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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 (Detachment) (4), 2, VI
June 15-18, 1864
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road
February 5, 1865 - Hatcher's Run

4th (1), 2, IX
July 30, 1864 - The Crater
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
September 30, 1864 - Peebles Farm

7th (1), 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


Artillery
1st Regiment Light, Batteries A-H (Artillery), -, VI
June 15-18, 1864 (A,B,F)
June 22, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road (A,B,C,E,G)
August 25, 1864 - Ream's Station (A,B)

3rd Regiment Heavy, Battery C (-), 1, X


Cavalry
1st (Reserve), 1, Cavalry

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)