Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia
“Bowen’s Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen”
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1863
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| May | Formed by adding eight companies to Baldwin’s Partisan Rangers. Baldwin’s two companies became Company A and Company E of the new regiment. Colonel Henry S. Bowen, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Radford and Major Henry F. Kendrick were assigned as field officers.Many of the new recruits had served in the 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The regiment was assigned to the Department of Western Virginia. |
| September 1 | Jonesboro, Tennessee |
| September 12 | Jonesboro, Tennessee |
| September 21 | Jonesboro, Tennessee |
| October 24 | Nicholas County |
| December 9 | Logan County |
| December 15 | Scott County |
| December 17 | Russell County |
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1864
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| April | Assigned to Jenkins’ Cavalry Brigade, Department of Western Virginia. |
| April 24 | Breathitt County, Kentucky |
| May | Assigned to McCausland’s Brigade of Lomax’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Valley. |
| May 7 | Abb’s Valley |
| May 9 | Cloyd’s Mountain |
| May 10 | New River Bridge |
| May 13 | Jackson’s Ferry & Covington |
| May 15 | Abb’s Valley |
| May 31 | Pike County |
| June 1 | White Sulpher Springs, WV |
| June 2 | Covington VA |
| June 4 | Panther Gap |
| June 6 | Goshen |
| June 7 | Buffalo Gap |
| June 8 | Staunton Road |
| June 10 | Arbor Hill, Newport, Middlebrook and Brownsburg |
| June 11 | Lexington |
| June 13 | Buchanan |
| June 15 | Fancy Farm |
| June 16 | Otter River |
| June 17 | Forrest Depot |
| June 18 | Lynchburg |
| June 20 | Liberty |
| June 21 | Salem |
| July 3 | Leetown |
| July 4 | North Mountain Depot |
| July 7 | Hagerstown, MD |
| July 8-9 |
Battle of MonocacyMajor Kendrick was wounded in the hip and captured. |
| July 10 | Urbana, MD |
| July 11 | Rockville, MD |
| July 12 | Attack on Fort Stevens, Washington D.C. |
| July 14 | Edwards Ferry VA |
| July 15 | Snicker’s Gap, VA |
| July 16 | Loudoun County |
| July 18 | Ashby’s Gap, VA |
| July 19 | Berry’s Farm |
| July 20 | Stehenson’s Depot, VA |
| July 23 | Second Battle of Kernstown |
| July 29 | Mercersburg, PA |
| July 30 | Burning of Chambersburg |
| August 2 | Cumberland, MD |
| August 4 | New Creek, WV |
| August 5 | Shenansoah Valley |
| August 7 |
Battle of MoorfieldFederal cavalry caught McCausland’s brigade in camp by surprise after Union ‘Jesse Scouts’ dressed in Confederate grey captured the picket. The camp was overrun at dawn, capturing around five hundred men from the brigade. The catured men were imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, for the rest of the war. |
| August 9 | New Creek Station VA |
| August 10 | Charles Town, WV |
| August 11 | Newtown, VA |
| August | Assigned to Bradley Johnston’s Brigade of Lomax’s Cavalry Division |
| August 15 | Charles Town, WV |
| August 17 | New Creek, WV |
| August 21 | Summit Point, WV |
| August 25 | Kearneyville, WV |
| August 28 | Opequan Creek, VA |
| September 1 | Brandy Station, VA |
| September 2 | Bunker Hill, VA |
| September 3 | Berryville, VA |
| September 4 | Maritinsburg, WV |
| September 10 | Big Spring WV |
| September 12 | Darkesville, WV |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of WinchesterThe regiment acted as rear guard while Early’s army retreated after the battle to Fisher’s Hill. |
| September 21 | Front Royal Pike |
| September 22-24 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| September 24 | Harrisonburg and Timberville, VA |
| September 25 | Gaines Crossroads, VA |
| October 1 | Port Republic, VA |
| October | Returned to McCausland’s Brigade. |
| October 8-9 | Battle of Tom’s Brook |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 23 | Bentonville, VA |
| October 26 | Milford, VA |
| October 29 | Beverly, WV |
| November 12 |
Nineveh (Cedarville), VALieutenant Colonel Radford was killed. |
| November 22 | Front Royal, VA |
| December 17 | Berry’s Ford, VA |
| December 20 | Madison Court House, VA |
| December 23 | Jack’s Shop, VA |
| December 24 | Gordonsville, VA |
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1865
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| January 29 | Moorfield WV |
| February 6 | Balltown, WV |
| February | Major Kendrick was exchanged. |
| March | Ordered with the rest of Rosser’s Division to leave the Valley and join the Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg. |
| March-April | Siege of Petersburg |
| March 29 | Quaker Road, VA |
| March 31 | Dinwiddie Court House, VA |
| April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 2 | Sutherland Station, VA |
| April 3 | Namozine Church, VA |
| April 5 | Avery’s Church Road, VA |
| April 6 | Jetersville, VA |
| April 6-7 | High Bridge, VA |
| April 7 | Cumberland Chuch (Farmville) |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe regiment cut its was through Union lines and escaed the surrender. Only two men, Corporal J.W. Whitman and Private A.H. Tate of Company G, surrendered with Lee’s army. |
| Mid-April | The regiment disbanded |