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4th Virginia Company E

	Soldier	Rank
	Captain Taylor
	1st Lieutenant Nicholas Baker
	First Sergeant John Ivory
	Sergeant Reaper
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The 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was officially organized in September 1861, but its companies had been in existence for a while as local militia units. Prior the outbreak of war in April 1861, Virginians had exercised their constitutional right to form militia units which had been doing “military training” for months. Each little town or the county usually had some type of militia.
In Powhatan County, Virginia, (a little west of Richmond) the Powhatan Guards were formed as a cavalry militia. This unit was the first “company” of cavalry to volunteer after Virginia’s secession; they served as guards for General Beauregard at the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) in July.

Eventually, it was decided to organize the cavalry militias into a regiment, and the 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was formed. This unit would gain distinction as the “Black Horse Cavalry”, serving the duration of the war under Generals Stuart and Early. The regiment fought or was present on the battlefield for almost every major battle fought by the Army of Northern Virginia and was briefly detached in 1864 to serve in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. (Cavalry had a unique and sometimes-hard-to-define role on Civil War battlefields; they tended to do scouting and guard duty, not always involved in what we think of as the “battlefield fight.”) Two regiment members were present for the surrender at Appomattox.

The flag carried by Company E of the 4th Virginia Cavalry combined important elements of state history and the ideal of defending families from invaders into the visual image on their flag. Pocahontas (an original daughter of Virginia) symbolized both the state and defense ideals.

Black Horse Cavalry
Guard of the Daughters of Powhatan

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Company Records	Date
Lucas Wright volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2024-07-19
James Szych volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2024-02-17
William Black volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2024-01-04
Jack Jones's role was changed from No Role to Trooper by Taylor	2023-11-16
Bastian G. Romero's role was changed from Adjutant to Trooper by Taylor	2023-11-16
Bastian G. Romero's role was changed from No Role to Adjutant by Taylor	2023-11-16
Bastian G. Romero was enlisted into 4th Virginia Company E	2023-11-16
Jack Jones was enlisted into 4th Virginia Company E	2023-11-16
Jack Jones volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2023-11-03
Bastian G. Romero volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2023-10-08
Mark T volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2022-08-14
Recruit MrBritain cowardly deserted from 4th Virginia Company E	2022-07-09
MrBritain's role was changed from No Role to Scout by Taylor	2022-04-06
MrBritain was enlisted into 4th Virginia Company E	2022-04-06
MrBritain volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2022-04-01
Richard Tyler volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2021-11-09
Ricco Luci`'s role was changed from No Role to Trooper by Taylor	2021-01-27
Ricco Luci` was promoted from Recruit to Private by Taylor	2021-01-27
Ricco Luci` was enlisted into 4th Virginia Company E	2021-01-27
Ricco Luci` volunteered to join 4th Virginia Company E	2021-01-27

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