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25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Flag of Virginia, 1861
ActiveJuly 1864 – April 1865
DisbandedApril 1865
CountryConfederacy
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeCavalry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Military unit

The 25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

Virginia's 25th Cavalry Regiment was organized in July, 1864, using the 27th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers as its nucleus. Serving in McCausland's and Imboden's Brigade, the unit fought in numerous engagements in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. During April, 1865, it disbanded. Its commanders were Colonel Warren M. Hopkins, Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Edmundson, and Major Sylvester R. McConnell.

  • Lt Col. Henry A Edmundson Lt Col. Henry A Edmundson
  • Two members of the 25th Va Cavalry: left Captain E. Spootswood Bishop; right Daniel Caudill served with the 25th Virgnina Cavalry and the 10th Kentucky Cavalry Two members of the 25th Va Cavalry: left Captain E. Spootswood Bishop; right Daniel Caudill served with the 25th Virgnina Cavalry and the 10th Kentucky Cavalry
  • Private David Lowry, of Company E, 25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Private David Lowry, of Company E, 25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

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