Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company F (Confederate)
12/09/1861
Organized - Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company F - Virginia
19/09/1864
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
Third Winchester
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company F - Virginia
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regiment -Virginia 6th Cavalry (Confederate)
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