48th Virginia Infantry Regiment

{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment | image = Flag of the 48th Virginia Infantry (c.1861).png | image_size = 150 | caption = Regimental flag | dates = September 1861 – April 1865 | country = [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] | allegiance = {{flagicon|CSA}} [[Confederate States of America]] | branch = {{army|CSA}} | type = [[Infantry]] | role = | nickname = | battles = [[American Civil War]] *[[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]] *[[Appomattox Campaign]] | disbanded = April 1865 | notable_commanders = }}

The '''48th Virginia Infantry Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] raised in southwest [[Virginia]] for service in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. It fought mostly with the [[Army of Northern Virginia]].<ref>John D. Chapla, 48th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia Regimental History Series 1989)</ref>

The 48th Virginia, organized at [[Big Spring, Virginia|Big Spring]] near [[Abingdon, Virginia|Abingdon]], [[Washington County, Virginia]] in September 1861, and contained men from Scott, Washington, Smyth, Lee, and Russell counties. It fought in [[Jackson's Valley Campaign]] and later was assigned to General [[John R. Jones (general)|John R. Jones]]' and then [[William Terry (congressman)|William Terry]]'s Brigade, [[Army of Northern Virginia]].

The 48th participated in many conflicts from the [[Seven Days' Battles]] to [[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]], then although undermanned after many initial troops failed to re-enlist upon expiration of their initial one-year service commitment. Nonetheless, it was involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign.

It was organized with 912 officers and men and had a force of 800 in May, 1862. The unit reported 17 casualties at [[Battle of Cross Keys|Cross Keys]] and Port Republic, 62 at [[Battle of Cedar Mountain|Cedar Mountain]], 24 at [[Second Battle of Bull Run|Second Manassas]], 7 at [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]] (when it was in the rear), and 103 at [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]] (after which Gen. J. R. Jones ceased field service). Of the 265 troops from this unit engaged at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], more than twenty-five percent were disabled. Only 4 officers and 38 men surrendered at Appomattox.

The field officers were Colonels [[John Arthur Campbell|John A. Campbell]] (who resigned in October 1862 upon [[John R. Jones (general)|John R. Jones]]'s transfer and promotion to brigadier general despite his lack of military experience), Robert H. Dungan, and Thomas S. Garnett; Lieutenant Colonel Oscar White; and Majors James C. Campbell, Wilson Faris, and D. Boston Stewart.

==See also== {{portal|American Civil War}} *[[List of Virginia Civil War units]]

==References== <references/> *{{USGovernment|url=http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm|title=Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System|agency=National Park Service}}

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