28th Virginia Infantry
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- May 1861 - Organized for one year at Lynchburg
- ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service for one year
- July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
- July 21, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia - August 1861 - (I) Company C converted to artillery service and re-designated as (Bedford) Virginia Artillery Battery
- December 24, 1861 - Company H converted to artillery service and re-designated as the (Botetourt) Virginia Artillery Battery
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- Late April 1862 - Reorganized
- May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
- May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia - June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
- 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
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- May 18, 1864 - Howlett House
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- March 31, 1865 - White Oak Road
- April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of the Potomac / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (June-July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (July-October 1861)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / (Cocke's/Pickett's) Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pickett's Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Pickett's Brigade (June-August 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Pickett's Brigade (August-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Pickett's Brigade (September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Pickett's/Garnett's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
- Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Garnett's Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Garnett's Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Garnett's/Hunton's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Hunton's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
- Department of Henrico [Company I] (March-April 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Hunton's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Robert T. Preston (Colonel)
- Robert C. Allen (Major, Colonel)
- Samuel B. Paul (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Michael P. Spessard (Major)
- William Watts (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Nathaniel C. Wilson (Major)
- William L. Wingfield (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Fields, Frank E., (Jr.), 28th Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 22, 24, 212-213)
