3rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Henley's)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 3rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (Henley's) (McAnerney's) was organized in September, 1864 from the 3rd (Departmental) Infantry Battalion Local Defense Troops. Its members were from the War Department, Post Office Department, Treasury Department, Quartermaster Department, Medical Purveyor's Department, and men under the age of eighteen. At Sayler's Creek many were captured and only 1 man surrendered at Appomattox.
FIELD OFFICERS:
Colonel John McAnerney; Lieutenant Colonel S.F. Sutherland; and Majors Bolling Baker, John A. Henley, and S.G. Jamison.
BATTLES:
ROSTERS:
The rosters of this unit contains the names of 1381 men.
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