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Virginia 8th Infantry (Confederate)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1/07/1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • Leesburg, Virginia
  • Muster Out Date:9/04/1865
  • Muster Out Place:
    • Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Other
  • Aliases:
    • Old Bloody Eighth, Virginia
    • The Berkeley Regiment, Virginia
  • Leaders:
    • :Ltc Norborne Berkeley
    • Brigadier General Eppa Hunton
    • Brigadier General George E. Pickett
    • Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett
    • Colonel Eppa Hunton
    • Colonel Nathan Evans
    • Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Berkeley
    • Lieutenant Colonel Norborne Berkeley
    • Major Charles S. Peyton
    • Major Edmund Berkeley
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Siege of Suffolk11/04/18634/05/186323 day(s)Suffolk, Virginia
Upperville21/06/186321/06/1863< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
High Bridge6/04/18657/04/18651 day(s)Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1/07/18621/07/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, 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
Ball's Bluff21/10/186121/10/1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Seven Pines31/05/18621/06/18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
First Bull Run21/07/186121/07/1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
Five Forks1/04/18651/04/1865< 1 dayFive Forks, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Second Bull Run28/08/186230/08/18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Williamsburg5/05/18625/05/1862< 1 dayYork County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27/06/186227/06/1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
South Mountain14/09/186214/09/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
High Bridge, Virginia6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayHigh Bridge, Virginia
Middleburg, Virginia18/06/186318/06/1863< 1 dayMiddleburg, Virginia
Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge3/07/18633/07/1863< 1 dayGettysburg, Pennsylvania

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