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Regiment mustered in on September 23rd, 1861.

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

Notable Battles:

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
Skirmish at Frederick, Maryland fought on September 12th, 1862
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
Chancellorsville fought on April 30th, 1863 - May 6th, 1863 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Map, Map, Map)
- Brigade Leader(s): Armistead. Division Leader(s): Pickett. Corp: I 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 12th, 1863
Cold Harbor fought on May 31st, 1864 - June 12th, 1864 near Hanover Co; near Mechanicsville
Piedmont fought on June 5th, 1864 near Augusta County, Virginia
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
High Bridge fought on April 6th, 1865 - April 7th, 1865 near Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Skirmish at High Bridge, Virginia fought on April 6th, 1865
Appomattox Court House fought on April 9th, 1865
Skirmish at Salisbury, North Carolina fought on April 12th, 1865

Regiment was made up of:

Company A (Buckingham Institute)
Company B (Franklin Sharpshooters)
Company C (Franklin Fireaters)
Company D (Galveston Tigers)
Company E (Pigg River Greys)
Company F (Henry and Pittsylvania Rifles)
Company G (Ladies Guard)
Company H (Rivanna Guards)
Company I (Pittsylvania Life Guards)
Company K (Botetourt Guards)
Company F&S (Field and Staff)

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

Carter, William Gibbon (Surgeon, May 1864 - April 1865)
Carter, William H. (Surgeon, May 1864 - April 1865)
Dyer, David (Major, May 1862 - July 1862; Colonel, July 1862 - January 1863)
Fontaine, Clement R. (Major/Colonel, February 1863 - ?)
Hackman, David P. (#Major, July 1863 - ?)
Hanes, Garland B. (Captain, May 1861 - April 1862; Major, April 1862 - May 1862)
Hurbert, William W. (Acting Commissary Of Subsistence/Assistant Comm Sergeant, October 1861 - ?)
James, Waddy T. (Captain, June 1861 - May 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, May 1862 - July 1862)
Keen, Elisha F. (Major/Sergeant, July 1861 - October 1861; Colonel/Sergeant, April 1862 - July 1862)
Lippitt, Charles Edward (Assistant Surgeon/Surgeon, September 1861 - October 1861; Surgeon, October 1861 - April 1865)
Maghee, Joseph G. (Quatermaster Sergeant/Quartermaster Sergeant, December 1861 - ?)
Magruder, John Bowie (%Captain, July 1861 - February 1863; Colonel, February 1863 - July 1863)
Paul, William L. (^Sergeant Major/Sergeant, October 1861 - ?)
Pegram, James W. (Adjutant, October 1861 - January 1862; Major/Adjutant, January 1862 - May 1862)
Perry, Van Lear (Assistant Surgeon, October 1861 - July 1862)
Pollard, Edward (Assistant Surgeon, May 1864 - April 1865)
Royall, Richard Jessee (Sergeant, July 1861 - November 1861; Sergeant Major, November 1861 - ?)
Smith, Andrew J. (Major, May 1862 - May 1862)
Wade, Benjamin H. (^%Major, October 1862 - February 1863; Lieutenant Colonel, February 1863 - July 1863)
Watson, John Davis (Adjutant/Second Lieutenant/Sergeant, July 1861 - December 1861)
Wood, George A. (Sergeant/Hospital Steward, July 1861 - ?)

Virginia 57th Infantry (Confederate)

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