55th Virginia Infantry Regiment
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title:
55th Virginia Infantry Regiment
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The 55th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In May 1861, Major William N. Ward raised a unit known as 'Essex and Middlesex Battalion,' one company of which, the 'Essex Sharp Shooters' had been in existence since the summer of 1860 as a volunteer company. It received the formal designation '55th Virginia Infantry' in September 1861 when Colonel Francis M. Mallory took command. It eventually became part of A.P. Hill's L
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment
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2024-03-29T21:47:27Z
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