Virginia: 59th Infantry Regiment
(aka 2nd Infantry Regiment, Wise Legion)
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Unit History
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Organized for one year on August 8, 1861, per S.O. #290, Headquarters, Wise's brigade.
Much of the regiment was captured and paroled at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, on February 8, 1862.
Portion that avoided capture became the 26th Infantry Battalion and never rejoined the regiment.
Portion that had been captured was declared exchanged about September 1862.
Merged with the 28th Infantry Battalion as the 59th Infantry Regiment on November 1, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Charles F. Henningsen (Colonel)
- Colonel: William B. Tabb
- Lieutenant Colonel: Frank P. Anderson and Joseph Jones
- Major: John Lawson and Robert G. Mosby
Assignments
- December 1861-February 1862: District of the Albemarle (Wise's Brigade), Department of Norfolk
- May 1862: Wise's Brigade, Department of Northern Virginia
- May-June 1862: Wise's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1862: Wise's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
- July 1862: Wise's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- August-December 1862: Wise's Brigade, Unattached, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- December 1862-April 1863: Wise's Brigade, Elzey's Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- April-September 1863: Wise's Brigade, Department of Richmond
- September-October 1863: Wise's Brigade, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- October-November 1863: 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- December 1863-February 1864: Wise's Brigade, 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- February-April 1864: District of Florida, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- May-October 1864: Wise's Brigade, Johnson's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- October 1864-April 1865: Wise's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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