Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States during the
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Infantry Brigades
- 1st Virginia Brigade (Stonewall Brigade
The Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was one of the most famous combat units in United States history. It was trained and first led by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a professor from Virginia Military Institute...
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- 2nd Virginia Brigade Cdrs: John M. Jones
- 3rd Virginia Brigade
Infantry Regiments
- 1st Virginia Infantry (Old First)
- 2nd Virginia Infantry (Innocents)
- 3rd Virginia Infantry
- 4th Virginia Infantry
- 5th Virginia Infantry
- 6th Virginia Infantry
- 7th Virginia Infantry
- 8th Virginia Infantry
The 8th Virginia Infantry was Confederate infantry regiment raised by Colonel Eppa Hunton in Leesburg, Virginia in May 1861. The unit was comprised of 6 companies from Loudoun, 2 companies from Fauqier, 1 company from Fairfax and 1 company from Prince William.-History:In May 1861, the Governor of...
- 9th Virginia Infantry
- 10th Virginia Infantry (Rockingham County)
- 11th Virginia Infantry
- 12th Virginia Infantry
- 13th Virginia Infantry
- 14th Virginia Infantry
- 15th Virginia Infantry (Richmond)
- 16th Virginia Infantry
- 17th Virginia Infantry
- 18th Virginia Infantry
- 19th Virginia Infantry
- 20th Virginia Infantry
- 21st Virginia Infantry
- 22nd Virginia Infantry
22nd Virginia Infantry was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War. Its commander was George S. Patton, the great-grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton.-Organization:...
- 23rd Virginia Infantry
- 24th Virginia Infantry - Cdrs: Col Jubal Early
- 25th Virginia Infantry
- 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 27th Virginia Infantry
- 28th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 29th Virginia Infantry (Carroll, Grayson, Russell, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe Counties of VA)
- 30th Virginia Infantry
- 31st Virginia Infantry
- 32nd Virginia Infantry (Lousey Reg)
- 33rd Virginia Infantry
The 33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
- 34th Virginia Infantry
- 35th Virginia Infantry (disbanded early 1861)
- 36th Virginia Infantry
- 37th Virginia Infantry
- 38th Virginia Infantry
- 39th Virginia Infantry
- 40th Virginia Infantry
- 41st Virginia Infantry
- 42nd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, VA - June & July 1861)
- 44th Virginia Infantry (Cos. A-K)
- 45th Virginia Infantry
- 46th Virginia Infantry
- 47th Virginia Infantry
- 48th Virginia Infantry
- 49th Virginia Infantry (Extra Billy Smith's Boys)
- 50th Virginia Infantry
- 51st Virginia Infantry
- 52nd Virginia Infantry
- 53rd Virginia Infantry
- 54th Virginia Infantry
- 55th Virginia Infantry
The 55th Virginia Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.In May 1861, Major William N. Ward raised a unit known as 'Essex and Middlesex Battalion,' one company of which, the 'Essex Sharp Shooters' had been in existence since the summer of...
- 56th Virginia Infantry
- 57th Virginia Infantry
- 58th Virginia Infantry
- 59th Virginia Infantry
- 60th Virginia Infantry
- 61st Virginia Infantry
- 62nd Virginia Infantry
- 63rd Virginia Infantry
- 64th Virginia Infantry
The 64th Virginia Infantry regiment was formed on the basis of limited service to guard mountain passes in Lee, Scott, and Wise counties from which the regiment was raised for the American Civil War....
(Batts: Cohoon, French, Montague, Tomlin, University)
Infantry Battalions
- 5th Virginia Infantry Battalion (merged into 53rd Virginia Infantry in 1862)
- 9th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 21st Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 25th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Richmond City Battalion)
- 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 28th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 30th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Sharpshooters)
- 44th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Petersburg City Battalion)
- 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- Cohoon's Battalion Virginia Infantry
- French's Battalion Virginia Infantry
- Montague's Battalion Virginia Infantry
- Tomlin's Battalion Virginia Infantry
- University Battalion Virginia Infantry
Cavalry Brigades
- 2nd Virginia Cavalry Brigade
- 4th Virginia Cavalry Brigade (Laurel Brigade)- Cdrs: Col Turner Ashby, BGen Grumble Jones
- Stuart's Virginia Cavalry Brigade
- Wickham's Virginia Cavalry Brigade
Cavalry Regiments
- 1st Virginia Cavalry - Raised by W.E. “Grumble” Jones
- 2nd Virginia Cavalry - Commanded by Thomas T. Munford
- 3rd Virginia Cavalry
- 4th Virginia Cavalry (Black Horse Regiment)
- 5th Virginia Cavalry
- 6th Virginia Cavalry
- 7th Virginia Cavalry
The 7th Virginia Cavalry also known as Ashby's Cavalry was a Confederate cavalry regiment raised in the spring of 1861 by Colonel Angus W. McDonald, Sr. The regiment was comprised primarily from men from the counties of the upper Shenandoah Valley as well as from the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun...
