Virginia 5th Cavalry Provisional Army, Company C (Confederate)
7/1/61
Organized - Virginia 5th Cavalry Provisional Army, Company C - Virginia
6/26/62
Mustered Out - Virginia 5th Cavalry Provisional Army, Company C - 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