Private George Hamilton Guinn of Co. A, 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
The 52nd Virginia was organized at Staunton, Virginia, in August 1861. Many of its members were from Augusta County. It fought at Greenbrier River and Camp Alleghany, and later in Jackson's Valley Campaign. The unit was then assigned to Early's, W. Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in various conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and was active around Appomattox.
This regiment lost 2 wounded and 6 missing at Camp Alleghany, had 7 killed and 46 wounded at McDowell, and suffered 14 killed and 87 wounded at Cross Keys and Port Republic. It reported 29 casualties at Gaines' Mill, 61 at Second Manassas, 13 at Fredericksburg, and 12 at Chancellorsville. Of the 254 engaged at Gettysburg, six percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 7 officers and 53 men of which 14 were armed.
The field officers were Colonels John B. Baldwin, Michael G. Harman, John D. Lilley, John D.H. Ross, and Thomas H. Watkins.
52nd, virginia, infantry, regiment, infantry, regiment, raised, virginia, service, confederate, states, army, during, american, civil, fought, mostly, with, army, northern, virginia, flag, virginia, 1861activejune, 1861, april, 1865disbandedapril, 1865countryc. The 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia 52nd Virginia Infantry RegimentFlag of Virginia 1861ActiveJune 1861 April 1865DisbandedApril 1865CountryConfederacyAllegianceConfederate States of AmericaBranch Confederate States ArmyTypeInfantryEngagementsAmerican Civil War Battle of Greenbrier River Battle of Camp Allegheny Jackson s Valley Campaign Seven Days Battles Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Cold Harbor Valley Campaigns of 1864 Appomattox Campaign Private George Hamilton Guinn of Co A 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment The 52nd Virginia was organized at Staunton Virginia in August 1861 Many of its members were from Augusta County It fought at Greenbrier River and Camp Alleghany and later in Jackson s Valley Campaign The unit was then assigned to Early s W Smith s Pegram s and J A Walker s Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia It participated in various conflicts from the Seven Days Battles to Cold Harbor marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox This regiment lost 2 wounded and 6 missing at Camp Alleghany had 7 killed and 46 wounded at McDowell and suffered 14 killed and 87 wounded at Cross Keys and Port Republic It reported 29 casualties at Gaines Mill 61 at Second Manassas 13 at Fredericksburg and 12 at Chancellorsville Of the 254 engaged at Gettysburg six percent were disabled On April 9 1865 it surrendered with 7 officers and 53 men of which 14 were armed The field officers were Colonels John B Baldwin Michael G Harman John D Lilley John D H Ross and Thomas H Watkins See also edit nbsp American Civil War portal List of Virginia Civil War unitsReferences edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service nbsp nbsp This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment amp oldid 1215785445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
