63rd Virginia Infantry Regiment

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1862
May 24 Organized in Abingdon, Virginia for three years service or the duration of the war under the command of Colonel John J. McMahon and Lieutenant Colonel David Dunn and Major James French.
August Assigned to Williams’s Brigade, Army of the Kanawha, Department of Southwestern Virginia
September Kanawha Campaign
December Assigned to Colston’s Brigade, Elzey’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
December Assigned to Colston’s -Pryor’s Brigade, French’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
1863
April Assigned to Williams’s Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
September Assigned to Kelly’s Brigade, Preston’s Division, Buckner’s Corps, Army of Tennessee
September 13

Colonel McMahon was relieved. Major James French took command of the regiment.
September 19-20
Battle of Chickamauga

About a third of the regiment became casualties.
September-November
Siege of Chattanooga

Assigned to Kelly’s Brigade, Buckner’s Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee
November 23-25 Chattanooga
November 25 Missionary Ridge
November 27 Ringgold Gap
1864
February Assigned to Reynolds’s Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee
May-September
Atlanta Campaign
May 13-15 Resaca
April 4 Major French was promoted to colonel.
May 25-26 New Hope Church
June 22 Kolb’s Farm
June 27 Kennesaw Mountain
July-September Siege of Atlanta
July 20 Peach Tree Creek
July 22 Atlanta
August 22
Mount Zion Church

Colonel French was wounded
September Assigned to Reynolds’s and Brown’s Consolidated-Palmer’s Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Tennessee
November 30 Franklin
December 5 Colonel French was captured. He would be a prisoner for the rest of the war. The regiment mustered 129 men.
1865
February-April
Carolinas Campaign
March 19-21
Battle of Bentonville
April 9 Consolidated with the 54th Virginia Infantry Regiment as the 54th Infantry Consolidated Battalion