23rd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment | |
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Flag of Virginia, 1861 |
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Active | April 1864 – April 1865 |
Country | Confederacy |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Role | Cavalry |
Engagements | American Civil War: Valley Campaigns of 1864 |
Disbanded | April 1865 |
The 23rd 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 in the Shenandoah Valley.
Virginia’s 23rd Cavalry Regiment was organized in April, 1864, by consolidating seven companies of the 41st Battalion Virginia Cavalry and two companies of O'Ferrall's Battalion Virginia Cavalry. The unit served in Imboden's Brigade and was involved in various conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley. It disbanded during April, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Robert White, Lieutenant Colonel Charles T. O'Ferrall, and Major Fielding H. Calmese.