23rd Virginia Cavalry

23rd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
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.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service".

Hampshire County, West Virginia in the American Civil War

Raids and expeditions	Romney Expedition

Units	Union Army: 1st Maryland Cavalry Confederate States Army: 7th Virginia Cavalry 11th Virginia Cavalry 13th Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Cavalry 33rd Virginia Infantry 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry McNeill's Rangers

People	Stonewall Jackson Angus William McDonald John Hanson McNeill Alexander W. Monroe Isaac Parsons Christian Streit White John Baker White

Places and tourism	Capon Chapel Confederate Memorial Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches Frenchburg, West Virginia Frye's Inn Hampshire County Courthouse Hanging Rock, West Virginia Hanging Rocks Hook's Tavern Ice Mountain Indian Mound Cemetery Literary Hall (Romney Literary Society) Little Cacapon, West Virginia Mechanicsburg Gap Moorefield and North Branch Turnpike Romney, West Virginia Romney Classical Institute Romney Presbyterian Church Springfield, West Virginia Sycamore Dale Taggart Hall Wappocomo Washington Bottom Farm Wirgman Building

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