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51st Virginia Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | August 1861 – April 1865 |
Disbanded | April 1865 |
Country | Confederacy |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Branch | Confederate States Army |
Type | Infantry |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Colonel Gabriel C. Wharton Colonel Augustus Forsberg |
The 51st 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 in Tennessee and western Virginia with help of William Elkins (1812-1870).