Virginia: 21st Infantry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized in state service on April 21, 1861.
Mustered into state service on June 28, 1861, to date from April 21, 1861.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized on April 21, 1862.
Field consolidation with the 25th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, and 50th Infantry Regiments from May 14, 1864 to April 9, 1865.
The 50th Infantry Regiment was detached from this field consolidation of some time prior to July 9, 1864.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: William Gilham (Colonel)
- Colonel: John M. Patton, Jr. (Lt. Col., Col.) and William A. Witcher (Lt. Col., Col.)
- Lieutenant Colonel: Richard H. Cunningham, Jr. and William P. Moseley
- Major: William R. Berkeley, Alfred Kelley, John B. Moseley, and Scott Shipp
Assignments
- August-November 1861: Gilham's Brigade, Army of the Northwest
- November-December 1861: Gilham's Brigade, Loring's Division, Army of the Northwest
- December 1861-May 1862: 2nd (Burke's-Campbell's) Brigade, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- May-June 1862: 2nd (Campbell's) Brigade, Jackson's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- June 1862-May 1864: J.R. Jones'-J.M. Jones' Brigade, Jackson's-Trimble's-Johnson's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- May-June 1864: Terry's Consolidated Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- June-December 1864: Terry's Consolidated Brigade, Gordon's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- December 1864-April 1865: Terry's Consolidated Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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