Virginia: 53rd Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized by the consolidation of Montague's and Tomlin's Infantry Battalions and Waddill's Infantry Company on December 1, 1861, per S.O. #214, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, dated November 9, 1861.
Reorganized in May 1862.
Those menliable to conscription in the 5th Infantry Battalion assigned to this regiment per S.O. #209, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, dated September 6, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: Carter L. Stevenson (Colonel)
  • Colonel: John R. Grammer, Jr. (Major, Lt. Col., Col.) and Harrison B. Tomlin
  • Lieutenant Colonel: George M. Waddill (Major, Lt. Col.), William R. Aylett (Major, Lt. Col.), Rawley W. Martin (Major, Lt. Col.), John C. Timberlake (Major, Lt. Col.), and Edgar B. Montague
  • Major: Henry A. Edmondson and William Leigh
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Assignments

  • September-October 1861: Wise's Brigade
  • January-April 1862: Rains' Division, Department of the Peninsula
  • January-April 1862: McLaws' Division, Department of the Peninsula
  • January-April 1862: Williamsburg and Spratley's (B.S. Ewell's Command), Department of the Peninsula
  • June-July 1862: Armistead's Brigade, Huger's-Anderson's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
  • July-September 1862: Armistead's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September 1862-February 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • February-April 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
  • April-May 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia
  • May-September 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • September-October 1863: Armistead's-Barton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of North Carolina
  • December 1863-February 1864: Barton's Brigade, Department of North Carolina
  • February-May 1864: Barton's Brigade, Department of Richmond
  • May 1864-April 1865: Barton's-Steuart'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



  • Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
  • Williamsburg (May 5, 1862)
  • Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862)
  • Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
  • King's School House (June 25, 1862)
  • Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
  • 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
  • South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
  • Antietam (September 17, 1862)
  • Sheperdstown Ford (September 20, 1862)
  • Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
  • Suffolk Campaign (April-May 1863)
  • Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
  • Chester Station (May 10, 1864)
  • Drewry's Bluff (May 16, 1864)
  • North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
  • Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Chaffin's Farm (September 29, 1864)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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