(Ashby's)
- 8th Virginia Cavalry
- 9th Virginia Cavalry (Johnson's)
- 10th Virginia Cavalry
- 11th Virginia Cavalry
- 12th Virginia Cavalry
- 13th Virginia Cavalry (1861–1862)
- 14th Virginia Cavalry
- 15th Virginia Cavalry
- 16th Virginia Cavalry
- 17th Virginia Cavalry
- 19th Virginia Cavalry
- 20th Virginia Cavalry
- 21st Virginia Cavalry
- 22nd Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Mounted Riflemen)
- 23rd Virginia Cavalry
- 24th Virginia Cavalry
- 25th Virginia Cavalry
- 26th Virginia Cavalry
- 27th Virginia Cavalry
- 31st Virginia Cavalry
- 42nd Virginia Cavalry
- 44th Virginia Cavalry
Cavalry Battalions, Mounted Rifle Guards
- 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry , Local Defense
- 2nd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- 14th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Burrough's)
- 15th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Critcher's) (Northern Neck Rangers)
- 32nd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
The 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, also known as White's Battalion, White's Rebels and the Comanches, was a Confederate cavalry unit during the American Civil War raised by Elijah V. White in Loudoun County, Virginia in the winter of 1861-82...
(White's Comanches)
- 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Richardson's Battalion of Scouts, Guides, and Couriers)
- 40th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- 41st Battalion Virginia Cavalry (White's)
- 46th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- Caldwell's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- Ferguson's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- O'Ferrall's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- 1st Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 2nd Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 3rd Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 4th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 5th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 8th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 9th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 11th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Patrol Guard
- 12th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- 13th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
- Varina Troop (Henrico Mounted Rangers)
- 64th Mounted Virginia Infantry
Irregular Warfare Units
- 18th Virginia Cavalry (aka 1st Regiment Virginia Partisan Rangers)
- 24th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers
- 27th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers
- 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers (Witcher's) (Virginia Mounted Rifles)
- 36th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers
- 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers(Dunn's)
- 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
The 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, also known as Mosby's Rangers, Mosby's Raiders or Mosby's Men, was a battalion of partisan cavalry in the Confederate army during the American Civil War...
Partisan Rangers (Mosby's Rangers)
- 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry (1st Partisan Rangers) - Cdr: Col John D. Imboden
- Smith's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- Baldwin's Squadron, Partisan Rangers
- Major Counts' Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- Captain McNeill's Virginia Partisan Rangers
McNeill's Rangers was an independent irregular Confederate military company commissioned under the Partisan Ranger Act by the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. After the repeal of the Partisan Ranger Act on February 17 1864, McNeill's Rangers was one of two partisan companies...
- Captain Thurmond's Virginia Partisan Rangers
Virginia Artillery Regiments
- 1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery
- 2nd Regiment, Virginia Artillery
- 5th Regiment, Virginia Artillery
Virginia Artillery Battalions
- 1st Battalion (Hardaway's Moseley's)
- 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Allen's)
- 12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- 13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- 16th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- 18th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
- 18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- 19th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Atkinson's)
- 20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
- 38th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery (Read's)
Virginia Artillery Batteries
- 1st Regiment, Virginia Light Artillery (Pendleton's)
- 2nd Richmond Battery
- Albemarle Artillery
- Alleghany Rough Artillery (Light)
- Amherst Artillery (Light)
- Barr's Battery (Light)
- Bayley's Battery (Virginia Heavy Artillery)
- Bedford Artillery (Light)
- Bethel Artillery
- Botetourt Artillery (Heavy)
- Branch Field Artillery (Light)
- Bryan Artillery
- Campbell Battery
- Caroline Artillery (Light)
- Charlottesville Artillery (Light)
- Chesapeake Artillery
- Chew's Battery
- Crenshaw Battery
- Danville Artillery
The Danville Artillery was a field artillery company in the Confederate States Army, Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. It was also referred to informally as a battery, although this reference was only infrequently used during the war....
(Light)
- Dixie Artillery (Light)
- Everett Artillery
- Fluvanna Artillery
The Fluvanna Artillery was an artillery battery formed from citizens of Fluvanna County, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It participated in the Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns, as well as the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864 under Confederate Major General Jubal Early.With the...
(Light)
- Fredericksburg Artillery
- Giles Artillery (Light)(McComas Battery)
- Halifax Artillery
- Hanover Artillery (Light)
- Henrico Artillery
- Jackson Artillery (Light)
- James City Artillery
- Johnston Artillery (Heavy)
- Lee Battery
- Letcher Artillery (Light)
- Levi's or Barr's Battery
- Long Island Artillery (Light)
- Loudoun Artillery (Light)
- Lunenberg Artillery (Heavy)
- Magruder Artillery (Light)
- Manchester Artillery (Light)
- Marion Artillery (Wilkinson's Battery) (Virginia Heavy Artillery)
- Matthews Artillery (Light)
- Middlesex Artillery (Fleet's Battery)
- Montroe Artillery (Light)
- Nelson Artillery (Light)
- New Market Artillery (Light)
- Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
- Nottoway Artillery (Light)
- Orange Artillery (Light)
- Page's Battery
- Pamunkey Artillery (Heavy)
- Pittsylvania Artillery (Light)
- Portsmouth Artillery (Light), Grimes Battery
- Powhatan Artillery
- Purcell Artillery (Light)
- Richmond Flying Artillery (Light)
- Richmond Howitzers
- Rockbridge Artillery (Light)
- Salem Flying Artillery
- Saltville Artillery
- Southside Artillery
- Staunton Artillery (Light)
- Staunton Hill Artillery
- Surry Artillery (Light)
- Turner Artillery (Light)
- United Artillery
- Winchester Artillery (Cutshaw's Battery)
- Wise Artillery (Light)
Virginia Horse Artillery
- 1st Stuart's Horse Artillery (John Pelham Battery)
- 2nd Stuart's Light Horse Artillery
- Callahan's Horse Artillery
- Moorman's-Shoemaker's Battery
- Petersburg Artillery
Virginia State Line
Virginia State Line was transferred to the control of the Confederate States of America on March 31, 1861.
