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Virginia 53rd Infantry (Confederate)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1/12/1861
  • Muster Out Date:9/04/1865
  • Muster Out Place:
    • Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General George H. Steuart
    • Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead
    • Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor
    • Brigadier General Seth M. Barton
    • Captain Henry Edmunds
    • Captain William G. Pollard
    • Colonel Harrison B. Tomlin
    • Colonel James G. Hodges
    • Colonel William R. Aylett
    • Lieutenant Colonel John Grammar
    • Lieutenant Colonel Rawley W. Martin
    • Lieutenant Colonel William White
    • Major John C. Timberlake
    • Major Joseph R. Cabell
    • Major General Benjamin Huger
    • Major General George E. Pickett
    • Major General George Pickett
    • Major General Richard H. Anderson
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
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Oak Grove25/06/186225/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico 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
Third Winchester19/09/186419/09/1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Winchester, 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
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia18/06/186218/06/1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia16/06/186416/06/1864< 1 dayBermuda Hundred, Virginia
Suffolk, Virginia19/04/186319/04/1863< 1 daySuffolk, Virginia
High Bridge, Virginia6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayHigh Bridge, Virginia
Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge3/07/18633/07/1863< 1 dayGettysburg, Pennsylvania
Warrenton Springs, Virginia26/08/186226/08/1862< 1 dayWarrenton Springs, Virginia

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