25th Virginia Infantry Regiment

25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	May 1861 – April 1865
Disbanded	April 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Virginia
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Nickname(s)	Heck’s Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Rich Mountain; Battle of Cheat Mountain; Jackson's Valley Campaign; Seven Days' Battles; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg; Siege of Suffolk; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Cold Harbor; Valley Campaigns of 1864; Appomattox Campaign;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Colonel George Hugh Smith; Lt. Colonel Robert D. Lilley

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.

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