Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
1862
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March 29 | Formed from seven companies taken from the 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Lucius Davis (West Point Class of 1833). Assigned to the Department of the Peninsula. |
April-May |
Siege of Yorktown |
May | Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days Battles |
July | Assigned to Hampton’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
August 5 |
White Oak Swamp |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) |
September 24 | Three companies were added and the battalion was redesignated as the 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. |