62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment

62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment
62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	September 1862 – April 1865
Disbanded	April 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Virginia
Branch	Confederate States Army
Role	Cavalry; Infantry; Dragoons
Nickname(s)	Imboden's Rangers
Engagements	American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg-Valley Campaigns of 1864
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Colonel John D. Imboden; Colonel George H. Smith

The 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment, raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, served in many capacities including the war, including as an infantry regiment, a cavalry regiment, a mounted infantry (dragoon) unit, a partisan unit of rangers, and even as a combined arms unit. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia and in western Virginia. The men were recruited primarily in the counties of Hardy, Hampshire, Barbour, Pendleton and Pocahontas in West Virginia and Augusta and Highland in Virginia .^[1]

The 62nd Regiment Mounted Infantry completed its organization in September 1862. The unit, at times known as the 1st Regiment, Virginia Partisan Rangers, was composed of infantry and cavalry until December when the cavalry companies united with other companies to form the 18th Regiment Virginia Partisan Rangers, and at times the 62nd Partisan Rangers, the 62nd Infantry, and Imboden's Partisan Rangers.

The command was mounted during the latter part of 1863 and served in Imboden's Brigade. It fought in western Virginia, was active in the Gettysburg Campaign, then participated in various conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley. The regiment took part in Early's operations and disbanded in April, 1865.

Its commanders were Colonels John D. Imboden and George H. Smith, Lieutenant Colonels Robert L. Doyle and David B. Lang, and Majors Houston Hall and George W. Imboden.

References[]

^ Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom

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[1] Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom

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Units	Union Army: 1st Maryland Cavalry Confederate States Army: 7th Virginia Cavalry 11th Virginia Cavalry 13th Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Cavalry 33rd Virginia Infantry 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry McNeill's Rangers
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62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment

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