51st Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• August 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for one year
• August 22, 1861 - Company L enlisted
• September 10, 1861 - Gauley River
• September 11, 1861 - Carnifax Ferry
• December 13, 1861 - Buffalo Mountain
• January 15, 1862 - Company L reassigned to 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion / Company D
• February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
• February 18, 1862 - Lewisburg and Clarksville
• May 17-18, 11862 - Mercer and Princeton
• May 26, 1862 - Reorganized
• August 28, 1862 - Lewisburg, West Virginia
• September 1862 - Kanawha Campaign
• September 10, 1862 - Fayetteville, West Virginia
• September 25, 1862 - Fayetteville, West Virginia
• April 15, 1863 - Pikeville, Kentucky
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• July 1, 1863 - Hanover, Pennsylvania
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• February 1, 1864 - Knoxville
• May 15, 1864 - New Market
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• May 30, 1864 - Totopotomoy Creek
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 7-8, 1864 - Frederick, Maryland
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• July 11, 1864 - Fort Stevens
• July 13, 1864 - Rockville
• July 24, 1864 - Kernstown
• August 17, 1864 - Winchester
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• September 23, 1864 - Harrisonburg
• September 26, 1864 - Brown's Gap
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• December 1, 1864 - Leetown, West Virginia
• January 7, 1865 - Fisherville
• March 2, 1865 - Waynesborough
  • Most of unit dispersed
  • A detachment joined Lee's Army for its final operation
• March 3, 1865 - Ivory Creek
• March 6, 1865 - Charlotteville
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman [detachment]
• March 27, 1865 - Union Furnace [detachment]

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Kanawha (August-December 1861)
• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Floyd's Division (January-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / 3rd (Floyd's) Division / Wharton's Brigade (February 1862)
• Army of the Kanawha / Wharton's Brigade (February-May 1862)
• Department of Southwestern Virginia / Army of the Kanawha / Wharton's Brigade (May-September 1862)
• Department of Western Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (February-October 1863)
• Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Wharton'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)
• 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/Forsberg's Brigade (June 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Gabriel C. Wharton (Colonel)
• William T. Akers (Major)
• George A. Cunningham (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Stephen M. Divkey (Major)
• Augustus Forsberg (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• David P. Graham (Major)
• James W. Massie (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Samuel H. Reynolds (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John P. Wolfe (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William A. Yonce (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Davis, James Arnold, 51st Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 201, 242-244)