3rd Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 20, 1861- Organized at Portsmouth
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April 27, 1861- Reorganized
• June 10, 1861 - Big Bethel [detachment]
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• 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 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• 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 the Peninsula [detachment] (June 1861)
• Department of Norfolk (July-October 1861)
• Department of Norfolk / Colston's Brigade (January-April 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Colston's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Wilcox's Division / Pryor's Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Anderson's Division / Pryor's Brigade (September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Pryor's Brigade (September-November 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (November 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Kemper's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's/Terry's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Roger A. Pryor (Colonel)
• Alexander D. Callcote (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Joseph Mayo (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William H. Pryor (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Joseph V. Scott (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles F. Urquhart (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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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 163-164)
• Wallace, Lee, 3rd Virginia Infantry