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    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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Maryland (Union)

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
1st (2), 2, V
June 15-18, 1864
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February, 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 29, 1865 - Lewis Farm
March 31, 1865 - White Oak Road
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

2nd (2), 2, IX
June 15-18, 1864
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill

3rd (2), 1, IX
June 15-18, 1864
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman

4th (2), 2, V
June 15-18, 1864
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February, 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
March 29, 1865 - Lewis Farm
March 31, 1865 - White Oak Road
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

5th (3), 2, XVIII
June 15-18, 1864

6th (2), 2, V
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road

7th (2), 2, V
June 15-18, 1864
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February, 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 29, 1865 - Lewis Farm
March 31, 1865 - White Oak Road
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

8th (2), 2, V
June 15-18, 1864
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February, 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 29, 1865 - Lewis Farm
March 31, 1865 - White Oak Road
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

Purnell Legion (2), 2, V
June 15-18, 1864
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm



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

Purnell Legion (2), 2, V
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

Did You Know?

The Crater in Petersburg

The 4th Division of the Union 9th Corps lost 209 men killed and wounded at the Battle of the Crater. Poplar Grove National Cemetery is the resting spot for 331 United States Colored Troops. Most of these men are unidentified burials from the Crater battlefield. (Petersburg Nat'l Battlefield)