14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).svg 150 Flag of Virginia, 1861 September 1862 – April 1865 Confederacy CSA Confederate States of America CSA Cavalry Western Virginia Campaigns Battle of Droop Mountain Valley Campaigns of 1864 Battle of Five Forks April 1865 Charles E. Thoburn 1862-1863 Colonel James Cochran 1863-1865 Colonel thumb|right|Second Sergeant John Hamilton Ervine of 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. I, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment The 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was organized during September 1862, with nine companies, some of which had previously served in Jackson's Squadron Virginia Cavalry. The tenth company was made up of surplus men of the other companies. The men were recruited primarily from the counties of Greenbrier, Nicholas, Calhoun, Boone, Braxton, Roane, Jackson, Wirt, and Wood in what would become West Virginia, and the Virginia counties of Charlotte, Roanoke, Montgomery, Augusta, Rockbridge and Highland.Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom The unit was attached to Jenkins', Echols', and McCausland's Brigade. It skirmished in western Virginia, then saw action at Droop Mountain and Lewisburg. During January 1864, it had 29 officers and 424 men present for duty. The regiment took part in the operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and disbanded in April 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Cochran and Charles E. Thorburn, Lieutenant Colonels Robert A. Bailey and John A. Gibson, and Majors B. Frank Eakle and George Jackson. The regiment's flag was captured by Union Private James F. Adams of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment on November 12, 1864. For this action that occurred during an engagement at Nineveh, Virginia, Adams was awarded the Medal of Honor. See also American Civil War List of Virginia Civil War units List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units References http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html Medal of Honor Recipients - Civil War (A–L) Medal of Honor Citations United States Army Center of Military History December 3, 2010 May 21, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521215831/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html 21 May 2011 dead http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia Category:1862 establishments in Virginia Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:1865 disestablishments in Virginia Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865