Floyd's Brigade (four regiments and two(?) batteries were at Fort Donelson 
(but evacuated before the surrender). Wise's Brigade was at Roanoke Island 
NC (where it surrendered). Marshall's command in East Kentucky and the 
troops with the Army of Tennessee have already been mentioned. A Virginia 
battery (Botetourt Artillery) surrendered at Vicksburg. Virginia troops 
periodically operated in Eastern North Carolina. But in terms of raw 
manpower, the overwhelming majority of Virginia troops fought in Virginia.

Peter Lysy
University of Notre Dame

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>
>Date:    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:08:38 -0400
>From:    David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Virginia Confederate troops serving outside of Virginia
>
>Hello Va-Hist Listers:
>
>A student asked me this question and a quick scan of my little Civil War =
>library did not turn up an easy answer.   Did Virginia forces fight =
>anywhere outside of the Old Dominion during the Civil War?  I'm not =
>referring to the forces that invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania or served =
>in the Confederate navy, but rather to whether or not men were sent out to =
>the west or to the deep south.  Our class was discussing soldier motivation=
>s and it was noted that Virginians were highly engaged because they were =
>encountering the enemy on their own soil -- hence th question: would they =
>(did they?) fight show the same engagement outside of their home state.
>
>Thanks,
>
>David Kiracofe
>
>David Kiracofe
>History
>Tidewater Community College
>Chesapeake Campus
>1428 Cedar Road
>Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
>757-822-5136

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