James M. Sprunt.
Twenty-third North Carolina.
Artillery Second Corps (Colonel Carter).
Cutshaw's Battalion. Rev. Mr. Page.Nelson's Battalion. T. Walker Gilmer.
Braxton's Battalion. Rev. Dr. A. B. Brown; James Nelson.
Page's Battalion.
Hardaway's Battalion. T. M. Niven; Henry M. White.
Third Corps (General A. P. Hill).
Missionary Chaplains: Rev. Dr. Geo. D. Armstrong; Rev. J. Wm. Jones. Fifth Alabama Battalion (Provost Guard).
Heth's Division.
McRae's Brigade.Eleventh North Carolina.
Twenty-sixth North Carolina. A. N. Wells.
Forty-fourth North Carolina. R. S. Webb.
Forty-seventh North Carolina. W. S. Lacy.
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Heth's Division—Continued.
Fifty-second North Carolina. Rev. Mr. Sanford; J. M. Cline.Cook's Brigade.
Fifteenth North Carolina. S. W. Howerton.
Twenty-seventh North Carolina.
Forty-sixth North Carolina. A. D. Cohen.
Forty-eighth North Carolina. C. Plyler.
Davis's Brigade.
Second Mississippi.
Eleventh Mississippi.
Forty-second Mississippi. T. D. Witherspoon.
Fifty-fifth North Carolina.
Twenty-sixth Mississippi. M. B. Chapman.
First Battalion.
Archer's (Old) Brigade and Walkers (Old) Brigade.
First Tennessee. W. T. Helm.
Seventh Tennessee. Rev. Mr. Harris.
Fourteenth Tennessee. J. E. King.
Forty-fourth Tennessee.
Twenty-third Tennessee.
Sixty-third Tennessee.
Fortieth Virginia. Geo. F. Bagby; J. M. Anderson.
Forty-seventh Virginia. S. P. Meredith; S. B. Barber.
Fifty-fifth Virginia. R. B. Beadles.
Twenty-second Virginia Battalion.
Thirteenth Alabama. T. H. Howell.
Wilcox's Division.
Scales's Brigade.Thirteenth North Carolina.
Sixteenth North Carolina. Rev. Mr. Watson.
Twenty-second North Carolina. F. H. Wood.
Thirty-fourth North Carolina. A. R. Benick.
Thirty-eighth North Carolina. Rev. Mr. McDiarmid.
McGowan's Brigade.
First South Carolina.
Twelfth South Carolina. Rev. Mr. Dixon; J. M. Anderson.
Thirteenth South Carolina. Wallace Duncan; J. N. Bouchelle.
Fourteenth South Carolina. W. B. Carson.
Orr's Rifles. F. P. Mulally.
Thomas's Brigade.
Sixteenth Georgia.
Thirty-fifth Georgia. John H. Taylor.
Forty-fifth Georgia. E. B. Barrett.
Forty-ninth Georgia. J. J. Hyman.
Lane's Brigade.
Seventh North Carolina.
Eighteenth North Carolina.
Twenty-eighth North Carolina. F. Milton Kennedy.
Thirty-third North Carolina. T. J. Eatman.
Thirty-seventh North Carolina. A. L. Stough.
Mahone's Division
Sorreli's Brigade.Third Georgia. J. M. Stokes.
Twenty-second Georgia. W. H. McAfee.
Forty-eighth Georgia. J. A. Lowry
Second Battalion. J. O. A. Cook.
Sixty-fourth Georgia.
Tenth Battalion.
Eighth Alabama. W. E. Massie.
Ninth Alabama. E. L. Whitten.
Tenth Alabama. J. J. D. Renfroe; J. M. B. Roach.
Eleventh Alabama. Rev. Mr. Johnson.
Fourteenth Alabama.
Thirteenth Alabama.
Finegan's Brigade.
Second Florida. J. W. Timberlake.
Fifth Florida.
Seventh Florida. J. H. Tomkies.
Eighth Florida.
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Mahone's Division—Continued.
Eleventh Florida. Rev. Mr. Little.Ninth Florida.
Tenth Florida.
Bonneaco's Battalion.
Harris's Brigade.
Twelfth Mississippi. C. H. Dobbs.
Sixteenth Mississippi. A. A. Lomax.
Nineteenth Mississippi. Rev. Mr. Duke; G. R. Morrison.
Forty-eighth Mississippi. A. E. Garrison.
Weisger's Brigade.
Twelfth Virginia. S. V. Hoyle.
Sixth Virginia.
Sixteenth Virginia.
Sixty-first Virginia. Hilary E. Hatcher.
Forty-first Virginia. John W Pugh.
