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Amick's Rangers
ORDER OF BATTLE
1863		 Page 5
Organization of the Army of Western Virginia
 Major General Samuel Jones, C. S. Army, commanding
April 30, 1863.

First Brigade. Brigadier General JOHN ECHOLS.
22nd Virginia, Colonel George S. Patton.
45th Virginia, Colonel William H. Browne.
23rd Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick.
26th Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Geo. M. Edgar.
Chapman's (Virginia) battery.

Second Brigade. Brigadier General JOHN S. WILLIAMS.
63rd Virginia, Colonel J. J. McMahon.
45th Virginia Battalion,* Lieutenant Colonel H. M. Beckley.
--- Virginia,* Colonel James M. French.
21st Virginia Cavalry,* Colonel William E. Peters.
Virginia Partisan Rangers, Captain D. B. Baldwin.
Lowry's (Virginia) Battery.

Third Brigade. Colonel G. C. WHARTON.
50th Virginia, Colonel A. S. Vandeventer.
51st Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel A. Forsberg.
30th Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, Lieutenant Colonel J. Lyle Clarke.
Stamps' (Virginia) battery.

Fourth Brigade. Colonel JOHN McCAUSLAND.
36th Virginia, Major Thomas Smith.
60th Virginia, Colonel B. H. Jones.
Bryan's (Virginia) battery.

Cavalry Brigade. Brigadier General A. G. JENKINS.
8th Virginia, Colonel James M. Corns.
14th Virginia, Colonel James Cochran.
16th Virginia, Colonel Milton J. Ferguson.
17th Virginia, Colonel William H. French.
19th Virginia, Colonel William L. Jackson.
34th Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel V. A. Witcher.
36th Virginia Battalion, Major James W. Sweeney.
37th Virginia Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Dunn.

Unattached.
54th Virginia, Colonel R. C. Trigg.
Virginia Partisans (one company), Captain P. J. Thurmond.
Virginia Partisans (one company), Captain William D. Thurmond.
Otey's (Virginia) battery.
Gen. Sam Jones
 Not Forgotten
Col G. S. Patton
 Not Forgotten
In October 1862, Gen Loring was replaced by General John Echols because Loring had evacuated Chaleston.   With orders to re-take the Kanawha, Gen. Echols was frequently on sick leave. 
SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 276. Richmond, Va., November 25, 1862.
Major General Samuel Jones, Provisional Army, is assigned to the command of the Trans-Allegheny or Western Department of Virginia, extending west to the eastern boundary of Kentucky and as far west of that boundary as circumstanced may allow. He will repair to The Narrow of the New River and assume the command. He will give his attention to the protection of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad against any encroachments of the enemy, and will make such use of the forces under Brigadier-General Marshall, at Abingdon, and of the troops at other places within his command as in his judgment the best interests of the service may require.
By command of the Secretary of War: JNO. WITHERS, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Samuel Tyree, First Sgt. of Company C, 22nd Infantry organized a company of Partisan Rangers in 1863.  Samuel was also an original member of the Fayette Rangers, later called Philip Thurmond's Partisan Rangers.
Con't Pg 6
Kanawha Infantry
OR: Army Of Western Virginia: 1863