David A. Weisiger
| David A. Weisiger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 23, 1818 Chesterfield County, Virginia |
| Died | February 23, 1899 (aged 80) Richmond, Virginia |
| Buried | Petersburg, Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
|
| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
|
| Years of service | 1846–1848 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Second Lieutenant (USV) Colonel (Virginia Militia) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Unit | 1st Virginia Volunteers (USV) |
| Commands held | 39th Virginia Militia Regiment 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment Weisiger's Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
Mexican-American War American Civil War |
| Other work | Bank cashier |
David Addison Weisiger (December 23, 1818 – February 23, 1899) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). Weisiger served as a second lieutenant in the 1st Virginia Volunteers, an infantry regiment, during the Mexican-American War. After the war, he was a businessman at Petersburg, Virginia. Between 1853 and 1860, he served in the 39th Virginia Militia Regiment, rising from captain to colonel. After the Civil War, he was a bank cashier at Petersburg, Virginia and a businessman at Richmond, Virginia.
David Addison Weisiger was born December 23, 1818 at "The Grove" in Chesterfield County, Virginia. His grandfather Samuel Weisinger had been born in Germany.
During the Mexican-American War, Weisiger served in the 1st Virginia Volunteers Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant of Company E from December 3, 1846 to August 1, 1848. After the war, he was a businessman at Petersburg, Virginia. He served successively as captain, major and colonel of the 39th Virginia Militia Regiment between 1853 and 1860. He was officer of the day in the Virginia militia at the hanging of abolitionist John Brown on December 2, 1859.
David A. Weisiger began his Confederate Civil War service as a major in the 4th Infantry Battalion of the Virginia Militia in April 1861. On April 20, 1861, Weisiger took his battalion to the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk, Virginia when it was abandoned by the U.S. Navy, occupying the city as well. He became colonel of the 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment on May 9, 1861. The regiment served on the Virginia Peninsula until it was attached to the brigade of then Brigadier General William Mahone in Major General Richard H. Anderson's division of III Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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