6/12/64 --1st Military District, Dept N C & Southern. Va -S O #11/VII. To the troops of my command for the defense of Petersburg, on the south side of the Appomattox, on the 9th, I have, with the approval & under the instructions of the cdg Gen, to offer my grateful acknowledgments for their gallant conduct, & my congratulations upon their successful repulse of the enemy. Approaching with 9 Regts of Infy & Cav, & at least 4 pieces of Arty, they searched our lines from Btry #1 to Btry #29, a distance of nearly 6 miles.
Hood’s [Va Reserves Bn] & Batte’s [44th Va] Bns, the 46th Regt Va Vols, & 1 Co (Capt Woods, Co F), of the 23rd SC, with Sturdivant’s [Albemarle Va] Btry & a few guns in position, & Taliaferro’s Cav, kept them at bay & punished them severely until they reached the Jerusalem Plank road, in front of Btry #29, defended by Major [Fletcher H.] Archer’s [3rd Va Reserves Bn] corps of reserves & 2nd-class militia, & by 1 piece of Sturdivant’s Btry, a howitzer, under the temporary command of Gen Colston.

1865 Dept of Richmond: Ewell
Unattached
Hood's Bn, Va Militia
Second-Class Militia
Independent Signal Corps (71)

Virginia Civil War Confederate Reserve Units
• 3rd Battalion, Virginia Reserves (Archer's) - Confederate
Organized at Petersburg, Virginia, in June, 1864. It served in the Petersburg area, then in January, 1865.
On April 9, the battalion surrendered. Lieutenant Colonels F.H. Archer and W.H. Hood, and Majors Thomas H. Bond and William H. Jarvis were in command.

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Muster In: Organized with six companies at Petersburg on August 6, 1864. (Actually the battalion had been formed by June 1864.) No record found after October 5, 1864.1,2
Muster Out: ?
Commander(s):
Major William Henry Hood
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Major Thomas H. Bond
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Petersburg, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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 Major William Henry Hood (captured June 9, 1864)4
 Major Thomas H. Bond (after June 9, 1864)5
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Petersburg, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army6
 Commander: Major Thomas H. Bond7
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Petersburg, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army8
 Commander: Major Thomas H. Bond9
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Petersburg, Va. | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army10
 Commander: Major Thomas H. Bond11
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army12,13
 Commander: Major Thomas H. Bond (at least through October 5, 1864)14
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army15
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army16,17
 Commander: None listed. (November & December 1864)16,17
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army20,21
 Commander: None listed. (January & February 1865)22,23
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Post of Petersburg | First Military District | Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia | Confederate Army24,25
 Commander: None listed. (March & April 1-2, 1865)26,27
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles28:
 Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
 NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The June 9, 1864 First Battle of Petersburg From the Petersburg Express