Rare CDV of Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Shriver of the 27th Virginia Infantry his company known as the “The Shriver Grays”

Rare CDV of Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Shriver of the 27th Virginia Infantry his company known as the “The Shriver Grays” - Inventory Number: CON 566 

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Originally formed by Daniel Shriver in the Spring of 1861, the company of 80 men from Wheeling, Virginia (not yet West Virginia) mustered into

Confederate service at Harper's Ferry following Virginia's secession from the Union. They were designated as Company G, 27th Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the 1st Virginia Brigade.

This Brigade would later become the famous "Stonewall Brigade" and would see heavy combat throughout the Civil War.

The 27th fought at First Manassas, First Kernstown, and in Jackson's Valley Campaign. It then participated in the campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and was active around Appomattox. The regiment reported 141 casualties at First Manassas, 57 at First Kernstown, and 4 of the 136 engaged at First Winchester. It lost 3 killed at Cedar Mountain, had 4 killed and 23 wounded at Second Manassas, and sustained 9 killed and 62 wounded at Chancellorsville. Of the 148 in action at Gettysburg about thirty percent were disabled. Only 1 officer and 20 men surrendered.

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Inventory Number: CON 566