Virginia: 28th Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized in state service for one year at Lynchburg on May 17, 1861.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized in late April 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: Robert T. Preston (Colonel)
  • Colonel: Robert C. Allen (Major, Col.)
  • Lieutenant Colonel: Samuel B. Paul, William Watts (Major, Lt. Col.), and William L. Wingfield
  • Major: Michael P. Spessard and Nathaniel C. Wilson
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Assignments

  • June-July 1861: 5th (Cocke's) Brigade, Army of the Potomac
  • July-October 1861: 5th (Cocke's) Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
  • October 1861-January 1862: 5th (Cocke's) Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • January-March 1862: 5th (Cocke's-Pickett's) Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • March-June 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
  • June-August 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • August-September 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Kemper's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September 1862: Pickett's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September 1862-February 1863: Pickett's-Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • February-April 1863: Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
  • April-May 1863: Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia
  • May-September 1863: Garnett's-Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September 1863-May 1864: Hunton's Brigade, Department of Richmond
  • October 1864: Chaffin's Bluff, Department of Richmond (Companies B and G)
  • May 1864-April 1865: Hunton'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



  • 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)
  • Gaines' Mill (June 27, 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)
  • Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
  • North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
  • Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
  • Howlett's House (May 18, 1864)
  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • White Oak Road (March 31, 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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