7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of Virginia
ActiveMay 1861 to April 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance Confederate States Army
BranchCavalry
EngagementsSkirmish at Hanging Rock Pass
Jackson's Valley Campaign
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Battle of Brandy Station
Gettysburg Campaign
Valley Campaigns of 1864
Battle of Five Forks
Commanders
1stAngus William McDonald
2ndTurner Ashby
3rdRichard Henry Dulany
Turner Ashby
Private David Bowman of Company I, 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

The 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment also known as Ashby's Cavalry[1] was a Confederate cavalry regiment raised in the spring of 1861 by Colonel Angus William McDonald[2] The regiment was composed primarily of men from the counties of the Shenandoah Valley as well as from the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun. Two companies contained men from the border counties of Maryland.

  1. ^ Avirett (1867), p. 28.
  2. ^ McDonald (1907), p. 28.