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1st Virginia Regular Battalion Infantry

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Muster In: June 30, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

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First Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4

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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5

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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6

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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7,8

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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army9

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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army10,11

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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army (Need source)

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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army (Need source)

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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles:12

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

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Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 153-154
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 153-154
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110
  5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119
  6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128
  7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137
  8. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1310.
  9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146
  10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154
  11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162
  12. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 153-154
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