Company B of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, the
    Rappahannock Cavalry also known as “The Old Guard”
    was Captain John Shackleford Green’s company.  Other
    officers were Major Daniel A. Grimsley and Captain
    Robert R. Duncan.  The men enlisted on April 22, 1861
    at Washington, Virginia.

    The 6th Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in
    November, 1861, at Manassas, Virginia. Men of this unit
    were raised in Loudoun, Rappahannock, Clarke,
    Rockingham, Pittsylvania, Fairfax, Halifax, Fauquier, and
    Orange counties. The unit served in Robertson's, W.E.
    Jones', Lomax's, and Payne's Brigade, Army of Northern
    Virginia. It fought in Jackson's Valley Campaign and in
    the conflicts at Second Manassas, Brandy Station,
    Upperville, Fairfield, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness,
    Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, and Cold
    Harbor. The regiment went on to take part in Early's
    Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox
    Campaign. Only 3 men surrendered on April 9, 1865, as
    most of the cavalry cut through the Federal lines and
    later disbanded. The field officers were Colonels Charles
    W. Field, Thomas S. Flourney, John S. Green, and
    Julien Harrison; Lieutenant Colonels J. Grattan Cabell
    and Daniel T. Richards; and Majors Cabell E. Flournoy
    and Daniel A. Grimsley.
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