34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia

“1st Mounted Rifles Battalion”

1862
June 1 Created with three companies under the command of Major Vincent A. Witcher as the 1st Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles
December Reorganized as the 34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Witcher
1863
February Assigned to the District of Abingdon, Department of East Tennessee
February-May Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
May-August Assigned to Jenkins’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Department of East Tennessee
June 28-29 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
July 1-3
Battle of Gettysburg

The battalion brought 132 men to Gettysburg.

From the monument to Jenkins’s Brigade on the East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg:

July 3. The Brigade had been with Ewell’s Corps but rejoined the Cavalry Division here on this day about noon. It was armed with Enfield Rifles but an oversight brought to this field only about ten rounds of ammunition. While this lasted it was actively engaged mainly on foot as sharpshooters around and in front of the Rummel Barn and outhouses. It was withdrawn from the field at an early hour in the evening.
July 18 Company F created
September 1 Company D created
October-November Assigned to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade, Ransom’s Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
October 3 Company E created
October 10 Blue Springs
October 31 Company G created
November-December
Siege of Knoxville

Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Jones’s Cavalry Division, Department of East Tennessee
1864
January Assigned to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
January-March Assigned to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade, Department of East Tennessee
February 22 Gibson’s and Wyerman’s Mills, Indian Creek, Virginia
March-April Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Jones’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of East Tennessee
April 1 Company K created from new recruits in West Virginia, bringing the battalion’s strength to 222 effectives.
April-May Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry, Department of East Tennessee
May-June Assigned to Jones’s-B.T. Johnson’s Cavalry Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
May McFarlane’s Cavalry Squadron added as Companies H and I
June 5
Battle of Piedmont
June
Lynchburg Campaign

Assigned to B.T. Johnson’s Cavalry Brigade, Ransom’s-Lomax’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Valley District
July 9
Battle of Monocacy
July 30
Burning of Chambersburg
September 19
Third Battle of Winchester
September 22
Battle of Fisher’s Hill
September 27-28 Buckhannon, West Virginia
October 19
Battle of Cedar Creek
November-April Assigned to Witcher’s Cavalry Command, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
November 5 Capture of the Barnum and the Faun on the Big Sandy River.
1865
April The battalion disbanded at Lynchburg