53rd Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• December 1, 1861 - Organized by consolidation per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #214 (dated November 9, 1861) of:
  • (Montague's) Virginia Infantry Battalion
  • (Tomlin's) Virginia Infantry Battalion
  • (Waddill's) Virginia Infantry Company
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• May 1862 - Reorganized
• May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 25, 1862 - King's School House
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 6, 1862 - Those men of the 53rd Virginia Infantry liable to conscription assigned to this regiment per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #209
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• May 10, 1864 - Chester Station
• 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
• September 29, 1864 - Chaffin's Farm
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Wise's Brigade (September-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Division (January-April 1862)
• Department of the Peninsula / McLaws' Division [one company] (January-April 1862)
• Department of the Peninsula / Williamsburg and Spratley's (B.S. Ewell's Command) (January-April 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Huger's/Anderson's Division / Armistead's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Anderson's Division / Armistead's Brigade (July-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's/Barton's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Barton's Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
• Department of Richmond / Barton's Brigade (February-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Barton's/Steuart's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Carter L. Stevenson (Colonel)
• William R. Aylett (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Henry A. Edmondson (Major)
• John R. Grammer (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William Leigh (Major)
• Rawley W. Martin (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edgar B. Montague (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John C. Timberlake (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Harrison B. Tomlin (Colonel)
• George M. Waddill (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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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 170, 245-247)