Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia
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1862
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| June | Organized by expanding the 2nd Battalion Virginia Cavalry under the command of Colonel Thomas L. Rosser, Colonel H. Clay Pate and Major J.W. Puller. Assigned to W.H.F. Lee’s Cavalry Brigade. |
| July 28 | The Cavalry Division of the Army of Northern Virginia was created under the command of Major General James E.B. Stuart. The 5th Virginia Cavalry was assigned to the brigade of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee, along with the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 9th Virginia Cavalry and Breathed’s Battery of Horse Artillery. |
| September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)From the War Department marker for F. Lee’s Brigade on the Antietam battlefield: The 3rd, 4th and 9th Virginia Cavalry of Lee’s Brigade reached the field late in the afternoon of the 15th and took position on the extreme left of the Confederate Army… On the night of the 16th the Brigade was massed near the river in support of the Horse Artillery. The 1st Cavalry, detached on the 10th, rejoined on the morning of the 17th and the Brigade took position on the left of Jackson’s Command, which it assisted in resisting the Union advance. On September 18th and 19th the Brigade covered the withdrawal of the Army of Northern Virginia to the south bank of the Potomac. |
| November | Transferred to W.H.F. Lee’s Cavalry Brigade, Stuart’s Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| March 17 |
Battle of Kelly’s FordColonel Rosser was wounded. He would be out of action until the Gettysburg campaign. |
| June 9 |
Battle of Brandy Station |
| June 17 |
Battle of AldieCaptain Boston was captured |
| July 3, 1864 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment brought about 150 men to the field under Colonel Rosser. From the monument to F. Lee’s Brigade on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 3. The Battalion being on duty with Ewell’s Corps the Brigade brought only five regiments to this field where it arrived soon after midday and took position on the left of Hampton’s Brigade on the edge of the neighboring woods. It participated actively in the conflict which ensued. |
| September 9 | Stuart’s Cavalry Division was enlarged to a corps. Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee was promoted to major general and given command of a division. The 5th Virginia Cavalry was assigned to the newly formed brigade of Lumsford Lomax in Fitz Lee’s division. |
| October | Colonel Rosser was promoted to Brigadier General and Lt. Colonel Pate was promoted to colonel. |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| March 10 | Captain Boston was exchanged and returned to the regiment |
| May | Captain Reuben B. Boston was promoted to colonel |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of The Wilderness |
| May 7 |
Battle of Todd’s TavernCaptain Graves was wounded. |
| May 8 | Alsop’s Farm, Spottsylvania |
| May 9-24 | Sheridan’s Expedition to the James |
| May 9-10 | Beaver Dam Station |
| May 11 |
Yellow TavernColonel H. Clay Pate was killed. |
| May 11 | Ground Squirrel Church |
| June 6 | Captain James H. Allen of Company H was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
| June 11-12 |
Battle of Trevilian’s StationCaptain Boston was captured |
| mid-August | The regiment, with Fitzhugh Lee’s Division, was transferred to the Shenandoah Valley and assigned to Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s Army of the Valley. |
| August 16 | Front Royal |
| August 18 | Opequon Creek |
| August 19-21 | Berryville |
| October 9 |
Battle of Tom’s Brook |
| November | Consolidated with 15th Virginia Cavalry and assigned to Payne’s Brigade. |
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1865
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| January | The brigade’s men were disbanded to their homes to forage their mounts through the winter. |
| mid-March | The regiment re-formed and moved to the Richmond area |
| April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 7 | Colonel Boston was killed |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe cavalry cut their way through Federal lines and escaped. Only two men were left to surrender with the army. |
| April 11 | The regiment disbanded at Lynchburg |