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Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac

Captain W W Mead, Loudoun Cavalry

Captain W W Mead, Loudoun Cavalry

Independent Cavalry

Mustered in Confederate service for one year dated 1 July, 1861. Arrived at F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, 19 July, 1861. Stationed in the vicinity of F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, 21 July, 1861

COLONEL R C W RADFORD, Thirtieth Virginia Cavalry

Loudoun Cavalry: CAPT. W W MEAD
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, under the command of Captain D T Shreve, on 17 April, 1861, and was mustered in state service for one year by Colonel E Hunton, Virginia Volunteers, on 22 April, 1861. Captain D T Shreve, Loudoun Cavalry, resigned on 16 June, 1861, and First Lieutenant W W Mead, Loudoun Cavalry, was appointed captain the same day. The company was assigned to the 6th Virginia Cavalry, Company K, by Special Orders No.276, Paragraph XVI, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 12 September, 1861.
Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles: CAPT. W THOMAS
The company was accepted in state service for one year at Madison Courthouse, Madison County, Virginia, on 24 April, 1861, and was mustered in state service for one year at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, by Brigadier General/ Colonel P St G Cocke, Virginia Volunteers, on 28 April, 1861. The company was assigned to the 4th Virginia Cavalry, Company C, by Special Orders No.248, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 4 September 1861.

Paxson's Troop

Captain T Paxson
Captain T Paxson, Paxson's Troop, was appointed private, Loudoun Cavalry, on 27 April, 1861.

Paxson's Troop was accepted in state service for one year at Waterford, Loudoun County, Virginia, on 17 April, 1861, and was assigned to guard the Berlin Bridge, on the Potomac River, opposite Berlin, Frederick County, Maryland, on 24 April, 1861. The company was ordered to Waterford, Loudoun County, Virginia, and disbanded on 27 April, 1861.

Note: A detachments of Paxson's Troop was assigned to the Loudoun Cavalry and the Fauquier Mountain Rangers on 27 April, 1861 (See the 7th Virginia Cavalry).

Sources

"The Mirror emphatically contradicts a statement made by the Baltimore Sun, that Capt. Shreve, of the Loudoun cavalry, had been killed in a brush with the Federalists. Capt. Shreve, however, has resigned the command of the company, and Lieut. Meade has been elected to fill the vacancy."

Democratic Mirror (Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia), 19 June, 1861

"In a brief interview I told him I believed the attack would would not be made at the Stone Bridge, but by way of the Braddock Road, and the 'big woods' (all upper Fairfaxians will know what I mean by 'Big Woods'), and also that our people were not picketing north of the Stone House, and suggested that a squad of the cavalry be left at my house on the Sudley Road to prevent a surprise. We were on this road, in a direct line, a mile and a half distant from them. Slaymaker sent information to the colonel at once, and he, Colonel Hunton, sent word to General Beauregard by the same messenger. Slaymaker held his post until the advance of Tyler's division drove him from it."

Times Dispatch, Magazine section (Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia), 31 July, 1904 - Gen. Hunton at Bull Run, a soldiers recollection

Books/ Manuscripts

The Virginia Regimental Histories Series: Fourth Virginia Cavalry, Second Edition, by K L Stiles

The Virginia Regimental Histories Series: Sixth Virginia Cavalry, Second Edition, by M Musick

A guide to Virginia military organisations, Revised Second Edition by I A Wallace, Jr.

Confederate engineer: Training and campaigning with John Morris Wampler, by George G Kundahl

Autobiography of Eppa Hunton

General Eppa Hunton at the battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861. Statement that he saved the Confederate army from defeat: Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume XXXII, pp143-145

Letters from Lee's Army, by Susan Leigh Blackford

Virginia valley records: Genealogical and historical materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and related regions, with map, by John Walter Wayland and David A Heatwole

Notes

Loudoun Cavalry

The Loudoun Cavalry was accepted in state service at Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, on 17 April, 1861.

Mustered for one year, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, 22 April, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry was mustered in state service for one year at Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, on 22 April, 1861.

Organistaion of Loudoun Cavalry, 22 April, 1861: Captain D T Shreve, First Lieutenant W W Mead, Second Lieutenant C G Giddings

Leesburg, Loudoun County, to Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 8 May, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry (75), under the command of Captain D T Shreve, arrived at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, in the evening on 8 May, 1861, and was stationed at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, between 8 and 22 May, 1861.

Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, to Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, 22-23 May, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry was ordered to the Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, on 22 May, 1861, and was stationed at the Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, between 23 May and 9 June, 1861.

Note: Lieutenant Colonel & Assistant Adjutant General G Deas, Confederate States Army, was stationed at the Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac River, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, on 20 May, 1861, and the Wise Artillery arrived at the Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac River, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, on 27 May, 1861 (See the Wise Artillery).

Troops stationed at Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac River, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Troops stationed at Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac River, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, 21 May, 1861: Captain T Ashby, 1st Virginia Cavalry, Company G (1st); 1st Virginia Cavalry, Company G (1st), First Lieutenant R Ashby; 1st Virginia Cavalry, Company H, Captain R W Carter; Letcher Brock's Gap Rifles, Captain J Q Winfield; 1st Maryland Infantry, Company A, Captain B T Johnson; 1st Maryland Infantry, Company B, Captain C C Edelin; Staunton Artillery, section, Captain J D Imboden; Loudoun Artillery, Captain A L Rogers

Note: The Loudoun Cavalry was assigned to Captain T Ashby, Fauquier Mountain Rangers, at the Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, on 23 May, 1861, and the Letcher Brock's Gap Rifles destroyed the Covered/ Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac River, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, and in the morning on 9 June, 1861 (See the 7th Virginia Cavalry).

General Orders No.25, Headquarters, Virginia Forces, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 8 June, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry was assigned to the Confederate States by General Orders No.25, Headquarters, Virginia Forces, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 8 June, 1861, and was accepted in Confederate service on 1 July, 1861.

Skirmish opposite Seneca Creek, 15 June, 1861

A detachment of the Loudoun Cavalry, under the command of Captain D T Shreve, was engaged in a skirmish opposite Seneca Creek Aqueduct, at the mouth of Seneca Creek, on the Potomac River, Montgomery County, Maryland, on 15 June, 1861.

Skirmish opposite Seneca Creek Aqueduct, at the mouth of Seneca Creek, on the Potomac River, Montgomery County, Maryland, Captain D T Shreve, Loudoun Cavalry, 15 June, 1861: Captain D T Shreve, Loudoun Cavalry, was wounded during a skirmish opposite Seneca Creek Aqueduct, at the mouth of Seneca Creek, on the Potomac River, Montgomery County, Maryland, on 15 June, 1861, and resigned on 16 June, 1861 (See the Rockville Expedition).

Note: The Metropolitan Rifles, a detachment of the Jackson Guards (Sappers and Miners), and the Putman Rifles, Company A, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C Everett, 5th District of Columbia Battalion Volunteers, were stationed at Camp Seneca, Seneca Creek Aqueduct, mouth of Seneca Creek, on the Potomac River, Montgomery County, Maryland, on 15 June, 1861 (See the District of Columbia Volunteers).

Captured at Heater's Island, 14 July, 1861

A detachment of the Loudoun Cavalry captured a detachment of the 1st New Hampshire Infantry (5) at Heater's Island, on the Potomac River, opposite Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, in the afternoon on 14 July, 1861 (See the Three Months' Volunteers, Department of Washington).

Advance to F Lewis' farm, 18-19 July, 1861

The Loudoun Cavalry, under the command of Colonel E Hunton, 8th Virginia Infantry, was ordered to proceed by the old Carolina Road to F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 18 July, 1861, and was accompanied by the 8th Virginia Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H, and I; the Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles; the 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company D; and the Loudoun Artillery. The company arrived at O Buckner's farm, two and a half miles south of Gum Spring, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the evening on 18 July, 1861.

O Buckner's farm, two & a half miles south of Gum Spring, Loudoun County, Virginia, to F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, 19 July, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry was ordered to F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 19 July, 1861, and arrived at 12 PM the same day.

Organisation of Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 21 July, 1861: Colonel P ST G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry; 8th Virginia Infantry, Colonel E Hunton; 18th Virginia Infantry, Colonel R E Withers; 19th Virginia Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel J B Strange; 28th Virginia Infantry, Colonel R T Preston; 49th Virginia Infantry, Companies B, E, H, Colonel W Smith; Schaeffer's Battalion Infantry, Acting Major & Captain F B Schaeffer, Beauregard Rifles; 30th Virginia Cavalry, Companies B, D, Captain G W B Hale, 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company D; Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, Captain W Thomas; Loudoun Cavalry, Captain W W Mead; Lynchburg Artillery, section, Captain H G Latham; Loudoun Artillery, Captain A L Rogers

Note: The Loudoun Cavalry was assigned to the Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel P St G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry, at F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, on 19 July, 1861 (See the 19th Virginia Infantry).

