Virginia: 37th Cavalry Battalion
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Unit History
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Organized with four companies as Dunn's Partisan Rangers Battalion on August 2, 1862.
Company E organized on October 1, 1862.
Company F, a North Carolina company, organized on October 26, 1862.
Converted to a regular cavalry and officially designated as the 37th Cavalry Battalion in November 1862.
Company H organized on January 8, 1863.
Company G organized on February 6, 1863.
Company I organized on April 1, 1863.
Company K transferred from the 21st Cavalry Regiment prior to June 5, 1864.
Apparently disbanded in April 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Ambrose C. Dunn (Lt. Col.)
- Major: James R. Claiborne
Assignments
- February-May 1863: Cavalry Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
- May-July 1863: Jenkins' Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- October 1863-January 1864: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Ransom's Division, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
- January 1864: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee
- January-February 1864: Jones' Cavalry Brigade, Department of East Tennessee
- February-April 1864: Unattached, Department of Western Virginia [Company H]
- 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: Cavalry Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
- June-October 1864: McCausland's Brigade, Ransom's-Lomax's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- October 1864: B.T. Johnson's Brigade, Lomax's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- October-November 1864: McCausland's Brigade, Lomax's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
- November 1864-April 1865: Jackson's-Davidson's-Jackson's Brigade, Lomax's Cavalry Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
Companies & Counties of Origin
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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
- Jones' and Imboden's West Virginia Raid (April 20-May 21, 1863)
- Expedition to Beverly, West Virginia (June 29-July 4, 1863)
- White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (August 26-27, 1863)
- Knoxville Siege (November-December 1863)
- Rogersville, Tennessee (November 6, 1863)
- Jonesville, Virginia (January 3, 1864)
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- 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)
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