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40th Virginia Infantry Regiment information


40th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveJune 1861 – April 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
CountryConfederacy
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Branch40th Virginia Infantry Regiment Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Seven Days' Battles
  • Battle of Cedar Mountain
  • Second Battle of Bull Run
  • Battle of Antietam
  • Battle of Fredericksburg
  • Battle of Chancellorsville
  • Battle of Gettysburg
  • Battle of Cold Harbor
  • Siege of Petersburg
  • Battle of Sayler's Creek
  • Appomattox Campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel John M. Brockenbrough

The 40th Virginia 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. Prior to the reorganization of the army after Chancellorsville, it was part of the first brigade of A.P. Hill's Light Division. Field officers were Colonel John M. Brockenbrough; Lieutenant Colonels Fleet W. Cox, Arthur S. Cunningham, and Henry H. Walker; and Majors Edward T. Stakes and William T. Taliaferro.

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