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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.
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
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.
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 .
With the outbreak of the Civil War and the War Department's wanting to re-designate all mounted regiments as cavalry and to renumber them in order of seniority., the First Dragoons became the "First Regiment of Cavalry" by an Act of Congress on 3 August 1861 (the existing First Cavalry Regiment (formed in 1855) was the fourth oldest mounted ...
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.
The regiment originated from the Charles City-Henrico County Regiment of Militia founded in 1652. During the French and Indian War, the Virginia Regiment was organized and was the only colonial regiment incorporated into the British line (1754-1763) and saw action at the Battle of Jumonville Glen, Fort Necessity, and the Braddock and Forbes expeditions.
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]