Virginia Militia Regiments
- 2nd Regiment Militia
- 3rd Regiment Militia
- 4th Regiment Militia
- 5th Regiment Militia
- 6th Regiment Militia
- 7th Regiment Militia
- 8th Regiment Militia
- 9th Regiment Militia
- 12th Regiment Militia
- 13th Regiment Militia
- 14th Regiment Militia
- 15th Regiment Militia
- 16th Regiment Militia
- 17th Brigade Militia
- 19th Regiment Militia
- 21st Regiment Militia
- 25th Regiment Militia
- 26th Regiment Militia
- 29th Regiment Militia
- 31st Regiment Militia (Frederick County)
- 32nd Regiment Militia
- 33rd Regiment Militia
- 34th Regiment Militia
- 35th Regiment Militia (Wythe County)
- 36th Regiment Militia
- 37th Regiment Militia
- 38th Regiment Militia
- 39th Regiment Militia
- 40th Regiment Militia
- 41st Regiment Militia
- 42nd Regiment Militia
- 43rd Regiment Militia
- 44th Regiment Militia
- 46th Regiment Militia
- 47th Regiment Militia
- 49th Regiment Militia
- 51st Regiment Militia (Frederick County)
- 52nd Regiment Militia
- 53rd Regiment Militia
- 54th Regiment Militia
- 55th Regiment Militia
- 56th Regiment Militia
- 57th Regiment Militia
- 58th Regiment Militia
- 59th Regiment Militia
- 61st Regiment Militia
- 64th Regiment Militia
- 66th Regiment Militia
- 67th Regiment Militia
- 68th Regiment Militia
- 70th Regiment Militia (Washington County)
- 72nd Regiment Militia (Russell County)
- 74th Regiment Militia
- 77th Regiment Militia
- 78th Regiment Militia
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=sh&GRid=5015925& 79th Regiment Militia {Greenbrier County}
- 82nd Regiment Militia
- 83rd Regiment Militia (Dinwiddie Co)
- 84th Regiment Militia
- 86th Regiment Militia
- 87th Regiment Militia
- 88th Regiment Militia
- 89th Regiment Militia
- 90th Regiment Militia
- 92nd Regiment Militia
- 93rd Regiment Militia
- 94th Regiment Militia
- 95th Regiment Militia
- 97th Regiment Militia (Spitler's)
- 105th Regiment Militia (Washington County)
- 108th Regiment Militia
- 109th Regiment Militia
- 110th Regiment Militia
- 111th Regiment Militia
- 112th Regiment Militia (Tazewell County)
- 114th Regiment Militia
- 115th Regiment Militia
- 116th Regiment Militia
- 117th Regiment Militia
- 120th Regiment Militia (Cabell County, now WV)
- 121st Regiment Militia
- 122nd Regiment Militia
- 127th Regiment Militia
- 129th Regiment Militia
- 130th Regiment Militia (Floyd Co)
- 132nd Regiment Militia
- 135th Regiment Militia
- 136th Regiment Militia
- 139th Regiment Militia
- 140th Regiment Militia
- 144th Regiment Militia
- 145th Regiment Militia
- 146th Regiment Militia
- 151st Regiment Militia
- 155th Regiment Militia
- 157th Regiment Militia
- 160th Regiment Militia
- 161st Regiment Militia {Augusta County}
- 162nd Regiment Militia
- 164th Regiment Militia (Washington County)
- 166th Regiment Militia
- 167th Regiment Militia (Wayne County, now WV)
- 179th Regiment Militia
- 183rd Regiment Militia (Wythe County)
- 184th Regiment Militia
- 185th Regiment Militia
- 187th Regiment Militia
- 188th Regiment Militia (Tazewell County)
- 189th Regiment Militia
- 190th Regiment Militia (Wyoming County, now WV)
- 198th Regiment Militia
- Washington County Militia
Virginia Federal Units
- 1st Regiment Loyal Eastern Virginia Volunteers
- 1st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- 16th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Dameron's Independent Company, Virginia Volunteers
- Loudoun Rangers
The Loudoun Rangers, also known as Mean's Rangers for their commander, was a partisan cavalry unit raised in Loudoun County, Virginia, that fought for the Union during the American Civil War...