There dosn't appear to be much written of the 50th. Here's one website

http://www.nkclifton.com/csaregim.htm

The US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks list the following in their unit bibliography:

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50th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Chapla, John D. 50th Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1997. 217 p. E581.5.50th.C53.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. 1295 p. E484C65.1987v4. Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref. See p. 387 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 240-42 (2 photocopied pages). E581S53. (Unit organizational history).

Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1986. pp. 130-31 (1 photocopied pages). E581.4W35. (Brief unit history).

Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive: Salyer, Logan H.N. - CWMiscColl

These Salyer papers may be of considerable interest, I copy his bio. below.

George Martin

Logan Henry Neal Salyer

Residence Wise County VA;
Enlisted on 6/3/1861 as a Captain.

On 7/8/1861 he was commissioned into "H" Co. VA 50th Infantry
He Resigned on 9/8/1864

He was listed as:
* On rolls 9/7/1861 (place not stated)
* On rolls 11/1/1861 (place not stated)
* Detailed 11/8/1861 Cotton Hill To Wise Co's.,VA (Det. to bring in recruits)
* Returned 12/7/1861 (place not stated)
* Detailed 1/17/1862 Bowling Green, KY (Detailed on company business)
* Returned 2/1/1862 (place not stated)
* Wounded 2/15/1862 Fort Donelson, TN (Shot through body)
* On rolls 3/1/1862 Chattanooga, TN (In command)
* On rolls 3/25/1862 Richmond, VA
* In command of co 5/1/1862 Wytheville, VA
* On rolls 1/16/1863 (place not stated)
* POW 5/2/1863 Chancellorsville, VA
* Wounded 5/2/1863 Chancellorsville, VA (Wounded in head)
* Escaped 5/5/1863 (place not stated)
* Recaptured 5/6/1863 (place not stated)
* Paroled 5/18/1863 Washington, DC (For exchange)
* Returned 6/15/1863 (place not stated)
* On rolls 4/14/1864 (place not stated)
* Transferred 5/6/1864 Washington, DC
* Hospitalized 6/1/1864 Lynchburg, VA
* Returned 6/7/1864 (place not stated)
* Absent without leave 7/4/1864 (place not stated)

Promotions:
* Major 11/26/1862
* Lt Col 3/17/1863

Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 11/26/1862 from company H to Field & Staff

Other Information:
born 5/31/1835 in Scott County, VA
died 5/3/1916 in Whitesburg, KY
Buried: Uncle Sam Blair cem, Whitesburg, KY

(Postwar lawyer and clerk of court.)

There are some 40 cards in his Compiled Service Record file, but I couldn't open any of them this evening.