Virginia 7th Cavalry (Confederate)
7/1/61
Organized - Virginia 7th Cavalry - Virginia
7/21/61
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
10/16/61
Battle - Bolivar Heights - Bolivar Heights, West Virginia
10/26/61
Battle - Romney, West Virginia (Oct 1861) - Romney, West Virginia, West Virginia
On October 24th 1861, the Union troops retook Romney after a brief skirmish at Wire Bridge. Samuel F Dunning along with his men of the 5th Ohio Infantry occupied Romney.READ MORE
3/22/62
Battle - Kernstown, Virginia
3/23/62
Battle - First Kernstown - Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia
In the spring of 1862, relying on faulty intelligence that under-reported the strength of the Union garrison at Winchester in the lower Shenandoah Valley, Confederate Maj. Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson marched aggressively north with his 3,800-man division. In Winchester, the 8,500 Federals were a detachment from the Army of the Potomac's Fifth Corps, and were commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, who outnumbered Jackson more than two to one. Kimball established a defensive position on the Valley Turnpike and Midd…READ MORE
4/27/62
Battle - McGaheysville, Virginia
5/6/62
Battle - Harrisonburg, Virginia
5/9/62
Battle - McDowell, Virginia
5/21/62
Battle - Woodstock, Virginia
6/9/62
Battle - Port Republic - Rockingham County, Virginia
One day after the battle at Cross Keys, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson concentrated his division east of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Port Republic against the isolated brigades of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler and Col. Samuel S. Carroll. Confederate assaults across the bottomland of the Lewis family farm, along the River Road, spearheaded by the Stonewall Brigade, were repulsed with heavy casualties. A Confederate flank attack, including a brigade of the Louisiana Tigers, overtook an ar…READ MORE
8/2/62
Battle - Orange Court House, Virginia
8/9/62
Battle - Cedar Mountain - Culpeper County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly-constituted Army of Virginia on June 26th. Pope's orders were to defend Washington DC and Union-held northern Virginia while the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan battled Robert E. Lee outside of Richmond. When McClellan was defeated at the end of the Seven Days battles less than a week later, Lee turned his attention north toward Pope while McClellan regrouped his army. Pope's three army corps were arrayed in a line from the Blu…READ MORE
8/10/62
Battle - Cedar Run, Virginia
8/20/62
Battle - Stevensburg, Virginia
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Beverly Robertson
Brigadier GeneralBeverly Robertson
8/28/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E. B. Stuart
8/28/62
Battle - Second Bull Run - Prince William County, Virginia
After the early summer collapse of the Union Peninsula Campaign offensive to capture Richmond, Robert E. Lee sought to move his army north and threaten Washington DC before Union forces could regroup.READ MORE
9/1/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Beverly H. Robertson
Brigadier GeneralBeverly H. Robertson
9/1/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General J.E.B. Stuart
Major GeneralJ.E.B. Stuart
9/1/62
Battle - Chantilly - Fairfax County, Virginia
Confederate Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson hoped to cut off the Union retreat from Manassas the day after the Confederate victory at the second battle fought there. Jackson's wing of Lee's army made a wide, flanking march, screened by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, north and then east, to take the strategically important village of Germantown. There, Maj. Gen. John Pope's only two retreat routes to Washington - the Warrenton Pike and the Little River Turnpike - converged. On September 1st, beyond Chanti…READ MORE
9/7/62
Battle - Poolesville, Maryland
9/9/62
Battle - Barnesville, Maryland
9/12/62
Battle - Harpers Ferry - Jefferson County, West Virginia; Loudoun County, Virginia; Washington County, Maryland
As General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Maryland in the fall of 1862, Lee made plans to capture the vital Union garrison at Harpers Ferry in the rear of his invading army. Although Maj. Gen. George McClellan's Army of the Potomac was in pursuit, in a bold maneuver Lee divided his army, sending three columns under Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson to Harpers Ferry while the rest of the army marched towards Hagerstown, Maryland. Surrounded on three sides by steep heights, the terrai…READ MORE
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas T. Munford
ColonelThomas T. Munford
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E.B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E.B. Stuart
12/1/62
Battle - Berryville, Virginia
12/2/62
Battle - Berryville, Virginia
12/3/62
Battle - Moorefield, West Virginia
12/11/62
Battle - Darkesville, West Virginia
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Jones
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Jones
12/13/62
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
4/25/63
Battle - Greenland Gap, West Virginia
4/30/63
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E. B. Stuart
6/9/63
Battle - Brandy Station - Culpeper County, Virginia
