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position of Mahone's brigades July 29, 1864

On the night of July 29, 1864, Sanders’ Brigade was occupying the breastworks at a point known as the Wilcox Farm. Source: Colonel Hilery A. Herbert’s History of the Eighth Alabama Volunteer Regiment, CSA, edited by Maurice S. Fortin, Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume XXXIX, 1977, page 154

Mahone’s headquarters were in Dr. Branch’s house, behind the fortifications. The Division line extended to the right of Hoke’s Division with the right flank of the division in the vicinity of Dr. Branch’s house. Source: Colonel Hilery A. Herbert’s History of the Eighth Alabama Volunteer Regiment, CSA, edited by Maurice S. Fortin, Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume XXXIX, 1977, page 146

In his history of the 8th Alabama, Herbert states that in June 1864 the brigade was usually posted near Battery 30. Herbert states that Hoke’s division was to the left of Mahone’s division.

The Virginia and Georgia brigades, being on the right of the Division, were withdrawn from the works in such a manner as not to be seen by the enemy who were intrenched in strong force immediately in our front, and dispatched as directed. This occurred about 8 or 9 o'clock. About 11 o'clock orders came for the Alabama (Wilcox's) brigade, then commanded by General J. C. C. Sanders. This order was delivered by the gallant officer, R. R. Henry, of Mahone's staff. We were then quietly withdrawn from the works, thus leaving the space which the three brigades had covered unoccupied, except by a few skirmishers (one man every twenty paces), commanded by Major J(ames) M. Crow of the 9th Alabama Regiment, a brave officer. Source: The Battle of the "Crater" As I Saw It, By Captain John C. Featherston of the 9th Alabama Regiment – included in Colonel Hilery A. Herbert’s History of the Eighth Alabama Volunteer Regiment, CSA, edited by Maurice S. Fortin, Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume XXXIX, 1977, Page 156

At the time to which I have alluded our brigade occupied a position on the lines extending southward from the crater and about two miles therefrom. Known as the Wilcox house, a position just in the rear of Fort Mahone or, as it has been called by some, Fort Damnation. The Battle of the Crater, by Captain Thomas P. Pollard, company B, 12th Virginia Infantry, Weisiger’s Brigade. Published in the Macon, Georgia Telegraph, October 31, 1897 (I believe this man’s memory is in error. The 12th Virginia was probably near the Branch house, as reported by other sources.)

Its farthest regiment to the right, the 16th Virginia [Weisiger’s brigade], however, was over a mile away to the west of the breastworks beyond the Willcox [sic] farm. See note 50, Chapter 12. The Battle of the Crater, by John F. Schmutz, page 203

The two brigades Mahone chose to send, his own Virginians under David Weisiger and Wrightt's Georgia brigade, temporarily commanded by Lieutenant Colonel M. R. Hall, were on the far right of his lines. They had the farthest to march, but it could not be helped – his left was too near Warren's front, and the removal of those brigades would alert the V Corps. The Battle of the Crater, The Horrid Pit, June 25, - August 6, 1864.by Michael A. Cavanaugh and William Marvel. Page 54. See note 42 on page 169

This would place the alignment for Mahone’s Division to be from Confederate left to right:
Finnegan/Perry (Battery 29), Harris (Battery 30/31), Sanders (Battery 32/33), Wright (Battery 34), and Weisiger (Battery 35)