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1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
ActiveAugust 12, 1861 – April, 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance North Carolina
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeRegiment
RoleCavalry
Part ofCavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Organized atRidgeway, North Carolina
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col. Robert Ransom, Jr.
Col. Lawrence S. Baker
Col. James B. Gordon
Col. Thomas Hart Ruffin
Col. William H. Cheek
Confederate veteran Private Clark Robertson Starnes of Co. C, 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment in uniform with medals and Confederate flags. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, initially formed as 9th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, was a cavalry regiment from North Carolina that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Raised in 1861 it served all over the Eastern Theater until it surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry". National Park Service - Soldiers and Sailors System. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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