Virginia 24th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The Virginia 24th Cavalry Regiment was organized in June 1864, by consolidating eight companies of the 42nd Virginia Cavalry and two companies of Dearing's Confederate Cavalry. This unit served in General Gary's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and fought in various conflicts around Richmond. Later it was involved in the Appomattox Campaign and surrendered with 19 officers and 144 men. Officers:
Colonel William T. Robins, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore G. Barham, and Major John R. Robertson. Assignments:
General Gary's Brigade
Battles:
Overland Campaign
Siege of Petersburg
Valley Campaigns of 1864
Appomattox Campaign Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1149 men.

Company A (Captain B. W. Green, Jr's Company) (Henico Mounted Guard) (Henrico Picket Guard) - many men from Richmond
Company B (Captain William M. McGruder's Company) (Henrico Mounted Guard )
Company C (Captain John K. Littleton's Company of Virginia Partisan Rangers) also known as (Chesapeake Rangers) - many men from Gloucester and King and Queen County
Company D (Clopton's Partisan Rangers) - many men from Middlesex County
Company E (Captain Benjamin F. Blake's Company) (first known as Captain Richard R. Hord's Company) - many men from King and Queen County, Virginia
Company F (Captain L. W. Allen's Company) - many men from Caroline and King and Queen County
Company G (Captain Andrew J. Rogers Company) - many men from Richmond and surrounding vicinities
Company H (Captain William J. Hamlett's Company) - many men from Henry and Patrick County
Company I (Captain T. G. Barham's Company)
Company K (Captain William B. Smith's Company)
Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.
Originally published as Volume 15 of the Southern Historical Society Papers in 1887 by The Society, Richmond, VA. This book contains 56,000 names of men who surrendered at Appomattox. It shows the mans unit of service and some additional notes.
Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Virginia. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Virginia Civil War Soldiers Index. 1996. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998. 1295 p. E484C65.1987v4. Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.