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Note: Known as the 13th Virginia Reserves Battalion until February 27, 1865.
Muster In: Organized as the 13th Virginia Reserves Battalion on June 3, 1864. Redesignated the 6th Virginia Reserves Battalion on February 27, 1865.1,2
Muster Out: Disbanded April 12, 1865.3
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith
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First Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army8
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army9
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army10
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army11
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army12,13
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army16,17
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: High Bridge (South Side RR) | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles24:
- None listed.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 174, 185 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 223 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 174, 185 ↩
- 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), p. 223: Smith is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”. I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times. More research is needed. ↩
- 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), p. 223: Smith is listed as the unit’s only commander, from “1864-65”. I am unsure if he was consistently present from the beginning to the end of the unit’s existence, or if he was away at times. More research is needed. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 125 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 134 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 143 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 160 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 160 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 189 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 189 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 198 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 174, 185 ↩