First Regiment Engineers, PACS: November 2025

The Regiment, 1863 to 1865

The original Engineers were authorized by the Confederate Congress in early 1863 as one of a total of four regiments to serve in the regular army as field engineers to build or repair bridges, handle pontoons, and lead the placement and construction of field earthworks, including siege mines and counter mines. The 1st Regiment, and in time a large portion of the 2nd Regiment was assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia. Initially drawn from the existing line ranks and comprised of various tradesmen, General Lee objected to the thinning of his infantry and so organization was delayed to locate a different source of engineer troops. That was to be the conscript and enlistment camps. By Spring 1864 campaign season, the Engineers, now trained, equipped and armed, were part of the ANV ranks. The regiment served as combat engineers both and as line infantry. The Engineers served in every major battle as part of the ANV from the opening of the 1864 season all the way through to the last battles leading up to Appomattox and the surrender.

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Welcome to the 1st Engineers Regiment, PACS

Welcome to the 1st Regiment Engineers Home Page. The Engineers are a member team of the North-South Skirmish Association. The N-SSA is an association of recreated units from Florida to Maine and as far west as the Mississippi River who fought in the War Between the States from both sides of the conflict. Today, we compete in marksmanship with period military firearms and field artillery, both original and reproduction. We compete at ranges throughput the regions, but or home range is in Winchester, Virginia. The photo above was taken at our 2025 Carbine Match in Winchester.

You can find links to the N-SSA on this page as well as a link to a short history or the original Confederate unit and our team. If you have an interest in history or live fire musket shooting and reside in western Virginia, eastern West Virginia, western Maryland, southwest Pennsylvania, please consider contacting us for more information on the association and our unit.