1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | August 12, 1861 – April, 1865 |
Country | Confederate States of America |
Allegiance | North Carolina |
Branch | Confederate States Army |
Type | Regiment |
Role | Cavalry |
Part of | Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
Organized at | Ridgeway, North Carolina |
Engagements | American Civil War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Col. Robert Ransom, Jr. Col. Lawrence S. Baker Col. James B. Gordon Col. Thomas Hart Ruffin Col. William H. Cheek |
The 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, initially formed as 9th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, was a cavalry regiment from North Carolina that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Raised in 1861 it served all over the Eastern Theater until it surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865.[1]