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Southern Historical Society Papers.
D. R. JONES' DIVISION.
Toombs' Brigade—Second, Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth Georgia regiments...   4
G. T. Anderson's Brigade—First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Georgia regiments...   5
HOOD'S DIVISION.
Whiting's (Law's) Brigade—Fourth Alabama, Sixth North Carolina, Second and Eleventh Mississippi regiments...   4
Hood's (Wofford's) Brigade—First, Fourth and Fifth Texas, and Eighteenth Georgia regiments and Hampton's legion...   5
R. H. ANDERSON'S DIVISION.
Mahone's Brigade—Sixth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Forty-first and Forty-ninth Virginia regiments...   5
Wright's Brigade—Third, Twenty-second and Forty-eighth (Fourth?) Georgia, and Forty-fourth Alabama regiments...   4
Armistead's Brigade—Ninth, Fourteenth, Thirty-eighth, Fifty-third and Fifty-seventh Virginia regiments...   5

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Drayton's Brigade—Fifteenth South Carolina and Fiftieth and Fifty-first Georgia regiments...   3
Evans' Brigade—Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-second and Twenty-third South Carolina regiments and Holcombe legion...   5
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The strength of the last two brigades (no returns having been found) Colonel Taylor obtained from Major Young, Adjutant-General for General Drayton, who at one time commanded both brigades, and from General Sorrel, General Longstreet's Adjutant-General. Major Young says the strength of the two brigades "did not exceed 4,600 present for duty." General Sorrel puts them at 4,500 when they marched forward from Gordonsville towards Manassas.

The return of July 20th gives, according to Colonel Taylor—

Longstreet's division, present for duty, officers and men... 8,486
D. R. Jones' division, present for duty, officers and men... 3,713
Hood's division, present for duty, officers and men... 3,852
Anderson's division, present for duty, officers and men... 6,117

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Drayton's and Evans' brigades... 4,600
Total infantry taken by General Lee... 26,768