Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
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1861
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| Late 1861 | Organized with nine companies under the command of Colonel Walter J. Jenifer. Assigned to the Department of the Kanawha. |
| September | Two companies were transferred from the 50th Virginia Infantry Regiment, where they had been temporarily attached. |
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1862
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| March-May | Assigned to District of Lewisburg |
| May-November | Assigned to District of Lewisburg, Department of Southwestern Virginia |
| May 1 | Camp Creek, Stone River Valley |
| May 10 | Giles Court House |
| May 15 | The regiment was reorganized. Colonel Jenifer was dropped. Captain Thomas P. Bowen of Company H was promoted to major. |
| May 23 | Lewisburg |
| August 22-September 19 |
Jenkins’s Expedition into West Virginia and Ohio(seven companies) |
| August 30 | Buckhannon (seven companies) |
| August 31 | Weston (seven companies) |
| September 1 | Glenville (seven companies) |
| September 2 | Spencer Court House (seven companies) |
| November | Assigned to Cavalry, Department of Western Virginia |
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1863
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| February | Assigned to the Cavalry Brigade, Department of Western Virginia |
| May-August | Assigned to Jenkins’s Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
| August 26-27 | White Sulphur Springs |
| October-November | Assigned to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade, Ransom’s Division, Department of West Virginia and East Tennessee |
| November-December |
Siege of KnoxvilleAssigned to Jones’s Cavalry Brigade, Ransom’s Division, Department of East Tennessee |
| November 6 | Rogersville, Tennessee |
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1864
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| January | Jonesville |
| February-March | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry, Department of East Tennessee |
| February 22 | Gibson’s and Wyerman’s Mills, Indian Creek |
| March-April | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Jones’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of East Tennessee |
| April-May | Assigned to Jones’s Brigade, Cavalry, Department of East Tennessee. The regiment mustered 225 men. |
| May | Assigned to Jones’s-B.T. Johnson’s Cavalry Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia |
| June 5 |
Battle of Piedmont |
| June |
Lynchburg Campaign |
| July | Assigned to B.T. Johnson’s Brigade, Ransom’s-Lomax’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Valley |
| July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy |
| July 30 |
Burning of ChambersburgThe town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania was burned when citizens were unable to come up with a $100,000 ransom. Regimental Adjutant Caulder A. Bailey had become drunk and separated from his men and and a gang of citizens killed him. |
| August 7 |
Battle of MoorefieldThe Confederates were surprised by an early morning attack by Averill’s Union Cavalry. Although much of Johnson’s Brigade were scattered and captured, the 8th Virginia Cavalry had enough warning that they were was able to mount up and form a battle line. The regiment’s flag was captured by Captain Thomas Kerr of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
| September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November | Assigned to Payne’s Brigade, F. Lee’s-Rosser’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| November 28 | New Creek |
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1865
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| February-April |
Siege of PetersburgAssigned to Payne’s Brigade, F. Lee’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| April 7 |
High Bridge |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe regiment escaped and no members surrendered with Lee. it disbanded shortly afterward. |