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    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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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
2nd (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

11th (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

12th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

13th (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

16th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

17th (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

18th (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

19th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

21st (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

26th (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

42nd (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

48th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad


Artillery
Confederate Guards Battalion (Bradford's) (Davis), Heth, III
June 15-18, 1864

Madison Light (Richard's) (Pogue's Battalion), Artillery , III

Did You Know?

Poplar Grove National Cemetery

Poplar Grove National Cemetery, located just south of Petersburg, Virginia, has two Medal of Honor recipients buried there: Lewis Morgan (Grave #3142) and Henry Hardenburg (Grave #1283). (Petersburg National Battlefield)