Virginia: 55th Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized for one year by the addition of three companies to the Essex and Middlesex Infantry Battalion (Major William N. Ward) in September 1861.
Companies I, K, and L assigned in April 1862.
Company B became the Middlesex Artillery Battery on April 28, 1862.
Reorganized on May 1, 1862.
Company F, 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion, assigned as Company M on June 10, 1862.
Field consolidation with the 47th Infantry Regiment from February to April 9, 1865.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: Francis Malory (Colonel)
  • Colonel: William S. Christian (Major, Lt. Col., Col.)
  • Lieutenant Colonel: Robert H. Archer and Evan Rice
  • Major: Thomas M. Burke, Robert B. Fauntleroy, Charles N. Lawson, Andrew D. Saunders, and William N. Ward
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Assignments

  • September-October 1861: Department of Fredericksburg
  • October 1861-March 1862: Unattached, 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, Departyment 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
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Companies & Counties of Origin



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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements



  • US occupation of Fredericksburg (April 19, 1862)
  • Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
  • Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862)
  • Cedar Mountain (August 9, 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)
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