44th Virginia Infantry Regiment

The 44th Virginia was organized in June 1861, with men from Richmond and Farmville, and Appomattox, Buckingham, Louisa, Goochland, Amelia, Fluvanna, and Hanover counties.

The 44th served in General Early's, J.R. Jones', and W. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.

It was involved in many engagements from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then continued the fight with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and around Appomattox.

It sustained 15 casualties at Fredericksburg and 71 at Chancellorsville, and of the 227 engaged at Gettysburg more than twenty percent were disabled.

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Corporal Samuel H. Overton of A Company, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment