CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
8th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
- Overview:
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8th Cavalry Regiment was organized early in 1862 with nine companies but increased its
number to eleven to July. Many of the men were recruited in Smyth, Nelson, Kanawha, and
Tazewell counties. The unit confronted the Federals in western Virginia, fought in East
Tennessee then returned to western Virginia. Later it participated in Early's Shenandoah Valley
operations and the Appomattox
Campaign. This regiment contained 225 effectives in April, 1864. However, none were included
in the surrender at Appomattox because it had cut through the Federal lines and disbanded. The
field officers were Colonels James M. Corns and Walter H. Jenifer; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas
P. Bowen, A.F. Cook, Henry Fitzhugh, and Albert G. Jenkins; and Major P.M. Edmondson.
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