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Virginia: 47th Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized for one year on June 11, 1861.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized on May 1, 1862.
Field consolidation with the 55th Infantry Regiments from February to April 9, 1865.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

Commander: George W. Richardson (Colonel)
Colonel: Robert M. Mayo (Lt. Col., Col.)
Lieutenant Colonel: James D. Bruce (Major, Lt. Col.), William J. Green, and John W. Lyell
Major: Charles J. Green and Edward P. Tayloe

Assignments

September-October 1861: Department of Fredericksburg
November 1861-March 1862: French's Brigade, Aquia District, Department of Northern Virginia
May-June 1862: Field's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
June-July 1862: Field's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
July 1862-May 1863: Field's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
May 1863-January 1865: Field's-Walker's Brigade, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
January-March 1865: Mayo's-Barton's Brigade, Department of Richmond
March-April 1865: Barton's Brigade, G.W.C. Lee's Division, Department of Richmond
April 1865: Barton's Brigade, G.W.C. Lee's Division, Army of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin

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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements

Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
Harpers Ferry (September 12-15, 1862)
Antietam (September 17, 1862)
Sheperdstown Ford (September 20, 1862)
Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)

The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Squirrel Level Road (September 30, 1864)
Jones' Farm (September 30, 1864)
Pegram's Farm (October 1, 1864)
Harman Road (October 2, 1864)
Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)