Virginia: 57th Infantry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized by the addition of five companies to Keen's Infantry Battalion on September 23, 1861, per S.O. #285, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Reorganized on May 7, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Lewis A. Armistead (Colonel)
- Colonel: George W. Carr (Lt. Col., Col.), David Dyer (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), Clement R. Fontaine (Major, Col.), Elisha F. Keen (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), and John B. Magruder (Major, Lt. Col., Col.)
- Lieutenant Colonel: Waddy T. James, William H. Ramsey, and Benjamin H. Wade (Major, Lt. Col.)
- Major: Garland B. Hanes, David P. Heckman, and Andrew J. Smith
Assignments
- November 1861: Army of the Kanawha
- April-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: Barton's Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- May 1864-April 1865: Barton's-Steuart's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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