Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
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1862
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| June 21 | Created at Conrad’s Store, Virginia by transferring ten companies from the 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (which had 27 companies) under the command of Colonel Asher W. Harman and Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Burks. Assigned to the Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Valley District |
| August | Assigned to the Cavalry Brigade, Jackson’s Command, Army of Northern Virginia |
| August-November | Assigned to the Robertson’s-Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| August 28-30 |
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) |
| August 30 | Lewis’s Ford |
| September 8 | Poolesville |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)The regiment was commanded by Colonel Asher W. Harman. From the marker for Munford’s Brigade on the Antietam battlefield: The 2nd and 12th Virginia Cavalry reached the field on September 16 and took position on the extreme right of the Army of Northern Virginia, to cover the lower crossing of the Antietam. The 7th Virginia took position, on the evening of the 16th, on the Hagerstown Pike, northwest of Sharpsburg. It joined the Brigade on the right on the 17th. The Brigade remained on the right until the close of the battle. |
| October 16 | Charlestown |
| November 29 | Berryville |
| December-May | Assigned to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Valley District |
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1863
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| January 2-5 | Expedition to Moorefield and Petersburg |
| April 20-May 21 |
Jones’s and Imboden’s West Virginia Raid |
| April 25 | Greenland Gap |
| April 29 | Fairmont |
| May-September | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationColonel Harman was wounded in the neck. |
| June 21 |
Upperville |
| July 1-3 | The regiment was detached south of the Potomac during the invasion of Pennsylvania. |
| July 4 | Falling Waters (detachment) |
| July 14 | Colonel Harman was captured near Harpers Ferry. He would be a prisoner for 18 months before being exchanged. |
| September | Assigned to Jones’s-Rosser’s Brigade, Hampton’s-Butler’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| October | Bristoe Campaign |
| November-December | Mine Run |
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1864
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| May 5-6 |
Battle of the WildernessCommanded by Lieutenant Colonel Massie |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 22-26 |
North Anna |
| May 28 |
Haw’s Shop |
| June 1-3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 11-12 |
Battle of Trevilian StationLieutenant Colonel Massie was wounded |
| June |
Siege of Petersburg |
| September 16 | Beefsteak Raid |
| September | Assigned to Rosser’s Brigade, F. Lee’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Valley |
| October 9 |
Battle of Tom’s Brook |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November 28 | New Creek |
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1865
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| February 18 | Lieutenant Colonel Massie was captured and imprisoned at Fort McHenry until after the end of the war. |
| February | Colonel Harman was exchanged and returned to service. |
| March | Assigned to Dearing’s Brigade, Rosser’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| April 7 |
High Bridge |
| Mid April |
The regiment escaped Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House and disbanded shortly after. Private John William Ashby of Company I was killed in some of the final fighting and is buried in the small Confederate Cemetery at Appomattox. |