12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveJune 1862 – April 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
CountryConfederacy
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
RoleCavalry
EngagementsJackson's Valley Campaign
Bristoe Campaign
Overland Campaign
Siege of Petersburg
Valley Campaigns of 1864
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Five Forks
Capt. Lewis Harman, 12th Virginia Cavalry, ca. 1864
Prvt. William J. Locke, killed in action at Ashland, Virginia, June 1, 1864[1]

The 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.