15th Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 3rd Virginia Infantry

• May 17, 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service
• June 1, 1861 - Given official designation as 15th Virginia Infantry per Headquarters Virginia Forces / General Orders #24
• July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• April 25, 1862 - Regiment reorganized with 8 companies
• May 4, 1862 - Skirmish at Williamsburg
• June 20, 1862 - Companies F/K refused to reorganize and were disbanded per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #142
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 29, 1862 - Savage Station
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• April 1864 - Siege of Plymouth
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• April 1, 1864 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1864 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of the Peninsula (May-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / August's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
• Department of the Peninsula / McLaws' Division (January-April 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / McLaws' Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / McLaws' Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / McLaws' Division / Semmes' Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / McLaws' Division / Semmes' Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' Division / Semmes' Brigade (July-November 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (November 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Army of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Corse's Brigade (October-November 1863)
• Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Corse's Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee / Corse's Brigade (January 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / Corse's Brigade (February-May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Corse's Brigade (May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Thomas P. August (Colonel)
• Charles H. Clarke (Major)
• James R. Crenshaw (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Emmett M. Morrison (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Thomas G. Peyton (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Henry St. G. Tucker (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John Walker (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 188-190)