10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
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| dates = May 1862 – April 1865
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| branch = 23px Confederate States Army
| type = Cavalry
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| battles = American Civil War
- Seven Days' Battles
- Second Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Antietam
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Brandy Station
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Bristoe Campaign
- Overland Campaign
- Siege of Petersburg
- Valley Campaigns of 1864
- Appomattox Campaign
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| disbanded = April 1865
| notable_commanders= Col. Robert A. Caskie
Col. William B. Clement
Col. J. Lucius Davis
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The 10th 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.
Organization
Virginia's 10th Cavalry Regiment, formerly called 1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion and 8th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, was organized in May 1862. Many of the men were from Richmond, Albemarle, Rockingham, Kanawha, Jackson and Henrico counties of Virginia.Hudnall, William Roosevelt. Three Confederate Soldiers from Kanawha County, West Virginia: The Hudnalls, Why and How They Served and the Men Who Led Them. New Canton, Va: Kellys Creek Publishers, 2001.
Service
The 10th Virginia Cavalry served in Hampton's, W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss' and Beale's brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia.McClellan, Henry Brainerd. [https://archive.org/details/lifecampaignsofm00mccl/page/186/mode/2up The life and campaigns of Major-General J. E. B. Stuart: Commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia]. Richmond, Va.: J. W. Randolph and English, 1885, p. 187. After fighting in the Seven Days Battles, it saw action at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, and Mine Run. It was involved in the Wilderness Campaign, the defense of Richmond and Petersburg, and the Appomattox Courthouse operations.[https://books.google.com/books?id=xhVCAAAAIAAJ&dq=The%2010th%20Virginia%20Cavalry&pg=RA1-PA398 Reports of the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia, Volume 1. By Confederate States of America], p. 398.Driver, Robert J. 10th Virginia Cavalry. Virginia regimental histories series. Lynchburg, Va: H. E. Howard, 1992. {{ISBN|978-1561900398}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=prxZAAAAYAAJ&dq=The%2010th%20Virginia%20Cavalry&pg=PA475 The War of the Rebellion: Formal reports, by War Department], p. 475.
The regiment fought at Gettysburg at 236 soldiers strength.[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgYtAAAAYAAJ&dq=The%2010th%20Virginia%20Cavalry&pg=PA348 Journal of the United States Cavalry Association], Volume 1, p. 348.[https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CVA0010RC 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion)], NPS
Officers
Its commanders were Colonels Robert A. Caskie, William B. Clement, and J. Lucius Davis; and Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah S. McGruder.
Captain William Hartman Kable of the 10th Virginia was also the founder of the Kable School, later Staunton Military Academy, many of the facilities of which are now in use by Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia.
Surrender
The 10th Virginia Cavalry surrendered at Appomattox with 3 officers and 19 men; all others escaped hiding the regimental colors with the help of a local woman.Coski, John M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zs0VJTbNwfAC&dq=The%2010th%20Virginia%20Cavalry%20surrendered&pg=PA41 The Confederate Battle Flag: America’s Most Embattled Emblem]. Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 41. {{ISBN|9780674019836}}
Gallery
File:Robert Alexander Caskie.jpg|Col. Robert Alexander Caskie
File:Col. James Lucius Davis, Sr (cropped).jpg|Col. James Lucius Davis Sr.
File:Capt. William Hartman Kable.jpg|Capt. William Hartman Kable
File:Sergeant Alexander Speirs George in uniform.png|Sergeant Al. Speirs George
File:Unidentified soldier in Confederate frock coat and slouch hat with Bowie knife and Colt Army Model 1860 revolver LOC 7029392067.jpg|Private William Anthony Holland of Co. K, with Bowie knife and Colt Army Model 1860 revolver
File:10th virginia cavalry.jpg|Charles Chapman of Company A, left, and unidentified soldier
See also
{{Portal|American Civil War|Virginia}}
References
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- {{USGovernment|url=http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm|title=Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System|agency=National Park Service}}
Further reading
- [https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/cw/atkin Archibald Atkinston, Jr, Surgeon, CSA, 31st Virginia Infantry and 10th Virginia Cavalry, 1861-65: A Memoir]
- [https://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/digital/collection/p16057coll14/id/90395 Whither bound? By the chaplain 10th Virginia cavalry].
External links
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- [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm#q=%2210th%20Regiment,%20Virginia%20Cavalry%20(1st%20Cavalry%20Regiment,%20Wise%20Legion)%22 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion) Roster], NPS
- [http://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?unit_id=540 Antietam: 10th Virginia Cavalry]
- [https://www.beyondthecrater.com/resources/units/conf-u/conf-cav/va-cav/10th-virginia-cavalry/ 10th Virginia Cavalry], Richmond-Petersburg Campaign Site
Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia
Category:1862 establishments in Virginia
Category:Military units and formations established in 1862
Category:1865 disestablishments in Virginia
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865