# 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment

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44th Virginia Infantry Regiment Flag of Virginia, 1861 Active June 1861 – April 1865 Disbanded April 1865 Country Confederacy Allegiance Confederate States of America Branch Confederate States Army Type Infantry Engagements American Civil War Battle of Rich Mountain Battle of Cheat Mountain 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 Siege of Petersburg Valley Campaigns of 1864 Appomattox Campaign

Military unit

Corporal Samuel H. Overton of A Company, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment

The **44th Virginia Infantry Regiment** was an [infantry](/source/Infantry) [regiment](/source/Regiment) raised in [Virginia](/source/Virginia) for service in the [Confederate States Army](/source/Confederate_States_Army) during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). It fought mostly with the [Army of Northern Virginia](/source/Army_of_Northern_Virginia).

The 44th Virginia was organized in June 1861, with men from Richmond and Farmville, and Appomattox, Buckingham, Louisa, Goochland, Amelia, Fluvanna, and Hanover counties.

The unit fought at Rich Mountain, in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, and was active in Jackson's Valley operations. During March, 1862, it was reduced to nine companies as Company A was transferred to the artillery. The 44th served in General Early's, J.R. Jones', and W. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was involved in many engagements from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then continued the fight with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and around Appomattox.

The regiment reported 5 wounded at Greenbrier River, had 2 killed and 17 wounded at McDowell, and lost 15 killed and 38 wounded at Cross Keys and Port Republic. It sustained 15 casualties at Fredericksburg and 71 at Chancellorsville, and of the 227 engaged at Gettysburg more than twenty percent were disabled. Only 1 officer and 12 men surrendered in April, 1865.

The field officers were Colonels [Norvell Cobb](/source/Norvell_P._Cobb) and William C. Scott; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas R. Buckner, James L. Hubard, A.C. Jones; and Major David W. Anderson.

## See also

- [American Civil War portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:American_Civil_War)

- [List of Virginia Civil War units](/source/List_of_Virginia_Civil_War_units)

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