Confederate Cavalry Escaped Appomattox

[Stryker65]

Most of the ANV's cavalry corps escaped Appomattox. Here's what I have on the various units:
Escaped:
- Munford's Brigade
- Payne's Brigade
- Dearing's Brigade
- McCausland's Brigade
- Shoemaker's and Thomson's batteries
Surrendered:
- Gary's Brigade (Gen. Gary escaped)
- Beale's Brigade
- Roberts' Brigade
- Maj. Gen. William H. F. Lee
Unknown:
- Johnston's and McGregor's batteries
- Barringer's Brigade

Artillery units I'm still unsure about:
- Cabell's Artillery Battalion
- Nelson's Artillery Battalion
- Lane's Artillery Battalion

Anybody know what the last five units' status post-Appomattox was? The escaped troops disbanded at Lynchburg.

 

[RedRover]

Joseph R. Haw, of the CS Ordnance Dept., says he was at Danville shortly after Appomattox, when Barringer's brigade arrived, in company with Gen. Rosser.

Confederate Veteran, 34, no. 12, Dec., 1926.

From Clement A. Evans, Ed., Confederate Military History, vol. IV, North Carolina, p. 661:

 

[Stryker65]

Who would have commanded the brigade, and the subordinate units, at this time? A history of the brigade by General Barringer says that after the disaster at Namozine Church, only two field officers were left; of these, one was wounded and captured the next day and the other was captured on April 6.

 

[RedRover]

Who would have commanded the brigade, and the subordinate units, at this time? A history of the brigade by General Barringer says that after the disaster at Namozine Church, only two field officers were left; of these, one was wounded and captured the next day and the other was captured on April 6.

Without field officers, perhaps the senior captain.

In Walter Clark's Histories of the Several Regiments, etc. of North Carolina, it is noted that after the disaster at Namozine, the brigade was largely scattered. Only a handful were surrendered at Appomattox. Others evidently making their way independently to Danville...

Vol. III, 652-653.

 

[Stryker65]

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Without field officers, perhaps the senior captain.

In Walter Clark's Histories of the Several Regiments, etc. of North Carolina, it is noted that after the disaster at Namozine, the brigade was largely scattered. Only a handful were surrendered at Appomattox. Others evidently making their way independently to Danville...

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Vol. III, 652-653.

You're right, it was Namozine Church. I've looked into it a bit further and this is what I've found about Barringer's Brigade:

Organization:
Barringer's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Barringer (captured April 3), Col. William H. Cheek (captured April 5), Capt. John P. Lockhart
- 1st North Carolina Cavalry (captured April 3): Col. William H. Cheek, Capt. __?__
- 2nd North Carolina Cavalry (captured April 3): Lt. Col. James L. Gaines (WIA March 31)
- 3rd North Carolina Cavalry (captured April 3): Lt. Col. Roger Moore (captured April 3), Capt. Alfred G. Hankins (paroled April 25)
- 5th North Carolina Cavalry (captured March 31 and April 3): Col. James H. McNeill (KIA March 31), Lt. Col. Elias F. Shaw (KIA March 31), Capt. Thomas W. Harris (WIA March 31), Capt. John R. Erwin, Maj. John M. Galloway (returned from hospital April 8 or 9)

Sequence of events:
- March 31 (Five Forks): The 1st, 2nd, and 5th NCCs are heavily engaged; every field officer except Colonel Cheek becomes a casualty.
- April 3 (Namozine Church): The brigade is heavily engaged and mostly captured in a rear-guard action, including General Barringer and Lieutenant Colonel Moore. The survivors of the 5th NCC (Capt. John R. Erwin) are cut off from the brigade and escape to Danville.
- April 5: Colonel Cheek is captured by Union scouts; there are now no more field officers in the brigade. The remaining men, under Capt. John P. Lockhart (2nd NCC), are transferred to Brig. Gen. William P. Roberts's brigade.
- April 9: Roberts's brigade (including Barringer's) cuts its way out of Appomattox and disbands.
- April 9 (?): A few days after the surrender (most likely at the Lynchburg hospital), Colonel Gaines (2nd NCC) is paroled.
- April 25: Capt. Alfred G. Hankins (3rd NCC) is paroled in eastern VA.
- May 23: Captain Lockhart (2nd NCC) is paroled at Greensboro, NC.