Enlisted on 6/16/1861 at Lancaster County, VA as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 6/16/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 9th Cavalry
* Rec for promotion 6/15/1864 (place not stated) (By Colonel Beale, no action)
* On rolls 2/15/1865 (place not stated) (Present through final roll)
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Enlisted on 6/16/1861 at Lancaster County, VA as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 6/16/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 9th Cavalry
* Rec for promotion 6/15/1864 (place not stated) (By Colonel Beale, no action)
* On rolls 2/15/1865 (place not stated) (Present through final roll)
The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
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