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.
Companies Company A - Jefferson, Ashe County Company B - Rich Square, Northampton County Company C (Mecklenburg Rangers) - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County Company D (Watauga Rangers) - Boone, Watauga County Company E - Warrenton, Warren County Company F (Cabarrus Rangers) - Concord, Cabarrus County Company G (Buncombe Rangers) - Asheville, Buncombe County Company H - Goldsboro, Wayne County Company I - Kenansville, Duplin County Company K (Nantahala Rangers) - Franklin, Macon County
Commanders Col. Robert Ransom, Jr. (promoted to brigadier general) Col. Lawrence S. Baker (promoted to brigadier general) Col. James B. Gordon (promoted to brigadier general) Col. Thomas Hart Ruffin (mortally wounded, died October 17, 1863) Col. William H. Cheek
See also List of North Carolina Confederate Civil War units
References
Further reading Ninth Regiment (First Cavalry) in Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina, in the Great War 1861-'65, Vol. I (1905)