62nd Virginia Infantry
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- Also referred to as the:
- 1st Virginia Partisan Rangers Cavalry
- 62nd Virginia Partisan Rangers Cavalry
- 62nd Virginia Cavalry
- September 9, 1862 - Organized with a mixture of infantry and cavalry companies
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for the duration of the war
- November 8-14, 1862 - Imboden's Expedition into Tucker County, West Virginia
- December 15, 1862 - Companies (I) D/(I) G/(I) H/(I) L/(I) M/N/O/P/Q transferred to the 18th Virginia Cavalry
- January 25, 1863 - Companies (II) A/(II) B/(II) F/(II) I assigned from the 25th Virginia Infantry[1]
- February 1863 - (I) Company A became Staunton (Virginia) Artillery Battery
- April 1863 - Jones'/Imboden's West Virginia Raid
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - July 5, 1863 - Greencastle, Pennsylvania
- July 5, 1863 - Williamsport
- Late 1863 - Regiment mounted
- ? - 41st Virginia Cavalry Battalion / Company C assigned to this regiment as (II) Company L
- May 15, 1864 - New Market
- June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
- July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
- September 5, 1864 - near Bunker Hill
- September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
- September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
- September 23, 1864 - Woodstock
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- September 18, 1864 - (II) Company M assigned
- April 1865 - Apparently disbanded
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Northern Virginia / Northwestern Virginia Brigade (March-July 1863)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District (July-December 1863)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Imboden's Command (December 1863-January 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Northwestern Virginia Brigade (February-June 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Ransom's/Lomax's Cavalry Division / Imboden's Brigade (June 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John D. Imboden (Colonel)
- Robert L. Doyle (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Samuel H. Hall (Major)
- George W. Imboden (Major)
- David B. Lang (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- George H. Smith (Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ According to the 25th Virginia Infantry homepage, Companies (I) E/(I) F/(I) H/(I) I assigned to this regiment on January 28, 1863 - likely the same grouping of units with unknown dates
Sources
- Delauter, Roger U., (Jr.), 62nd Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 205, 257-258)
