NPS-CWS&SS shows:

Andrew J. Wood
Regiment Name 57th Virginia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company H
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M382 roll 61

57th Regiment, Virginia Infantry

57th Infantry Regiment was organized in September, 1861, by adding five independent companies to the five companies of E.F. Keen's Battalion. Some of the men were from Powhatan, Pittsylvania, and Botetourt counties. The unit was assigned to General Armistead's, Barton's, and Steuart's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, served in North Carolina, then saw action at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor. The 57th continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches north of the James River and around Appomattox. It reported 113 casualties at Malvern Hill and lost more than sixty percent of the 476 engaged at Gettysburg. There were 7 killed, 31 wounded, and 3 missing at Drewry's Bluff, and many were disabled at Sayler's Creek. On April 9, 1865, the unit surrendered 7 officers and 74 men. Its commanders were Colonels Lewis A. Armistead, George W. Carr, David Dyer, Clement R. Fontaine, Elisha F. Keen, and John B. Magruder; Lieutenant Colonels Waddy T. James, William H. Ramsey, and Benjamin H. Wade; and Majors Garland B. Hanes, David P. Heckman, and Andrew J. Smith.

Others of the Wood name:

Wood, Christopher C. Co H Corporal O.S.

Wood, Eli J. Co H Private Private

Wood, George A. F&S Sergeant Hosp. Stew'd.

Wood, Henry Co C Private Private

Wood, Hiram L. Co H Private Private

Wood, John A. Co C Private Private

Wood, John T. Co H Private Private

Wood, William T. Co I Private Private

Wood, Winston E. Co H Private Private

Co H - Rivanna Guards, formerly Capt John B. Magruder's Co Va Vols; enlisted 7/22/1861, for 1 year; reorganized 5/7/1862
Captains: John Bowie Magruder [to Col 2/2/1863], Ralph Lewis Rogers [d. 5/19/1864], William Thompson

Co I - Pittsylvania Life Guards, Pittsylvania County, formerly Co D, Keen's Bn, organized 7/17/1861, for 1 year from 42nd Regt [Pittsylvania County] Va Militia

Co C - Franklin Fire Eaters, formerly Capt Edward T. Bridge's Co Va light infantry