Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
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1861
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| September 12 | Organized at Manassas with seven companies under the command of Colonel Charles W. Field (West Point Class of 1849), Lieutenant Colonel Julien Harrison and Major John G. Cabell. |
| September 31 | Company C was created. |
| October 9 | Company D was transferred from Company D of the 6th Virginia Cavalry. |
| November | Completed organization and was assigned to Cavalry Brigade, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia |
| December 4 | Burke’s Station |
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1862
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March |
Assigned to Cavalry, Ewell’s Division, Army of the Valley. Colonel Field was promoted to brigadier general and given command of an infantry brigade. |
| April 15-18 | Lieutenant Colonel Julien Harrison was promoted to colonel, Major Cabell was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Captain Thomas Flournoy was promoted to major. |
| May | Assigned to Cavalry, Ewell’s Division, Department of Northern Virginia |
| May 23 |
Battle of Front Royal |
| May 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
| June 8 |
Cross Keys |
| June 9 |
Port Republic |
| June 12-15 |
Stuart’s Ride Around McClellan |
| June 27 |
Gaines’s Mill |
| June-July | Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Valley |
| July 16 | Colonel Julien Harrison resigned. Major Thomas Flournoy was promoted to colonel, Major John S. Green was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Cabell Flournoy (Thomas’ son) was promoted to major. |
| August | Assigned to Robertson’s-Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 22 | Catlett’s Station |
| August 23 | Warrenton Springs |
| August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)Commanded by Colonel Thomas S. Flournoy. |
| October 15 | Colonel Flournoy resigned. Former Colonel Julien Harrison was reappointed to colonel. |
| October 16 | Charleston |
| December | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Army of the Valley |
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1863
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| January 2-5 |
Morefield-Petersburg Expedition |
| April 20-May 21 |
Jone’s and Imboden’s West Virginia Raid |
| April 25 | Greenland Gap |
| April 29 | Fairmont |
| May | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationColonel Julien Harrison was wounded in the left thigh. He never returned to field service and retired to the Invalid Corps. During the regiment’s counterattack at Beverly Ford Lieutenant O. R. Allen engaged in a one on one fight with Federal Colonel Benjamin Davis using sabres and revolvers. Davis emptied his revolver at Allen without result, but Allen hit Davis in the head with his third shot, killing him instantly. Davis had led Federal cavalry in a daring escape from surrounded Harpers Ferry in September of 1862, and had been called “our best cavalry officer” by one Federal general. |
| June 21 |
Battle of Millville |
| June 30 |
Battle of Hanover |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Major Cabell E. Flournoy. It was not on the field at Gettysburg but took active part in the campaign. From the monument to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade at Gettysburg: July 1. The 12th Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of the Potomac River. White’s 35th Virginia Battalion was also detached. The remaining regiments crossed the Potomac at Williamsport Md. July 2. Marched from near Greencastle Pa. to Chambersburg Pa. July 3. The Brigade marched from Chambersburg Pa. via Cashtown to Fairfield Pa. Met the 6th U. S. Cavalry about two miles from Fairfield. The 7th Virginia charged in the advance and was repulsed. The 6th Virginia in support charged and forced the Union Regiment to retire with heavy loss. The Brigade encamped at Fairfield for the night. July 4. The Brigade held the mountain passes and picketed the left flank of the Army. |
| July 7 |
Funkstown |
| July 9 |
Williamsport |
| August 11 | White Post |
| August 13 | Auburn |
| September | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Hampton’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| September 19 | Lieutenant Colonel Cabell, a medical doctor and surgeon, was appointed superintendent at the Jackson Hospital in Richmond. |
| Late September | Assigned to Lomax’s Brigade, F. Lee’s-Rosser’s Cavalry Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| October |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November-December |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| April 23 | Lieutenant Colonel Green resigned “for the good of the service” |
| May 5-6 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 11 |
Yellow TavernCaptain Daniel Richards was wounded. |
| May 22-26 |
Battle of North Anna |
| May 31-June 3 |
Battle of Cold HarborColonel Cabell Carrington Flournoy was killed. |
| June 11 |
Battle of Trevilian’s Station |
| June |
Siege of Petersburg |
| August | Assigned to Lomax’s-Payne’s Brigade, F. Lee’s-Rosser’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Valley |
| August 25 |
Reames’s Station |
| September 3 | Captain Daniel T Richards of Company D was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Daniel Grimsley of Company B was promoted to major |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
| September 24 | Lieutenant Colonel Richards was wounded at Luray. |
| September 26-27 | Weyer’s Cave |
| October 9 |
Battle of Tom’s Brook |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 28 | New Creek |
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1865
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| February | Assigned to Payne’s Bigade, F. Lee’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 7 |
High Bridge |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseMost of the army’s cavalry cut through Federal lines and escaped. Only three men surrendered at Appomattox. |