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Note: Also known as the 1st Battalion Valley Reserves.
Muster In: Organized August 9, 1864 with four companies as the 1st Battalion Valley Reserves. Redesignated the 8th Virginia Reserves Battalion on February 27, 1865.1,2
Muster Out: ?
Commander(s):
Major William A. J. Miller
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army7
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)8
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army9
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)10
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army11
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)12
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army13
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)14
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge| First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Staunton River Bridge| First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26
- Commander: Major William A. J. Miller (?)27
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles28:
- None listed.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 177 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224 ↩
- 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. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. 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. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 125 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 135 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 143 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- 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 169 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- 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 169 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 178 ↩
- 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 178 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 189 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- 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 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Miller 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. Wallace mentions that a remnant of the unit was part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves later in 1864, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 177 ↩