Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 5th

found: NUCMC data from Washington and Lee Univ. Lib. for Edmondson, J. Papers, 1856-1898(name not given; Rockbridge Rifles)

found: Wallace, L. Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865, 1964:p. 111 (5th Regiment Virginia Volunteers; org. May 7, 1861, with 12 companies, A to M, and accepted into Confederate service on July 16, 1861, with 11 companies, A to L; Co. M was disbanded June 16, 1861, and Co. B (Rockbridge Rifles) was assigned to 4th Regiment in July 1861; Co. L apparently served as artillery from Oct. 31, 1861, to April 17, 1862, when it was returned to regiment; regiment reorganized on April 12, 1861)