CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
30th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
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30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June,
1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline,
Stafford, and King George. It was assigned to General J.G. Walker's and Corse's Brigade, and
fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg. After serving with
Longstreet at Suffolk, it was on detached duty in Tennessee and North Carolina. During the
spring of 1864 the 30th returned to Virginia and saw action at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it endured the
hardships of the Petersburg
trenches north and south of the James River and ended the war at Appomattox. It reported 1 killed and 4
wounded at Malvern Cliff and 39 killed and 121 wounded in the Maryland Campaign. Many were
lost at Five Forks and Sayler's Creek, and on April 9, 1865, it
surrendered with 8 officers and 82 men. The field officers were Colonels R.M. Cary and Robert
S. Chew, Lieutenant Colonels John M. Gouldin and Archibald T. Harrison, and Majors William S.
Barton and Robert O. Peatross.
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