8th Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the Old Bloody 8th

• May 8, 1861 - Organized
• July 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
• October 21, 1861 - Ball's Bluff
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• April 27, 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 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Potomac / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (June-July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Unattached (July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / 7th (Evans') Brigade (July-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (January 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / 5th (Cocke's) Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pickett's Brigade (March-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Pickett's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Pickett's Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Pickett's Brigade (September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Pickett's/Garnett's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Garnett's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Garnett's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Garnett's/Hunton's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Hunton's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Hunton's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Eppa Hunton (Colonel)
• Edmund Berkeley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Norborne Berkeley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William N. Berkeley (Major)
• Charles B. Tebbs (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James Thrift (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Divine, John E., 8th Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 177-179)