CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
53rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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53rd Infantry Regiment was organized in December, 1861, by consolidating Tomlin's and
Montague's Battalions, and Waddill's Infantry Company. Many of the men were recruited in
Halifax, New Kent, Charles City, and Pittsylvania counties. It was assigned to General
Armistead's, Barton's, and Steuart's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit was active
from Seven Pines to Gettysburg, served in North Carolina, then fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Later it participated in the
long Petersburg siege north of
the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment
contained 468 effectives in June, 1862, lost 31 of the 128 engaged at Malvern Hill, and reported 11 casualties
during the Maryland Campaign. Of the 435 who saw action at Gettysburg more than thirty percent were
disabled, and there were 3 killed, 33 wounded, and 3 missing at Drewry's Bluff. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and 6 officers and 74
men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William R. Aylett, John
Grammar, Jr., Carter L. Stevenson, and Harrison B. Tomlin; Lieutenant Colonels Rawley W.
Martin, Edgar B. Montague, John C. Timberlake, and George M. Waddill; and Majors Henry
Edmundson and William Leigh.
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