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4th Virginia Reserves Battalion Infantry

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Muster In: Organized on August 27, 18641,2
Muster Out: April 9, 1865(?)3

Commander(s):
Major David B. Godwin
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Hicksford | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army4

  • Commander: Major David B. Godwin (?)5
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Hicksford | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army6

  • Commander: Major David B. Godwin (?)7
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Hicksford | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army8

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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Hicksford | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army9

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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Garnett’s Brigade (at Hicksford) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army10,11

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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Garnett’s Brigade (at Hicksford) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army12

  • Commander: Major David B. Godwin13
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Garnett’s Brigade (at Hicksford) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army14,15

  • Commander:
    • Major David E. Godwin (November 1864)16
    • None listed. (December 1864)17
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

Barton’s Command | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army (January 1-9, 1865)

Barton’s Command | Lee’s Division | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army (January 9-?, 1865)18

Garnett’s Brigade (at Hicksford) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army (Late January (?) and February 1865)19,20

  • Commander:
    • None listed. (January 1865)21
    • Major David E. Godwin (February 1865)22
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Garnett’s Brigade (at Hicksford) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army23,24

  • Commander: None listed. (March & April 1-2, 1865)25,26
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles27:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Sayler’s Creek (presumably)(April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (presumably)(April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 166-167 ↩
    2. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), pp. 222-223: Cos. A-C were mustered in on May 30, 1864.  Co. D was mustered in on August 11, 1864.  The unit wasn’t formed until August 27, 1864 and wasn’t officially designated until Special Orders No. 48 on February 27, 1865. ↩
    3. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 166-167: Sifakis uses the word “presumably” to describe their possible surrender at Appomattox.  More research is needed. ↩
    4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
    5. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), pp. 222-223: Godwin is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was present prior to the organizing of the separate companies into a unit on August 27, 1864, or if he was away at times.  More research is needed. ↩
    6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
    7. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), pp. 222-223: Godwin is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”.  I am unsure if he was present prior to the organizing of the separate companies into a unit on August 27, 1864, or if he was away at times.  More research is needed. ↩
    8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 125 ↩
    9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 134 ↩
    10. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 142 ↩
    11. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1313. ↩
    12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
    13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
    14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
    15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
    16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
    17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
    18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 178 ↩
    19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
    20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
    21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
    22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
    23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
    24. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
    25. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
    26. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
    27. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 166-167 ↩

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