Organization: Organized at Gordonsville, Virginia, by the assignment of Companies B and E, 21st Infantry Regiment on April 26, 1682. Reorganized for the war April 28, 1862. Surrendered Appomattox Court House.
First Commander: Major Rufus W. Wharton
Assignments: Trimble's Brigade Ewell's Division Dept of Northern Virginia (April - May 1862) Trimbles' Brigade Ewell's Division Valley District Dept of Northern Virginia (May - Junme 1862) Trimble-Hoke's Brigade Ewell-Early's Division 2nd Corps Army of Northern Virginia (June 1862 - January 1864) Hoke's Brigade Dept of North Carolina (January - May 1864) 2nd Military District Dept of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (May - October 1864) Johnson's Brigade Pegram's Division Valley District Dept of Northern Virginia (October - December 1864) Johnson's Brigade Pegram's Division 2nd Corps Army of Northern Virginia (Decmeber 1864 - April 1865)
Battles: 1st Winchester May 25, 1862 Cross Key's June 8, 1862 Seven Day's June 25 - July 1, 1862 Gaines Mill June 27, 1862 Malvern Hill July 1, 1862 Cedar Mnt. August 7, 1862 2nd Manassas August 28-30, 1862 Harper's Ferry September 12-15, 1862 Antietam September 17, 1862 Fredericksburg December 13, 1862 Chancellorsville May 1-4, 1863 Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Jack's Mnt July 1863 Bachelor's Creek Bridge February 1, 1864 Plymouth April 17-20, 1864 Petersburg Siege June 1864 - April 1865 Hatcher's Run Febuary 5-7, 1865 Fort Stedman March 25, 1865 Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865