CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's)
- Overview:
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7th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the late spring of 1861. In October authority
was given to increase its size, and by the summer of 1862 the regiment contained twenty-nine
companies. In June it was reduced to ten companies. Ten companies formed the 12th Regiment
Virginia Cavalry, seven became the 17th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, one transferred to the 14th
Regiment Virginia Cavalry, and one became J.W. Carter's Battery. The unit served in W.E.
Jones', Rosser's, and J. Dearing's Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. It took part in
Jackson's Valley Campaign and the conflicts at Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Upperville, Fairfield, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. Later the regiment was
involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and disbanded in mid-April, 1865. None of its
members were at Appomattox on
April 9. The field officers were Colonels Turner Ashby, Richard H. Dulany, William E. Jones,
and A.W. McDonald; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Marshall; and Majors O.R. Funsten, Daniel C.
Harcher, and Samuel B. Myers.
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