30th Virginia Sharpshooter Battalion
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- January 10, 1862 - Middle Creek, Kentucky[1]
- September 1, 1862 - Organized with 6 companies
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- Company A formerly (Adams') Virginia Artillery Battery
- Company B formerly French's Artillery Battery
- Company C formerly Vawter's Western Artillery Battery
- September 1862 - Kanawha Campaign
- October 5, 1862 - Battalion officers commissioned
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- May 15, 1864 - New Market
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
- July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
- September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
- September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- March 2, 1865 - Waynesborough
- Dispersed
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (September 1862)
- Department of North Carolina / Elzey's Command / Unattached (December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina / Elzey's Command / Colston's Brigade (December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina / Fench's Command / Colston's/Pryor's Brigade (December 1862-February 1863)
- Department of Western Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (April-October 1863)
- Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Corse's Brigade (October-November 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Wharton's Brigade (November 1863-March 1864)
- Department of Western Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (March-May 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Breckinridge's Division / Wharton's Brigade (May-June 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Breckinridge's/Wharton's Division / Wharton's Brigade (June 1864-March 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: J. Lyle Clarke (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Peter J. Ofey (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ Unit not yet formed? Further verification needed
Sources
- Fields, Frank E., (Jr.), 29th Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 13, 215-216)