46th Virginia Infantry

The 46th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in Virginia and the Carolinas.

46th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	August 1861 – April 1865
Disbanded	April 1865
Country	Confederacy
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Role	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island Seven Days' Battles Siege of Charleston Harbor Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Campaign

Private David C. Colbert of Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment

46th Infantry Regiment (also called 1st or 2nd Regiment, Wise Legion) was organized in August, 1861.

It was soon ordered to North Carolina and placed in a brigade commanded by former governor Henry A. Wise. Here part of the unit was captured in the fight at Roanoke Island, and Roberts Coles (son of former Illinois Territorial Governor and abolitionist Edward Coles) was killed.[1] After a prisoner exchange, the unit reassembled in Virginia, saw action in the Seven Days' Battles, then joined the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The regiment participated in the siege against Charleston and during the spring of 1864 returned to Virginia. It endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches north of the James River and ended the war at Appomattox.

This unit contained 401 effectives during the Seven Days' Battles and surrendered 15 officers and 116 men on April 9, 1865.

The field officers were Colonels J. Lucius Davis, Richard T. W. Duke, Randolph Harrison, and John H. Richardson; Lieutenant Colonel Peyton Wise; and Majors Hugh W. Fry, Jr. and James C. Hill.

See also

• List of Virginia Civil War units

References

1. https://smuseum.avenue.org/ourhistory/home.html

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service".