Virginia in the Civil War

Introduction

Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Many of the battles fought during the war were fought on Virginian land. The first and last significant battles were held in Virginia and the men that Virginina supplied for the fight were men from all economic and social levels, both slaveholders and nonslaveholders, as well as former Unionists. The only areas that sent few or no men to fight for the Confederacy were located on the border with the North. 

The state was the focal point for a number of reasons. It had more manufacturers and more mines than any other state, it had nearly 20% of the railroad track of the Southern states. Its state capital, Richmond, was also the Confederacy's capital. Because armies focus on capturing the enemy's capital, the Federals concentrated on capturing Richmond. The Confederates in turn worked to capture Washington D.C. The counties in between were doomed to suffer mass devastation. By 1865, the state's handsome towns were wrecked, its manufacturing centers destroyed, its farms ruined. Virginians starved and found themselves prey to foraging soldiers, looters and lawless bands. And a half million men became casualties within its borders.

Military Companies

Union Companies

Infantry

• 1st Regiment, Loyal Eastern Virginia Volunteers
• 1st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (3 months, 1861)
• 16th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
• Dameron's Independent Company, Virginia Volunteers

Cavalry

• Loudoun County Virginia Rangers

Confederate

• List of Field Officers Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Google Books

Additional Units Listings

For those that know the type of regiment that an ancestor served in, select the type below.

Artillery

Infantry

Cavalry

Militia

Other

Militia

• 1st Regiment, Virginia State Reserves (2nd Class Militia)
• 2nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 3rd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 4th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 5th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 6th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 7th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 8th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 9th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 12th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 13th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 14th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 15th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 16th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 17th Brigade, Virginia Militia
• 19th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 21st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 25th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 26th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 29th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 31st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 32nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 33rd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 34th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 36th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 37th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 38th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 39th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 40th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 41st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 42nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 43rd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 44th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 46th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 47th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 49th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 51st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 52nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 53rd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 54th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 55th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 56th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 57th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 58th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 59th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 61st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 64th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 66th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 67th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 68th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 72nd Regiment, Virginia Militia (Russell County)
• 74th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 77th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 78th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 79th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 82nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 84th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 86th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 87th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 88th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 89th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 90th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 92nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 93rd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 94th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 95th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 97th Regiment, Virginia Militia (Spitler's)
• 108th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 109th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 110th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 111th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 114th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 115th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 116th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 117th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 121st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 122nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 127th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 129th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 130th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 132nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 135th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 136th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 139th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 140th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 144th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 145th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 146th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 151st Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 155th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 157th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 160th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 162nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 166th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 179th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 183rd Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 184th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 185th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 187th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 188th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 189th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 190th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• 198th Regiment, Virginia Militia
• Carroll County, Virginia Militia
• Grayson County, Virginia Militia
• Greene County, Virginia Militia
• Hobson's Company, Virginia Militia (2nd Class)
• Virginia Militia (Miscellaneous)
• Virginia Reserve Militia
• Scott County, Virginia Militia
• Stowers' Company, Virginia Militia
• Washington County, Virginia Militia
• Wolff's Company, Virginia Militia (2nd Class)
• Wythe County, Virginia Militia

Misc Units

State Reserves

• 1st Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• 1st Regiment, Virginia Reserves (Fairnholt's)
• 1st Regiment, Virginia Reserves
• 2nd Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Reserves
• 3rd Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• 3rd Battalion, Virginia Reserves (Chrisman's)
• 3rd Battalion, Virginia Reserves (Archer's)
• 3rd Battalion, Valley Reserves, Virginia (Augusta County Reserves)
• 3rd Regiment, Virginia Reserves (Booker's)
• 4th Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• 4th Regiment, Virginia Reserves
• 5th Battalion, Virginia Reserves (Henry's)
• 6th Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• 7th Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• 8th Battalion, Virginia Reserves (1st Battalion, Valley Reserves)
• 9th Battalion, Virginia Reserves (2nd Battalion, Valley Reserves)
• 10th Battalion, Virginia Reserves (4th Battalion, Valley Reserves)
• 12th Regiment, Virginia Reserves
• 18th Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• Albemarle (County), Virginia Reserves
• Clark's Company, Virginia Reserve Forces
• Essex (County), Virginia Reserves
• Harper's Regiment, Virginia Reserves
• Hood's Battalion, Virginia Reserves
• Keyser's Company, Virginia Reserves
• Virginia Local Reserve
• Virginia Reserves
• Richmond County, Virginia Reserves
• Rockbridge County, Virginia Reserves
• Sale's Company, Virginia Mounted Reserves (Rappahannock District)
• Thurston's Company, Virginia Reserve Forces
• Westmoreland County, Virginia Reserves

