The 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment lost 8 officers and 82 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 138 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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December 10 |
Company A organized at San Francisco, California |
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January 4 |
Company A arrived at Readville, Mass. Companies B, C, D, G, H, I and K organized at Camp Meigs, Readville. |
February - March |
Companies E, F, L and M organized at San Francisco, California |
March 21 |
Companies E, F, L and M left San Francisco for Readville, Mass. |
April 16 |
Companies E, F, L and M joined Regiment at Readville, Mass., as California Battalion |
February 12-18 |
Companies A - D and K left Massachusetts for Baltimore, Md.; moved to Fortress Monroe, Va. |
February 19 |
Companies A - D and K moved to Gloucester Point, Va. and attached to Cavalry Command, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
March 30 |
Reconnaissance from Gloucester |
April 7 |
Expedition to Gloucester Court House |
April 27-May 14 |
Companies A and B moved to Williamsburg, Va., and reconnaissance to White House |
May 6 |
Expedition to King and Queen County |
May 11-16 |
Companies E, F, G, H, I, L & M moved from Readville, Mass., to Washington, D.C. Attached to Casey's Provisional Troops, 22nd Corps |
May 15 |
Companies C, D and K moved to West Point and duty there |
May 30 |
Engaged in picket and outpost duty and scouting and duty at East Capital Hill, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
June 1-11 |
At Camp Brightwood |
June 23-July 3 |
Companies C, D and K - Dix's Peninsula Campaign.
Moved to Poolesville, Md. and patrol duty in rear of the Army of the Potomac |
June 23-28 |
Companies C, D and K - Expedition to South Anna Bridge |
June 26 |
Companies C, D and K - Action at Hanovertown and South Anna Bridge
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July 1-7 |
Companies C, D and K - Expedition from White House to South Anna River |
July 1 |
Brockville |
July 3-9 |
Scout near Dawsonville |
July 11-14 |
Reconnaissance to Ashby's Gap |
July 12 |
Action at Ashby's Gap |
July 13 |
Rockville, Md. |
July 20-21 |
Reconnaissance to Warrenton |
July 21 and 31 |
Skirmishes at Warrenton |
July 25 |
Companies C, D and K - Expedition to Gloucester Court House |
July 27-29 |
Companies C, D and K moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 28-August 3 |
Operations about Fairfax Court House |
August 6 |
Companies C, D and K joined Regiment at Centreville, Va. |
July 30 |
Near Aldie |
August-September |
Duty at Centreville, Va., operating against Moseby. Attached to King's Division, 22nd Corps |
September |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 22nd Corps |
September 15-March 8 |
Companies C, F, G and I detached at Muddy Branch |
August 17 |
Warrenton Pike |
August 24 |
Coyle's Tavern, near Fairfax Court House |
August 15-19 |
Expedition from Centreville |
September 18-20 |
Expedition from Centreville |
October 2-5 |
Expedition from Centreville |
October 6 |
Ordered to Fairfax Court House |
October 9 |
To Vienna |
October 12-13 |
Scout to Gum Springs |
October 22 |
Near Annandale |
November 14 |
Tyson's Cross Roads |
November 18-26 |
Reconnaissance to Blue Ridge Mountains |
December 12-23 |
Picket attacks |
December 13 |
Affair at Germantown (Detachment) |
December 18-20 |
Scout from Vienna to Middleburg |
December 29 |
Skirmish with Moseby |
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January 17 |
Near Ellis and Ely's Fords |
January 26 |
Ellis Ford |
February 4-6 |
Scout to Aldie |
February 5 |
Aldie |
February 21 |
Near Circlesville |
February 22 |
Dranesville |
February 25-26 |
Scout to Farmwell |
March 8 |
Companies B, D, E and M relieve Companies C, F, G & I at Muddy Branch |
April |
Expedition to Faquier and Loudoun Counties |
April 19 |
Affair Leesburg (Detachment) |
April 28 |
Action with Moseby near Leesburg |
April 28-May 1 |
Scout to Upperville |
May |
Patrol duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
May 24 |
Moved to Fall's Church |
June 8-14 |
Escort wounded from the Wilderness |
July 5 |
Point of Rocks |
July 6 |
Action with Moseby at Mr. Zion Church, near Aldie |
July 7-8 |
Frederick Pike |
July 10 |
Tennallytown |
July 11 |
Fort Reno and near Fort Stevens |
July 11-12 |
Fort Stevens and about Northern Defenses of Washington |
July 13 |
Rockville, Md. |
July 14 |
Poolesville, Md. |
July 14-28 |
Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap |
July 17-18 |
Snicker's Gap |
July 26-August 9 |
At Rockville |
August to November |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Reserve Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August 10 |
Shepherdstown |
August 12 |
White Post |
August 15 |
Strasburg |
August 17 and 18 |
Winchester |
August 18 |
Opequan Creek |
August 19 |
Near Opequan Creek |
August 20 |
Berryville Pike |
August 21 |
Summit Point |
August 21-22 |
Charleston |
August 22-24 |
Halltown |
August 25-27 |
Summit Point |
August 29 |
Smithfield |
September |
Attached to 3rd (Reserve) Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Shenandoah |
September 3-4 |
Berryville |
September 4 |
Berryville Pike |
September 7 |
Opequan Creek |
September 13 |
Locke's Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 15 |
Sevier's Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 20 |
Front Royal and Snake Mountain |
September 21 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 22 |
Milford |
September 23 |
Mill's Ford |
September 23 |
Toll Gate, near Front Royal |
September 24 |
Luray Valley |
September 26-27 |
Port Republic |
September 28 |
Rockfish Gap |
September 28, 29 and 30 |
Waynesboro |
October 2 |
Waynesboro and Mt. Crawford |
October 8-9 |
Tom's Brook, "Woodstock Races" |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
November 3-28 |
Guarding Winchester & Potomac Railroad |
November 11 |
Near Kernstown |
November 28-December 3 |
Expedition to Loudoun and Faquier Counties |
December 19-28 |
Expedition to Gordonsville |
December 20 |
Madison Court House |
December 23 |
Gordonsville |
December 24 |
Charlottesville |
January 1 -
February 27 |
At Camp Russell, near Winchester |
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February 27-May 25 |
Sheridan's Raid to White House Landing |
March 2 |
Occupation of Staunton and Waynesborough |
March 8 |
Duguidsville |
March 14 |
South Anna Bridge. Destruction of Virginia Central Railroad and James River Canal. |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30 |
White Oak Road, near Five Forks |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Scott's Cross Roads |
April 4 |
Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 10-19 |
At Nottawny Station |
April 23 |
Expedition to Danville |
April 29 |
Near Petersburg |
May 10-16 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
May 29-June 26 |
Near Cloud's Mills |
July |
At Fairfax Court House |
July 20 |
Mustered out |
