61st Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

May 22, 1862 - Organized at Petersburg by the increase of the 7th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- Unit was intended to be a regiment of Heavy Artillery for the defense of Portsmouth and Norfolk
- After the fall of these cities, the War Department determined to turn the regiment into an infantry unit
September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
September 29, 1862 - Catlett's Station
October 1, 1862 - Organization of unit finalized
December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
April 30, 1863 - Zoah Church
May 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
October 14, 1863 - Bristoe Station
November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
May 30, 1864 - Totopotomoy Creek
June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
June 13, 1864 - Frayser's Farm
June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
June 22, 1864 - Wilcox's Farm
June 23, 1864 - Gurley House
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
August 19, 1864 - Johnson's Farm
August 25, 1864 - Ream's Station
October 27, 1864 - Burgess' Mill
February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
April 7, 1865 - Cumberland Church
April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

Department of North Carolina / Unattached (July-August 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Anderson's Division / Mahone's Brigade (September 1862-May 1863)
Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Anderson's/Mahone's Division / Mahone's/Weidiger's Brigade (May 1863-April 1865)

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Trask, Benjamin H., 61st Virginia Infantry
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 175, 256-257)
Stewart, William H., A Pair of Blankets