63rd Virginia Infantry
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- May 24, 1862 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for 3 years or the war
- September 1862 - Kanawha Campaign
- 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
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / Army of the Kanawha / Williams' Brigade (August-September 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Unattached (January-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 Western Virginia / Williams' Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / Unattached (April 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Preston's Division / Kelly's Brigade (September-October 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Buckner's Division / Kelly'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: John J. McMahon (Colonel)
- David C. Dunn (Lieutenant Colonel)
- James M. French (Major, Colonel)
- Connally H. Lynch (Lieutenant Colonel)
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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 258-259)