The 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an

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raised in

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

for service in the

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during the

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. It fought mostly with the

Army of Northern Virginia The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was also the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most oft ...

. The 58th Virginia completed its organization in October 1861. Most of its members were raised in Bedford, Franklin, and Amherst counties. After participating in Jackson's Valley Campaign the unit was assigned to Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was involved in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Chancellorsville, then was sent to Staunton from Winchester with prisoners during the Battle of Gettysburg. Later it was active in the Bristoe, Mine Run, and The Wilderness campaigns, the battle at Cold Harbor, and Early's Shenandoah Valley operations. The 58th ended the war at Appomattox. It reported 50 casualties at McDowell, 53 at Harrisonburg, 77 at Cross Keys and Port Republic, 54 at Gaines' Mill, 9 at Fredericksburg, and 28 at Chancellorsville. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 2 officers and 63 men of which 22 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Francis H. Board, Edmund Goode, and Samuel H. Letcher; Lieutenant Colonels

Stapleton Crutchfield Stapleton Crutchfield was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War closely associated with Stonewall Jackson until Jackson's death. Although Crutchfield lost a leg in the same battle, he returned to field in the last campaign in Virginia, ...

and John G. Kasey; and Majors George E. Booker and Edward T. Walker.

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