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.

Images of Engineers in Uniform

The images below are two renderings, the first of common Confederate infantry from the website by Frederick R. Adolphus (https://www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com/chapter-02-the-confederate-uniform.html), the second image is an Engineer drawn by a former team member and the third is a colorized photo of a Confederate POW in the Battle of Gettysburg. 
 
 

 
 Below are two images, the first from Phillip Katcher and the other from a Don Troianai print
 
 
 
Below are some photos of the current team.
 
 






 



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