Virginia 9th Volunteer Cavalry (Confederate)
11/07/1861
Battle - Rich Mountain - Randolph County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861. After their defeat by McClellan at Philippi, Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett had fortified two key mountain passes. The one furthest south, Camp Garnett, consisted of earth and log entrenchments overlooking the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike at Rich Mountain, just west of Beverly. On June 27th, McClellan moved his brigades of Ohio and Indiana soldiers from Clarksburg south aga…READ MORE
21/07/1861
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
18/01/1862
Organized - Virginia 9th Volunteer Cavalry - Virginia
05/05/1862
Battle - Williamsburg - York County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Following the Confederate withdrawal from their Yorktown position, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was not prepared to mount an immediate pursuit with his entire force from the siege lines he had occupied for nearly a month. Initially, he was able to send forward only a portion of his army, led by the Third Corps of Samuel P. Heitzelman, to follow Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederates. Heitzelman's divisions, led by Brig. Gens. Joseph Hooker and Phil Kearny, made contact with Johnston's army four miles sout…READ MORE
26/06/1862
Battle - Mechanicsville - Hanover Couunty, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac remained northeast of Richmond for three weeks after the Battle of Seven Pines. The new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee, took that time to reorganize his defenses of the capital city and receive the reinforcements of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's division from the Shenandoah Valley. After attacking Lee inconclusively at Oak Grove on June 25th, McClellan remained in place, with four of his five army corps south of…READ MORE
26/06/1862
Battle - Mechanicsville, Virginia
28/08/1862
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
28/08/1862
Battle - Centreville, Virginia
01/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General J.E.B. Stuart
Major GeneralJ.E.B. Stuart
01/09/1862
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
09/09/1862
Battle - Barnesville, Maryland
10/09/1862
Battle - Sugar Loaf Mountain, Maryland
14/09/1862
Battle - South Mountain - Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
After his success at Second Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north across the Potomac River on an invasion of Maryland in September of 1862. Lee divided his army, sending a portion of it into western Maryland while Lieut. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's wing attempted to capture the Federal garrison at Harper's Ferry. The bold plan was jeopardized on September 13th when a mislaid copy of Lee's orders revealing the Confederates' plans was given to Union commander Maj. Gen. George B. M…READ MORE
17/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E.B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E.B. Stuart
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Richard L.T. Beale
ColonelRichard L.T. Beale
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General W.H.F. Lee
Brigadier GeneralW.H.F. Lee
13/12/1862
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
28/12/1862
Battle - Dumfries, Virginia
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Richard L. T. Beale
ColonelRichard L. T. Beale
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William H. F. Lee
Brigadier GeneralWilliam H. F. Lee
30/04/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General J. E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJ. E. B. Stuart
30/04/1863
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
02/05/1863
Battle - Louisa Court House, Virginia
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William H. F. Lee, Colonel James L. Davis, and Colonel John R. Chambliss Jr.
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General James E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJames E. B. Stuart
09/06/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William H. F. Lee
Brigadier GeneralWilliam H. F. Lee
09/06/1863
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
18/06/1863
Battle - Middleburg, Virginia
19/06/1863
Battle - Middleburg, Virginia
21/06/1863
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
30/06/1863
Battle - Hanover - Hanover, Pennsylvania
30/06/1863
Battle - Hanover, Pennsylvania
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John R. Chambliss Jr.
ColonelJohn R. Chambliss Jr.
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General J. E. B. Stuart
Major GeneralJ. E. B. Stuart
01/07/1863
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
06/07/1863
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
08/07/1863
Battle - Boonsboro - Washington County, Maryland
12/07/1863
Battle - Hagerstown, Maryland
13/09/1863
Battle - Culpeper Court House, Virginia
13/10/1863
Battle - First Auburn - Fauquier County, Virginia
Federal and Confederate cavalry engaged at the First Battle of Auburn on October 13, and left General James Ewell Brown Stuart's men trapped. Stuart concealed 3,000 men in a ravine overnight before getting word to Lee. Lee sent General Richard S. Ewell to Stuart's aid, and his force engaged a Federal rearguard under General Gouverneur K. Warren in the Second Battle of Auburn on October 14.READ MORE
13/10/1863
Battle - Auburn, Virginia
15/10/1863
Battle - Manassas, Virginia
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John R. Chambliss
Brigadier GeneralJohn R. Chambliss
05/05/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H. F. Lee
Major GeneralWilliam H. F. Lee
05/05/1864
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
08/05/1864
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
30/05/1864
Battle - Hanover Court House, Virginia
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John R. Chambliss Jr.
Brigadier GeneralJohn R. Chambliss Jr.
31/05/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H.F. Lee
Major GeneralWilliam H.F. Lee
31/05/1864
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
28/06/1864
Battle - Sappony Church - Sussex County, Virginia
27/07/1864
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
29/07/1864
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
14/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Richard L. T. Beale
Brigadier GeneralRichard L. T. Beale
14/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General W.H.F. Lee
Major GeneralW.H.F. Lee
14/08/1864
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
07/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Richard L.T. Beale
Brigadier GeneralRichard L.T. Beale
07/10/1864
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
27/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Richard L. T. Beale
Brigadier GeneralRichard L. T. Beale
27/10/1864
Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
01/04/1865
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
02/04/1865
Battle - Third Petersburg - Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
With the Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1st, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Corps to take place April 2nd. In the pre-dawn darkness, the Union infantry gained a successful breakthrough where Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright's advancing Sixth Corps met the Confederate lines held by Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill near the Boydton Plank Road. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in t…READ MORE
03/04/1865
Battle - Namozine Church - Namozine, Virginia
03/04/1865
Battle - Namozine Church, Virginia
06/04/1865
Battle - Sailor's Creek - Amelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Five days after Robert E. Lee's men retreated from the trenches of Petersburg, cavalry under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan effectively cut off three separate corps of Lee's army near Sailor's Creek, a tributary of the Appomattox River, while the Union Second and Sixth Corps approached from the east. On April 6th, two brigades of Andrew H. Humphrey's Second Corps overwhelmed two brigades of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's division as the Confederates struggled to move their supply and artillery trains across the creek…READ MORE
09/04/1865
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Virginia 9th Volunteer Cavalry - Virginia
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