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Col. John "Shac" Shackleford Green Civil War veteran Thomas Benjamin Amiss in U.C.V. uniform; enlisted in the 6th Virginia Cavalry as 3rd Cpl., Co. B. The 6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Upon arriving in Leesburg, Kilpatrick found the town held by Company A of the 6th Virginia Cavalry, forty or so infantrymen under the command Captain Gibson, and Colonel White and thirty of his troopers. As the infantrymen were largely convalescences and stragglers not fit to make the trek into Maryland and their force being greatly outnumbered ...
Supported by the 6th Virginia Cavalry (CSA), the 7th Virginia charged again, [3] clearing Starr's force off the ridge and inflicting heavy losses. Jones (CSA), outnumbering the Union forces by at least 2 to 1, pursued the retreating Federals for three miles to the Fairfield Gap, but was unable to catch his quarry.
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General William E. Jones, whose nickname "Grumble" reflected his irascible temper and profanity-laced tirades, commanded the 6th, 7th, 11th, and 12th Virginia Cavalry, the 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion , the 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, and McNeill's Rangers. He left Rockingham County with 3,500 men on April 21, 1863, and moved into ...
He was an unsuccessful candidate of the American Party for Governor of Virginia in 1855, losing to Henry A. Wise. He served as member of the secession convention in 1861 at Richmond. He then entered the Confederate States Army, raised a company of cavalry, and initially served as its captain. He was promoted to colonel of the 6th Virginia Cavalry.
During the American Civil War, he was first a captain of Company A, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and then colonel of the 7th Virginia Cavalry. Colonel Dulany was badly wounded at Kernstown. In Rosser's fight with Sheridan his left arm was permanently disabled, and in the capture of the block house at Brock's Gap, his right arm was wounded. [4]
6th Virginia Cavalry, a Confederate regiment of the American Civil War Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title.