25th Virginia Infantry Regiment

25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveMay 1861 – April 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance Virginia
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
Nickname(s)Heck’s Regiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel George Hugh Smith
Lt. Colonel Robert D. Lilley
Col. Jonathan McGee Heck
Col. John C. Higginbotham

The 25th 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 the Northwest and Army of Northern Virginia. Its soldiers saw action from the battle of Philippi until the Appomattox.