52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment

{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | image = Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).svg | image_size = 150 | caption = Flag of Virginia, 1861 | dates = June 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]] *[[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]] | disbanded = April 1865 | notable_commanders = }}

[[File:Private George Hamilton Guinn of Co. A, 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform with musket, Bowie knive, and canteen LCCN2015645554.jpg|thumb|right|Private George Hamilton Guinn of Co. A, 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment]]

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]].

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|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|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 [[Battle of Cross Keys|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== {{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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