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The First Virginia Cavalry participated in more than 200 engagements of various types throughout the American Civil War, during which it was reorganized several times. Its significant casualties at the First Battle of Bull Run led to reorganization and placement under the command of Brigadier General J.E.B. Stuart.
West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia to join the Union, provided the following units to the Union Army during the American Civil War.Units raised in the western counties prior to the creation of the state of West Virginia were often known as, "loyal Virginians," who formed the Restored government of Virginia in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1861, unanimously electing Francis H. Pierpont as ...
The flag of Virginia during the American Civil War An unidentified soldier in a Confederate States Army uniform with state of Virginia buttons. Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.
The First Virginia Cavalry, not to be confused with the Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalry, and later renamed the 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, was formed during the summer and fall of 1861 to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. Although it started slowly, it became one of the most effective of all West Virginia regiments.
The 1st West Virginia Cavalry was sent upriver where it crossed and then charged down on Rosser. [Note 11] The brigade drove off Rosser's cavalry, capturing 50 men and all of his artillery. [104] Thus Custer, utilizing Capehart's brigade (including the 1st West Virginia Cavalry), defeated one of the Confederacy's best cavalries. [105]
Pages in category "Military personnel of the 1st Cavalry Army" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Scott's Squadron (Virginia) Cavalry: Maj John Scott; Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, 1st and 4th Companies: Lt Charles W. Squires; Seventh (Demi) Brigade Col Nathan G. Evans. 1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Maj Chatham R. Wheat (w) 4th South Carolina: Col John B. E. Sloan; 30th Virginia Cavalry, Troops A and I: Cpt William R. Terry
William Washington (February 28, 1752 – March 6, 1810) was a cavalry officer of the Virginia militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, who also served on General George Washington's staff during the naval war with France in 1798 and held a final rank of brigadier general.