1st Florida Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)

1st Florida Cavalry Regiment 1st Florida Cavalry & 4th Florida Infantry Regiments Flag.png Battle flag of the combined 1st Florida Cavalry and 4th Florida Infantry regiments (1863). April 5, 1861 - February 1862 Confederate States of America 1861 Flag of Florida (1861).svg Florida CSA Army Corps infantry tacticstrench warfare Army of Tennessee American Civil War Siege of Knoxville(September—December 1863) Kentucky Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Chattanooga Atlanta campaign Franklin-Nashville Campaign(Tennessee Campaign) Second Battle of Franklin(Tennessee Campaign) Battle of Nashville of John Bell Hood(Tennessee Campaign) Carolinas campaign Col. William G. M. DavisLt. Col. George Troup MaxwellLt. Col. William Tennent Stockton Shoulder sleeve insignia thumb|Lt. Col. William T. Stockton of the 1st Florida Cavalry thumb|Private Walter Miles Parker of the 1st Florida Cavalry The 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment was a Confederate army unit during the U.S. Civil War, originally organized in July 1861 at Tallahassee. Members of the regiment came primarily from Alachua, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Leon, Levy, Nassau and Suwannee counties. It left for the western theater in 1862. Organization The 1st Florida Cavalry was organized in July 1861 just south of Tallahassee.1st Florida Cavalry Regiment https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/florida/confederate/cavalry/fl/0001 www.ehistory.osu.edu The Ohio State University 11 April 2023 William G. M. Davis, a relatively wealthy lawyer from Leon County, used his own funds to start the regiment and was elected colonel of the unit. Companies that made up the unit were raised from the following counties: Alachua, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Leon, Levy, Nassau, and Suwannee.Masters Sheppard Jonathan C. 2004 "Everyday Soldiers": The Florida Brigade of the West, 1861-1862 https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:176255/datastream/PDF/view The Florida State University After mustering in, the unit served in Florida until the spring of 1862, at which time Companies A, E, and F continued to serve as cavalry while the other seven companies were dismounted.1st Regiment, Florida Cavalry https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CFL0001RC#:~:text=1st%20Cavalry%20Regiment%20was%20organized,Levy%2C%20Duval%2C%20and%20Alachua. www.nps.gov National Park Service 11 April 2023 The unit was engaged at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863. During combat, the unit lost its entire officer cadre to casualties. As a result, the 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment was combined with the 4th Florida Infantry Regiment during the 1863-1864 winter camp in Dalton. The new combined unit remained together until the surrender of the Army of Tennessee in 1865.4th Regiment, Florida Infantry https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CFL0004RI#:~:text=4th%20Infantry%20Regiment%20was%20organized,Washington%2C%20Jackson%2C%20and%20Hillsborough. www.nps.gov National Park Service 1 July 2023 Assignments Department of West Florida, April - October 1861 Department of Alabama and West Florida, October 1861 Army of Pensacola, Department of Alabama and West Florida, October 1861 - February 1862 Army of Tennessee, February 1862 - April 1865 Officers of the 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment Rank Name---- Colonel William G. M. Davishttp://myweb.fsu.edu/rthompson2//cw/1-fl-cav/1-fl-cav-s.html 18 March 2018 Florida 1st Cavalry Staff Jim Thomas Florida State University Lt. Colonel George Troup Maxwell Lt. Colonel William T. StocktonLetters Relating to the Civil War Service of William T. Stockton, Stockton, William Tennent, Papers 1845-1869, Collection M88-21, State Library and Archives of Florida Battles Scouting activities around Union occupied Fernandina Beach in 1861Sheppard Jonathan C. By the noble daring of her sons: the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee 2012 978-0-8173-8603-0 Tuscaloosa, AL University of Alabama Press 797834655 Siege of Knoxville, September—December 1863 Kentucky Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Chattanooga Atlanta campaign Tennessee Campaigns (Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Second Battle of Franklin, and Battle of Nashville) of John Bell Hood Carolinas campaignhttps://www.floridamemory.com/collections/civilwarguide/history.php 18 March 2018 R. Boyd Murphree Florida State Library & Archives Florida and the Civil War: A Short History The 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment surrendered in North Carolina in April 1865. See also Florida Civil War Confederate Units References External links Members of the Florida 1st Cavalry - Florida State University Category:1861 establishments in Florida Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Florida