28th Virginia Cavalry

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Cavalry regiment
gptkbp:activeYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:alumni Post-war veterans' gatherings
gptkbp:battle gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:branch Cavalry
gptkbp:casualties High during battles
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_W._McCausland
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1861
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1865
gptkbp:defeated April 1865
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Virginia_National_Guard
Civil War reenactors
gptkbp:disbanded After_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Cold Harbor
gptkbp:equipment Horses and sabers
gptkbp:famousLandmark Located_in_Virginia
gptkbp:finalScore 300
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1000
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Confederate_battle_flag
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:hasArtStyle Dedicated_in_Virginia
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Fought_in_major_battles_of_the_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 28th Virginia Cavalry
gptkbp:legacy Part_of_Virginia's_military_history
gptkbp:militaryRank Voluntary enlistment
gptkbp:motto “The_Old_Dominion”
gptkbp:nickname “The_Virginia_Cavalry”
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:General_John_McCausland
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_H._McCausland
gptkb:Captain_William_H._McCausland
gptkbp:operations Flanking maneuvers
Reconnaissance missions
Cavalry raids
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:portrayedBy In literature and films
gptkbp:recruitment Virginia_residents
gptkbp:research Studied by historians
gptkbp:secondaryRole Cavalry operations
gptkbp:size Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:tactics Hit-and-run tactics
gptkbp:uniform Gray uniforms