CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
16th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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16th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in May, 1861, with ten companies.
However, because of various reorganizations and transfers, the unit contained only seven after
November 1, 1862. The men were from Suffolk and Portsmouth and the counties of Nansemond,
Isle of Wight, Sussex, and Chesterfield. It served in the Department of Norfolk and in June,
1862, had 516 effectives. Assigned to Mahone's and Weisiger's Brigade, Army of Northern
Virginia, it fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James
River and the Appomattox
Campaign. The regiment reported 91 casualties at Malvern Hill, 154 at Second Manassas, 5 in the Maryland
Campaign, and 18 at Chancellorsville. Of the 270 engaged at Gettysburg, about five percent were
disabled. It surrendered with 10 officers and 114 men. The field officers were Colonels Raleigh
E. Colston, Charles A. Crump, Stapleton Crutchfield, Joseph H. Ham, and Henry T. Parrish,
Lieutenant Colonels John C. Page and Richard O. Whitehead; and Majors Francis D. Holladay
and John T. Woodhouse.
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