The Civil War in the East

1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 2 officers and 47 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1863

January 20

Organized at Wilmington, Del. and attached to attached to 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. for duty at Wilmington, Del.

June

Duty in the Defences of Baltimore, Md. engaged in provost duty at Baltimore City and in the surrounding country. Attached to Cavalry Reserve, Defences of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps. Companies A, D and E remain on detached duty in Delaware.

June 29

Action at Westminster

October

Assigned to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps

December

Assigned to Cavalry Reserve, Defences of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps. Companies A and D join regiment from detached duty in Delaware

1864

March

Assigned to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps

April

Company E joins regiment from detached duty at Havre de Grace

May 15

Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field

June 5

Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

June 5-12

Operations about Cold Harbor

June 17-July 10

Before Petersburg assigned to 1st Separate Brigade, 6th Army Corps

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

June 29

Ream's Station

July 10-12

Assigned as guard to Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, in movement to Baltimore and Washington

July 14

Ordered to Baltimore. Company A remained with Amy of the Potomac as guard to Reserve Artillery, 6th Army Corps

July-November

Duty on line of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Picket and outpost duty and guarding fords of the Potomac from Georgetown to Point of Rocks

September

Company A returned from detached duty and rejoins regiment near Baltimore

October 7-1

Operations in Montgomery County

November

In Delaware during election

November - June

Duty on Upper Potomac and on line of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R.

1865

June 30

Mustered out .