Virginia 18th Infantry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment completed its organization in May, 1861. The unit fought at First Manassas under General Cocke, then was assigned to General Pickett's, Garnett's, and Hunton's Brigade. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was detached to Suffolk with Longstreet. Later it served in North Carolina, returned to Virginia, and took an active part in the battles of Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. The 18th endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches north of the James River and saw action around Appomattox.

It lost 6 killed and 13 wounded at First Manassas and in April, 1862, had 700 men fit for duty. The unit reported 206 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, and of the 120 engaged in the Maryland Campaign, thirty-six percent of the 312 in action were killed, wounded, or missing. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek and only 2 officers and 32 men surrendered. Officers:
Colonels:
• Henry A. Carrington
• Robert E. Withers
Lieutenant Colonel:
• George C. Cabell
Major:
• Edwin G. Wall.
Assignments:
June-July 1861: 5th (Cocke's) Brigade, Army of the Potomac
July-October 1861: 5th (Cocke's) Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
October 1861-January 1862: 5th (Cocke's) Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
January-March 1862: 5th (Cocke's-Pickett's) Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
March-June 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
June-August 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
August-September 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Kemper's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1862: Pickett's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1862-February 1863: Pickett's-Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
February-April 1863: Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
April-May 1863: Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia
May-September 1863: Garnett's-Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1863-May 1864: Hunton's Brigade, Department of Richmond
March-April 1864: Department of Henrico (Company G)
May 1864-April 1865: Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles:
•Blackburn's Ford 18th July 1861
•Manassas 21st July 1861
•Yorktown Siege April-May 1862
•Williamsburg 5th May 1862
•Seven Pines 31st May-1st June 1862
•Seven Day Battles 25th June-1st July 1862
•Gaines' Mill 27th June 1862
•Frayser's Farm 30th June 1862
•2nd Manassas August 1862
•South Mountain 14th September 1862
•Sharpsburg 17th September 1862
•Fredericksburg 13th December 1862
•Gettysburg 1st-3rd July 1863
•Plymouth Siege April 1864
•Drewery's Bluff 16th May 1864
•North Anna 22nd-26th May 1864
•Cold Harbour 1st-3rd June 1864
•Petersburg Siege June 1864-April 1865
•Five Forks 1st April 1865
•Sayler's Creek 6th April 1865
•Appomattox Court House 9th April 1865
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2243 men.

Company A (Danville Blues) - Danville Virginia
Company B (Danville Grays) - Danville, Virginia
Company C (Nottoway Rifle Guards) - Nottoway County
Company D (Prospect Rifle Grays) - Prince Edward County
Company E (Black Eagle Rifles) - Cumberland County
Company F (Farmville Guard) - Farmville, Virginia (Prince Edward and Cumberland Counties)
Company G (Nottoway Grays) - Nottoway County
Company H (Appomattox Grays) - Appomattox County
Company I (Spring Garden Blues) - Pittsylvania County
Company K (Charlotte Rifles) - Charlotte County, mustered in February 1861. Reorganized Aptil 1862 with Captains Thomas J. Spencer, Mathew Lyle, Robert Morton Shepperson, Martin Luther Covington, William Henry Smith.
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