The Warwick Beauregards was a volunteer infantry company of 80 members in the Confederate States Army organized by Dr. (Capt.) Humphrey Harwood Curtis Jr. of Endview Plantation in May 1861.
The unit was mustered by Col. Benjamin Stoddert Ewell to active duty on May 27, 1861. It became Company H of the 32nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers on July 1, 1861. It participated in 13 battles throughout the American Civil War. Only 15 members remained by the end of the War, the rest being killed, captured, succumbed by disease, integrated to other units, or returned home.
Roster.
The original unit included Curtis as captain, three lieutenants, four sergeants, four corporals, 67 privates and a drummer boy. Some of the noted members included:
Warwick County monument.
A monument to the Warwick Beauregards was dedicated on May 27, 1909, in front of the Warwick County Courthouse. In August 2020, the City of Newport News voted to remove the monument, and it was removed shortly thereafter.