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Muster In: Organized with nine companies in part from Jackson’s Cavalry Squadron on September 5, 1862, per S. O. #208.1
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel James Cochran
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Captain Edwin E. Bouldin
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First Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.3
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.4
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.5
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.6
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.7
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.8
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.9
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.10
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Beale’s Brigade | Rooney Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army11,12
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: The 14th Virginia Cavalry was transferred from McCausland’s Brigade to Beale’s Brigade at some point in March 1865 when McCausland reached the Richmond-Petersburg area. More research is needed for the exact date.16
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles17:
- Petersburg Siege (from March 1865)(June 1864-April 1865)
- Quaker Road (March 29, 1865)
- White Oak Road (March 31, 1865)
- Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
- Avery’s Church Road (April 4, 1865)
- Amelia Springs (April 5, 1865)
- Jetersville (April 6, 1865)
- Deatonsville (April 6, 1865)
- High Bridge (April 7, 1865)
- Farmville (April 7, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩
- 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 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 402 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 123-127 ↩