Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia
“Third Regiment, Wise Legion”
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1861
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| August 13 |
Organized for one year under the command of Colonel William E. Starke, Lieutenant Colonel James L. Corley, and Major George W. Hammond Company A – Beirne Sharpshooters, Monroe Sharpshooters |
| September 27 | Sewell Mountain |
| September 29 | Company L was assigned to the regiment. |
| November 5 | Company H transferred to the 59th Virginia Infantry Regiment and Company L was redesignated Company H |
| November 22 | Major Sweeney supplanted Major Broun by order of the War Department. |
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1862
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| June | Assigned to Field’s Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days BattlesThe regiment lost 31 killed and 173 wounded |
| June 27 |
Battle of Gaines’s Mill |
| August |
Transferred the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee |
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1863
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| February | Assigned to McCausland’s-Smith’s Brigade, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee |
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1864
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| May 9 |
Battle of Cloyd’s MountainThe regiment was under the command of Colonel Beuhring H. Jones |
| June 5 |
Battle of PiedmontColonel Beuhring H. Jones was captured. He would remain a prisoner for the rest of the war. |
| July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy |
| September | Assigned to Smith’s Brigade, Wharton’s Division, Army of the Valley |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
| September 22 | Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
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1865
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| March 2 |
Battle of WaynesboroThe regiment was commanded by Acting Major John L. Caynor. Early’s Army of the Valley was destroyed. The regiment was dispersed, with many were captured. |
| April | The survivors of the regiment disbanded |