22nd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | |
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File:Virginia 1861.svg Flag of Virginia, 1861 | |
Active | October 1863 – April 1865 |
Country | Confederacy |
Allegiance | |
Role | Cavalry |
Engagements | American Civil War: Valley Campaigns of 1864 |
Disbanded | April 1865 |
The 22nd Virginia Volunteer 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.
Virginia's 22nd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in October, 1863. The unit served in W.L. Jackson's and McCausland's Brigade and confronted the Federals in Tennessee, western 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.
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