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Muster In: Organized by the consolidation of the 14th and 15th Virginia Cavalry battalions and two independent companies on September 15, 1862.1
Muster Out: Consolidated with the 5th Virginia Cavalry and redesignated as the 5th Virginia Consolidated Cavalry on November 8, 1864.2
Commander(s):
Commander 1
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Lomax’s Brigade | Fitzhugh Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Lomax’s Brigade | Fitzhugh Lee’s Division | Cavalry Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army4
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Third Offensive Order of Battle:
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
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- Note: Left the Siege of Petersburg sometime in August 1864.5
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not at Siege of Petersburg.6
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not at Siege of Petersburg.7
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Not at Siege of Petersburg.8
- Note: Consolidated with the 5th Virginia Cavalry and redesignated as the 5th Virginia Consolidated Cavalry on November 8, 1864.9
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.10
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.11
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles12:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Bibliography:
- 15th VA Cav: 15th Virginia Cavalry
- 15th VA Cav: A Bibliography-15th Regiment. Virginia Cavalry
- 15th VA Cav: Story of a Regiment: The Campaigns and Personnel of the Fifteenth Virginia Cavalry, 1862-1865
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 15th VA Cav: 15th Virginia Cavalry
- 15th VA Cav: A Bibliography-15th Regiment. Virginia Cavalry
- 15th VA Cav: Story of a Regiment: The Campaigns and Personnel of the Fifteenth Virginia Cavalry, 1862-1865
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 114 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128: Exact date is unknown, including whether or not the regiment left in August or September. More research is needed. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 127-128 ↩
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