1st Virginia Infantry Regiment
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The 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
The 1st Virginia completed its organization at
Patrick T. Moore, was severely wounded on July 18, 1861, in the skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, and Lt. Col. W.H. Fry commanded at the First Battle of Bull Run
(First Manassas).
The companies (with original commanders) were:
- Co. A (Richmond Grays): Capt. W.M. Elliott – Detached to 12th Virginia Infantryas Co. G, August 31, 1861.
- Co. B (Richmond City Guard): Capt. R. Harrison – Captain J.K. Lee was killed at Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861.
- Co. C (Montgomery Guard): Capt. J. Dooley
- Co. D (Old Dominion Guard): Capt. J. Griswold
- Co. E (1st) (Richmond Light Infantry Blues): Capt. O.J. Wise – Sent to Battle of First Manassas.
- Co. E (2nd) (Washington Volunteers): Capt. C.K. Sherman – Temporarily attached to the regiment during the middle of July and transferred to the 7th Virginia Infantryas Company F in April 1862.
- Co. F (1st) (Cary's Company): Capt. R.M. Cary – Sent to Fredericksburg and assigned to the First Manassas.
- 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 Virginia Artillery. On November 13, 1861, the company was mustered out of service.
- Co. G (Gordan's Company): Capt. W.H. Gordan
- Co. H (1st) (Howitzer Battery): Capt G.W. Randolph – In early May, the company left the regiment and was expanded into a battalion of three companies under then-Maj. G. W. Randolph.
- Co. H (2nd) (Richmond Greys, Company B): Capt. F.J. Boggs
- Co. I (Taylor's' Company): Capt. W.O. Taylor
- Co. K (Virginia Rifles, at one time German Rifles): Capt. F. Miller – Disbanded when the regiment was reorganised in April 1862.
- Fayette Artillery: Capt. H.C. Cabell – Detached and assigned to John Magruder's command on the Virginia Peninsula.
- Floyd Guard: Capt. G.W. Chambers – Assigned as Co. K, 2nd Virginia Infantry, prior to June 30, 1861.
- Band: Capt. J.B. Smith – Mustered in as Co. I and detached to form the a 13 piece regimental band.
- 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.
It fought at the
Battle of Sayler's Creek. Only 17 surrendered at Appomattox
on April 9, 1865.
The field officers were Colonels
Patrick T. Moore, Franklin G. Skinner, and Lewis B. Williams, Jr
; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Fry and Frank H. Langley; and Majors John Dooley, William P. Mumford, George F. Norton, and William H. Palmer.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.
External links
- War history of the old First Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia / by Charles T. Loehr (1884) at the Internet Archive
- Record of the Richmond city and Henrico Co., Virginia troops, Confederate States Army (1879) at the Internet Archive
- Curran, Robert Emmett John Dooley's Civil War An Irish American's Journey in the First Virginia Infantry Regiment University of Tennessee Press, 2011.