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14th Virginia Infantry

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Muster In: Organized in state service on May 23, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel William White
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander: Colonel William White (June 30, 1864)4
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Second Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5

  • Commander: Colonel William White (June 30, 1864)6
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

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

  • Commander: Colonel William White8
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army9

  • Commander: Colonel William White (at least August 10 and 31, 1864)10,11,12,13
  • Unit Strength: 220 officers and men PFD (August 10, 1864)14
  • Weapons: .58 caliber rifles (presumably a mix of Enfields and Springfields)15

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army16 ,17

  • Commander: Colonel William White18
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19

  • Commander: Colonel William White (October 31, 1864)20,21
  • Unit Strength: ~407 officers and men (Present or PFD?)(October 31, 1864)22
  • Weapons:

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army23,24

  • Commander:
    • Colonel William White (ill at least December 29)(at least November 30 and December 29 & 31, 1864)25,26,27,28,29
    • Major William D. Shelton (at least December 29, 1864 while White was ill)30
  • Unit Strength:
    • ~444 officers and men (Present or PFD?)(November 30, 1864)31
    • ~458 officers and men (Present or PFD?)(December 31, 1864)32
  • Weapons:

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army33,34,35,36,37

  • Commander:
    • Colonel William White (took a leave of absence starting January 20)(at least January 28, 1865)(January & February 1865)38,39,40,41
    • ? (after Colonel White left on January 20)(January 1865)42
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Steuart’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army43,44

  • Commander: None listed. (March – April 2, 1865)45,46
  • Unit Strength:
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles47:

  • 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. 187-188 ↩
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 187-188 ↩
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  4. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 15): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May + June, 1864 ↩
  5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  6. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 15): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May + June, 1864 ↩
  7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
  8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 120 ↩
  9. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
  10. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 16): Field and Staff Muster Roll for July + August, 1864 ↩
  11. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 38): Appears on an Inspection Report of Steuart’s Brigade, August 10, 1864 ↩
  12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
  13. Confederate Inspection Report 21-P-17: Barton’s Brigade, August 10, 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 21-P-17: Barton’s Brigade, August 10, 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. Confederate Inspection Report 21-P-17: Barton’s Brigade, August 10, 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. ↩
  16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
  17. 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. ↩
  18. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
  19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
  20. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 75): Pay Voucher for Aug 1 to Nov 1 1864 from October 31, 1864 ↩
  21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
  22. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 123): Requisition for Fuel for the 14th Virginia October 31, 1864: 13 subalterns and 396 non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates. This seems to be the Present rather than the Present for Duty number. If you are familiar with Confederate “requisition for fuel” forms and know definitively what that number stands for, please contact me or comment on this page. ↩
  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. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 37): Appears on an Inspection Report of Steuart’s Brigade, December 29, 1864 ↩
  26. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 115): Requisition for Forage December 31, 1864 ↩
  27. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 117): Requisition for Forage November 31 (sic), 1864 ↩
  28. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
  29. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
  30. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
  31. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 121): Requisition for Fuel for the 14th Virginia November 30, 1864: 18 subalterns and 426 non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates. This seems to be the Present rather than the Present for Duty number. If you are familiar with Confederate “requisition for fuel” forms and know definitively what that number stands for, please contact me or comment on this page. ↩
  32. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 81): Requisition for Fuel for the 14th Virginia December 31, 1864: 20 subalterns and 438 non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates.  This seems to be the Present rather than the Present for Duty number.  If you are familiar with Confederate “requisition for fuel” forms and know definitively what that number stands for, please contact me or comment on this page. ↩
  33. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
  34. 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. ↩
  35. 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. ↩
  36. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
  37. 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. ↩
  38. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
  39. 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. ↩
  40. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
  41. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 556 (William White, 14th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 17): Appears on an Inspection Report of Steuart’s Brigade, January 28, 1865 ↩
  42. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
  43. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
  44. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
  45. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
  46. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
  47. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 187-188 ↩

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