45th Virginia Infantry
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- May 29, 1861 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service for one year
- May 1, 1862 - Camp Creek, Stone River Valley, West Virginia
- May 10, 1862 - Giles Court House, West Virginia
- May 23, 1862 - Lewisburg, West Virginia
- July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
- September 3, 1861 - Company L organized
- January 15, 1862 - Company L re-designated 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion / Company C
- May 14, 1862 - Reorganized
- September 1862 - Kanawha Campaign
- August 26-27, 1863 - White Sulphur Springs
- May 9, 1864 - Cloyd's Mountain
- May 15, 1864 - New Market
- June 5, 1864 - Piedmont
- May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- 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
- Army of the Kanawha (September 1861-January 1862)
- District of Lewisburg (January-May 1862)
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / District of Lewisburg (May 1862)
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / Army of the Kanawha (September 1862)
- Department of Western Virginia / Echols' Brigade (February-June 1863)
- Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Wharton's Brigade (October-December 1863)
- Department of Western Virginia / Saltville (December 1863-May 1864)
- Department of Western Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (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: Henry Heth (Colonel)
- William H. Browne (Colonel)
- Alexander M. Davis (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Benjamin F. Ficklin (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Edwin H. Harman (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Robert H. Logan (Lieutenant Colonel)
- William E. Peters (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William C. Sanders (Major)
- William H. Werth (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Gabriel C. Wharton (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 234-235)