Confederate Regiments
Infantry
- 2nd Virginia Infantry
- 7th Virginia Infantry
- 13th Virginia Infantry
- 22nd Virginia Infantry
- 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 24th Virginia Infantry
- 25th Virginia Infantry
- 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 27th Virginia Infantry
- 29th Virginia Infantry
- 30th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Sharpshooters)
- 31st Virginia Infantry
- 33rd Virginia Infantry
- 36th Virginia Infantry
- 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion
- 59th Virginia Infantry
- 60th Virginia Infantry
- 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
Cavalry
- 1st Virginia Cavalry
- 2nd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles
- 7th Virginia Cavalry
- 8th Virginia Cavalry
- 10th Virginia Cavalry
- 11th Virginia Cavalry
- 12th Virginia Cavalry
- 14th Kentucky Cavalry
- 14th Virginia Cavalry
- 16th Virginia Cavalry
- 17th Virginia Cavalry
- 18th Virginia Cavalry
- 19th Virginia Cavalry
- 20th Virginia Cavalry
- 21st Virginia Cavalry
- 23rd Virginia Cavalry
- 26th Virginia Cavalry
- 34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
- 36th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
- 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
- 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Mosby’s Partisan Rangers)
- 44th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Thurmond’s Partisan Rangers)
- McNeil’s Company, Virginia Cavalry (McNeil’s Partisan Rangers)
- Swann’s Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Artillery
- Bryan’s Battery
- Chapman’s Battery
- Chew’s Battery
- French’s Battery
- Gauley Artillery
- Jackson’s Horse Artillery
- Kanawha Artillery
- Lowry’s Battery
- Lurty’s Battery
- McClanahan’s Battery
- Penick’s Battery
- Taylor’s Battery
- Western Artillery
- Wise Artillery
Penick’s Battery
Penick’s Battery [also called Lewis’ Battery and Pittsylvania Artillery] was organized during April, 1862. For a time, part of this company served with the 59th Virginia Regiment. It was assigned to J.J. Garnett’s, C.Richardson’s, and W.T. Poague’s Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit served with the army from Fredericksburg to Cold Harbor, was active in the defense of Petersburg, and ended the war at Appomattox. At Gettysburg 4 officers and 86 men saw action, and during April, 1864, there were 3 officers and 72 men present. That September about half (30) the battery was sick, and in April, 1865, it surrendered 2 officers and 68 men. The battery was commanded by Captains John W. Lewis and Nathan Penick.
[Source: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]
West Virginia counties contributing soldiers: Greenbrier
Penick’s (Lewis’) Battery – National Park Service
Matthews’ Light, Penick’s Pittsylvania, Young’s Halifax Light, Johnson’s Jackson Artillery by George L. Sherwood ; Virginia Regimental History Series, H.E. Howard Publishing.
Virginia Pittsylvania Artillery Battery, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia, by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 63-64, entry #129.
Captain Nathan Penick’s Co. Virginia Light Artillery, A Guide to Virginia’s Military Organizations, 1861-1865, by Lee A. Wallace, Jr., pg. 29.