8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment Monument - Leesburg, Virginia - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

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This monument is dedicated to the brave men of the 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. 

The 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized into State Service May 8th, 1861 in Leesburg under the command of Colonel Eppa Hunton. These companies, 1272 men, formed the 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment: 

Loudoun County
Company A-Hillsborough Border Guards; Company D-Champs Rifles;
Company E-Hampton's Company; Company F-Blue Mountain Boys;
Company H-Potomac Grays; Company I-Simpson's Company; 

 Fauquier County Company B- Piedmont Rifles; Company K- Scotts' Company 

 Prince William County Company C-Evergreen Guards 

 Fairfax County Company G-Thrift's Company 

 Engagements Fought By The 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861-1865  

First Manassas	July 21, 1861	Cocke's Brig.
Leesburg	October 21, 1861	Evans' Brig.
Williamsburg	May 5, 1862	Pickett's Brig.	D.H. Hill's Div.
Seven Pines	May 31, 1862	Pickett's Brig.	D.H. Hill's Div.
Gaines Mill	June 27, 1862	Pickett's Brig	D.H. Hill's Div.
Frazer's Farm	June 30, 1862	Pickett's Brig	D.H. Hill's Div.
Second Manassas	August 30, 1862	Pickett's (Hunton) Brig.	Kemper's Div.
Boonsborough	September 14, 1862	Pickett's (Garnett) Brig.	D.R. Jones' Div.
Sharpsburg	September 17, 1862	Pickett's (Garnett) Brig.	D.R. Jones' Div.
Fredericksburg	December 13, 1862	Garnett's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Siege of Suffolk	April 11-May 3, 1863	Garnett's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Gettysburg	July 3, 1863	Garnett's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Chaffin's Farm	September 1863 May, 1864	Hunton's Brig.	Elzey's Dept. of Richmond
Cold Harbor	June 3, 1864	Hunton's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Drewry's Bluff	June 14, 1864	Hunton's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Howlett's Farm	August 24, 1864	Hunton's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Hatcher's Run	March 31 - April 1, 1865	Hunton's Brig.	B. Johnson's Div.
Saylor's Creek	April 6, 1865	Hunton's Brig.	Pickett's Div.
Appomattox	April 9-12, 1865	11 parolled 3 had fought	at 1st Manassas

 

Dedicated 2007 by the 8th Virginia Infantry Living Historical Group in association with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, erected by Cochran Stone Masonry

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