The 23rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a
cavalry
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regiment raised in
Virginia for service in the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War. The regiment was recruited primarily in the counties of
Hampshire,
Hardy
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Berkeley,
Frederick,
Clarke,
Shenandoah,
Warren,
Rockingham,
Augusta,
Allegheny and
Henrico. It fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
[''Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia'', George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom]
Virginia's 23rd Cavalry Regiment was organized in April, 1864, by consolidating seven companies of the
41st Battalion Virginia Cavalry and two companies of O'Ferrall's Battalion Virginia Cavalry. The unit served in Imboden's Brigade and was involved in various conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley. It disbanded during April, 1865. The field officers were Colonel
Robert White, Lieutenant Colonel
Charles T. O'Ferrall
Charles Triplett "Trip" O'Ferrall (October 21, 1840 – September 22, 1905) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and politician who fought as a cavalry officer in the Confederate States Army, then served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. ...
, and Major Fielding H. Calmese.
See also
*
List of Virginia Civil War units
*
List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units
References
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia
Hampshire County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War
1864 establishments in Virginia
Military units and formations established in 1864
1865 disestablishments in Virginia
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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