51st Virginia Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* August 1861 - Organized 
** ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for one year
* August 22, 1861 - Company L enlisted
* September 10, 1861 - Gauley River
* September 11, 1861 - Carnifax Ferry
* December 13, 1861 - Buffalo Mountain
* January 15, 1862 - Company L reassigned to 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion / Company D
* February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
* February 18, 1862 - Lewisburg and Clarksville
* May 17-18, 11862 - Mercer and Princeton
* May 26, 1862 - Reorganized 
* August 28, 1862 - Lewisburg, West Virginia
* September 1862 - Kanawha Campaign
* September 10, 1862 - Fayetteville, West Virginia
* September 25, 1862 - Fayetteville, West Virginia
* April 15, 1863 - Pikeville, Kentucky
* May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* July 1, 1863 - Hanover, Pennsylvania
* September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
* November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
* February 1, 1864 - Knoxville
* May 15, 1864 - New Market
* May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* May 30, 1864 - Totopotomoy Creek
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
* July 7-8, 1864 - Frederick, Maryland
* July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
* July 11, 1864 - Fort Stevens
* July 13, 1864 - Rockville
* July 24, 1864 - Kernstown
* August 17, 1864 - Winchester
* September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
* September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
* September 23, 1864 - Harrisonburg
* September 26, 1864 - Brown's Gap
* October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
* December 1, 1864 - Leetown, West Virginia
* January 7, 1865 - Fisherville
* March 2, 1865 - Waynesborough
** Most of unit dispersed
** A detachment joined Lee's Army for its final operation
* March 3, 1865 - Ivory Creek
* March 6, 1865 - Charlotteville
* March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman [detachment]
* March 27, 1865 - Union Furnace [detachment]
DESIGNATIONS
* Army of the Kanawha (August-December 1861)
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Floyd's Division (January-February 1862)
* Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / 3rd (Floyd's) Division / Wharton's Brigade (February 1862)
* Army of the Kanawha / Wharton's Brigade (February-May 1862)
* Department of Southwestern Virginia / Army of the Kanawha / Wharton's Brigade (May-September 1862)
* Department of Western Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (February-October 1863)
* Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Wharton's Brigade (October-November 1863)
* Department of East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Wharton's Brigade (November 1863-March 1864)
* Department of Western Virginia / Wharton's Brigade (March-May 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Breckinridge's Division / Wharton's Brigade (May-June 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / Breckinridge's Division / Wharton's Brigade (May-June 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Breckinridge's /Wharton's Division / Wharton's/Forsberg's Brigade (June 1864-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Gabriel C. Wharton (Colonel)
* William T. Akers (Major)
* George A. Cunningham (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Stephen M. Divkey (Major)
* Augustus Forsberg (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* David P. Graham (Major)
* James W. Massie (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Samuel H. Reynolds (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John P. Wolfe (Lieutenant Colonel)
* William A. Yonce (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Davis, James Arnold, 51st Virginia Infantry
* (Pages 201, 242-244)
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