The 19th 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 with the Army of Northern
Virginia.
The 19th Virginia, organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in May,
1861, contained men recruited at Charlottesville and in the counties
of Albemarle, Nelson, and Amherst.
It fought at First Manassas under General Cocke, then was assigned to
General Pickett's, Garnett's, and Hunton's Brigade. The 19th
participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from
Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was with Longstreet at
Suffolk. Later it served in North Carolina, returned to Virginia, and
was active at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. Continuing the fight, it
was engaged in the Petersburg siege north of the James River and the
Appomattox Campaign.
It reported 6 casualties at First Manassas and in April, 1862,
totalled 650 effectives. The regiment had 138 casualties during the
Seven Days' Battles and lost forty-two percent of the 150 in the
Maryland Campaign and more than forty-five percent of the 328 engaged
at Gettysburg. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and only 1
officer and 29 men surrendered.
The field officers were Colonels Philip St. George Cocke, Henry Gantt,
Armistead T.M. Rust, and John B. Strange; Lieutenant Colonels John T.
Ellis, Charles S. Peyton, and Bennett Taylor; and Majors Waller M.
Boyd and William Watts.
First Battle of Bull Run
Seven Days' Battles
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Siege of Suffolk
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Sailor's Cre