Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia


1861
September 10 Four companies organized for state service under the command of Colonel Robert C. Trigg. Assigned to Wise’s Brigade
September 16 Companies B & G added
October 1 Companies D, H & I added
October 10 Company K added, finishing the regiment’s organization.
1862
February Assigned to Marshall’s Brigade, Army of Eastern Kentucky
May 13 Reorganized and mustered into Confederate service for the duration of the war. Assigned to the District of Abingdon, Department of Southwestern Virginia
May 15 Wolf Creek
May 15-17 Princeton
December Assigned to Colston’s Brigade, Elzey’s Command Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
1863
January 30 Kelly’s Store
April Assigned to the Department of East Tennessee, then Department of Southwestern Virginia
September Assigned to Trigg’s Brigade, Preston’s Division,Buckner’s Corps, Army of Tennessee
September 19-20
Battle of Chickamauga

The regiment suffered 47 casualties.

September-November
Siege of Chattanooga
October Assigned to Trigg’s Brigade, Buckner’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee
November Assigned to Reynolds’s Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee. The regiment was recorded as mustering 390 men.
1864
February Assigned to Reynolds’s Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee
May-September
Atlanta Campaign
June 22 Kolb’s Farm
July 20
Battle of Peach Tree Creek
July 22
Battle of Atlanta
July-September
Siege of Atlanta
September Assigned to Reynolds’s and Brown’s Consolidated/Palmer’s Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee
1865
February-April
Carolinas Campaign

The regiment mustered 212 men.

March 19-21
Battle of Bentonville
April 9 The survivors of the regiment merged with the survivors of the 63rd Virginia Infantry Regiment to form the 54th Virginia Infantry Battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Connally H. Lynch.
April 26 The battalion was surrendered when General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee.