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11th Virginia Reserves Battalion Infantry

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Note: Formerly known as the 4th Battalion Virginia Reserves.

Muster In: Organized August 13, 1864 with six companies.  Officially designated as the 11th Battalion Virginia Reserves on February 27, 1865.1,2
Muster Out: Disbanded on April 12, 1865.3

Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army4

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)5
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army6

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)7
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army8

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)9
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army10

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)11
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army12

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)13
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army14

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)15
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army16,17

  • Commander:
    • Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)18
    • None listed. (November & December 1864)19,20
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army21,22

  • Commander:
    • None listed. (January 1865)23
    • Major (Lieutenant Colonel?) Samuel M. Wallace (February 1865)24,25
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army26,27

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Wallace (?)28
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles29:

  • None listed.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 182-183
    2. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Five of the six companies which made up the unit were created in April 1864, the sixth in May 1864.
    3. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 182-183
    4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116
    5. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116
    7. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 125
    9. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 135
    11. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 143
    13. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 152
    15. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 160
    17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 169
    18. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 160
    20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 169
    21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 178
    22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 189
    23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 178
    24. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 189
    25. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    26. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198
    27. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 208
    28. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 225: Wallace is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times.
    29. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 182-183
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