60th Virginia Infantry
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- Also referred to as:
- Wise Legion / 3rd Virginia Infantry
- August 13, 1861 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for 1 year
- September 27, 1861 - Sewell Mountain
- September 29, 1861 - Company L assigned
- November 5, 1861 - Per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #206:
- (I) Company H transferred to the 59th Virginia Infantry
- Company L re-designated (II) Company H
- April 27, 1862 - Reorganized
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
- May 9, 1864 - Cloyd's Mountain
- June 5, 1864 - Piedmont
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- March 2, 1865 - Waynesborough
- Dispersed
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear (April 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / A.P. Hill's Division / Field's Brigade (June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / Field's Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / McCausland's/Smith's Brigade (February 1863-September 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Wharton's Division / Smith's Brigade (September 1864-March 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William E. Starke (Colonel)
- James L. Corley (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William A. Gilliam (Lieutenant Colonel)
- George W. Hammond (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Buehring H. Jones (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William S. Rowan (Major)
- James W. Spaulding (Lieutenant Colonel)
- John C. Summers (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- James W. Sweeney (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Jacob N. Taylor (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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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 165, 255-256)