Virginia: 7th Cavalry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized in the spring of 1861 for one year in state service and eventually comprised 29 companies.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Ten companies became the 12th Cavalry Regiment on June 21, 1862.
Seven companies became the 17th Cavalry Battalion on June 21, 1862.
One company was ordered to report to Maj. Gen. William W. Loring on June 25, 1862, per S.O. #146, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, and finally became Company G, 14th Cavalry Regiment, per S.O. #208, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, dated September 5, 1862.
One company became the Ashby Horse Artillery in June 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Angus W. McDonald (Colonel)
- Colonel: Turner Ashby (Lt. Col., Col.), Richard H. Dulany (Lt. Col., Col.), and William E. "Grumble" Jones
- Lieutenant Colonel: Thomas Marshall (Major, Lt. Col.)
- Major: Daniel C. Hatcher, Samuel B. Myers, and Oliver R. Funsten, Jr.
Assignments
- September 1861-October 1862: Winchester
- October 1861-May 1862: Cavalry, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- May-June 1862: Cavalry, Jackson's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- June-July 1862: Cavalry Brigade, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- August 1862: Robertson's Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- August-November 1862: Robertson's-Jones' brigade, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia
- December 1862-May 1863: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- May-September 1863: Jones' Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1863-September 1864: Jones'-Rosser's Brigade, Hampton's-Butler's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1864-March 1865: Rosser's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's-Rosser's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- March-April 1865: Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's (new) Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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