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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.
Turner Ashby Jr. (October 23, 1828 – June 6, 1862) was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. In his youth, he organized an informal cavalry company known as the Mountain Rangers, which became part of the 7th Virginia Cavalry ("Ashby's Cavalry").
15th-37th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment (7th Regiment Provisional Army of Tennessee, 1st East Tennessee Rifle Regiment) ... (Ashby's) Cavalry; 2nd (Smith's ...
The flag of Virginia during the American Civil War An unidentified soldier in a Confederate States Army uniform with state of Virginia buttons. Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.
The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776, at Gloucester, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown (after which it wintered at Valley Forge [ 1 ] ), Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston .
On June 6, 1862, a company of the 1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment attacked Confederate scouts stationed in Harrisonburg. Chasing the enemy to Good’s Farm on the outskirts of town, the company was fired upon by infantry of the 58th Virginia concealed behind two stone walls on either side of the road.
Henry Marshall Ashby (c. 1836 – July 10, 1868) was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War (Civil War). Although he commanded a brigade from June 1864 and a division at the Battle of Bentonville and through the surrender of the Confederate force under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, he was never appointed a brigadier general by Confederate President ...
7th Queen's Own Hussars - British army cavalry; 7th Royal Tank Regiment - World War II British army unit; 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery - World War II Canadian army unit; 2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia) - World War II unit; 7th Hariana Lancers - British Indian army unit; 7th Light Cavalry - British Indian army unit