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Muster In: Organized for one year by the addition of three companies to the Essex and Middlesex Infantry Battalion (Major William N. Ward) in September 1861. Field consolidation with the 47th Infantry Regiment from February 1865 to April 9, 1865.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel William S. Christian
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Walker’s Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Walker’s Brigade | Heth’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles8:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Squirrel Level Road (September 29, 1864)
- Jones’ Farm (September 30, 1864)
- Pegram’s Farm (October 1, 1864)
- Harman Road (October 2, 1864)
- Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- New Confederate Inspection Report: 16-P-17 Fry’s Brigade August 15, 1864
- Number 373. Petersburg Campaign Report of Major Robert B. Fauntleroy, Fifty-fifth Virginia Infantry, Walker’s brigade, Heth’s division, of operations September 30-October 1
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 248-250 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 248-250 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 248-250 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 248-250 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 248-250 ↩
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