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30th Virginia Infantry

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Muster In: Organized June 13, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel Archibald T. Harrison
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Colonel Robert S. Chew
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Captain John M. Hudgin
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Commander 4
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4

  • Commander: Lt. Colonel Robert S. Chew (June 30, 1864)5
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6

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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Archibald T. Harrison (ill in the middle of the month and absent at least August 29, 1864)8
    • Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Chew (at least August 13, 1864)9
    • Captain John M. Hudgin (mid-August 1864)10,11
  • Unit Strength: 333 officers and men PFD (August 13, 1864)12,13
  • Weapons: Springfield and/or Enfield Rifles14

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army15,16

  • Commander: Lt. Colonel Robert S. Chew (September 30, 1864)17
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army18

  • Commander: Colonel Archibald T. Harrison19
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Archibald T. Harrison (retired November 5, 1864)(was he even present?)22
    • Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel) Robert S. Chew (promoted to Colonel on November 5, 1864) (November & December 1864)23,24
  • Unit Strength:
    • 418 officers and men PFD (November 30, 1864)25
    • 393 officers and men PFD (December 29, 1864)26
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army27,28,29,30,31

  • Commander: Colonel Robert S. Chew (January & February 1865)32,33,34
  • Unit Strength: 348 officers and men PFD (January 28, 1865)35
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  • Note: Corse’s Brigade was detached and operating with Kershaw’s Division in late January 1865.36

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army37,38

  • Commander: None listed. (March – April 2, 1865)39,40
  • Unit Strength:
    • ~100 (officers? and) men PFD (April 8, 1865)41
    • 90 officers and men surrendered at Appomattox (April 9, 1865)42
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles43:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 216-217 ↩
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 216-217 ↩
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  5. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 762 (Robert S. Chew, 30th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 7): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May and June 1864: “Signs roll as commanding regiment” ↩
  6. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
  7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
  8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
  9. Confederate Inspection Report 20-P-17: Corse’s Brigade, August 13, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
  10. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 59: “Both (Colonel) Harrison and (Lt. Colonel Robert S.) Chew were sick in Richmond in mid-August also, leaving ‘babbling Capt Hudgin’ in charge of the regiment.” ↩
  11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
  12. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 55: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  13. Confederate Inspection Report 20-P-17: Corse’s Brigade, August 13, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
  14. Confederate Inspection Report 20-P-17: Corse’s Brigade, August 13, 1864; Inspection Reports and Related Records Received By the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M935, Roll 10: Inspection Reports P-12 – 39-P-24); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
  15. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
  16. 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. 1311. ↩
  17. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 762 (Robert S. Chew, 30th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 99): Requisition for Stationery for Field and Staff of the 30th Virginia September 30, 1864: Chew signs the request as commanding the regiment. ↩
  18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
  19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
  20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
  21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
  22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
  23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
  24. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
  25. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 56: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  26. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 56: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  27. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
  28. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1170: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there.  They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave.  I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
  29. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1180: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
  30. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
  31. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1268: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865.  However, leaders listed are from January.  I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
  32. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
  33. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1180: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
  34. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
  35. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 56: From a Confederate inspection report of that date. ↩
  36. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1180: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
  37. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
  38. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
  39. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
  40. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
  41. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 66: I believe Krick is including officers here. ↩
  42. Krick, Robert K. 30th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1983), p. 66 ↩
  43. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 216-217 ↩

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