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    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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New Jersey

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 (3 Companies) (1), 1, VI
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman

2nd (1 Company) (1), 1, VI
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

3rd (3 Companies) (1), 1, VI
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

4th (1), 1, VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

5th (3), 3, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill

6th (3), 3, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill

7th (3), 3, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

8th (3), 3, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

9th (1), 2, XVIII
June 15-18, 1864

10th (1), 1, VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

11th (3), 3, II
|June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

12th (3), 2, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
August 25, 1864 - Ream's Station
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

14th (1), 3, VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

15th (1), 1, VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

37th (-), -, X

39th (3), 1, IX
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill

40th (1), 1, IV
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run


Artillery
1st Light (A) (Artillery), -, VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road

2nd Light (B) (Artillery), -, II
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road

3rd Light (C) (Artillery), -, II
June 15-18, 1864
August 25, 1864 - Ream's Station
March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman

4th Light (D)
(-), 2, X

5th  Light (E)
(-), 1, X


Cavalry
1st (1), 2, Cavalry
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
August 25, 1864 - Ream's Station
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm
October 27, 1864 - Burgess Mill
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
March 29, 1865 - Lewis Farm
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

3rd (-), -, VI
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
March 29, 1865 - Lewis Farm
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks

Did You Know?

Bald Eagles

A pair of bald eagles built a nest above Colquitt's Salient at Petersburg National Battlefield in 2003. The birds hatched the first known eaglets in the park in the spring of 2004. The pair continues to return to the nest year after year to nurture their young.