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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The regiment was organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August 19, 1861.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | The regiment was organized at Wheeling, W. Va., August 19, 1861.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> It was consolidated with the Ringgold Battery and Lafayette Cavalry, (Pennsylvania volunteers.) and transferred to the 22d Pa. cavalry, February 24, 1864. | ||
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | ||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unpacav3.htm#washington Washington County Cavalry Company], (accessed 12 September 2012).<br> | *The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unpacav3.htm#washington Washington County Cavalry Company], (accessed 12 September 2012).<br> | ||