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Regiment mustered in on July 1st, 1861.

Regiment mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Notable Battles:

First Bull Run fought on July 21st, 1861 near Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
Williamsburg fought on May 5th, 1862 near York County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Seven Pines fought on May 31st, 1862 - June 1st, 1862 near Henrico County, Virginia
Gaines' Mill fought on June 27th, 1862 near Hanover County, Virginia
Malvern Hill fought on July 1st, 1862 near Henrico County, Virginia
Second Bull Run fought on August 28th, 1862 - August 30th, 1862 near Prince William County, Virginia
South Mountain fought on September 14th, 1862 near Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Antietam fought on September 17th, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Fredericksburg fought on December 13th, 1862 near Fredericksburg, Virginia
Siege of Suffolk fought on April 11th, 1863 - May 4th, 1863 near Suffolk, Virginia
Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Map, Map, Map)
- Brigade Leader(s): Garnett. Division Leader(s): Heth. Corp: III Corps.
- Pickett's Charge fought on July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Map)
Williamsport fought on July 6th, 1863 - July 16th, 1863 near Washington County, Maryland
Skirmish at Williamsport, Maryland fought on July 8th, 1863
Wilderness fought on May 5th, 1864 - May 7th, 1864 near Spotslyvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Cold Harbor fought on May 31st, 1864 - June 12th, 1864 near Hanover Co; near Mechanicsville
Second Petersburg fought on June 15th, 1864 - June 18th, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia
Skirmish at MARtinsburg, West Virginia fought on August 30th, 1864
White Oak Road fought on March 31st, 1865 near Dinwiddie Co
Five Forks fought on April 1st, 1865 near Five Forks, Virginia
Third Petersburg fought on April 2nd, 1865 near Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Sailor's Creek fought on April 6th, 1865 near Amelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House fought on April 9th, 1865

Regiment was made up of:

Company A (Danville Blues)
Company B (Danville Grays)
Company C (Nottoway Rifle Guards)
Company D (Prospect Rifle Grays)
Company E (Black Eagle Rifles)
Company F (Farmville Guard)
Company G (Nottoway Grays)
Company H (Appomattox Grays)
Company I (Spring Garden Blues)
Company K (Charlotte Rifles)
Company F&S (Field and Staff)

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

Anderson, Abner W. (^Captain, May 1861 - February 1862; Quartermaster, February 1862 - September 1862)
Bearkley, Louis (Assistant Surgeon, November 1861 - April 1865)
Cabell, George Craighead (^Major, May 1861 - July 1864; Lieutenant Colonel/Major, July 1864 - ?)
Carrington, Henry Alexander (#^Colonel/Lieutenant Colonel, May 1861 - July 1864; Colonel, July 1864 - ?)
Crute, Samuel T. (Musician, January 1864 - April 1865)
Dix, Austin (Drummer, June 1861 - August 1863)
Gaines, John Mucius (^Surgeon, November 1862 - ?)
Hall, James M. (#Mar./Musician, April 1861 - ?)
Harper, James M. (Captain/Captain/commissary Of Subsistence, September 1861 - May 1862)
Harvey, Hilery T. (^Musician, March 1862 - ?)
Harvey, Sidney Baxter (Musician, April 1861 - April 1865)
Jones, Pleasant R. (#Hospital Steward, March 1862 - April 1865)
Jones, Robert S. (^%Comm Sergeant, October 1861 - August 1863; First Lieutenant, August 1863 - April 1865; Second Lieutenant/First Lieutenant, April 1865 - April 1865)
Kirby, Benj W (#^Mu?, April 1861 - May 1862; Corporal, May 1862 - April 1863; Musician, May 1864 - ?)
Lane, Thomas B (Surgeon, March 1863 - ?)
McCulloch, Robert (#^Captain, July 1861 - October 1861; Second Lieutenant, October 1861 - October 1862; First Lieutenant, October 1862 - June 1863; Captain, June 1863 - ?)
Miller, Giles A. (^Fifth Serg, April 1862 - April 1863; Musician, April 1863 - April 1865)
Page, John Randolph (Assistant Surgeon, May 1861 - ?)
Price, Samuel C. (^Corporal, April 1861 - October 1861; Sergeant Major, October 1861 - November 1862; Assistant Quartermaster/Acting Quartermaster, November 1862 - ?)
Pulling, Thaddeus W. (Drummer/Musician, August 1863 - April 1865)
Slate, Dick (Drummer, June 1861 - ?)
Spencer, Sion D (Ensign, August 1863 - ?)
Stoddert, William S (Chaplain, October 1861 - March 1862)
Walton, Richard Peyton (Surgeon, May 1861 - ?)
Withers, Edward Dandridge (Second Lieutenant, April 1861 - July 1861; Act Adjutant/Lieutenant/adjutant, July 1861 - April 1862)
Withers, Robert Enoch (^Colonel, May 1861 - ?)

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