[2] Private Isaac Walling of Kevill's United Artillery Company was a professional diver and helped raise the hull of the scuttled screw-frigate Merrimac, destroyed by Federal forces while abandoning the Navy Yard.

Asa Reynolds Smith formed the Rough and Ready Volunteers from among the coal miners and workers around his Clover Hill farm, many foreign born, and including his brother and the son of the mine owner.

[9][10] In February 1862, Major General Ambrose Burnside led a Union expedition to seize Roanoke Island in North Carolina, raising concern that the next attack would be on Norfolk.

Of the 282 men that crewed the vessel, 31 were recruited from the 41st Virginia, mostly from the United Artillery (Company E), including Kevill, as well as Private Albert Griswold, who had been ship's tailor on the Merrimac before the war.

The retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia towards Richmond left Huger's division in Norfolk exposed to a Union attack and he received orders to begin planning a withdrawal.

Numbering 1,084, the regiment fell back to Suffolk, where it boarded trains for Petersburg where it was united for the first time, then crossed over to Dunn's Hill and on to Drewry's Bluff, on the north bank of the James River.

[14] McClellan brought his army within several miles of Richmond and in late May, Johnston planned an offensive to attack the two Union corps south of the Chickahominy River.

Hill ordered Mahone to deploy his brigade in a line near some woods and advance, but Colonel Chambliss paused long enough to send out Company K as skirmishers for the regiment, the only one to do so.

During the following day, while the division tried to struggle through felled trees along the road, some of Mahone's Brigade was detached to cover Mooreman's Battery, engaged in an artillery duel near White Oak Swamp.

"[18] Mahone returned his men to the division on Charles City Road, where Huger held them, not moving to support either Thomas Jackson further east in White Oak Swamp or Longstreet at Glendale.

Franklin decided not to attempt to drive them on September 15, and, after dark, the 41st crossed the Potomac on a pontoon bridge and spent the night in Halltown, Virginia, before moving to the fighting at Sharpsburg, Maryland.

On April 28, Tyler received word that Union soldiers had been spotted crossing the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford and dispatched Captain James Smith, Jr. of the 41st Virginia's Company E with ten of his men to set up a picket line and provide the work crew with details.

Smith brought his men to a forward position in the woods, but was surprised to find some of the vanguard of Henry Slocum's XII Corps already behind him and blocking his route back to the ford.

[31] At Germanna Ford, Tyler's party was surprised by Slocum's men, but most made it to the south side of the river, and held off the advanced pickets until the lead regiment drew up a line of battle.

He returned around 1:00 am, with news that Slocum was at the ford in force, and they sent word to Mahone's headquarters at the Chancellor Mansion that the Union army was making a move on the Confederate left flank.

In the afternoon, reinforced with soldiers from Jackson's corps, Anderson's division made a stand at a ridge that ran across the turnpike and spent the evening and night digging breastworks.

Mahone's Brigade formed a line north of the road, with the 41st Virginia anchoring the left flank on it and advanced to within about half a mile of the Chancellor Mansion after a day of hard fighting.

Shortly after noon, Mahone's Brigade, with others from Anderson's Division, was ordered rapidly back to Salem Church, to stop the VI Corps of John Sedgwick that had broken through the weakened Confederate defenses at Marye's Heights.

At 4:00 pm, Mahone's regiments fell into line north of the Plank Road and repulsed three charges, repeatedly shifting to the left as more Union forces arrived, and continuing until nightfall.

Lee had committed to battle by evening and, after a brief rest, Anderson's Division made a night march to Gettysburg, arriving in the morning and taking up a position at the northern end of Seminary Ridge.

[46] At 4:00 am on November 26, Colonel Parham ordered the regiment east on the Plank Road as part of the corps' movement to meet the Army of the Potomac's strike across the Rapidan.

[47] In late December, the regiment moved to a new camp at Madison Run Station, halfway between Gordonsville and Orange Court House to establish permanent winter quarters.

Lee ordered several of Anderson's brigades forward to join Longstreet, but the counterattack ground to a halt against the Union II Corps, under Winfield Scott Hancock.

Anderson was placed in temporary command of the First Corps for the remainder of the battle, with Mahone temporarily taking charge of the division and the 12th Virginia's Colonel Wisiger leading the brigade.

The Third Corps, temporarily under Jubal Early with Hill too sick to lead, followed down an abandoned road, reaching the rest of the army near Spotsylvania Court House on May 9 at 1:00 pm.

[51] May 12, a massive Union assault on the "Mule Shoe" Salient required Lee to transfer Anderson's Division back to fill in holes created in the lines as he reinforced, and Mahone's Brigade, still under Weisiger, took up a position north of the Fredericksburg Road leading to Spotsylvania Court House.

[52] On May 16, the brigade again attempted to stop a Union flank maneuver, as Grant moved the VI Corps across the Ni River, but was overwhelmed by the forces under Horatio Wright.

The Third Corps, with Hill back in charge, did not leave Spotsylvania until 9:00 pm on May 21 and reached the Confederate position near Hanover Junction on the North Anna River on the night of May 23.

On June 3, Grant launched an all out attack on the Confederate lines and Major Etheridge led the 41st Virginia to reinforce the division of John C. Breckinridge as it bloodily repulsed the Union charge.

When the Union general assault of April 2 occurred, Mahone marched his division west through Chesterfield County and joined the rest of the army at Amelia Court House.