Virginia: 1st Cavalry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized for one year with 12 companies completed on July 16, 1861.
Company N, a Mississippi company, assigned on August 31, 1861.
1st Companies D and K became Companies D and C, 6th Cavalry Regiment, respectively, on September 12, 1861, per S.O. #276, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Company O, an Alabama company, assigned on October 19, 1861.
Companies N and O became Companies A and D, 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, respectively, on October 24, 1861, per S.O. #188, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Regiment reorganized on April 23, 1862.
A cavalry company unofficially attached to the 26th Infantry Regiment became 2nd Company L at this time.
2nd Company L became Company A, 5th Cavalry Regiment, on June 25, 1862, per S.O. #146, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Colonel: James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart (Colonel)
- Colonel: R. Welby Carter (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), William A. Morgan (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), James H. Drake (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), Fitzhugh Lee (Lt. Col., Col.), and William E. "Grumble" Jones
- Lieutenant Colonel: Luke T. Brien
- Major: Robert Swan and Charles R. Irving
Assignments
- June-July 1861: Cavalry, Army of the Shenandoah
- July-September 1861: Cavalry, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
- September-November 1861: Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac
- November 1861-March 1862: Cavalry Brigade, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
- March-July 1862: Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
- July 1862-September 1863: Fitz. Lee's Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1863-July 1864: Wickham's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- August 1864-January 1865: Wickham's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's-Rosser's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- February-April 1865: Wickham's-Munford's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Companies & Counties of Origin
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