Virginia 45th Infantry, Company C (Confederate)
7/1/61
Organized - Virginia 45th Infantry, Company C - Virginia
5/9/64
Battle - Cloyd's Mountain - Pulaski County, Virginia
6/5/64
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
9/19/64
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
3/2/65
Mustered Out - Virginia 45th Infantry, Company C - Virginia
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regiment -Virginia 45th Infantry (Confederate)
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