42nd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry - Confederate: Difference between revisions

*The 42nd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry organized in September 1863, by consolidating the 32nd and 40th Battalions Virginia Cavalry. The unit contained eight companies and served in the Department of Richmond. During May 1864, it contained 216 effectives. In June 1864 merged into the 24th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel William T. Robins and Major John R. Robertson were in command.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed December 2010).</ref>