1861 |
April 5, |
Patterson's Union Cavalry (later Company G) organized at Pittsburgh, Pa. |
August |
Companies A, B, C, D, E and F organized at Baltimore, Md.; Regiment attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md.; Companies G, H, I and K attached to 1st Virginia Union Cavalry, Department of West Virginia |
August 19 |
Companies H and I organized in Washington and Allegheny Counties, Pa. Morehead's Cavalry Company (later Company K) organized at Allegheny City, Pa.; Co. K ordered to Washington, D.C., attached to Landers' Command, Army of the Potomac, duty at Williamsport, Hancock and Cumberland, Md. |
September 3-4 |
Skirmishes at Edward's Ferry (Company. K) |
October 3 |
Action at Greenbrier, W. Va. (Company G) |
October 21 |
Ball's Bluff, Va. (Detachment) |
1862 |
January |
Companies G, H, I and K assigned to 1st Maryland Cavalry |
January 4 |
Stone's Cross Roads, Ball's Bluff, Bath and Alpine Station (Companies G, H and I) |
January 5-6 |
Hancock (Company K) |
January 7-
February 14 |
Bloomery Gap (Company I) |
February - March |
At Baltimore |
March |
Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
March to June |
Operations in Shenandoah Valley |
March 7-15 |
Advance on Winchester |
May 24-26 |
Pursuit of Jackson up the Valley. Retreat to Williamsport, Md. |
May 24 |
Middletown (Company. A, B, C, G and I) |
May 25 |
Winchester (Company A, B, C, G and I); (Company D, F, H, K and L arrive at Harper's Ferry) |
May 28 |
Charlestown |
May 28-30 |
Defense of Harper's Ferry (Company D, F, H, K and L) |
June 9 |
Near Harper's Ferry |
June |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
July 12-17 |
Expedition to Madison Court House, Culpeper and Orange Court Houses |
July 12 |
Near Culpeper |
July 13 |
Rapidan Station |
August 8 |
Madison Court House |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
August 16 - September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 21-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 23-24 |
Fauquier, White Sulphur Springs |
August 28 |
Gainesville |
August 29 |
Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 2 |
Evacuation of Winchester (Companies H & I) |
September |
Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 6 |
Frederick, Md. |
September 7 |
Boonsboro, Md. |
September 10 |
Near Boonsboro |
September 12-13 |
Maryland Heights and Harper's Ferry (Companies H & I) |
September 14 |
Cut way through enemy's lines (Companies H & I) |
September 14 |
Culpeper |
September 15 |
Sharpsburg |
September 16 |
Capture of Longstreet's trains (Companies. H & I); Rapidan Station |
September - December |
Duty in the Defenses of the Upper Potomac covering Washington, D.C. |
October 23-24 |
Manassas, Va. |
October 29 |
Affair opposite Williamsport (Detachment) |
November 9 |
Reconnaissance from Bolivar Heights to Rippen, W. Va. (2 Companies) |
December 2-6 |
Reconnaissance to Winchester (Detachment) |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 27 |
Dumfries |
1863 |
January - Apri |
Duty in the defenses of the Upper Potomac |
January 26 |
Near Cumberland, Md., Grove Church, near Morrisville |
February |
Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department; then 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 27 - May 8 |
Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's Raid |
May 3 |
South Anna Bridge, near Ashland |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps |
June 9 |
Brandy Station, or Fleetwood, and Beverly Ford |
June 17 |
Aldie |
June 21 |
Frederick, Md. (Detachment) |
June 23 |
Upperville |
June 25 |
Middleburg |
June 30 |
Westminster |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James M. Deems. It brought 335 men to the field and lost two wounded and one missing. |
July 4-6 |
Emmettsburg |
July 5 |
Middletown |
July 7 |
Leitersburg |
July 8 |
Cavetown |
July 10 |
Hagerstown and Old Antietam Forge, near Leitersburg |
July 14 and 16 |
Shepherdstown |
September 6 |
Beverly Ford |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
September 13 and 15-16 |
Rapidan Station |
September 15 |
Raccoon Ford |
September 21 |
White's Ford |
October |
Attached to Provost Marshal General's Command, Army of the Potomac |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 10 |
Germania Ford and James City |
October 11 |
Near Warrenton |
October 12-13 |
White Sulphur Springs |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station; Near Centreville and Brentsville |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26 - December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 26 |
Grove Church, near Morrisville |
November 29 |
Parker's Store |
December |
Duty In Middle Department |
1864 |
February |
Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
May 6 |
Princeton |
May 8 |
Jeffersonville |
June |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
June 16-17 |
Wier Bottom Church, on Bermuda Hundred Front, Va. |
June 19 |
Richmond and Petersburg R. R. |
July 21 |
Deep Bottom |
July 27-28 |
New Market Heights |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, north of the James |
August 14 |
Flusser's Mills |
August 16-18 |
Deep Run |
August 25 - September 27 |
Siege of Petersburg |
September 28-30 |
Battle of Chaffin's Farm |
October |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
October 7 |
New Market Heights |
October 13 |
Darbytown Road |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
December 7 |
Smithfield |
1865 |
January |
Duty before Richmond |
January 30 |
Scout to Long and Bottom's Bridge |
February 11-15 |
Expedition to Fearnsville and Smithfield |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Sutherland Station |
April 3 |
Burgess Mills |
April 4 |
Deep Creek |
April 5 |
Amelia Court House |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek and Harper's Farm |
April 6-7 |
Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House; Surrender of Lee and his army |
April |
Cavalry, Dept. of Virginia |
April 23-29 |
March to Danville |
April - August |
Duty in the Department of Virginia |
August 8 |
Mustered out |
