CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
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2nd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization at Lynchburg, Virginia, in May, 1861.
Its companies were recruited in the counties of Bedford, Campbell, Botetourt, Amherst, Franklin,
Appomattox, and Albemarle. Until the end of October the unit was called the 30th Regiment
Virginia Volunteers. During the war it was brigaded under Generals B.H. Robertson, F. Lee,
Wickham, and Munford. The 2nd Cavalry saw action at First Manassas, in Jackson's Valley
Campaign, and at Groveton Heights, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Aldie, Upperville, Gettysburg, and Shepherdstown. After the Bristoe and Mine Run campaigns, it was
involved at The Wilderness,
Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, and Cold Harbor. It fought in the Shenandoah
Valley with Early and later in numerous conflicts around Petersburg and Appomattox. The regiment contained 676
men in July, 1861, lost twenty-eight percent of the 163 engaged at Groveton Heights, and of the
385 at Gettysburg about four percent were disabled. At Appomattox it cut through the Federal
lines and disbanded at Lynchburg on April 10, 1865. However, 19 men were included in the
surrender. The field officers were Colonels Thomas T. Munford and Richard C.W. Radford,
Lieutenant Colonels Cary Breckinridge and James W. Watts, and Major William F. Graves.
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