41st Virginia Infantry

41st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	July 1861 – April 1865
Country	Confederacy
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Role	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War: Seizure of Norfolk – Battle of Seven Pines – Battle of Oak Grove – Battle of Malvern Hill – Second Battle of Bull Run – Battle of Crampton's Gap – Battle of Antietam – Battle of Shepherdstown – Battle of Fredericksburg – Battle of Chancellorsville – Battle of Salem Church – Battle of Gettysburg – Battle of Williamsport – Battle of Bristoe Station – Battle of the Wilderness – Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse – Battle of Cold Harbor – Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road – Battle of the Crater – Battle of Globe Tavern – Battle of Boydton Plank Road – Battle of Hatcher's Run – Battle of High Bridge – Battle of Cumberland Church – Battle of Appomattox Court House
Disbanded	1865
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel John R. Chambliss Colonel William Allen Parham Lt. Colonel Joseph P. Minetree Major William H. Etheridge

The 41st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia in Longstreet's corps and, later, that army's Third Corps.

The regiment was formed from independent militia companies operating in the Norfolk area, with men from the surrounding counties, as far west as Petersburg. Throughout the war it operated in brigades under William Mahone and David A. Weisiger, and the divisions of Benjamin Huger, Richard H. Anderson, and William Mahone. The regiment participated in the capture and later abandonment of Norfolk Naval Yard, and every major campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia. Several dozen men and officers of the regiment also served on the CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads. The 41st Virginia was also involved in the friendly fire incident that severely wounded James Longstreet during the Battle of the Wilderness.

In late 1860, Thomas Kevill, the Irish-born proprietor of a clothing store and captain of the Norfolk United Volunteer Fire Company, organized the United Artillery Company, composed mainly from firemen from Norfolk, Virginia. By the time Virginia's secession convention met on April 17, he had procured a few light artillery pieces. William H. Etheridge had also formed a company of infantry, the Norfolk County Rifle Patriots, raised among men from Great Bridge, Virginia.