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Virginia 42nd Infantry (Confederate)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:1/07/1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • Staunton,Virginia
  • Muster Out Date:9/04/1865
  • Muster Out Place:
    • Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Charles S. Winder
    • Brigadier General John M. Jones
    • Brigadier General John R. Jones
    • Brigadier General Raleigh E. Colston
    • Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro
    • Brigadier General William E. Starke
    • Brigadier General William Terry
    • Captain A. C. Page
    • Captain John E. Penn
    • Captain Robert W. Withers
    • Colonel Alexander S. Vandeventer
    • Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby
    • Colonel Bradley T. Johnson
    • Colonel Jesse S. Burks
    • Colonel John C. Higginbotham
    • Colonel John Campbell
    • Colonel John M. Patton
    • Colonel Robert H. Dungan
    • Colonel T.S. Garnett
    • Colonel Thomas S. Garnett
    • Colonel William A. Witcher
    • Colonel William Witcher
    • Lieutenant Colonel Daniel A. Langhorne
    • Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Dungan
    • Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Withers
    • Lieutenant Colonel William T. Martin
    • Major Henry Lane
    • Major General Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
    • Major General Edward Johnson
    • Major General John B. Gordon
    • Major General Thomas J. Jackson
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
McDowell8/05/18628/05/1862< 1 dayHighland County, Virginia
Fort Stedman25/03/186525/03/1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
First Kernstown23/03/186223/03/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia
High Bridge6/04/18657/04/18651 day(s)Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Port Republic9/06/18629/06/1862< 1 dayRockingham County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Monocacy9/07/18649/07/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland
Sailor's Creek6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Fisher's Hill21/09/186422/09/18641 day(s)Shenandoah County, Virginia
Chantilly1/09/18621/09/1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Fort Stevens11/07/186412/07/18641 day(s)District of Columbia, DC
Third Winchester19/09/186419/09/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cross Keys8/06/18628/06/1862< 1 dayRockingham County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Cedar Mountain9/08/18629/08/1862< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
First Winchester25/05/186225/05/1862< 1 dayWinchester, Virginia
Second Bull Run28/08/186230/08/18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Second Winchester13/06/186315/06/18632 day(s)Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Fredericksburg3/05/18633/05/1863< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Cedar Creek19/10/186419/10/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Cedar Creek, Virginia13/10/186413/10/1864< 1 dayCedar Creek, Virginia
Mount Jackson, Virginia3/06/18623/06/1862< 1 dayMount Jackson, Virginia
Strasburg, Virginia1/06/18621/06/1862< 1 dayStrasburg, Virginia
Strasburg, Virginia2/06/18622/06/1862< 1 dayStrasburg, Virginia
High Bridge, Virginia6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayHigh Bridge, Virginia
Winchester, Virginia17/08/186417/08/1864< 1 dayWinchester, Virginia
Culpeper Court House, Virginia13/09/186313/09/1863< 1 dayCulpeper Court House, Virginia
Woodstock, Virginia2/06/18622/06/1862< 1 dayWoodstock, Virginia

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