The 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a

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raised in

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

for service in the

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the Military forces of the Confederate States, military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) duri ...

during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

. It fought mostly with the

Army of Northern Virginia The Army of Northern Virginia was a field army of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was also the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed agains ...

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.

Service

The 10th Virginia Cavalry served in Hampton's, W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss' and Beale's brigades in the

. After fighting in the

Seven Days Battles The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate States Army, Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army ...

, it saw action at

Antietam The Battle of Antietam ( ), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virgin ...

, 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. The regiment fought at Gettysburg at 236 soldiers strength.

Officers

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

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, many of the facilities of which are now in use by Mary Baldwin College in

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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.

Gallery

File:Robert Alexander Caskie.jpg, Col. Robert Alexander Caskie File:Col. James Lucius Davis, Sr (cropped).jpg, Col. James Lucius Davis Sr. File:Capt. William Hartman Kable.jpg, Capt. William Hartman Kable File:Sergeant Alexander Speirs George in uniform.png, Sergeant Al. Speirs George File:Unidentified soldier in Confederate frock coat and slouch hat with Bowie knife and Colt Army Model 1860 revolver LOC 7029392067.jpg, Private William Anthony Holland of Co. K, with Bowie knife and Colt Army Model 1860 revolver File:10th virginia cavalry.jpg, Charles Chapman of Company A, left, and unidentified soldier

References

External links

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