30th Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 13, 1861 - Organized from 2nd Virginia (Militia) Infantry Battalion and 8 other companies in state service
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 13, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• April 19, 1862 - Reorganized
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 30, 1862 - Malvern Cliff
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• 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, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Fredericksburg (July 1861)
• Department of Fredericksburg / District of Aquia (July-September 1861)
• Department of Fredericksburg / District of Aquia / Walker's Brigade (September-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / District of Aquia / Walker's Brigade (October 1861-March 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / Walker's Brigade (March-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Walker's/Ransom's Division / Walker's/Cooke's Brigade (September-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)
• Department 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 / Hoke's Division / 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: R. Milton Cary (Colonel)
• William S. Barton (Major)
• Robert S. Chew (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• John M. Gouldin (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Archibald T. Harrison (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Robert O. Peatross (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Fields, Frank E., (Jr.), 30th Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 214-215)