CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
18th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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18th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in May, 1861. Its members were
recruited at Danville and Farmville, and in the counties of Nottoway, Cumberland, Prince Edward,
Appomattox, Pittsylvania, and Charlotte. The unit fought at First Manassas under General Cocke, then
was assigned to General Pickett's, Garnett's, and Hunton's Brigade. It participated in the
campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was detached to
Suffolk with Longstreet. Later it served in North Carolina, returned to Virginia, and took an
active part in the battles of Drewry's
Bluff and Cold Harbor. The
18th endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches north of the James River and saw action
around Appomattox. It lost 6
killed and 13 wounded at First Manassas and in April, 1862, had 700 men fit for duty. The unit
reported 206 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, and of the 120 engaged in the Maryland
Campaign, thirty-six percent of the 312 in action were killed, wounded, or missing. Many were
captured at Sayler's Creek and
only 2 officers and 32 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels Henry A. Carrington
and Robert E. Withers, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Cabell, and Major Edwin G. Wall.
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