Virginia: 17th Cavalry Battalion
(aka Virginia 1st (Funsten's) Cavalry Battalion)

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Unit History

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Organized by the assignment of seven excess companies of the 7th Cavalry Regiment on June 20, 1862.
Sometimes unofficially referred to as 1st Cavalry Battalion, Company C, 24th Cavalry Battalion, assigned as Company H ca. January 5, 1863.
Consolidated with two companies of the 5th Cavalry Regiment and designated as the 11th Cavalry Regiment on February 5, 1863, per S.O. #36, Army of Northern Virginia.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: Oliver R. Funsten, Jr. (Lt. Co.)
  • Major: William Patrick

Assignments

  • June-July 1862: Cavalry Brigade, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • August 1862: Cavalry Brigade, Jackson's Command, Army of Northern Virginia
  • August-November 1862: Robertson's-Jones' Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
  • December 1862-February 1863: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin



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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements



  • Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862)
  • 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
  • Antietam (September 17, 1862)
  • Expedition to Moorefield and Petersburg, West Virginia (January 2-5, 1863)

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