Virginia 23rd Cavalry, Company K (Confederate)

4/28/64

Organized - Virginia 23rd Cavalry, Company K - Virginia

9/21/64

Battle - Fisher's Hill - Shenandoah County, Virginia

Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Army of the Valley, bloodied by its defeat at the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19th, retreated 20 miles up the valley and took a defensive position in an east-west line across Fisher's Hill, southwest of Strasburg. Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah, in accordance with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's orders, aggressively pursued Early. Sheridan, outnumbering Early about three to one, noted that the right of the Confederate line was anchored o…READ MORE

4/9/65

Mustered Out - Virginia 23rd Cavalry, Company K - Virginia

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regiment -Virginia 23rd Cavalry (Confederate)

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