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{{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name= 55th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment |image= [[File:Virginia 1861.svg|150px]] |caption= Flag of Virginia, 1861 |dates= September 1861 – April 1865 |country= [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] |allegiance={{flagicon|CSA}} [[Confederate States of America]] |branch= |type= |role= [[Infantry]] |nickname= |battles=[[American Civil War]]: [[Seven Days' Battles]]-[[Second Battle of Bull Run]]-[[Battle of Antietam]]-[[Battle of Fredericksburg]]-[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]-[[Battle of Gettysburg]]-[[Overland Campaign]]-[[Siege of Petersburg]]-[[Appomattox Campaign]] |disbanded= April 1865 <!-- Commanders --> |notable_commanders= }} '''The 55th Virginia Infantry''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. In May 1861, Major William N. Ward raised a unit known as 'Essex and Middlesex Battalion,' one company of which, the 'Essex Sharp Shooters' had been in existence since the summer of 1860 as a [[militia]] company. It received the formal designation '55th Virginia Infantry' in September of [[1861]] when Colonel Francis M. Mallory took command. It eventually became part of [[A.P. Hill's Light Division]]. In total, 1,321 men appeared on the muster rolls; of these, 1,181 saw active service with the regiment. Of the latter, 108 were killed in action and 198 died of disease. The regiment was made up of 12 companies from [[Essex County, Virginia|Essex]], [[Middlesex County, Virginia|Middlesex]], [[Lancaster County, Virginia|Lancaster]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], and [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]] counties, although never more than 11 companies served together at one time. Some of the battles the 55th Virginia engaged in included the [[Seven Days Battles]], [[Second Battle of Manassas]], [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]], [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]], and [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], as well as the defense of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] and [[Siege of Petersburg|Petersburg]]. Its field officers were Colonels William S. Christian and Francis Mallory; Lieutenant Colonels Robert H. Archer and Evan Rice; and Majors Thomas M. Burke, Robert B. Fauntleroy, Charles N. Lawson, Andrew D. Saunders, and William N. Ward. ==External links== * [http://www.55thva.org/ 55th Virginia Infantry] * [http://www2.acwa.org:81/club/minutes/histories/55thvirg.htm A brief history of the 55th Va. Infantry] ==References== <references/> *{{USGovernment|sourceURL=[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], ''National Park Service}} {{portal|American Civil War}} [[Category:Virginia Civil War regiments]] {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub}}
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