12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

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12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of Virginia (1861-1865).svg
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveJune 1862 April 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
Country Confederacy
Allegiance Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg Confederate States of America
Role Cavalry
Engagements Jackson's Valley Campaign
Bristoe Campaign
Overland Campaign
Siege of Petersburg
Valley Campaigns of 1864
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Five Forks
Capt. Lewis Harman, 12th Virginia Cavalry, ca. 1864 Captain Lewis Harman, 12th Virginia Cavalry, ca. 1864.jpg
Capt. Lewis Harman, 12th Virginia Cavalry, ca. 1864
Prvt. William J. Locke, killed in action at Ashland, Virginia, June 1, 1864 Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. (14760334444).jpg
Prvt. William J. Locke, killed in action at Ashland, Virginia, June 1, 1864

The 12th 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 with the Army of Northern Virginia.

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History

Virginia's 12th Cavalry Regiment (originally called 10th Regiment) was organized at Conrad's Store, Virginia, in June 1862, with ten companies from the 7th Virginia Cavalry regiment, which consisted of twenty-nine companies at the time.

The unit served in W.E. Jones', Rosser's, and J. Dearing's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in Northern Virginia, in the Maryland Campaign, at Brandy Station, then was involved in various conflicts in the western part of Virginia. The regiment continued the fight at Bristoe and Mine Run, in the battles around The Wilderness and Cold Harbor, and in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley.

During mid-April, 1865, it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Asher W. Harman, Lieutenant Colonels Richard H. Burks and Thomas B. Massie, and Major John L. Knott.

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