2nd Virginia, Company D

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The 2nd Virginia, Company D or the "Berkley Border Guards" was a pre-war militia and Confederate infantry unit during the American Civil War. They were stationed around Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). This pre-war militia unit was present at the execution of John Brown, a famous abolitionist leader who, in 1859, lead a raid on the United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). The units original leader was Captain John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch. The company was a part of the original "Stonewall Brigade", commanded by General Thomas J. Jackson of Lexington, Virginia, originally a native of Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), and Jackson's Mill, near present-day Weston, West Virginia.

[edit] Battles of Company D

• Spotsylvania
• Chancellorsville
• First Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Kernstown I
• Payne’s Farm
• Battle of Gaines' Mill
• Malvern Hill
• Port Republic
• Gettysburg
• First Battle of Winchester
• Fredericksburg
• Battle of Salem Church
• Gettysburg
• Second Battle of Bull Run
• Cedar Run
• Battle of Winchester II (The 2nd lost its battle flag at this battle)

[edit] Sources

http://www.geocities.com/co_d_2nd_va/index1.html (Website of the 2nd Virginia, Company D Civil War Reenacting Unit)