The North Carolina 1st Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 9th Regiment Volunteers was organized at Camp Beauregard, Ridgeway, North Carolina, in August, 1861. Its companies were from the counties of Ashe, Northampton, Mecklenburg, Watauga, Wayne, Warren, Cabarrus, Buncombe, Duplin, and Macon. Ordered to Virginia, the regiment was brigaded under Generals Hampton, L.S. Baker, James B. Gordon, and Barringer. It fought in many campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, including the battles at Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill , Fairfax Court House, Sharpsburg , Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania, Hampton's raid to Dumfries, Brandy Station , Aldie , Upperville , Carlisle, Gettysburg , Mine Run , The Wilderness , Todd's Tavern, Reams' Station , Hampton's Cattle Raid, and Five Forks . The 1st Cavalry had 407 effectives at Gettysburg and 8 at Appomattox .

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OFFICERS:

Colonels Lawrence S. Baker, W.H. Cheek, James B. Gordon, Robert Ransom, Jr., and Thomas Ruffin; Lieutenant Colonels Rufus Barringer and William H.H. Cowles; and Majors Thomas N. Crumpler, George S. Dewey, Marcus D.L. McLeod, and John H. Whitaker.

ASSIGNMENTS:

BATTLES:

Company C

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REFERENCES:

REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
Moore - Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States

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