Virginia 59th Infantry, Company D 3rd (Confederate)
08/08/1861
Organized - Virginia 59th Infantry, Company D 3rd - Virginia
07/02/1862
Battle - Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Croatan Island, North Carolina
15/06/1864
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
Second Petersburg
As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Virginia 59th Infantry, Company D 3rd - Virginia
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regiment -Virginia 59th Infantry (Confederate)
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