54th Virginia Infantry
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- September 10, 1861 - Organized with only 4 companies
- ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service for 1 year
- September 16, 1861 - Companies B/G organized
- October 1, 1861 - Companies D/H/I organized
- October 10, 1861 - Company K organized, completing the regimental organization
- January 10, 1862 - Middle Creek, Kentucky
- May 13, 1862 - Reorganized, mustered into Confederate Service for the war
- May 5, 1862 - Wolf Creek, West Virginia
- May 15-17, 1862 - Princeton, West Virginia
- January 30, 1863 - Kelly's Store
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- June 22, 1864 - Kolb's Farm
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated with the 63rd Virginia Infantry at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina and re-designated 54th (Consolidated) Virginia Infantry Battalion
DESIGNATIONS
- Wise's Brigade (September-October 1861)
- Department #2 / Army of Eastern Kentucky / Marshall's Brigade (February-May 1862)
- District of Abingdon (May 1862)
- District of Abingdon / Department of Southwestern Virginia (May-September 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Unattached (December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Colston's Brigade (December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Colston's/Pryor's/Colston's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Unattached (April 1863)
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / Unattached (April 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Preston's Division / Trigg's Brigade (September-October 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Buckner's Division / Trigg's Brigade (October-November 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's Brigade (November 1863-February 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's Brigade (February-September 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stevenson's Division / Reynold's and Brown's Consolidated/Palmer's Brigade (September 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Robert C. Trigg (Colonel)
- John S. Deyerle (Major)
- Henry A. Edmundson (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Austin Harman (Major)
- William B. Shelor (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- James C. Taylor (Major)
- John J. Wade (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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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 247-248)