First battle of Manassas, 21 July, 1861

The Loudoun Cavalry was stationed at F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 21 July, 1861.

Note: A detachment (5) of the Loudoun Cavalry was stationed on the 'blind' road between Sudley Springs, Prince William County, and Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 20 July, 1861.

F Lewis' Farm to Ball's Mill, 24-25 July, 1861

The Loudoun Cavalry, under the command of Colonel E Hunton, 8th Virginia Infantry, was ordered to Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.154 1/2, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 July, 1861, dated 23 July, 1861, and was accompanied by the 8th Virginia Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H, and I; the Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles; the 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company D; and the Loudoun Artillery. The company arrived at Camp Berkeley, H Ball's Mill, on the south bank of Goose Creek, four miles northeast of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the evening on 25 July, 1861.

Skirmish at Potomac Furnace, one & a half miles southwest of Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, 4 August, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry was engaged in a skirmish with a detachment of the 28th New York Infantry (50), Companies B and F, at Potomac Furnace, one and a half miles southwest of Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, on 4 August, 1861 (See the Volunteers, Department of Washington).

Note: The Loudoun Cavalry and the Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles were assigned to the Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel N G Evans, cavalry, Confederate States Army, on 11 August, 1861, and to the 6th Virginia Cavalry, Company K, under the command of Colonel C W Field, by Special Orders No.276, Paragraph XVI, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 12 September, 1861.

Special Orders No.317, Paragraph IV, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, 13 September, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry, the Madison Cavalry/Invincibles, the Chesterfield Light Dragoons, Company B, and the Wise Dragoons were ordered to remain with the Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel N G Evans, cavalry, Confederate States Army, by Special Orders No.317, Paragraph IV, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 13 September, 1861.

The 6th Virginia Cavalry was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, under the command of Brigadier General J E B Stuart, Confederate States Army, General Orders No.18, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 22 October, 1861.

Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles

The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was accepted in state service at Madison County, Virginia, on 17 April, 1861, and was ordered to Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 24 April, 1861. The company was stationed at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 20 May, 1861.

Mustered in one year, Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, 28 April, 1861: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was mustered in state for one year at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, by Brigadier General/ Colonel P St G Cocke, Virginia Volunteers, on 28 April, 1861.

Organistaion of Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, 20 May, 1861: Captain W Thomas, First Lieutenant T Smoot, Second Lieutenant B J Yager

Return of troops stationed at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, 20 May, 1861: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was stationed at Camp Henry, C George's, northwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, 20 May, 1861.

Note: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, the Powhatan Troop, and the Albemarle Light Horse were stationed at Freeman's, four miles southwest of Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 21 May, 1861.

General Orders No.25, Headquarters, Virginia Forces, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 8 June, 1861: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was assigned to the Confederate States by General Orders No.25, Headquarters, Virginia Forces, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 8 June, 1861, and was accepted in Confederate service on 1 July, 1861.

Note: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was stationed in the vicinity of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861.

Advance to F Lewis' farm, 18-19 July, 1861

The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, under the command of Colonel E Hunton, 8th Virginia Infantry, was ordered to proceed by the old Carolina Road to F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 18 July, 1861, and was accompanied by the 8th Virginia Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H, and I; the Loudoun Cavalry; the 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company D; and the Loudoun Artillery. The company arrived at O Buckner's farm, two and a half miles south of Gum Spring, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the evening on 18 July, 1861.

O Buckner's farm, two & a half miles south of Gum Spring, Loudoun County, Virginia, to F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, 19 July, 1861: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was ordered to F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 19 July, 1861, and arrived at 12 PM the same day.

Organisation of Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 21 July, 1861: Colonel P ST G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry; 8th Virginia Infantry, Colonel E Hunton; 18th Virginia Infantry, Colonel R E Withers; 19th Virginia Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel J B Strange; 28th Virginia Infantry, Colonel R T Preston; 49th Virginia Infantry, Companies B, E, H, Colonel W Smith; Schaeffer's Battalion Infantry, Acting Major & Captain F B Schaeffer, Beauregard Rifles; 30th Virginia Cavalry, Companies B, D, Captain G W B Hale, 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company D; Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, Captain W Thomas; Loudoun Cavalry, Captain W W Mead; Lynchburg Artillery, section, Captain H G Latham; Loudoun Artillery, Captain A L Rogers

Note: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was assigned to the Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel P St G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry, at F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, on 19 July, 1861 (See the 19th Virginia Infantry).

