CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
40th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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40th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in May, 1861. Its members were
recruited in Northumberland, Richmond, and Lancaster counties. After serving in the Aquia
District, the unit was assigned to General Field's, Heth's, and H.H. Walker's Brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. It participated in the campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to
Cold Harbor, then was involved
in the Petersburg siege north of
the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. It sustained 180
casualties during the Seven Days' Battles which was about half its effective force. The unit lost 4
wounded at Cedar Mountain, had
14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 253 engaged at
Gettysburg more than twenty
percent were disabled. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek and only 7 men were
included in the surrender on April 9, 1865. Field officers were Colonel John M. Brockenbrough;
Lieutenant Colonels Fleet W. Cox, Arthur S. Cunningham, and Henry H. Walker; and Majors
Edward T. Stakes and William T. Taliaferro.
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