Virginia's 37th Cavalry Battalion was organized in August, 1862, as Dunn's Partisan Rangers. The battalion contained four companies and in November was changed to regular cavalry. Co. E was organized on October 1, 1862. Co. F, from North Carolina, was organized on October 26, 1862. Co. H was organized on January 8, 1863, Co. G was organized February 6, 1863, and Co. I was organized on April 1, 1863. Co. K transferred from the 21st Virginia Cavalry before June 5, 1864.[1] It was assigned to W.E. Jones', McCausland's and W.L. Jackson's Brigade. During April, 1864, it totalled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies. It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee, then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit disbanded in mid-April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C. Dunn and Major J.R. Claiborne were in command.
37th, virginia, cavalry, battalion, cavalry, battalion, raised, virginia, service, confederate, states, army, during, american, civil, fought, mostly, western, virginia, shenandoah, valley, flag, virginia, 1861activeaugust, 1862, april, 1865disbandedapril, 186. The 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion was a cavalry battalion raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War It fought mostly in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley 37th Virginia Cavalry BattalionFlag of Virginia 1861ActiveAugust 1862 April 1865DisbandedApril 1865AllegianceConfederate States of AmericaBranchConfederate States ArmyRoleCavalryNickname s Dunn s RangersEngagementsAmerican Civil War Valley Campaigns of 1864 Jones Imboden Raid Siege of Knoxville Virginia s 37th Cavalry Battalion was organized in August 1862 as Dunn s Partisan Rangers The battalion contained four companies and in November was changed to regular cavalry Co E was organized on October 1 1862 Co F from North Carolina was organized on October 26 1862 Co H was organized on January 8 1863 Co G was organized February 6 1863 and Co I was organized on April 1 1863 Co K transferred from the 21st Virginia Cavalry before June 5 1864 1 It was assigned to W E Jones McCausland s and W L Jackson s Brigade During April 1864 it totalled 300 effectives and by June had increased its strength to ten companies It was involved in various operations in western Virginia and East Tennessee then saw action in the Shenandoah Valley The unit disbanded in mid April 1865 Lieutenant Colonel Ambrose C Dunn and Major J R Claiborne were in command See also Edit American Civil War portalList of Virginia Civil War units List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate unitsReferences Edit Sifakis Stewart Compendium of the Confederate Armies Virginia Facts on File NY 1992 pgs 141 142 ISBN 0 8160 2284 4 This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System National Park Service This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 37th Virginia Cavalry Battalion amp oldid 1114831542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
