
The men of this unit came from the Culpepper area. 4th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William' County, Virginia, in September 1861. The unit was assigned to General J. Lee's, Wickham's, and Munford's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After cutting through the Federal lines at Appomattox, it was broken up.
Only 2 members were present at the surrender. The field officers were Colonels Stephen D. Wooldridge; Lieutenant Colonels Charles Old and Robert Randolph; and Majors Alexander M. Compiled years after the war by the grandson of the Rangers.
I have been a private collector of Civil War books and ephemera for about 30 years. I have recently decided to reduce the size of my library. I will be posting many, many Civil War related books in the coming months. Many of the items are very scarce.
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