CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
57th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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57th Infantry Regiment was organized in September, 1861, by adding five independent
companies to the five companies of E.F. Keen's Battalion. Some of the men were from
Powhatan, Pittsylvania, and Botetourt counties. The unit was assigned to General Armistead's,
Barton's, and Steuart's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in many conflicts
from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, served in North Carolina, then
saw action at Drewry's Bluff and
Cold Harbor. The 57th
continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches north of the James
River and around Appomattox. It
reported 113 casualties at Malvern
Hill and lost more than sixty percent of the 476 engaged at Gettysburg. There were 7 killed, 31
wounded, and 3 missing at Drewry's Bluff, and many were disabled at Sayler's Creek. On April 9, 1865, the unit
surrendered 7 officers and 74 men. Its commanders were Colonels Lewis A. Armistead, George
W. Carr, David Dyer, Clement R. Fontaine, Elisha F. Keen, and John B. Magruder; Lieutenant
Colonels Waddy T. James, William H. Ramsey, and Benjamin H. Wade; and Majors Garland B.
Hanes, David P. Heckman, and Andrew J. Smith.
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