MISC Unknown

• 1st Regiment, Virginia State Line
• 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Line
• 3rd Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry)
• 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry)
• 5th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry)
• Richmond Cadets, Virginia
• Virginia Military Institute, Corps of Cadets
• Taylor's Company, Virginia Volunteers (Young Guards)
• Virginia Volunteers
• Vance's Company, Virginia Volunteers
• Wise's Battalion, Virginia Volunteers
• 1st Regiment, Virginia Local Defense
• 8th Battalion, Virginia Local Defense
• Bosher's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Burks' Regiment, Virginia Local Defense
• Chappell's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Pickett Guards)
• Cooper's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Dulany's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Home Guards)
• Durrett's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Earhart's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Blacklick Home Guards)
• Ezell's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• French's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Hamilton's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Henderson's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Jordan's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Mallory's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Provost Guard)
• Neff's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Mount Airy Home Guard)
• Morehead's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Patterson's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Home Guard, 1st District, Bland County)
• Scott's Battalion, Virginia Local Defense
• Scott's Company, Virginia Local Defense (Company A, Greensville County Home Guard)
• Sutherland's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Tayloe's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Tuttle's Battalion, Virginia Local Defense
• Hamilton's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Wade's Regiment, Virginia Local Defense
• Wood's Company, Virginia Local Defense
• Avis' Company, Virginia Provost Guard
• Baldwin's Mounted Regiment, Virginia Home Guards
• Dorman's Guard, Virginia
• Goochland Scouts, Virginia
• Virginia State Guard
• Conscript Guard, Camp Lee, Virginia
• Capt. J.G. Martin's Company, Post Guard, Abington, Virginia
• Virginia Provost Guard (Miscellaneous)
• Rockingham County, Virginia Guards and Scouts
• 2nd Battalion, Virginia
• 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters (Clarke's)
• Virginia Bushwhacker
• Conscripts, Camp Lee, Virginia
• Virginia Engineers
• Forage Master, Virginia
• Virginia Forces
• Herndon's Battalion, Virginia
• Herrington's Battalion, Virginia
• Virginia Independent
• King's Battalion, Virginia
• Magland's Battalion, Virginia
• Virginia (Miscellaneous)
• Murphy's Company, Virginia
• Provisional Army of Virginia
• Pile's Guerrillas, Virginia
• Swan's Battalion, Virginia State Line
• Jourdan's Company, Virginia (Rockbridge Rangers)
• Virginia Rangers

Military Cemeteries

See Cemetery Records

Battles Fought in Virginia

Aldie
Amelia Springs
Appomattox Courthouse
Appomattox Station

Aquia Creek
Auburn
Auburn
Ball's Bluff

Beaver Dam Creek
Berryville
Big Bethel
Blackburn's Ford

Boydton Plank Road
Brandy Station
Bristoe Station
Buckland Mills

Cedar Creek
Cedar Mountain
Chaffin's Farm
Chancellorsville

Chantilly
Chester Station
Cloyd's Mountain
Cockpit Point

Cold Harbor
Cool Spring
Cove Mountain
Crater

Cross Keys
Cumberland Church
Darbytown & New Market
Darbytown Road

Deep Bottom I
Deep Bottom II
Dinwiddie Court House
Dranesville

Drewry's Bluff
Eltham's Landing
Fair Oaks & Darbytown Rd
Fisher's Hill

Five Forks
Fort Stedman
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg II

Front Royal
Gaines' Mill
Garnett's & Golding's Farm
Glendale

Globe Tavern
Guard Hill
Hampton Roads
Hanover Courthouse

Hatcher's Run
Haw's Shop
Jerusalem Plank Road
High Bridge

Kelly's Ford
Kernstown I
Kernstown II
Lewis's Farm

Lynchburg
Malvern Hill
Manassas I
Manassas II

Manassas Gap
Manassas Station Ops.
Marion
McDowell

Middleburg
Mine Run
Morton's Ford
Namozine Church

New Market
New Market Heights
North Anna
Oak Grove

Old Church
Opequon
Peebles' Farm
Petersburg

Petersburg
Petersburg
Piedmont
Port Republic

Port Walthall Junction
Proctor's Creek
Rappahannock Station
Rappahannock Station

Ream's Station
Ream's Station
Rice's Station
Rutherford's Farm

Saint Mary's Church
Salem Church
Saltville
Saltville

Sappony Church
Savage's Station
Sailor's Creek
Seven Pines

Sewell's Point
Staunton River Bridge
Spotsylvania Court House
Suffolk / Hill's Point

Suffolk /Norfleet House
Sutherland's Station
Swift Creek
Thoroughfare Gap

Tom's Brook
Trevilian Station
Totopotomy Ck/Bethesda Ch
Upperville

Walkerton
Ware Bottom Church
Waynesboro
White Oak Road

White Oak Swamp
Wilderness
Williamsburg
Wilson's Wharf

Winchester I
Winchester II
Yellow Tavern
Yorktown