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Muster In: Organized with four companies at Richmond from the employees of the Tredegar iron works for local defense as needed in May 1861. Mustered into Confederate service on October 16, 1863.1,2
Muster Out: Consolidated with the 2nd Virginia Battalion, LDT and redesignated as the 2nd Virginia Regiment, Local Defense Troops on September 2, 1864.3
Commander(s):
Major William E. Tanner
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Local Defense Troops and Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Local Defense Troops and Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army8
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Local Defense Troops and Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army12
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Local Defense Troops and Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army13
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer in existence.14
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer in existence.15
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer in existence.16
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer in existence.17
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer in existence.18
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles19:
- None listed.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), pp. 183-184 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), pp. 183-184 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 671 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 116 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), pp. 183-184 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 671 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 126 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 135 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 173-174 ↩