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Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) during the American Civil War.

Infantry Units (PACS)[]

Infantry Brigades[]

  • 1st Virginia Brigade (Stonewall Brigade)
  • 2nd Virginia Brigade Cdrs: John M. Jones
  • 3rd Virginia Brigade
  • Wise Legion

Infantry Regiments[]

Infantry Battalions[]

Cavalry Units (PACS)[]

Cavalry Brigades[]

  • 1st (Stuart's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade
  • 2nd Virginia Cavalry Brigade
  • 3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade
  • 4th Virginia Cavalry Brigade (Laurel Brigade)

Cavalry Regiments[]

Cavalry Battalions, Companies, and Mounted Rifle Guards[]

  • O'Ferrall's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
  • Davis' Battalion Virginia Cavalry
  • Vandementer's Battalion Virginia Cavalry
  • 1st Battalion Virginia Mounted Riflemen
  • Varina Troop (Henrico Mounted Rangers)
  • 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry
  • 1st Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 2nd Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 3rd Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 4th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 5th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 8th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 9th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 11th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Patrol Guard
  • 12th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • 13th Congressional District, Virginia Mounted Guard
  • Harness' Independent Company, Virginia Cavalry
  • McFarlane's Virginia Cavalry Company
  • Moorman's Virginia Cavalry Company (Greenbrier)
  • Wilson's Virginia Cavalry Company
  • Young's Virginia Cavalry Company (converted Howitzers, Marine Artillery)

Irregular Warfare Units[]

  • Swann's Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Carpenter's)
  • Major Counts' Battalion Virginia Cavalry
  • Hounshell's Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers
  • Baldwin's Squadron, Partisan Rangers Company
  • Captain McNeill's Virginia Partisan Ranger Company
  • Captain Thurmond's Virginia Partisan Rangers Company

Artillery Units (PACS)[]

Virginia Artillery Regiments[]

Virginia Artillery Battalions[]

  • 1st Battalion (Hardaway's Moseley's)
  • 4th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
  • 7th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
  • 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Allen's)
  • 12th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
  • 13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
  • 16th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
  • 18th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery
  • 18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
  • 19th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Atkinson's)
  • 20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery
  • 38th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery (Read's)

Virginia Artillery Batteries[]

  • 1st Regiment, Virginia Light Artillery (Pendleton's)
  • 2nd Richmond Battery
  • Albemarle Artillery
  • Alleghany Rough Artillery (Light)
  • Amherst Artillery (Light)
  • Barr's Battery (Light)
  • Bayley's Battery (Virginia Heavy Artillery)
  • Bedford Artillery (Light)
  • Bethel Artillery
  • Botetourt Artillery (Heavy)
  • Branch Field Artillery (Light)
  • Bryan Artillery
  • Campbell Battery
  • Caroline Artillery (Light)
  • Charlottesville Artillery (Light)
  • Chesapeake Artillery
  • Chew's Battery
  • Crenshaw Battery
  • Danville Artillery (Light)
  • Dixie Artillery (Light)
  • Everett Artillery
  • Fluvanna Artillery (Light)
  • Fredericksburg Artillery
  • Giles Artillery (Light)(McComas Battery)
  • Halifax Artillery
  • Hanover Artillery (Light)
  • Henrico Artillery
  • Jackson Artillery (Light)
  • James City Artillery
  • Johnston Artillery (Heavy)
  • Lee Battery
  • Letcher Artillery (Light)
  • Levi's or Barr's Battery
  • Long Island Artillery (Light)
  • Loudoun Artillery (Light)
  • Lunenberg Artillery (Heavy)
  • Magruder Artillery (Light)
  • Manchester Artillery (Light)
  • Marion Artillery (Wilkinson's Battery) (Virginia Heavy Artillery)
  • Matthews Artillery (Light)
  • Middlesex Artillery (Fleet's Battery)
  • Montroe Artillery (Light)
  • Nelson Artillery (Light)
  • New Market Artillery (Light)
  • Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
  • Nottoway Artillery (Light)
  • Orange Artillery (Light)
  • Page's Battery
  • Pamunkey Artillery (Heavy)
  • Pittsylvania Artillery (Light)
  • Portsmouth Artillery (Light), Grimes Battery
  • Powhatan Artillery
  • Purcell Artillery (Light)
  • Richmond Flying Artillery (Light)
  • Richmond Howitzers
  • Rockbridge Artillery (Light)
  • Salem Flying Artillery
  • Saltville Artillery
  • Southside Artillery
  • Staunton Artillery (Light)
  • Staunton Hill Artillery
  • Surry Artillery (Light)
  • Turner Artillery (Light)
  • United Artillery
  • Winchester Artillery (Cutshaw's Battery)
  • Wise Artillery (Light)

