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    National Battlefield Virginia

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Connecticut

Please note that for each regimental entry the brigade, or battalion, the regiment was a part of is in brackets, followed by the division, and then the corps it belonged to. For example: 1st Delaware Infantry - (3)brigade, 2 division, II corps ; 12th Virginia Infantry - (Mahone's)brigade, Mahone's division, III corps.

To learn more about the actions the regiments took part go to the Battles page.

Infantry
6th (2), 1, X
June 9, 1864 - Battle of the Old Men and Young Boys

7th (2), 1, X
June 9, 1864 - Battle of the Old Men and Young Boys

8th (2), 1, XVIII
June 15-18, 1864

10th (3), 1, X

11th (2), 2, XVIII
June 15-18,1864

14th (3), 2, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
August 25, 1864 - Ream's Station
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

21st (3), 1, XVIII
June 15-18, 1864

29th (Colored) (1), 3, X

Artillery
1st Light (Artillery), 1, X

1st Heavy Siege Artillery
June 15-18, 1864
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman

2nd Heavy (2),1,VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman

Cavalry
1st Cavalry (1), 3, Cavalry
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

Did You Know?

Alfred Waud

The only contemporary visual evidence of the Battle of Five Forks was drawn by artist Alfred Waud. (Five Forks is a unit of Petersburg National Battlefield)