50th Regiment, Virginia Infantry - Confederate

Brief History
The 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Confederate) was involved in the following battles or localities: Big Bethel, Va.; Williamsburg, Va.; Seven Pines, Va.; Savage Station, Va.; White Oak Swamp, Va.; Malvern Hill, Va.; South Mountain, Md.; Sharpsburg, Md.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Suffolk, Va.; Bean's Station, Tenn.; Cold Harbor, Va.; Drewry's Bluff, Va.; Petersburg, Va.; Hatcher's Run, Va.; Five Forks, Va.; Sayler's Creek, Va.; Farmville, Va.; Appomattox, Va.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A (Lee Rifles) - many men from Lee County and Scott County

Company B (no nickname) - many men from Lee County

Company C ( no nickname) - many men from Tazewell County

Company D (Wilson Rifles) (Grayson Hornets) - many men from Grayson County, Ashe County, N. C.

Company E ( Smyth Grays) - many men from Smyth County

Company F.( Pedlar Mills Guard) - many men from Amherst County

Company G (1st) ( Floyd Blues) - many men from Washington County

Company G (2nd) (no nickname) - many men from Lee County

Company H ( Wise Yankee Catchers) - many men from Wise County. Page 113, History of Patrick County, Virginia Patrick County states "One of the largest groups of men from Patrick County served in Company H or K of the 50th Regiment of Volunteer Infantry."

Company I  ( no nickname) - many men from Pulaski and Carroll Counties

Company K (Patrick Boys) - many men from Patrick County

Company L (no nickname) many men from Smyth County

The information above is from 50th Virginia Infantry, by John C. Chapla.

Other Sources

 * Moore, J. Staunton. An Address Delivered by J. Staunton Moore at the 50th Reunion of the Fifteenth Virginia Regiment at Williamsburg, Virginia, May 24, 1911. Williamsburg, Va.: n.p., 1911..


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in Virginia in the Civil War and United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865.


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Virginia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Virginia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1992- 1995. (FS Library book, Ten Volumes.) This gives organization information for each unit and its field officers, assignments, and battles. It also lists sources further reading. Volume 5 is for Virginia.


 * Wallace, Lee A. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, 1986. (FS Library book .) This gives brief historical sketches of each regiment and lists officers, company names, and commanders.


 * Bales, Hattie Byrd Muncy. Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties, V. 2. Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977. (FS Library book .)