Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The following Union Army and Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Big Bethel on June 10, 1861 during the American Civil War.

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Confederate forces

Col John B. Magruder, Commander of the Hampton Division (1404 men)

  • Acting Quartermaster: William R. Vaughan
  • Acting Commissary: Robert H. Vaughan
  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: George A. Magruder, jr.
  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Hugh Stannard
Brigade Regiments and Others
Hill's Command


   Col Daniel Harvey Hill
  

  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: James W. Ratchford
  • 1st North Carolina Volunteers (800 men): Col D.H. Hill, Ltc Charles C. Lee
  • 3rd Virginia Infantry (3 Coys, 208 men): Ltc William D. Stuart
  • Montague's (Virginia) Battalion[1] (4 Coys, 140 men): Maj Edgar B. Montague
  • Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 Coys, 150 men): Maj George W. Randolph
  • Peninsula Cavalry (2 Coys, 100 men): Maj John Bell Hood
  • Mecklenburg Dragoons (Coy): Cpt William N. Jones
  • Wythe Rifles[1] (Coy, 28): Lt Samuel R. Chisman

Union forces

MG Benjamin Butler, Commander of the Department of Virginia (4400 men)

  • Military Secretary: Maj Richard S. Fay
  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Maj Theodore Winthrop (k)
Brigade Regiments and Others
Peirce's Command


   BG Ebenezer W. Peirce
  

  • Aide-de-camp: Cpt Peter Haggerty

Notes

  1. ^ a b Became part of the 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment.

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