This company was organized by William H. Bramblett, M.D., and it mustered in Confederate service in July 1861 in Grayson County probably at Independence.

List of Horses Purchased for the Grayson Cavalry

February 3, 1862

From Court Order Book 1860-1870, page 1130.

Monday, October 28, 1861. John Dickenson, one of the commissioners appointed to purchase horses, saddles, bridles, etc., for the Grayson Cavalry this day returned his report to court, and the court doth order that the said John Dickenson do return the receipt taken from each and every person who received horses, bridles, saddles, etc., to cour at its next term.

Report returned February 3, 1862.

Individual	Animals	Value
Elizabeth Hale	2 Horses	290
Bledsoe Austin	1 horse	115
Alex Cornett	1 horse	125
Robert Carson	1 horse	125
George Lundy	1 horse	115
Robert Pugh	4 horses	490
Elbert S. Fulton	1 horse	130
Husten Fulton	2 horses	250
Anderson Taylor	1 horse	130
William Hampton	1 horse	90
William Bourne	2 horses	240
Richard M. Bourne	1 horse	150
Benjamin Phipps	2 horses	230
Levi Perkins	1 horse	125
Alex Cox, Jr.	1 horse	140
George W. Cornett	1 horse	140
Anderson Rector	1 horse	100
Andrew Porter	1 horse	110
Fielden Hale	1 horse	115
Randolph Thomas	1 horse	100
Zachariah Osborne	1 horse	120
John Delp, Jr.	1 horse	130
William Delp	1 horse	130
Allen Osborne	2 horses	300
Enoch B. Osborne	1 horse	150
Carter Higgins	1 horse	150
Robert Carson	1 horse	125
Jonathan Edwards	2 horses	225
Mastin Hale	1 horse	175
Minitree Jones	1 horse	135
Lacy Austin	1 horse	125
James Gallion	1 horse	125
Wiley Collins	1 horse	125
Thomas Fields	1 horse	115
Joel Kirby	1 horse	130
Henderson Rhudy	1 horse	125
John Delp	1 horse	125
Joshua B. Cox	1 horse	100
A. M. Young	1 horse	150
Eli C. Hale	1 horse	125
William Rhudy	1 horse	140
Charles H. Doughton	2 horses	255
Jefferson Ring	1 horse	125
Ephraim Boyer	1 horse	125
John Brown, Jr.	1 horse	125
John W. Vaughan	1 horse	140
James Anderson	1 horse	135
John Dickenson	8 horses	1115
Louis B. Hale	1 horse	130
Shadrick Greer	1 horse	150
Allen Wells	1 horse	100
John Rector	1 horse	130
Andrew Hampton	1 horse	130
Francis Cornett	1 horse	142
Levi Cornett	1 horse	140
Marvil Thomas	1 horse	135
Jacob Delp	1 horse	150
J. M. Jones	1 horse	130

A list of persons who furnished saddles for the Grayson Cavalry.

Name	Article	Value
Mr. McLean	1 saddle	20
Isom Cox	1 saddle	14
Carter Carroll	1 saddle	12
Samuel Cox	1 saddle	8
Hastin Fulton	4 saddles	62
George W. Vaughan	1 saddle	20
George W. Vaughan	1 saddle	4
William R. Buchanan	6 saddles	92
John L. Heathhorn	1 saddle	8
Z. M. Cox	1 saddle	12
Samuel B. Cox	2 saddles	25
Frank Hackler	1 saddle	17
James Wright	1 saddle	12
John Baker	1 saddle	18
Noah Long	1 saddle	18
Wiley Cornett	1 saddle	10
Armstead Todd	1 saddle	20
Ephraim Gentry	1 saddle	20
Harold Hounshell	1 saddle	15
Mastin Moore	1 saddle	14
George Atkins	1 saddle	10
Mr. Thompson	1 saddle	18
Granville H. South	1 saddle	16
A. S. Blair	1 saddle	10
George Wright	1 saddle	20
Charles H. Doughton	1 saddle	12
G. H. Poole	1 saddle	10
Levi Perkins	1 saddle	16
John Ring	1 saddle	15
Wiley G. Young	1 saddle	20
Andrew Young	1 saddle	18
John Perkins	1 saddle	15
Andrew Hampton	1 saddle	12
John Dickenson	1 saddle	20
John Dickenson	2 bridles	6
Andrew Rector	1 saddle	20
William Ballard	1 saddle	24
Bryson Darnell	2 saddles	46
Phillip Russell	1 saddle	15
Jackson Ross	1 saddle	15
Richard Isom	1 saddle	10
Fielden Vaughn	1 saddle	16
Andrew Hodge	1 saddle	15
Peter Catron	1 saddle	9
Andrew Harrington	1 saddle	18
Andrew Harrington	1 saddle	22
John Delp	1 saddle	16
Charles H. Doughton	1 saddle	13
Anderson Rector	1 saddle	14
James Gallion	1 saddle	15
Vaughn and Waugh	---	28.77

This unit was assigned to Albert Galatin Jenkins' Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. This company was reorganized on April 27, 1862 at Crump's Bottom, West Virginia. Important engagements this unit was involved in were, the September 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign, Gettysburg, East Tennessee in the fall of 1863, Jonesville, Virginia January 1864, Cloyd's Mountain in May 1864, Lynchburg, The March on Washington, Chambersburg, PA, Moorefield, WV, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill and other cavalry fights of Early's Valley Campaign. Bramblett left this organization in 1862 and joined the 63rd Virginia Infantry as regimental surgeon.

It was assigned to Albert Gatlin Jenkins'-William Edumundson "Grumble" Jones' Brigade, for most of the war, in its various permutations until those commanders were killed at Cloyd's Mountain on May 9, 1864 and Piedmont on June 5, 1864 respectively. Brigadier General Bradley Johnson assumed command of this brigade, assigned to Lomax's Cavalry Division in the Valley District until he was relieved in the autumn of 1864. The final brigade commander was Brigadier General William H. F. Payne.

The 8th Virginia Cavalry participated in the following engagements:

Engagement	date
Camp Creek, Stone River Valley, West Virginia	May 1, 1862
Giles Court House	May 10, 1862
Lewisburg, West Virginia	May 23, 1862
Jenkins' Raid into Ohio	August 22-September 19, 1862
Weston, West Virginia	August 30, 1862
Glenville, West Virginia	August 31, 1862
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	August 26-27, 1863
Rogersville, Tennessee	November 6, 1863
Jonesville, Virginia	January 3, 1864
Gibson's and Wyerman's Mills, Virginia	February 22, 1864
Piedmont, Virginia	June 5, 1864
Lynchburg Campaign, Virginia	June 1864
Monocacy, Maryland	July 9, 1864
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania	July 30, 1864
Moorefield, West Virginia	August 7, 1864
3rd Winchester, Virginia	September 19, 1864
Fisher's Hill, Virginia	September 22, 1864
Cedar Creek, Virginia	October 19, 1864
New Creek, West Virginia	November 28, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia	February-April 1865
High Bridge, Virginia	April 7, 1865
Appomattox Court House, Virginia	April 9, 1865

SUMMARY

Total serving	177
Killed in action	4
Wounded in action	11
Taken prisoner	18
Died of disease	9
Deserted	14
Executed	0
Discharged	8
Transferred	1
Surrendered	3

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