Virginia: 61st Infantry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized at Petersburg by the increase of the 7th Infantry Battalion to a regiment on May 22, 1862.
Organization not finalized until October 1, 1862.
Was origianlly intended to be a regiment of heavy artillery for the defense of Portsmouth and Norfolk.
After their fall, the War Department determined to turn the regiment into an infantry unit.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Samuel M. Wilson (Colonel)
- Colonel: Virginia D. Groner
- Lieutenant Colonel: William F. Niemeyer and William H. Stewart (Major, Lt. Col.)
- Major: Charles R. McAlpine
Assignments
- July-August 1862: Unattached, Department of North Carolina
- September 1862-May 1863: Mahone's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- May 1863-April 1865: Mahone's-Weisiger's Brigade, Anderson's-Mahone's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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