Virginia: 15th Infantry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized at Richmond on May 17, 1861.
Sometimes referred to as the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
Given its official designation as the 15th Infantry Regiment on June 1, 1861, per G.O. #24, Headquarters Virginia Forces.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Companies F and K refused to reorganize and were disbanded on June 20, 1862, per S.O. #142, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Regiments reorganized with eight companies on April 25, 1862.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Thomas P. August (Colonel)
- Lieutenant Colonel: James R. Crenshaw, Emmet M. Morrison (Major, Lt. Col.), Thomas G. Peyton (Major, Lt. Col.), and Henry St. G. Tucker, Jr. (Major, Lt. Col.)
- Major: Charles H. Clarke and John S. Walker
Assignments
- May-October 1861: Department of the Peninsula
- October 1861-January 1862: August's Brigade, Department of the Peninsula
- January-February 1862: McLaws' Division, Department of the Peninsula
- April-May 1862: McLaws' Brigade, McLaws' Division, Magruder's Command, Department of Northern Virginia
- May-June 1862: McLaws' Brigade, Magruder's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1862: Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division, Magruder's Command, Army of Northern Virginia
- July 1862: Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- July-November 1862: Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- November 1862-February 1863: Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- February-April 1863: Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
- April-May 1863: Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia
- May-September 1863: Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September-October 1863: Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of North Carolina
- October-November 1863: Corse's Brigade, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
- November 1863-January 1864: Corse's Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
- January 1864: Corse's Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
- February-May 1864: Corse's Brigade, Department of North Carolina
- May 1864: Corse's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- May 1864-April 1865: Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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