First battle of Manassas, 21 July, 1861

The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was stationed at F Lewis' farm, a quarter of a mile southwest of Lewis' Ford, on the Bull Run River, in the morning on 21 July, 1861.

Note: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was assigned as scouts and couriers at the first battle of Manassas on 21 July, 1861.

F Lewis' Farm to Ball's Mill, 24-25 July, 1861

The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, under the command of Colonel E Hunton, 8th Virginia Infantry, was ordered to Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.154 1/2, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 24 July, 1861, dated 23 July, 1861, and was accompanied by the 8th Virginia Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H, and I; the Loudoun Cavalry; the 30th Virginia Cavalry, Company D; and the Loudoun Artillery. The company arrived at Camp Berkeley, H Ball's Mill, on the south bank of Goose Creek, four miles northeast of Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the evening on 25 July, 1861.

Edward's Ferry, on the Potomac River, three & a half miles southwest of Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, 2 August, 1861: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles arrived at Edward's Ferry, on the Potomac River, three and a half miles southwest of Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, on 2 August, 1861.

Reconnaissance to Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, detachment, 25 August, 1861: A detachment of the Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles (25) arrived at Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the morning on 25 August 1861, and was accompanied by two companies of the 8th Virginia Infantry and the right section of the Richmond Howitzer Battalion Artillery, 1st Company, under the command of Captain J C Shields.

Note: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was assigned to the Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel N G Evans, cavalry, Confederate States Army, on 11 August, 1861, and to the 4th Virginia Cavalry, Company C, under the command of Colonel B H Robertson, by Special Orders No.248, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 4 September, 1861.

Special Orders No.317, Paragraph IV, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, 13 September, 1861: The Loudoun Cavalry, the Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles, the Chesterfield Light Dragoons, Company B, and the Wise Dragoons were ordered to remain with the Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel N G Evans, cavalry, Confederate States Army, by Special Orders No.317, Paragraph IV, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 13 September, 1861.

Note: The Madison Cavalry/ Invincibles was ordered to rendezvous at Sangsters/ W Elzey's Crossroads, two miles south of Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 19 September, 1861, and the 4th Virginia Cavalry was assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, under the command of Brigadier General J E B Stuart, Confederate States Army, General Orders No.18, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 22 October, 1861.

Colonel P St G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry, Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 21 April, 1861: Captain P St G Cocke, Powhatan Troop, was appointed brigadier general/ colonel, Provisional Army of Virginia, at Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, on 21 April, 1861, and arrived by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at the Mansion House Hotel, corner of Fairfax and Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 22 April, 1861. Brigadier General P St G Cocke, Provisional Army of Virginia, was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, at 7 AM on 28 April, 1861, and was accompanied by the Washington/ National Battalion Volunteers. He arrived at Culpeper Courthouse, Culpeper County, Virginia, at 10 AM on 28 April, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad to Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.49, Headquarters, Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 19 June, 1861. Colonel P St G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry, was assigned to command the Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, by General Orders No.20, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia, on 20 June, 1861, and was ordered to Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, by Special Orders No.328, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 15 September, 1861. He was appointed brigadier general, Confederate States Army, on 21 October, 1861, and committed suicide at Belmead, on the James River, nine miles northwest of Powhatan Courthouse, Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, on 26 December, 1861 (See the Garrison at Alexandria).

Note: Colonel P St G Cocke, Provisional Army of Virginia, was assigned to command the troops at Rappahannock, Culpeper, Madison, Green, Orange, Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst, Campbell, Bedford, Roanoke, Botetourt, and Craig Counties, by Special Orders No.39, Paragraph III, Headquarters of the Division, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, on 10 May, 1861.

Reports

OFFICIAL REPORT: Series I, Volume 51, Part I (Serial No.107), pp24-32
Colonel P St. G Cocke, 19th Virginia Infantry, Fifth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, dated Camp Suspension Bridge, in the vicinity of the Suspension Bridge, on Cub Run, one mile west of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1 August, 1861