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Muster In: Organized by the increase of the 16th Virginia Cavalry Battalion to a regiment on July 29, 1862.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Jefferson C. Phillips
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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Savage
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
- Commander: Colonel Jefferson C. Phillips5
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army6
- Commander: Colonel Jefferson C. Phillips7
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army8
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army11,12
- Commander: Colonel Jefferson C. Phillips13
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army14
- Commander: Colonel Jefferson C. Phillips15
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Chambliss’ Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army16,17
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Beale’s Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army22,23,24,25
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Beale’s Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army30,31
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles34:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Jones’ Farm (October 1, 1864)
- Vaughan Road (October 2, 1864)
- Skirmish at Roney’s Mill on Stony Creek (March 30, 1865)35
- Dinwiddie Court House (March 31, 1865)36
- Five Forks (April 1, 1865)37
- Sailor’s Creek (April 1, 1865)38
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 13th VA Cavalry: 13th Virginia Cavalry
- 13th VA Cavalry: Mount Up: A True Story Based on the Reminiscences of Major E.A.H. McDonald of the Confederate Cavalry
- 13th VA Cavalry: Three Rebels Write Home
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 13th VA Cavalry: 13th Virginia Cavalry
- 13th VA Cavalry: Mount Up: A True Story Based on the Reminiscences of Major E.A.H. McDonald of the Confederate Cavalry
- 13th VA Cavalry: Three Rebels Write Home
- Confederate Casualties During the Wilson-Kautz Raid: June 22-July 2, 1864
- NP: February 9, 1865 Philadelphia Inquirer: Army of the Potomac Feb. 5-6, 1865 (Hatcher’s Run)
- NP: January 3, 1894 Raleigh News Observer Chronicle: Battle of Chamberlain Run, March 31, 1865
- NP: November 1, 1908 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: Butler and His Cavalry
- NP: October 7, 1894 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: A Brilliant Cavalry Coup
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Confederate Cavalry
- Rebel Units and Commanders at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run: Epilogue and Order of Battle
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 121-122 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 121-122 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 123 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 123 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 132 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 132 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 132 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 141 ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1310. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 141 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 151 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 159 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 168 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1175: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there. They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave. I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1183: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 186 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 177 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1183: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 186 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 186 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 195 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 205 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 195 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 205 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 121-122 ↩
- Balfour, Daniel T. 13th Virginia Cavalry (H.E. Howard: 1986), p. 44: “The (13th Virginia Cavalry) regiment skirmished with the Federals at Roney’s Mill on March 30.” ↩
- Balfour, Daniel T. 13th Virginia Cavalry (H.E. Howard: 1986), p. 44 ↩
- Balfour, Daniel T. 13th Virginia Cavalry (H.E. Howard: 1986), p. 44 ↩
- Balfour, Daniel T. 13th Virginia Cavalry (H.E. Howard: 1986), p. 44 ↩