Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia
September 1863 • to October >
The Cavalry Corps was created on September 9 from Stuart’s Cavalry Division, consisting of two divisions under Hampton and Fitz Lee. Hampton’s Division was temporarily under the direct command of General Stuart while Hampton recovered from his Gettysburg wounds.
Commanded by Major General James E. B. Stuart
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Hampton’s Division |
Major General James E. B. Stuart | |
| Gordon’s Brigade | Colonel James B. Gordon (BG 9/28) | |
| 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ruffin | |
| 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Joseph Baker | |
| 4th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Dennis D. Ferebee | |
| 5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Stephen B. Evans | |
| Jones’/Rosser’s Brigade | Brigadier General William E. Jones | |
| 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel R. H. Dulany | |
| 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel O. R. Funsten | |
| 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B. Massie | |
| 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Elijah V. White | |
| Hampton’s (Young’s) Brigade | Colonel Pierce M. Young | |
| Cobb’s (Ga.) Legion Cavalry | Lieutenant Colonel William G. Delony (mw 9/21) Major Gilbert J. Wright |
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| Philip’s (Ga.) Legion Cavalry | Lieutenant Colonel William W.Rich | |
| Jefferson Davis (Ms.) Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Waring | |
| 2nd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Matthew C. Butler | |
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Fitz Lee’s Division |
Major General Fitzhugh Lee | |
| W.H.F. Lee’s Brigade | Colonel J.R. Chambliss* | |
| 1st South Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel John Logan Black | to Young’s Bde., Hampton’s Div. |
| 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Richard L.T. Beale | |
| 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel J. Lucius Davis | |
| 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel John R. Chambliss | |
| Lomax’s Brigade | Brigadier General Lunsford Lomax | |
| 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Ridgely Brown | to Richmond defences |
| 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Thomas L. Rosser | |
| 6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John Shac. Green | |
| 15th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Major Charles Read Collins | |
| Wickham’s Brigade | Brigadier General Williams C. Wickham | |
| 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel R. W. Carter | |
| 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Thomas T. Munford | |
| 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Thomas H. Owen | |
| 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Major Robert E. Utterbach (res. 9/4) Major Robert L. Randolph |
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Artillery |
Major Robert Beckham |
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| Ashby (Va.) Horse Artillery | Captain Robert Preston Chew | |
| Baltimore (MD) Battery | Captain William H. Griffin | |
| Lynchburg (VA) Beauregard Rifles | Captain Marcellus N. Moorman | |
| Stuart (Va.) Horse Artillery | Captain James Breathed | |
| 2nd Stuart (Va.) Horse Artillery | Captain William M. McGregor | |
| Washington (S.C.) Artillery | Captain James F. Hart | |
Note: In Fitz Lee’s Division Lomax and Wickham were both promoted from colonel to brigadier general effective September 9. Colonel Chambliss was equally deserving of promotion but could not be, as W.H.F. Lee was still brigadier general of the brigade even though wounded and a Northern prisoner.
from Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, p. 707-708