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Petersburg National BattlefieldPeriod drawing of artillery being fired at siege of Petersbrug
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Petersburg National Battlefield
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Please note that for each regimental entry the brigade, or battalion, the regiment was a part of is in brackets, followed by the division, and then the corps it belonged to. For example: 1st Delaware Infantry - (3)brigade, 2 division, II corps ; 12th Virginia Infantry - (Mahone's)brigade, Mahone's division, III corps.

To learn more about the actions the regiments took part, go to the Battles page.


Infantry
2nd (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

11th (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

12th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

13th (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

16th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

17th (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

18th (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

19th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

21st (Humphrey), Kershaw, I
June 15-18, 1864

26th (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

42nd (Davis), Heth, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad

48th (Harris), Mahone, III
August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad


Artillery
Confederate Guards Battalion (Bradford's)
(Davis), Heth, III
June 15-18, 1864

Madison Light (Richard's) (Pogue's Battalion), Artillery , III
A closeup image of several people in a boat being towed along the Erie Canal.  

Did You Know?
Once known by skeptics as "Clinton's Ditch," the Erie Canal trumped its doubters by opening faster and cheaper transportation across New York State and advanced Euro-American settlement of the Northeast, Midwest, and Great Plains.

Last Updated: December 18, 2007 at 10:41 EST