11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).svg 150 Flag of Virginia, 1861 June 1862 – April 1865 Confederate States of America Virginia CSA Cavalry Battle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of Brandy StationBattle of GettysburgBristoe CampaignOverland CampaignSiege of PetersburgValley Campaigns of 1864Appomattox CampaignBattle of Five Forks April 1865 Colonel Lunsford L. Lomax The 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The men were primarily recruited from Hardy, Hampshire, Pocahontas and Berkeley counties in what would become West Virginia, and the Virginia counties of Bath, Fairfax, Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Rockbridge, Loudoun, and Clarke.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 Virginia's 11th Cavalry Regiment was organized in February, 1863, by consolidating the 17th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, one company from the 24th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, and two companies of the 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. The unit served in W.R. Jones', Lomax's, Rosser's, and J. Dearing's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was active in the conflicts at Upperville, Fairfield, Bristoe, and Mine Run. Later the regiment participated in The Wilderness Campaign, the defense of Richmond, and Early's Shenandoah Valley operations. It then disbanded as there were no members of the 11th at Appomattox. The field officers were Colonels Oliver R. Funsten (a former state senator) and Lunsford L. Lomax, Lieutenant Colonel M.D. Ball, and Majors William H. Harness and Edward H. McDonald. The 17th Cavalry Battalion (also called 1st Battalion) was organized in June, 1862, with seven companies. The unit fought in western Virginia and in the Maryland Campaign. Lieutenant Colonel Oliver R. Funsten and Major William Patrick were in command. See also American Civil War List of Virginia Civil War units List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units References 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:Hampshire County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War Category:Morgan County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War Category:Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War 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