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Note: Also known as 2nd Battalion Valley Reserves.
Muster In: Organized with four companies on August 9, 1864. Officially designated as the 9th Battalion Virginia Reserves on February 27, 1865.1,2
Muster Out: ?
Commander(s):
Major Archibald Taylor
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army5
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army7
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)8
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army9
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)10
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army11
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)12
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army13
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)14
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Danville, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26
- Commander: Major Archibald Taylor (?)27
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Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, p. 179 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Companies which made up the unit were created in April 1864. ↩
- 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, 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 208 ↩
- Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 224: Taylor 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 portions of this unit formed Company B part of a temporary field organization called the 3rd (Chrisman’s) Battalion Virginia Reserves, which was different than the permanent 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves. More research is needed. ↩