Virginia: 46th Infantry Regiment
(aka Virginia 1st Infantry Regiment, Wise Legion and Virginia 2nd Infantry Regiment, Wise Legion)
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Unit History
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Organized on August 8, 1861.
Part of the regiment was captured and paroled at Roanoke Island, North Carolina on February 8, 1862.
Reorganized on May 24, 1862.
Captured portion of the regiment declared exchanged in September 1862.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: James Lucius Davis (Colonel)
- Colonel: Richard T.W. Duke, Randolph Harrison (Lt. Col., Col.), and John H. Richardson (Lt. Col., Col.)
- Lieutenant Colonel:Peyton Wise (Major, Lt. Col.)
- Major: James C. Hill and Hugh W. Fry, Jr.
Assignments
- June-August 1861: Troops in Kanawha
- August-December 1861: Wise's Brigade
- December 1861-February 1862: District of the Albemarle (Wise's Brigade), Department of Norfolk
- April-May 1862: Gloucester Point (Crump's Command), Rains' Division, D.H. Hill's Command, Department of Northern Virginia
- May 1862: Crump's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Command, Department of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1862: Wise's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
- July 1862: Wise's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- August-December 1862: Wise's Brigade, Unattached, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- December 1862-April 1863: Wise's Brigade, Elzey's Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- April-September 1863: Wise's Brigade, Department of Richmond
- September-October 1863: Wise's Brigade, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- October-November 1863: 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- December 1863-February 1864: Wise's Brigade, 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- February-April 1864: District of Florida, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- May-October 1864: Wise's Brigade, Johnson's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- October 1864-April 1865: Wise's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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