CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
46th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
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46th Infantry Regiment [also called 1st or 2nd Regiment, Wise Legion] was organized in
August, 1861. It was soon ordered to North Carolina and placed in Wise's Brigade. Here part of
the unit was captured in the fight at Roanoke Island. After being exchanged it
was assembled in Virginia, saw action in the Seven Days' Battles, then joined the Department of
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The regiment participated in the siege against Charleston
and during the spring of 1864 returned to Virginia. It endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches north of the James
River and ended the war at Appomattox. This unit contained 401
effectives during the Seven Days' Battles and surrendered 15 officers and 116 men on April 9,
1865. The field officers were Colonels J. Lucius Davis, Richard T.W. Duke, Randolph Harrison,
and John H. Richardson; Lieutenant Colonel Peyton Wise; and Majors Hugh W. Fry, Jr. and
James C. Hill.
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