22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment

The 22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee, and the Shenandoah Valley.[1]

22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveOctober 1863 – April 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
CountryConfederacy
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeCavalry
EngagementsValley Campaigns of 1864
Battle of Five Forks

Virginia's 22nd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in October, 1863, and was sometimes called "Bowen's Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen," having been raised by Col. Henry S. Bowen, formerly of the 188th (Tazewell County Militia. The unit served in William Lowther Jackson's and John McCausland's Brigade and confronted the Federals in Tennessee, western Virginia (including newly created West Virginia), and the Shenandoah Valley. During April, 1865, it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Henry S. Bowen, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Radford, and Major Henry F. Kendrick. A Union soldier, Sergeant Levi Shoemaker, was awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing the regiment's flag during an engagement at Nineveh, Warren County, Virginia on November 12, 1864.[2] Two members would later serve one term each in the Virginia General Assembly, John C. Stanfield who would also serve as superintendent of the Washington Alms House before returning to Washington County and serving in the House of Delegates in 1906, and William Orville Moore representing Wythe County in 1912.[3]

Companies and officers

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Company Nickname Recruited at First (then later) Commanding Officer

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A Captain Fuller's Company Tazewell County Hiram F. Kendrick
Abram Fuller
B Company B Tazewell County Gordon W. Riffe
C Company C Washington County John C. Stanfield
D Company D Russell County Martin Ball
E Company E Washington CountyRussell County William M. Baldwin
Reese M. Baldwin
F Company F Tazewell County William Washington Brown
G Company G Wythe County
Carroll County
William O. Moore
H Company H Tazewell County Balaam W. Higginbotham
I Company I Russell County
Tazewell County
William P. Samples

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jeffrey C. Weaver, 22nd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, H.E. Howard Inc. 1991) ISBN 1-56190-029-X
  2. ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients - Civil War (M–Z)". Medal of Honor Citations. United States Army Center of Military History. December 3, 2010. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Weaver pp. 99, 106
  4. ^ derived from Weaver, pp. 9-11