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Virginia 54th Infantry Regiment


Historical Notes:
The 54th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army was organized by Colonel Robert C. Trigg in Southwest Virginia during the late summer and early fall of 1861 during the American Civil War. Mustered into service on September 10, the regiment trained at Camp Hall in Montgomery County before joining the Army of Eastern Kentucky. The 54th participated in battles at Middle Creek (Kentucky) and Princeton ((West) Virginia) in 1862, then returned to Southwest Virginia for several months before being ordered east late in the year. The regiment participated in the Battle of Kelly's Store in January 1863, then was transferred to the Army of East Tennessee. The 54th saw action at the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge before participating in Johnston's Atlanta Campaign and Hood's Tennessee Campaign in 1864. Afterward, Trigg and a detachment returned to Southwest Virginia, while the remainder of the regiment found itself participating in the Carolina Campaign at war's end. Officers:
The field officers were Colonel Robert C. Trigg; Lieutenant Colonels Henry A. Edmundson, William B. Shelor, and John J. Wade; and Majors John S. Deyerle, Austin Harman, and James C. Taylor. Assignments:
  • Assigned to Trigg's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee.
    • Battles:
  • Battle of Middle Creek
  • Battle of Chickamauga
  • Atlanta Campaign
    • Rosters:
    The roster of this unit contains the names of 1850 men.

  • Company A (Captain Andrew Dickerson's Company) - Floyd County
  • Company B (Captain Jackson Godbey's Company) - Floyd county
  • Company C (Captain James Craig Taylor's Company) - Montgomery County
  • Company D (Captain Henry Slusher's Company) - Floyd County
  • Company E (Montgomery Grays) - Montgomery County
  • Company F (Captain William J. Jordan's Company) - Pulaski County
  • Company G (Captain George Hylton Turman's Company) - Carroll County
  • Company H (Captain Sparrell H. Griffith's Company) - Floyd County
  • Company I (Captain Burwell Akers' Company) - Floyd County
  • Company K (The Roanoke Guards, or Captain John Scott Deyerle's Company) - Craig and Roanoke Counties
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