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The 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The 1st Virginia completed its organization at Richmond, Virginia, in May, 1861. At the outbreak of the war it had ten ...
The department was the organizing unit for regiments raised in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Virginia infantry. 1st Virginia Regiment (1776). Colonel James Read. (Assigned to the Main Army on July 20, 1776). 2nd Virginia Regiment (1776). Colonel William Woodford. (assigned to the Main Army on December 27, 1776).
It moved to western Virginia and participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then fought at First Kernstown, McDowell, and in Jackson's Valley Campaign. The unit was then assigned to General J.R. Jones' Brigade and was involved in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Day's Battles to Fredericksburg.
32 units of the United States Army have lineages which date back to the colonial history of the United States.Of those, 31 are Army National Guard units, including regiments, battalions, companies, batteries and troops, while one is a battalion of the Regular Army's Field Artillery Branch. 29 of the 31 Army National Guard units trace their lineage back to units formed in British America, while ...
The regiment originated from the Charles City-Henrico County Regiment of Militia founded in 1652. During the French and Indian War, the Virginia Regiment was organized and was the only colonial regiment incorporated into the British line (1754-1763) and saw action at the Battle of Jumonville Glen, Fort Necessity, and the Braddock and Forbes expeditions.
Patrick Theodore Moore (September 22, 1821 – February 19, 1883) was an Irish-born Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.As colonel leading the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment, he was severely wounded at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861, and was incapacitated for further field service.
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33rd Virginia Infantry (8 Cos.) – Colonel Arthur C. Cummings; Rockbridge Artillery – Captain J. P. Brockenbrough; Second Brigade: Colonel Francis Bartow (killed), Colonel Lucius J. Gartrell 7th Georgia Infantry – Colonel L.J. Gartrell (wounded) 8th Georgia Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel W.M. Gardner (wounded) 1st Kentucky Battalion – Maj ...