12th Virginia Cavalry
Bibliographic References - U.S. Army Military History Institute
Baylor, George; Bull Run to Bull Run: Four Years in the Army of Northern Virginia Containing a Detailed Account of the Career and Adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.... Wash, DC: Zenger, 1983. 427 p. E58l.6.12th.B38.l983. Reprint of l900 ed.
"Bold Escape From Captivity of B.C. Washington." Southern Bivouac II (1883/84): pp. 356-60 (3 photocopied pages). Per.
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. 1295 p. E484C65.1987v4. Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr.; Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Pr, 1987. Ref. See p. 363 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Frye, Dennis E.; 12th Virginia Cavalry. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1988. 188 p. E58l.6.12th.F79.1988.
Gilmor, Harry; Four Years in the Saddle. Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1986. E605G48.1986. Reprint of l866 ed.
"Killed at Brandy Station." CWTI 33 (Mar/Apr 1994): p. 67 (1 photocopied page). Per. George H. Williams, who also served with 10th VA Inf.
North, Robert W.; "An Independent Scout." SHSP 14 (1886): pp. 241-45 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v14.
O'Ferrall, Charles T.; Forty Years of Active Service: Being Some History of the War Between the Confederacy and the Union and of the Events Leading Up to It.... NY: Neale, l904. 367 p. E664O42A3.
Sifakis, Stewart; Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 120-21 (1 photocopied page). E581S53.1992. (Unit organizational history).
Wallace, Lee A., Jr.; A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1986. pp. 53-54 (2 photocopied pages). E581.4W35.1986. (Brief unit history).
Watson, George W.; The Last Survivor: Memoirs of...A Horse Soldier in the 12th Virginia Cavalry (Confederate States Army). [Ed by Brian Kesterson] Parsons, WV: McClain, 1993. 68 p. E605W37.1993.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Jefferson County, West Virginia - CWTIColl
Currie, Charles W. - HCWRTColl-GACColl
Wade, Horse M. (Letters) - LeighColl Bk 33A