Artillery Corps (General Walker).
Pegram's Battalion. Rev. Mr. Rodman.Poague's Battalion. James Wheary.
Cutt's Battalion.
Garnett's Battalion.
McIntosh's Battalion.
Fourth Corps (General R. H. Anderson): Hoke's Division.
Colquitt's Brigade.Nineteenth Georgia. A. J. Jarrell; W. H. C. Cone.
Twenty-third Georgia. W. A. Dodge.
Twenty-seventh Georgia. George S. Emory.
Sixth Georgia. A. M. Thigpen.
Twenty-eighth Georgia. A. H. McVay.
Clingman's (North Carolina) Brigade, Martin's (North Carolina) Brigade, and Hagood's (South Carolina) Brigade, which had been attached to Hoke's Division, were at this period (February, 1865) on detached service, and I have been unable to obtain a list of their chaplains.
B. R. Johnson's Division.
Ransom's Brigade.Twenty-fourth North Carolina. T. B. Neil.
Twenty-fifth North Carolina.
Thirty-fifth North Carolina.
Fifty-sixth North Carolina.
Gracie's Brigade.
Forty-first Alabama.
Sixtieth Alabama.
Fortieth Alabama.
Wise's Brigade.
Thirty-fourth Virginia. W. H. Robert.
Twenty-sixth Virginia. W. E. Wiatt.
Fifty-ninth Virginia. L. B. Wharton.
Forty-sixth Virginia. W. Gaines Miller.
Wallace's Brigade.
Seventeenth South Carolina. A. A. Morse.
Eighteenth South Carolina. A. A. James.
Twenty-second South Carolina. E. D. Dill.
Twenty-sixth South Carolina. J. L. Girardeau.
Holcombe Legion. A. W. Moore.
Artillery Corps (Colonel H. P. Jones).
No list obtainable.
Post-chaplains at Petersburg.
Rev. Thomas Hume, Jr.; Rev. W. M. Young; Rev. J. B. Hardwicke; Rev. T. Hume, Sr.; Rev. L. C. Vass; and the pastors of the different churches, and a number of visiting ministers, missionaries, and colporteurs rendered invaluable service.
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Post-chaplains at Richmond.
These, so far as I can obtain the list, were: Rev. Dr. James B. Taylor, Sr.; Rev. Robert Ryland, D. D.; Rev. Wm. Harrison Williams; Rev. Dr. W. W. Bennett; Rev. J. E. Martin, and Rev. J. T. Carpenter.The pastors of Richmond were practically chaplains all through the war, and were untiring in their self-sacrificing labors. I recall the following: Rev. Dr. J. L. Burrows, of the First Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. J. B. Jeter, of the Grace Street Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. D. Shaver, and Rev. Dr. L. W. Seeley, of the Second Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. J. B. Solomon, of Leigh Street Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. M. D. Hoge, of the Second Presbyterian Church; Rev. Dr. T. V. Moore, of the First Presbyterian Church; Rev. Dr. C. H. Read, of Grace Street Presbyterian Church; Rev. Dr. J. A. Duncan, Rev. Dr. D. S. Doggett, and Rev. Dr. J. E. Edwards, of the Methodist Churches; and of the Episcopal Churches, Rev. Dr. C. Minnigerode, of St. Paul's; Rev. Dr. G. W. Woodbridge, of Monumental; Rev. Dr. Peterskin, of St. James'; and Rev. Dr. T. G. Dashiells, of St. Mark's.
Among other post-chaplains in the State who did efficient service, I recall the names of Rev. Dr. Geo. B. Taylor, at Staunton; Rev. J. C. Hiden, at the University of Virginia; Rev. Dr. W. F. Broaddus, at Charlottesville; Rev. J. L. Johnson, at Lynchburg; Rev. Geo. W. Hyde, at Huguenot Springs; Rev. Dr. D. B. Ewing, Gordonsville; Rev. A. D. McVeigh, Farmville; and Rev. C. C. Chaplin, at Danville.
I very much regret my inability to procure a Roster of the chaplains in the Cavalry Corps, and that I can only now recall the names of Rev. James B. Taylor, Jr., of the Tenth Virginia Cavalry; Rev. C. H. Boggs, Ninth Virginia Cavalry; and Rev. R. T. Davis, of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry.
Let me say again, that any worthy names that have been omitted from the above list will be inserted with great pleasure if some friend will call my attention to the fact. I should rejoice to be able to preserve in these records the names of all of the chaplains, missionaries, colporteurs, and visiting ministers, who at any time labored in the army or hospitals, and contributed in any way to promote the great work of grace among the ‘Men in Gray.’
