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The 1st Battalion, Virginia Infantry Regulars, also known as the Irish Battalion, was raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and, served as infantry. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
The flag of Virginia during the American Civil War An unidentified soldier in a Confederate States Army uniform with state of Virginia buttons. Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.
27th Virginia Infantry: Cpt Charles L. Haynes; 33rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc Edwin G. Lee; Second Brigade Col T.S. Garnett 21st Virginia Infantry: Ltc R. H. Cunningham (k), Cpt W. A. Witcher; 42nd Virginia Infantry: Maj Henry Lane (mw), Cpt Abner Dobyns; 48th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William Y. C. Hannum; 1st Virginia (Irish) Battalion: Maj John Seddon
46th Virginia Infantry: Ltc J. H. Richardson [2] 9th Virginia Militia; 21st Virginia Militia; 61st Virginia Militia; 3rd Virginia Cavalry (one company) Eastern Shore Company; Mathews Light Dragoons; Mathews Artillery: Cpt Andrew D. Armistead; 4th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery King and Queen Artillery: Cpt John R. Bagby; Piedmont Battery B ...
13th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery Maj Wade H. Gibbs (w) Company A, Otey Battery: Cpt David N. Walker; Company B, Ringgold Battery: Cpt Crispin Dickenson; Company C, Davidson's Battery: Lt John H. Chamberlayne; Mortar Battery: [1] Lt Jack Langhorne; Third Corps Col Reuben Lindsay Walker. Pegram's Battalion Ltc William Pegram
In 1963 President Kennedy presented Ireland with a flag of the Irish Brigade. [8] 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry served with distinction in Iraq from 2004-2005. The unit fought in and around Baghdad, most notably securing Route Irish and the surrounding area of Baghdad suburbs, and companies from it have since served in Afghanistan.
With their official entry into confederate service, the regiment was placed in John Clifford Pemberton's 1st Brigade which was composed of the 3rd Virginia, 3rd North Carolina Volunteers (13th North Carolina), 4th North Carolina Volunteers (14th North Carolina), Wilson's Virginia Battalion and Manley's North Carolina Light Artillery. [1]
Battalions Batteries; Brown's Battalion Col J. Thompson Brown. Brooke's (Virginia)Warrenton Light Artillery battery;: Cpt James V. Brooke; Dance's battery, Powhatan Artillery: [23] Cpt Willis J. Dance