Virginia Horse Artillery[]

  • 1st Stuart's Horse Artillery (John Pelham Battery - a Maryland Confederate unit)
  • 2nd Stuart's Light Horse Artillery
  • Callahan's Horse Artillery
  • Moorman's/Shoemaker's Battery
  • Petersburg Artillery

Virginia Militia Units[]

Virginia State Line[]

  • 1st Regiment, Virginia State Line
  • 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Line
  • 3rd Regiment, Virginia State Line
  • 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line
  • 5th Regiment, Virginia State Line

Virginia Militia Regiments[]

  • 2nd Regiment Militia (Accomack Co.)[1]
  • 3rd Regiment Militia (Orange Co.)
  • 4th Regiment Militia (Ohio Co. WV)
  • 5th Regiment Militia (Culpeper Co.)
  • 6th Regiment Militia (Essex Co.)
  • 7th Regiment Militia (Norfolk Co.)
  • 8th Regiment Militia (Augusta Co.)
  • 9th Regiment Militia (King & Queen Co.)
  • 12th Regiment Militia (Bedford Co.)
  • 13th Regiment Militia (Shenandoah Co.)
  • 14th Regiment Militia (Hardy Co. WV)
  • 15th Regiment Militia (Sussex Co.)
  • 16th Regiment Militia (Spottsylvania Co.)
  • 17th Brigade Militia (Campbell Co.)
  • 19th Regiment Militia (City of Richmond)
  • 21st Regiment Militia (Glouchester Co.)
  • 25th Regiment Militia (King George Co.)
  • 26th Regiment Militia (Charlotte Co.)
  • 29th Regiment Militia (Isle of Wight Co.)
  • 31st Regiment Militia (Frederick Co.)
  • 32nd Regiment Militia (Augusta Co.)
  • 33rd Regiment Militia (Henrico Co.)
  • 34th Regiment Militia (Culpeper Co.)
  • 35th Regiment Militia (Wythe Co.)
  • 36th Regiment Militia (Prince William Co.)
  • 37th Regiment Militia (Northumberland Co.)
  • 38th Regiment Militia (Goochland Co.)
  • 39th Regiment Militia (Town of Petersburg)
  • 40th Regiment Militia (Louisa Co.)
  • 41st Regiment Militia (Richmond Co.)
  • 42nd Regiment Militia (Pittsylvania Co.)
  • 43rd Regiment Militia (Franklin Co.)
  • 44th Regiment Militia (Fauquier Co.)
  • 46th Regiment Militia (Pendelton Co. WV)
  • 47th Regiment Militia (Albemarle Co.)
  • 49th Regiment Militia (Nottoway Co.)
  • 51st Regiment Militia (Frederick Co.)
  • 52nd Regiment Militia (New Kent Co. and Charles City Co.)
  • 53rd Regiment Militia (Campbell Co.)
  • 54th Regiment Militia (City of Norfolk)
  • 55th Regiment Militia (Jefferson Co. WV)
  • 56th Regiment Militia (Loudon Co.)
  • 57th Regiment Militia (Loudon Co.)
  • 58th Regiment Militia (eastern Rockingham Co.)
  • 59th Regiment Militia (Nansemond Co.)
  • 61st Regiment Militia (Mathews Co.)
  • 64th Regiment Militia Henry County, Virginia
  • 66th Regiment Militia (Brunswick Co.)
  • 67th Regiment Militia (Berkeley Co. WV)
  • 68th Regiment Militia (James City Co. and part of York Co.)
  • 70th Regiment Militia (Washington Co.)
  • 72nd Regiment Militia (Russell Co.)
  • 74th Regiment Militia (Hanover Co.)
  • 77th Regiment Militia (Hampshire Co. WV)
  • 78th Regiment Militia (Grayson Co.)
  • 79th Regiment Militia (Greenbrier Co.)
  • 82nd Regiment Militia (Madison Co.)
  • 83rd Regiment Militia (Dinwiddie Co.)
  • 84th Regiment Militia (Halifax Co.)
  • 86th Regiment Militia (Giles Co.)
