CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
47th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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47th Infantry Regiment was formed in June, 1861, with men recruited in Caroline,
Middlesex, Essex, and Stafford counties. The unit served under the command of Generals
Pettigrew, Field, Heth, H.H. Walker, and Barton. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia
from Seven Pines to Cold
Harbor, then was active in the trenches of Petersburg and around Appomattox. This regiment totalled 444
effectives in April, 1862, and sustained 34 casualties of the 156 engaged at Frayser's Farm. It
reported 29 casualties at Second
Manassas, 45 at Fredericksburg, and 45 at Chancellorsville. Twenty-three percent of
the 209 in action at Gettysburg were disabled. During February, 1865, the 47th and 55th
Regiments were consolidated, but only 2 sergeants of the 47th surrendered on April 9. The field
officers were Colonels Robert M. Mayo and George W. Richardson; Lieutenant Colonels James
D. Bruce, William J. Greene, and John W. Lyell; and Majors Charles J. Green and Edward P.
Tayloe.
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