41st Virginia Infantry Regiment

41st Virginia Infantry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveJuly 1861 – April 1865
Disbanded1865
CountryConfederacy
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War: Seizure of Norfolk – Battle of Seven PinesBattle of Oak GroveBattle of Malvern HillSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of Crampton's GapBattle of AntietamBattle of ShepherdstownBattle of FredericksburgBattle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of Salem ChurchBattle of GettysburgBattle of WilliamsportBattle of Bristoe StationBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania CourthouseBattle of Cold HarborBattle of Jerusalem Plank RoadBattle of the CraterBattle of Globe TavernBattle of Boydton Plank RoadBattle of Hatcher's RunBattle of High BridgeBattle of Cumberland ChurchBattle of Appomattox Court House
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel John R. Chambliss
Colonel W. A. Parham
Lt. Colonel Joseph P. Minetree
Major William H. Etheridge
Private Joseph T. Rowland of Co. A, 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment

The 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia in Longstreet's corps and, later, that army's Third Corps.

The regiment was formed from independent militia companies operating in the Norfolk area, with men from the surrounding counties, as far west as Petersburg. Throughout the war it operated in brigades under William Mahone and David A. Weisiger, and the divisions of Benjamin Huger, Richard H. Anderson, and William Mahone. The regiment participated in the capture and later abandonment of Norfolk Naval Yard, and every major campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia. Several dozen men and officers of the regiment also served on the CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads. The 41st Virginia was also involved in the friendly fire incident that severely wounded James Longstreet during the Battle of the Wilderness.