Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia
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1862
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| September 15 | Created by combining the 14th and 15th Virginia Cavalry Battalions under the command of Colonel William B. Ball, Lieutenant Colonel John R. Critcher and Major Edgar Burroughs. |
| October-November | Assigned to Chambliss’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
| October 18 | Major Burroughs resigned due to ill health. |
| November-September | Assigned to W.H.F. Lee’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| November 17 | Successfully defended a crossing of the Rappahannock at Falmouth from Burnside. |
| December |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| December 24 | Colonel Ball was furloughed for chronic disease of the liver and never returned to the regiment. |
| December 27-29 |
Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station |
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1863
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| April 24 | Charles Read Collins (West Point Class of 1859) was appointed major and took command of the regiment. |
| May 1-4 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe regiment fought dismounted in the defense of Marye’s Heights. |
| May 3 |
Battle of Salem ChurchThe regiment served as the rear guard. |
| May 23 | Lieutenant Colonel John R. Critcher was captured near Leedstown. He would be imprisoned at Johnson’s Island. Major Collins again took command of the regiment. |
| June-July | Detached on the Rappahannock River |
| September | Assigned to Lomax’s Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| October |
Bristoe CampaignThe regiment lost 2 men killed and 14 wounded. |
| November-December |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| January 19 | Colonel Ball resigned. He had been on medical furlough since December of 1862. |
| February 14 | Major Collins was promoted to temporary colonel for “valor and skill.” |
| March 3 | Lieutenant Colonel John Critcher was exchanged at Point Lookout and returned to the regiment. |
| May 5-6 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 5 |
Todd’s TavernColonel Charles R. Collins was killed. Lieutenant Colonel John R. Critcher took command of the regiment. |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 22-26 |
Battle of North Anna |
| June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June |
Siege of Petersburg |
| June 11-12 | Lieutenant Colonel John R. Critcher was relieved of command near Louisa Court House and resigned the next day. Captain John Cooper.took command of the regiment. |
| August 8 | Ordered to join Early in the Shenandoah Valley and assigned to Lomax’s Payne’s Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee’s Division, Army of the Valley District. Commanded by Captain John Cooper. |
| August 18 | Arrived with Early in the Valley |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November 8 | Combined with the 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment as Companies G-K to form the 5th Consolidated Virginia Cavalry Regiment |