> *As we emerged from the woods into an open space or field where our mounted skirmishers were deployed, it was clearly discovered that our troops were confronted with a heavy line of infantry, who, with weapons of a longer range than that of our carbines, were dismounting our men at a fearful rate, whilst they were unable to inflict any punishment upon the enemy. As Colonel Devin approached the skirmish line, he at once became the target for the Rebel sharp shooters and, the way the minnie balls were whiz…READ MORE
6/19/63
Battle - Middleburg, Virginia
6/21/63
Battle - Upperville - Loudoun County, Virginia
On June 21st, Union cavalry made a another determined effort to pierce Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screen of Robert E. Lee's invading army as it moved north. Two days after skirmishing with the Union cavalry brigade of Col. J. Irvin Gregg in and around Middleburg, Brig. Gens. Wade Hampton and Beverly Robertson's brigades made a stand and beat back Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's division near a stone bridge over Goose Creek, four miles east of Upperville. Gregg called for infantry support, and received…READ MORE
6/24/63
Battle - Sharpsburg, Maryland
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General J. E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJ. E. B. Stuart
7/1/63
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
7/7/63
Battle - Funkstown, Maryland
7/8/63
Battle - Boonsboro - Washington County, Maryland
7/10/63
Battle - Leitersburg, Maryland
7/12/63
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
9/13/63
Battle - Culpeper Court House, Virginia
9/14/63
Battle - Leesburg, Virginia
9/25/63
Battle - Upperville, Virginia
11/8/63
Battle - Stevensburg, Virginia
11/16/63
Battle - Woodstock, Virginia
12/13/63
Battle - Strasburg, Virginia
1/30/64
Battle - Medley, West Virginia
2/2/64
Battle - Romney, West Virginia
2/20/64
Battle - Upperville, Virginia
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Rosser
5/5/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Wade Hampton
Major GeneralWade Hampton
5/5/64
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
5/8/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser, and Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Dulany
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Rosser
Lieutenant ColonelRichard H. Dulany
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Rosser
5/31/64
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
6/5/64
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
6/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser, and Colonel Richard H. Dulany
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Rosser
ColonelRichard H. Dulany
6/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Rosser
6/11/64
Battle - Trevilian Station - Louisa County, Virginia
In June of 1864, hoping to draw attention away from Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's movement south, destroy supply lines, and join up with Brig. Gen. David Hunter in Charlottesville, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid. Near Trevilian Station, Virginia, he clashed with Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee. On June 11th, while Hampton's men struggled against Union forces on one road, Lee's men advancing on a parallel road fell back, allow…READ MORE
6/28/64
Battle - Sappony Church - Sussex County, Virginia
9/16/64
Battle - Sycamore Church, Virginia
9/19/64
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
9/23/64
Battle - Woodstock, Virginia
10/9/64
Battle - Tom's Brook - Shenandoah County, Virginia
After his victory at Fisher's Hill, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan pursued Gen. Jubal Early's army up the Shenandoah Valley to near Staunton. On October 6th, Sheridan began withdrawing, as his cavalry burned everything that could be deemed of military significance, including barns and mills in what became known as "Red October" or "the Burning." Reinforced by Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division, Early followed Sheridan. Maj. Gen. Thomas Rosser arrived from Petersburg to take command of Fitz Lee's cavalry divis…READ MORE
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined --
10/19/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser
Brigadier GeneralThomas L. Rosser
10/19/64
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
11/28/64
Battle - New Creek, West Virginia
4/1/65
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
4/5/65
Battle - Amelia Springs - Amelia County, Virginia
4/6/65
Battle - High Bridge - Prince Edward County, Virginia; Cumberland County, Virginia
Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south to reach Gen. Joseph Johnston's army in North Carolina, General Robert E. Lee and his army headed west along the Appomattox River, eventually arriving in Cumberland County on April 6th. Food and supplies that Lee's men desperately needed were waiting at Farmville, across the river. To get there, Lee needed to use the 2,500-foot long, 130-foot tall High Bridge, which carried the South Side Railroad over the Appomattox. A small…READ MORE
4/6/65
Battle - High Bridge, Virginia
4/9/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
4/9/65
Mustered Out - Virginia 7th Cavalry - Virginia
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