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 ''[[United States of America|United States]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Virginia|Virginia]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Virginia Military Records|Virginia Military]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Virginia_in_the_Civil_War|Virginia in the Civil War]]''<br>
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 === Virginia Military Units  ===
 Most units were numbered, however, many especially in the Confederate forces were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units. <br>
 The information in the lists of Virginia Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.
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 <center>'''Virginia Confederate Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 30px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-align: center"></div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">'''''Confed. Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Units 1st through 8th|1st-8th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Units 9th through 31st|9th-31st]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Units 32nd through 86th|32nd- 86th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Units 87th through 198th|87th- 198th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Units A through L|A-L]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Units M-Z|M-Z]]</div><div style="float: left; width: 100%"><br><center>'''Virginia Confederate Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 30px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-align: center"></div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">'''''Confed. Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Reserve Units|Reserves]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Confederate Local Units|Local Units]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(208,208,208); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Other Confederate Units|Other]]</div>
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 <center>'''Virginia Union Units by Number'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 30px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-align: center"></div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Virginia Civil War Union Units|Union Units]]</div></div>
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-=== Battles Fought in Virginia  ===
+<br> === Battles Fought in Virginia  ===
-Over 120 battles were fought in Virginia during the Civil War (1861-1865). For more information about these battles, click [[Civil War Battles Fought in Virginia|here]].
+Over 120 battles were fought in Virginia during the Civil War (1861-1865). For more information about these battles, click [[Civil War Battles Fought in Virginia|here]]. <br>
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 === '''Records and Resources'''  ===
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 === Published Sources  ===
-==== Regimental rosters ====
+==== Regimental rosters  ====
 Regimental rosters with biographical information of Virginia soldiers are published in:
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 *''List of Field Officers Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=eBUTAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA66&lpg=RA1-PA66&dq=1st+Battalion,+Virginia+Light+Artillery+(Hardaway's)(Moseley's)&source=bl&ots=nbm9_nZMYW&sig=Imr96z20w8neDBkzU74JinqTzKA&hl=en&ei=C_G9TPfBMoiosQPh0vX8DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]
-==== Cemetery Records ====
+==== Cemetery Records  ====
 A nineteen volume set of cemetery records is:
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 *Spratt, Thomas M. ''Men in Gray Interments''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., c1996-1998&nbsp;; Athens, Georgia&nbsp;: New Papyrus Pub., c1998-2009. (Family History Library book {{FHL|770667|title-id|disp=975.5 V3s}}) This gives name and location of cemetery, soldier's name, regiment, and any other information taken from tombstones, monuments and publications. Many of the soldiers served in regiments other than those from Virginia.
-==== Guides to Military Units ====
+==== Guides to Military Units  ====
 For guidebooks to Virginia's military units for the Civil War, the following sources are helpful:
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 *Wallace, Lee A. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865''. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, 1986. (Family History Library book {{FHL|498411|title-id|disp=975.5 M2vr, Volume 29}}.) Gives brief historical sketches of each regiment and lists officers, company names, and commanders.
-==== Old Soldier Homes ====
+==== Old Soldier Homes  ====
 For records of national old soldier homes, including the home in Richmond, Virginia, see:
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 ==== Southern Claims Commission  ====
 If a Union sympathizer in Virginia claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Virginia counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. <br>
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 === References  ===
 <references />
 [[Category:Virginia_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]