47th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry - Confederate

Brief History
The 47th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry was organized in April 1864, with four companies. It was assigned to W. L. Jackson's Brigade and skirmished in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.During December the unit merged into the 26th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Major William N. Harman was in command.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A (Captain Elias M. Walker's Battalion) (Later became Company B)- many men from Richmond, and Bath County

Company B (Captain Henry Newberry) - many men from Bland and Floyd Counties

Company C (Captain George Washington Cloud) - many men from Carroll County

Company D (Captain James R. Apperson) (Became Company K)

Captain Stanton R. Aldredge's Company - many men from Floyd and Franklin Counties

Captain Richard J. Syme's Company - many men from Greenbrier County

The information above is from26th Virginia Cavalry, by Richard L. Armstrong.

Field &amp; Staff


 * Company A
 * Company B
 * Company C
 * Company D
 * Aldredge's Co

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in Virginia in the Civil War and United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Virginia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Virginia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Armstrong, Richard L. 26th Virginia Cavalry. (Lynchburg, Virginia : H.E. Howard, c1994),