1st Virginia Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Also referred to as the Williams Rifles
* May 1, 1861Originally printed 1851 - Organized as a volunteer militia regiment from militia companies from Chesterfield and Henrico Counties and the City of Richmond
** Per Virginia Adjutant General's Office / G.O. #1
** ? - Mustered into Confederate service
* April 1861 - Called into Virginia State service
* April 21, 1861 - Mustered into Virginia State service
* July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate service
* July 18, 1861 - Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia
* July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
* September 1861 - Company F converted to artillery service and re-designated as (Schaeffer's) Virginia ("Beauregard Rifles") Artillery Battery per order of General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of the Potomac
* April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
* April 27, 1862 - Re-organized with only 6 companies
* May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
* May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
* June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
* June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
* August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
* September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
* July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
* April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
* May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
* May 18, 1864 - Howlett House
* May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 16, 1864 - Clay Farm
* June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
* March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House
* April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
* April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
* April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
** Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
* Army of the Potomac / Terrett's/Longstreet's Brigade (June-July 1861)
* Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Brigade (July-October 1861)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Clark's/Griffith's/Ewell's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / Ewell's/A.P. Hill's Brigade (January-March 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / A.P. Hill's/Kemper's Brigade (March-June 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (June-August 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (August-September 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
* Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (February-April 1863)
* Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (April-May 1863)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (May-September 1863)
* Department of Richmond / Kemper's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's/Terry's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Patrick T. Moore (Colonel)
* John Dooley (Major)
* William H. Fry (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Francis H. Langley (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* William P. Munford (Major)
* George F. Norton (Major)
* William H. Palmer (Major)
* Frederick G. Skinner (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Lewis B. Williams (Jr.) (Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Loehr, Charles T., War History of the Old First Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia
* Wallace, Lee A. Jr., 1st Virginia Infantry
* (Pages 22, 155-156)
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