21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Cavalry regiment
gptkbp:activeYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:alumni Post-war gatherings
gptkbp:branch Cavalry
gptkbp:casualties High during battles
gptkbp:celebrates Various_in_Virginia
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1861
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalImpact Inspiration for literature and film
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1865
gptkbp:descendant Veterans'_organizations
gptkbp:dissolved End_of_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandy_Station
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Yellow Tavern
gptkbp:finalScore 200 men
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1,000 men
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalResearch Ongoing studies
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part_of_the_Confederate_cavalry_operations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment
gptkbp:legacy Civil War reenactments
Influence on modern cavalry tactics
gptkbp:motto “The_Black_Horse”
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Confederate_battle_flag
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Mosby's_Rangers
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:J._E._B._Stuart
gptkb:John_S._Mosby
gptkb:George_S._Patton
gptkb:William_H._F._Lee
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee_Jr.
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Colonel_John_S._Mosby
gptkbp:operations Guerrilla warfare
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:publications Books and articles written about them
gptkbp:recruitment Virginia_residents
gptkbp:reform 1863
gptkbp:secondaryRole Cavalry operations
gptkbp:size Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:strategicGoals Flanking maneuvers
gptkbp:successor gptkb:1st_Virginia_Cavalry_Regiment
gptkbp:tactics Hit-and-run tactics
gptkbp:uniform Gray uniforms