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1st Virginia Infantry Regiment

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Co. F (2nd) (Beauregard Rifles): Capt. F.B. Schaeffer – Served in a provisional battalion (Schaeffer's Battalion) during First Bull Run and was subsequently assigned to the regiment on July 23, 1861. The company was relieved from duty on September 7 and redesignated as Company C, 1st Regiment
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and in August totaled 570 men. During April, 1862, when the regiment was reorganized, it contained only six companies. The 1st Virginia Infantry was assigned to
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Drum Corps: Drum Major C.R.M. Pohle – 14 drummers including the drummer on duty with the Richmond Greys in Norfolk. The Drum Corps was mustered in as a body.
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Co. E (2nd) (Washington Volunteers): Capt. C.K. Sherman – Temporarily attached to the regiment during the middle of July and transferred to the
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Co. K (Virginia Rifles, at one time German Rifles): Capt. F. Miller – Disbanded when the regiment was reorganised in April 1862.
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This article is about the unit that served in the Confederate Army. For the unit that served in the Revolutionary War, see
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Co. B (Richmond City Guard): Capt. R. Harrison – Captain J.K. Lee was killed at Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861.
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War history of the old First Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia / by Charles T. Loehr (1884)
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Soldiers from Richmond Grays at execution of abolitionist John Brown in Charles Town, West Virginia 1859
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Band: Capt. J.B. Smith – Mustered in as Co. I and detached to form the a 13 piece regimental band.
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Record of the Richmond city and Henrico Co., Virginia troops, Confederate States Army (1879)
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Co. F (1st) (Cary's Company): Capt. R.M. Cary – Sent to Fredericksburg and assigned to the
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Theophilus Mann of Company G, 1st (Farinholt's) Virginia Infantry Battalion Reserves
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Virginia Artillery. On November 13, 1861, the company was mustered out of service.
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Co. E (1st) (Richmond Light Infantry Blues): Capt. O.J. Wise – Sent to
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia
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Fayette Artillery: Capt. H.C. Cabell – Detached and assigned to
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Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was active from the
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Co. H (2nd) (Richmond Greys, Company B): Capt. F.J. Boggs
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Co. A (Richmond Grays): Capt. W.M. Elliott – Detached to
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Floyd Guard: Capt. G.W. Chambers – Assigned as Co. K,
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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Index

1st Virginia Infantry
1st Virginia Regiment
1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment

Confederate States of America
Virginia
Confederate States Army
Infantry
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Williamsburg
Seven Days' Battles
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Sailor's Creek


infantry
regiment
Commonwealth of Virginia
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
Army of Northern Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Patrick T. Moore
Blackburn's Ford
First Battle of Bull Run

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