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Muster In: Organized June 13, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
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Colonel Robert S. Chew
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Captain John M. Hudgin
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4

  • Commander: Lt. Colonel Robert S. Chew (June 30, 1864)5
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Captain John M. Hudgin (mid-August 1864)6
  • Unit Strength: 333 officers and men PFD (August 13, 1864)7
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Lt. Colonel Robert S. Chew (September 30, 1864)8
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

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    • 418 officers and men PFD (November 30, 1864)9
    • 393 officers and men PFD (December 29, 1864)10
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

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  • Unit Strength: 348 officers and men PFD (January 28, 1865)11
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

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    • ~100 (officers? and) men PFD (April 8, 1865)12
    • 90 officers and men surrendered at Appomattox (April 9, 1865)13
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles14:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 216-217 ↩
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 216-217 ↩
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  5. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 762 (Robert S. Chew, 30th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 7): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May and June 1864: “Signs roll as commanding regiment” ↩
  6. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 59: “Both (Colonel) Harrison and (Lt. Colonel Robert S.) Chew were sick in Richmond in mid-August also, leaving ‘babbling Capt Hudgin’ in charge of the regiment.” ↩
  7. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 55: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  8. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 762 (Robert S. Chew, 30th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 99): Requisition for Stationery for Field and Staff of the 30th Virginia September 30, 1864: Chew signs the request as commanding the regiment. ↩
  9. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 56: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  10. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 56: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  11. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 56: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  12. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 66: I believe Krick is including officers here. ↩
  13. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 66 ↩
  14. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 216-217 ↩

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