Virginia: 1st Infantry Regiment
(aka William Rifles)

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Unit History

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Organized as a volunteer militia regiment from militia companies from Chesterfield and Henrico Counties and the City of Richmond on May 1, 1851, per G.O. #1, Virginia Adjutant General's Office.
Called into state service in April 1861.
Mustered into state service on April 21, 1861.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized with only six companies on April 27, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: Patrick T. Moore (Colonel)
  • Colonel: Lewis B. Williams, Jr.
  • Lieutenant Colonel: William H. Fry, Francis H. Langley (Major, Lt. Col.), and Frederick G. Skinner (Major, Lt. Col.)
  • Major: John Dooley, William P. Munford, George F. Norton, and William H. Palmer
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Assignments

  • June-July 1861: Terrett's-Longstreet's Brigade, Army of the Potomac
  • October 1861-January 1862: Longstreet's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
  • January-March 1862: Clark's-Griffith's-Ewell's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • March-June 1862: Ewell's-A.P. Hill's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • June-August 1862: A.P. Hill's-Kemper's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
  • August-September 1862: Kemper's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September 1862: Kemper's Brigade, Kemper's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September 1862-February 1863: Kemper's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • February-April 1863: Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • April-May 1863: Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
  • May-September 1863: Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Department of Southern Virginia
  • September 1863-May 1864: Kemper's Brigade, Department of Richmond
  • May 1864-April 1865: Kemper's-Terry's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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Companies & Counties of Origin



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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements



  • Blackburn's Ford (July 18, 1861)
  • 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
  • Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
  • Williamsburg (May 5, 1862)
  • Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862)
  • Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
  • Frayser's Farm (June 30, 1862)
  • 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
  • South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
  • Antietam (September 17, 1862)
  • Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
  • Suffolk Campaign (April-May 1863)
  • Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
  • Plymouth (April 17-20, 1864)
  • Drewry's Bluff (May 16, 1864)
  • Howlett House (May 18, 1864)
  • North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
  • Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
  • Clay Farm (June 16, 1864)
  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Dinwiddie Court House (March 31, 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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Other Unit Info

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