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Virginia: 51st Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized for one year at Wytheville ca. August 1861.
Company L listed on August 22, 1861.
Company L became Company D, 23rd Infantry Battalion, on January 15, 1862.
Reorganized on May 26, 1862.
Most of the unit was dispersed at Waynesborough on March 2, 1865; a detachment joined Lee's army for its final operation.

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Field and Staff

Commander: Gabriel C. Wharton (Colonel)
Colonel: Augustus Forsberg (Lt. Col., Col.)
Lieutenant Colonel: George A. Cunningham (Major, Lt. Col.), James W. Massie, Samuel H. Reynolds, and John P. Wolfe
Major: William T. Akers, Syephen M. Divkey, David P. Graham, and William A. Yonce

Assignments

August-December 1861: Army of the Kanawha
January-February 1862: Floyd's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2
February 1862: Wharton's Brigade, Floyd's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2
February 1862: Wharton's Brigade, Floyd's Division, Fort Donelson, Department #2
February-May 1862: Wharton's Brigade, Army of the Kanawha
May-September 1862: Wharton's Brigade, Army of the Kanawha, Department of Southwestern Virginia
February-October 1863: Wharton's Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
October-November 1863: Wharton's Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
November 1863-March 1864: Wharton's Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of East Tennessee
March-May 1864: Wharton's Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
May-June 1864: Wharton's Brigade, Breckinridge's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
June 1864-March 1865: Wharton's-Forsberg's Brigade, Breckinridge's-Wharton's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin

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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements

Gauley River (September 10, 1861)
Carnifax Ferry (September 10, 1861)
Buffalo Mountain (December 13, 1861)
Fort Donelson (February 12-16, 1862)
Lewisburg and Clarksville (February 18, 1862)
Mercer and Princeton (May 17-18, 1862)
Lewisburg, West Virginia (August 28, 1862)
Kanawha Campaign (September 1862)
Fayetteville, West Virginia (September 10, 1862)
Charleston, West Virginia (September 10, 1862)
Pikeville, Kentucky (April 15, 1863)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
Hanover, Pennsylvania (July 1, 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
Knoxville Siege (November-December 1863)
Knoxville (February 1, 1864)
New Market (May 15, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)

Totopotomoy Creek (May 30, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Lynchburg Campaign (June 1864)
Frederick, Maryland (July 7-8, 1864)
Monocacy (July 9, 1864)
Fort Stevens (July 11, 1864)
Rockville (July 13, 1864)
Kernstown (July 24, 1864)
Winchester (August 17, 1864)
3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864)
Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864)
Harrisonburg (September 23, 1864)
Brown's Gap (September 26, 1864)
Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
Leetown, West Virginia (December 1, 1864)
Fisherville (January 7, 1865)
Waynesborough (March 2, 1865)
Ivory Creek (March 3, 1865)
Charlottesville (March 6, 1865)
Union Furnace [detachment] (March 27, 1865)
Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)