title: 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
text: # 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
  
  The 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, initially formed as 9th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, was a cavalry regiment from North Carolina that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Raised in 1861 it served all over the Eastern Theater until it surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865.
  
  ## Companies
  
  * Company A - Jefferson, Ashe County
  * Company B - Rich Square, Northampton County
  * Company C (Mecklenburg Rangers) - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
  * Company D (Watauga Rangers) - Boone, Watauga County
  * Company E - Warrenton, Warren County
  * Company F (Cabarrus Rangers) - Concord, Cabarrus County
  * Company G (Buncombe Rangers) - Asheville, Buncombe County
  * Company H - Goldsboro, Wayne County
  * Company I - Kenansville, Duplin County
  * Company K (Nantahala Rangers) - Franklin, Macon County
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Col. Robert Ransom, Jr. (promoted to brigadier general)
  * Col. Lawrence S. Baker (promoted to brigadier general)
  * Col. James B. Gordon (promoted to brigadier general)
  * Col. Thomas Hart Ruffin (mortally wounded, died October 17, 1863)
  * Col. William H. Cheek
  