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Virginia 59th Infantry (Confederate)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:8 Aug 1861
  • Muster Out Date:9 Apr 1865
  • Muster Out Place:
    • Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Bushrod Johnson
    • Brigadier General Henry A. Wise
    • Captain Henry Wood
    • Colonel J. Thomas Goode
    • Major Robert G. Mosby
    • Major General Bushrod Johnson
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
New Market15 May 186415 May 1864< 1 dayShenandoah County, Virginia
Fort Stedman25 Mar 186525 Mar 1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Siege of Suffolk11 Apr 18634 May 186323 day(s)Suffolk, Virginia
Crater30 July 186430 July 1864< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Sailor's Creek6 Apr 18656 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15 June 186418 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Roanoke Island7 Feb 18628 Feb 18621 day(s)Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Croatan Island, North Carolina
Dinwiddie Court House31 Mar 186531 Mar 1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Fisher's Hill21 Sept 186422 Sept 18641 day(s)Shenandoah County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Third Winchester19 Sept 186419 Sept 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
Five Forks1 Apr 18651 Apr 1865< 1 dayFive Forks, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9 Apr 18659 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Globe Tavern18 Aug 186421 Aug 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Second Bull Run28 Aug 186230 Aug 18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Third Petersburg2 Apr 18652 Apr 1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
South Mountain14 Sept 186214 Sept 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Cedar Creek19 Oct 186419 Oct 1864< 1 dayFrederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Lewisburg, West Virginia23 May 186223 May 1862< 1 dayLewisburg, West Virginia
Legareville25 Dec 186325 Dec 1863< 1 dayLegaresville, South Carolina

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