Virginia 53rd Infantry, Company C (Confederate)

Explore more Battles, Regiments, and Companies

Do you have information or corrections for this company? Let us know so we can get it right! Are we missing a soldier or do you have something to share about one? Let us know.

Company mustered in on December 1st, 1861. Company mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Notable Battles:

Seven Pines fought on May 31st, 1862 near Seven Pines, Virginia (7 wounded, 0 died, 0 imprisoned)
Siege of Suffolk fought on April 13th, 1863 near Suffolk, Virginia (4 wounded, 0 died, 0 imprisoned)
Gettysburg fought on July 2nd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (8 wounded, 1 died, 23 imprisoned)
Five Forks fought on April 1st, 1865 near Five Forks, Virginia;Fire Forks (1 wounded, 0 died, 15 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

Number of Soldiers: 169
First Enlistment Date: 1860-07-04 (2 soldiers)
Most Common Enlistment Place: Richmond, Virginia (38 soldiers)
Most Common Enlistment Date: 1862-09-24 (46 soldiers)
Most Common Muster Out Date: 1862-09-24 (30 soldiers)
Most Common Residence for 1861: Prince George County, Virginia (10 soldiers)
Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 15 -- Guill, Henry P.
Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 50 -- Wootton, Thomas B.
Average Age at Enlistment: 27.6 years old
Median Age at Enlistment: 26.0 years old
Wounded In Regiment: 31 (14%)
Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 47 (22%)
Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 32 (15%)
Soldiers That Died While In War: 39 (18%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Arthur, Th J (#Drummer, May 1861 - ?)
Blanton, Thomas W. (First Sergeant/Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1862; First Sergeant/Sergeant, May 1862 - January 1863)
Bradshaw, Richard B. (Corporal/Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1862; Sergeant, May 1862 - ?)
Bradshaw, William P. (^Corporal, April 1861 - May 1861; Corporal, May 1862 - June 1862; Sergeant Major/Corporal, June 1862 - April 1865)
Carter, James L. (Corporal, February 1862 - March 1863; Color Sergeant, March 1863 - July 1863)
Clark, Edward T. (Corporal, May 1861 - November 1862)
Crate, C C (Corporal, March 1862 - March 1863)
Daniel, James E. (#^Sergeant, May 1861 - 1862; Sergeant, 1862 - September 1862; Corporal, December 1864 - February 1865; Sergeant, February 1865 - ?)
Daniel, William D (#^First Lieutenant, September 1862 - November 1864)
Ellett, Beverly H (#^Corporal, May 1861 - September 1862)
Fair, A (%Corporal, 1862 - September 1862; Sergeant, September 1862 - September 1862)
Fowlkes, Patrick H. (Drummer, May 1861 - April 1865)
Gilliam, James R (#^Second Sergeant, May 1862 - January 1863; First Sergeant/Sergeant, January 1863 - August 1863)
Harper, Creed H. (Sergeant, July 1861 - ?)
Harper, Robert A. (Sergeant, May 1861 - ?)
Hasher, James (Corporal/Sergeant, April 1862 - September 1862)
Ligon, J T (Captain/Third Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, March 1862 - September 1862)
Ligon, John (#%First Lieutenant/Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant/Third Lieutenant, May 1861 - May 1862; Third Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, May 1862 - December 1863)
Ligon, Osborne L (#^Sergeant, March 1862 - ?)
Ligon, Paschal Leigh (#^First Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, April 1864 - April 1865)
Lowery, John H (First Sergeant/Second Lieutenant, March 1862 - ?)
Miller, Edward Thomas (^Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1862; Fourth Sergeant/Sergeant, May 1862 - ?)
Moses, John (Sergeant, May 1861 - February 1862)
Motley, Nathaniel R (First Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, July 1860 - August 1861; First Lieutenant, August 1861 - May 1862)
Newcomb, Winfield T. (#%First Sergeant, May 1861 - 1862; First Sergeant, September 1862 - November 1863)
Pedway, James R. (#Corporal, May 1861 - September 1862; Corporal, March 1865 - ?)
Petteway, James R (#Corporal, March 1865 - ?)
Phillips, John Booth (Second Lieutenant, May 1862 - October 1862; First Lieutenant, October 1862 - March 1863)
Phillips, Joseph Y. (Second Lieutenant, August 1861 - May 1862)
Phillips, Richard H (Second Lieutenant, July 1861 - May 1862)
Ritchie, Francis H. (^Drummer/Musician, January 1863 - April 1865)
Scarborough, John Douglas (#^Fourth Corporal, November 1862 - ?)
Scarborough, John Douglass (#^Corporal, May 1861 - September 1862; Fourth Corporal, November 1862 - ?)
Smith, Benjamin F. (%Sergeant, September 1862 - November 1862)
Temple, Thomas P (#^Second Lieutenant, March 1862 - September 1862; Second Lieutenant, December 1864 - ?)
Timberlake, George A. (#Fourth Sergeant/Ga Lieutenant/Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant/Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1862; First Sergeant, May 1862 - September 1862; Third Lieutenant, September 1862 - 1863; Second Lieutenant, July 1863 - ?)
Tucker, William S. (Corporal, May 1862 - June 1862)
Walthall, L B (#Fourth Sergeant/Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1862; Fifth Sergeant, January 1863 - November 1864; Second Lieutenant, November 1864 - April 1865)
Watson, Daniel A. (Fifth Sergeant/First Lieutenant, May 1861 - May 1862; First Lieutenant, May 1862 - September 1862; Captain, September 1862 - November 1862)
Weaver, William S (#Corporal/Third Corporal, May 1861 - November 1862; Fifth Sergeant, November 1862 - February 1863; Fourth Sergeant, February 1863 - April 1863; Third Sergeant, October 1863 - March 1864)
Wingo, L H (#Corporal/Fourth Corporal, May 1861 - ?)
Witt, Henry J. (%Corporal, May 1861 - June 1862)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Regiments

Virginia 53rd Infantry (Confederate)