1st Virginia Infantry
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- Also referred to as the Williams Rifles
- May 1, 1861[1] - Organized as a volunteer militia regiment from militia companies from Chesterfield and Henrico Counties and the City of Richmond
- Per Virginia Adjutant General's Office / G.O. #1
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- April 1861 - Called into Virginia State service
- April 21, 1861 - Mustered into Virginia State service
- July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate service
- July 18, 1861 -
Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia
- July 21, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
- September 1861 - Company F converted to artillery service and re-designated as (Schaeffer's) Virginia ("Beauregard Rifles") Artillery Battery per order of General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of the Potomac
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- April 27, 1862 - Re-organized with only 6 companies
- May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
- May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 18, 1864 - Howlett House
- May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 16, 1864 - Clay Farm
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House
- April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of the Potomac / Terrett's/Longstreet's Brigade (June-July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Brigade (July-October 1861)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Clark's/Griffith's/Ewell's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / Ewell's/A.P. Hill's Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / A.P. Hill's/Kemper's Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (June-August 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (August-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
- Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Kemper's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's/Terry's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Patrick T. Moore (Colonel)
- John Dooley (Major)
- William H. Fry (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Francis H. Langley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William P. Munford (Major)
- George F. Norton (Major)
- William H. Palmer (Major)
- Frederick G. Skinner (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Lewis B. Williams (Jr.) (Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ Originally printed 1851
Sources
- Loehr, Charles T., War History of the Old First Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia
- Wallace, Lee A. Jr., 1st Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 22, 155-156)