The 22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee, and the Shenandoah Valley.Jeffrey C. Weaver, 22nd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, H.E. Howard Inc. 1991)

Virginia's 22nd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in October, 1863, and was sometimes called "Bowen's Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen," having been raised by Col. Henry S. Bowen, formerly of the 188th (Tazewell County Militia. The unit served in William Lowther Jackson's and John McCausland's Brigade and confronted the Federals in Tennessee, western Virginia (including newly created West Virginia), and the Shenandoah Valley. During April, 1865, it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Henry S. Bowen, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Radford, and Major Henry F. Kendrick. A Union soldier, Sergeant Levi Shoemaker, was awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing the regiment's flag during the Action at Nineveh in Warren County, Virginia, on November 12, 1864. Two members would later serve one term each in the Virginia General Assembly, John C. Stanfield who would also serve as superintendent of the Washington Alms House before returning to Washington County and serving in the House of Delegates in 1906, and William Orville Moore representing Wythe County in 1912.Weaver pp. 99, 106

Companies and officers

+ Sortable table CompanyNickname Recruited atFirst (then later) Commanding Officer derived from Weaver, pp. 9-11 ACaptain Fuller's CompanyTazewell CountyHiram F. KendrickAbram Fuller BCompany B Tazewell CountyGordon W. Riffe CCompany C Washington CountyJohn C. Stanfield DCompany DRussell CountyMartin Ball ECompany EWashington CountyRussell CountyWilliam M. BaldwinReese M. Baldwin FCompany F Tazewell CountyWilliam Washington Brown GCompany GWythe CountyCarroll CountyWilliam O. Moore HCompany HTazewell CountyBalaam W. Higginbotham ICompany IRussell CountyTazewell CountyWilliam P. Samples

See also

List of Virginia Civil War units

References Jeffrey C Weaver 22nd Virginia Cavalry (H.E. Howard 1991)