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Muster In: Organized April 20, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Terry’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps| Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles5:
- 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:
- 53rd VA: 53rd Virginia Infantry and 5th Battalion Virginia Infantry
- 53rd Virginia Infantry
- Number 298. Report of Captain Benjamin L. Farinholt, Fifty-third Virginia Infantry, of operations June 25
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 163-164 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 163-164 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 163-164 ↩
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