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Virginia: 8th Cavalry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized for one year with nine companies in late 1861 or January 1862.
Reorganized on May 15, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

Commander: Walter J. Jenifer (Colonel)
Colonel: James M. Corns
Lieutenant Colonel: Alphonso F. Cook, Patrick M. Edmonston, and Henry Fitzhugh, Jr. (Major, Lt. Col.)
Major: Thomas B. Brown

Assignments

September-December 1861: Army of the Kanawha
March-May 1862: District of Lewisburg
May-November 1862: District of Lewisburg, Department of Southwestern Virginia
November 1862: Cavalry, Department of Western Virginia
february-May 1863: Cavalry Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
May-August 1863: Jenkins' Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
October-November 1863: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
November-December 1863: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of East Tennessee
December 1863-February 1864: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
February-March 1864: Jones' Brigade, Cavalry, Department of East Tennessee
March-April 1864: Jones' Brigade, Jones' Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of East Tennessee
April-May 1864: Jones' Brigade, Cavalry, Department of East Tennessee
May-June 1864: Jones'-B.T. Johnson's Cavalry Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia
July-November 1864: B.T. Johnson's Cavalry Brigade, Ransom's-Lomax's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
November 1864-January 1865: Payne's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's-Rosser's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
February-April 1865: Payne's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin

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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements

Camp Creek, Stone River Valley, West Virginia (May 1, 1862)
Giles Court House, West Virginia (May 10, 1862)
Lewisburg, West Virginia (May 23, 1862)
Jenkins' Expedition into West Virginia and Ohio [seven companies] (August 22-September 19, 1862)
Buckhannon, West Virginia [seven companies] (August 30, 1862)
Weston, West Virginia [seven companies] (August 31, 1862)
Glenville, West Virginia [seven companies] (September 1, 1862)
Spencer Court House, West Virginia [seven companies] (September 2, 1862)
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (August 26-27, 1863)

Knoxville Siege (November-December 1863
Rogersville, Tennessee (November 6, 1863)
Jonesville, Virginia (January 3, 1864)
Gibson's and Wyerman's Mills, Indian Creek, Virginia (February 22, 1864)
Piedmont (June 5, 1864)
Lynchburg Campaign (June 1864)
Monocacy (July 9, 1864)
Chambersburg (July 30, 1864)
Moorefield, West Virginia (August 7, 1864)
3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864)
Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864)
Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
New Creek (November 28, 1864)
Petersburg Siege [from February 1865] (June 1864-April 1865)
Appomattox Station (April 8, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)