CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
49th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
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49th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1861. Its members were from
the counties of Prince William, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Amherst, and Shenandoah.
Three companies fought at First
Manassas and these companies formed the nucleus of the regiment. It was assigned to
General Featherston's, Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. The unit participated in many battles from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was active in Early's
Shenandoah Valley operations, and took part in the final campaign at Appomattox. It reported 40 casualties at
First Manassas and in April, 1862, contained 539 effectives. The regiment lost fifty-three percent
of the 424 at Seven Pines, had 2
killed and 36 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, and suffered 5 killed and 73 wounded in
the Maryland Campaign. At Fredericksburg 6 were killed and 46
wounded, at Gettysburg thirty-five percent of the 281 were disabled, and at The Wilderness and Spotsylvania 87 were lost. On April 9,
1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and 46 men. The field officers were Colonels John C. Gibson
and William Smith, Lieutenant Colonels Charles B. Christian and Edward Murray, and Major
Caleb Smith.
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