1st Virginia Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

July 2, 1861 - Action at Falling Waters, West Virginia
July 16, 1861 - Organization completed with 12 companies
? - Mustered in Confederate Service for 1 year term
July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
August 27, 1861 - Bailey's Crossroads
August 31, 1861 - Company N assigned from Mississippi
September 11, 1861 - Lewinsville, Virginia (1 company)
September 12, 1861 - Per Special Order #276, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
- (I) Company D became 6th Virginia Cavalry / Company D
- (I) Company K became 6th Virginia Cavalry / Company C
October 19, 1861 - Company O assigned from Alabama
October 24, 1861 - Per Special Order #188, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
- (I) Company N became 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Battalion / Company A
- (I) Company O became 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Battalion / Company D
November 18, 1861 - Fall's Church Road (detachment)
April 23, 1862 - Regiment reorganized
- A cavalry company unofficially attached to the 26th Virginia Infantry became (II) Company L at this time
May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
May 23-4, 1862 - Ellison's Mill, New Bridge, and Mechanicsville (detachment)
June 13-15, 1862 - Stuart's 1st ride around McClellan
June 25, 1862 - Per Special Order #146, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
- (II) Company L became 5th Virginia Cavalry / Company A
June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
July 22, 1862 - Verdon, Virginia (one squadron)
August 2-8, 1862 - Stuart's Expedition from Hanover Court House to near Fredericksburg
August 28-30, 1862 - Battle of Bull Run
September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
November 10, 1862 - Corbin's Crossroads, near Amissville, Virginia
November 25, 1862 - 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion / Company K formed with the Maryland members of Company K
December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
December 27-29, 1862 - Raid on Dumfries and Fairfax Station
February 25, 1863 - Hartwood Church
March 17, 1863 - Kelly's Ford
May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
June 9, 1863 - Brandy Station
June 17, 1863 - Aldie
June 19, 1863 - Middleburg
July 1864 - Company K reassigned to 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion / Company K
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 16, 1863 - Shepherdstown
October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
December 17, 1863 - Upperville
May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna
May 28, 1864 - Haw's Shop
June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
June 11-12, 1864 - Trevilian Station
June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
October 9, 1864 - Tom's Brook
October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
- Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

Army of the Shenandoah / Cavalry (June-July 1861)
Army of the Potomac / 2nd Corps / Cavalry (July-September 1861)
Army of the Potomac / Cavalry Brigade (September-November 1861)
Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Cavalry Brigade (November 1861-March 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Brigade (March-July 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Division / Fitz. Lee's Brigade (July 1862-September 1863)
Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Fitz. Lee's Division / Wickham's Brigade (September 1863-July 1864)
Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Fitz. Lee's/Rosser's Cavalry Division / Wickham's Brigade (August 1864-January 1865)
Army of Northern Virginia / Cavalry Corps / Fitz. Lee's Division / Wickham's/Munford's Brigade (February-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

First Commander: J.E.B. Stuart (Colonel)
Luke T. Brien (Lieutenant Colonel)
R. Welby Carter (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
James H. Drake (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Charles R. Irving (Major)
William E. Jones (Colonel)
Fitzhugh Lee (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
William A. Morgan (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Robert Swan (Major)

Thomas Wallace Colley

Field and Staff Officers

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1st Virginia Cavalry / Regimental Field and Staff Officers
Rank	Name	City/Town	Commission From
Captain	[[]]	?, VA	?

Company A

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1st Virginia Cavalry / Company A (Officers)
Rank	Name	City/Town	Commission From
Captain	[[]]	?, VA	?