53rd Virginia Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* December 1, 1861 - Organized by consolidation per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #214 (dated November 9, 1861) of:
** (Montague's) Virginia Infantry Battalion
** (Tomlin's) Virginia Infantry Battalion
** (Waddill's) Virginia Infantry Company
** ? - Mustered into Confederate Service 
* April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
* May 1862 - Reorganized
* May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
* May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
* June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
* June 25, 1862 - King's School House
* July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
* August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
* September 6, 1862 - Those men of the 53rd Virginia Infantry liable to conscription assigned to this regiment per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #209
* September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
* July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
* May 10, 1864 - Chester Station
* May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
* May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
* September 29, 1864 - Chaffin's Farm
* April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
* April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
* April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
** Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
* Wise's Brigade (September-October 1861)
* Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Division (January-April 1862)
* Department of the Peninsula / McLaws' Division [one company] (January-April 1862)
* Department of the Peninsula / Williamsburg and Spratley's (B.S. Ewell's Command) (January-April 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Huger's/Anderson's Division / Armistead's Brigade (June-July 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Anderson's Division / Armistead's Brigade (July-September 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
* Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (February-April 1863)
* Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (April-May 1863)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (May-September 1863)
* Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's/Barton's Brigade (September-October 1863)
* Department of North Carolina / Barton's Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
* Department of Richmond / Barton's Brigade (February-May 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Barton's/Steuart's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Carter L. Stevenson (Colonel)
* William R. Aylett (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Henry A. Edmondson (Major)
* John R. Grammer (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* William Leigh (Major)
* Rawley W. Martin (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Edgar B. Montague (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John C. Timberlake (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Harrison B. Tomlin (Colonel)
* George M. Waddill (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 170, 245-247)
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