  • 87th Regiment Militia (King Williams Co.)
  • 88th Regiment Militia (Albemarle Co.)
  • 89th Regiment Militia (Morgan Co.)
  • 90th Regiment Militia (Amherst Co.)
  • 92nd Regiment Militia (Lancaster Co.)
  • 93rd Regiment Militia (Augusta Co.)
  • 94th Regiment Militia (Lee Co.)
  • 95th Regiment Militia (Norfolk Co.)
  • 97th Regiment Militia (Spitler's Militia, Shenandoah Co.)
  • 105th Regiment Militia (Washington Co.)
  • 107th Regiment Militia (Randolph Co., WV)
  • 108th Regiment Militia (Monroe Co.)
  • 109th Regiment Militia (Middlesex Co.)
  • 110th Regiment Militia (Franklin Co.)
  • 111th Regiment Militia (Westmoreland Co.)
  • 112th Regiment Militia (Tazewell Co.)
  • 114th Regiment Militia (Hampshire Co., WV)
  • 115th Regiment Militia (Elizabeth City Co., Warwick Co., and part of York Co.)
  • 116th Regiment Militia (western Rockingham Co.)
  • 117th Regiment Militia (Campbell Co.)
  • 120th Regiment Militia (Cabell Co., WV)
  • 121st Regiment Militia (Botetourt Co.)
  • 122nd Regiment Militia (Frederick Co.)
  • 125th Regiment Militia (Lewis Co., WV)
  • 127th Regiment Militia
  • 129th Regiment Militia
  • 130th Regiment Militia (Floyd Co.)
  • 132nd Regiment Militia
  • 133rd Regiment Militia (Upshur Co., WV)
  • 135th Regiment Militia
  • 136th Regiment Militia
  • 139th Regiment Militia
  • 140th Regiment Militia
  • 144th Regiment Militia
  • 145th Regiment Militia
  • 146th Regiment Militia
  • 151st Regiment Militia
  • 155th Regiment Militia
  • 157th Regiment Militia
  • 160th Regiment Militia
  • 161st Regiment Militia (Augusta Co.)
  • 162nd Regiment Militia
  • 164th Regiment Militia (Washington Co.)
  • 166th Regiment Militia
  • 167th Regiment Militia (Wayne Co., WV)
  • 179th Regiment Militia
  • 183rd Regiment Militia (Wythe Co.)
  • 184th Regiment Militia
  • 185th Regiment Militia
  • 187th Regiment Militia
  • 188th Regiment Militia (Tazewell Co.)
  • 189th Regiment Militia
  • 190th Regiment Militia (Wyoming Co., WV)
  • 198th Regiment Militia
  • Washington County Militia

Virginia Local Defense Battalions[]

  • 1st Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Ordnance Battalion)
  • 2nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Waller's/Quartermaster Battalion)
  • 3rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Departmental)
  • 4th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Naval/Navy Department Battalion)
  • 5th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Arsenal Battalion)
  • 6th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Tredegar Battalion)
  • 7th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (1st Nitre Battalion)

Virginia Federal Units[]

  • 1st Regiment Loyal Eastern Virginia Volunteers
  • 1st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
  • 16th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
  • Dameron's Independent Company, Virginia Volunteers
  • Loudoun Rangers

See also[]

References[]

  1. Virginia. Adjutant General's Office. Military Laws. Richmond, VA: Shepherd & Pollard, 1820. Print.
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