10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Flag of Virginia (1861–1865).svg Flag of Virginia, 1861 May 1862 – April 1865 CSA 23px 23px Confederate States Army Cavalry Regiment American Civil War Seven Days' Battles Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Brandy Station Battle of Gettysburg Bristoe Campaign Overland Campaign Siege of Petersburg Valley Campaigns of 1864 Appomattox Campaign April 1865 Col. Robert A. Caskie Col. William B. Clement Col. J. Lucius Davis The 10th 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. Organization Virginia's 10th Cavalry Regiment, formerly called 1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion and 8th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, was organized in May 1862. Many of the men were from Richmond, Albemarle, Rockingham, Kanawha, Jackson and Henrico counties of Virginia.Hudnall, William Roosevelt. Three Confederate Soldiers from Kanawha County, West Virginia: The Hudnalls, Why and How They Served and the Men Who Led Them. New Canton, Va: Kellys Creek Publishers, 2001. Service The 10th Virginia Cavalry served in Hampton's, W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss' and Beale's brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia.McClellan, Henry Brainerd. The life and campaigns of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart: Commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. Richmond, Va.: J. W. Randolph and English, 1885, p. 187. After fighting in the Seven Days Battles, it saw action at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, and Mine Run. It was involved in the Wilderness Campaign, the defense of Richmond and Petersburg, and the Appomattox Courthouse operations.Reports of the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia, Volume 1. By Confederate States of America, p. 398.Driver, Robert J. 10th Virginia Cavalry. Virginia regimental histories series. Lynchburg, Va: H. E. Howard, 1992. 978-1561900398The War of the Rebellion: Formal reports, by War Department, p. 475. The regiment fought at Gettysburg at 236 soldiers strength.Journal of the United States Cavalry Association, Volume 1, p. 348.10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion), NPS Officers June 2025 Its commanders were Colonels Robert A. Caskie, William B. Clement, and J. Lucius Davis; and Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah S. McGruder. Captain William Hartman Kable of the 10th Virginia was also the founder of the Kable School, later Staunton Military Academy, many of the facilities of which are now in use by Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. Surrender The 10th Virginia Cavalry surrendered at Appomattox with 3 officers and 19 men; all others escaped hiding the regimental colors with the help of a local woman.Coski, John M. The Confederate Battle Flag: America’s Most Embattled Emblem. Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 41. 9780674019836 Gallery See also American Civil War Virginia 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 Further reading Archibald Atkinston, Jr, Surgeon, CSA, 31st Virginia Infantry and 10th Virginia Cavalry, 1861-65: A Memoir Whither bound? By the chaplain 10th Virginia cavalry. External links 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion) Roster, NPS Antietam: 10th Virginia Cavalry 10th Virginia Cavalry, Richmond-Petersburg Campaign Site 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