46th Virginia Infantry
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- Also referred to as:
- Wise Legion / 1st Virginia Infantry
- Wise Legion / 2nd Virginia Infantry
- August 8, 1861 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service
- February 8, 1862 - Roanoake Island, North Carolina
- Part of the regiment captured and paroled
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
- May 24, 1862 - Reorganized
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- September 1862 - Captured portion of the regiment declared exchanged
- March 29, 1863 - Skirmish at Williamsburg
- April 16, 1863 - Pamunkey River, near West Point, Virginia
- August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff, South Carolina
- May 17-June 14, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
- June 9, 1864 - Petersburg
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Troops in Kanawha Valley (June-August 1861)
- Wise's Brigade (August-December 1861)
- Department of Norfolk / District of the Albemarle (Wise's Brigade) (December 1861-February 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Command / Rains' Division / Gloucester Point (Crump's Command) (April-May 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Command / Crump's Brigade (May 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Wise's Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Wise's Brigade (July 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Unattached (August-December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Wise's Brigade (December 1862-April 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Wise's Brigade (April-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Wise's Brigade (September-October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (October-November 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Wise's Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / District of Florida (February-April 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Johnson's Division / Wise's Brigade (May-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Johnson's Division / Wise's Brigade (October 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: James Lucius Davis (Colonel)
- Richard T.W. Duke (Colonel)
- Hugh W. Fry (Jr.) (Major)
- Randolph Harrison (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- James C. Hill (Major)
- John H. Richardson (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Peyton Wise (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 157, 235-236)