The First New York Mounted Rifles lost 2 officers and 30 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 124 enlisted men to disease and accidents during the Civil War.
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Organized at New York City as a Squadron of two companies, A and B, for duty in the Dept. of Virginia |
July 30 |
Left state and mustered in at Fortress Monroe, Va. for duty at Fortress Monroe and at Camp Hamilton, Va. attached to District of Fortress Monroe, Dept. of Virginia |
September 18 |
Company C organized at Newburg, N.Y., and mustered in under Major C. C. Dodge |
October 16 |
Company D organized at Newburg, N.Y., and mustered in |
December 6 |
Companies C and D left state for Norfork |
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March 8-9 |
Action in Hampton Roads, Newport News between U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia |
April 4 |
Howard's Bridge (Companies A and B) |
April 5 |
Near Lee's Mills (Companies A and B) |
May 10 |
Tranter's Creek, Norfolk, Va. |
May 14 |
Suffolk, Va. |
May 27-31 |
Reconnaissance to Edenton, N. C. |
June - August |
Companies E - H organized at New York City and mustered in |
June 30 |
Hertford, N. C. |
July |
Duty at Suffolk, Va. assigned to Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
July 10 |
Smithfield |
August |
Companies E - H left state for Norfolk. Companies I - M organized at New York City and mustered in. Major Dodge promoted to colonel. |
September 4 |
South Mills |
September 15 |
Zuni |
September 19 |
Companies I - M join regiment |
September 28 |
Blackwater |
October 4 |
Blackwater near Zuni |
October 20 and 25 |
Zuni |
October 31 |
Near Franklin |
November 3 |
Zuni |
November 12 |
Providence Church |
November 14 |
Blackwater Bridge and Zuni |
November 15 |
Zuni Bridge |
November 17 |
Near Carrsville |
November 18 |
Franklin |
November 25 |
Zuni |
December 7 |
South Quay |
December 8 and 11-13 |
Zuni near Blackwater |
December 12 |
Joyner's Ford |
December 22 |
Isle of Wight Court House |
December 28 |
Providence Church Road |
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January 9 |
Ely's House near Providence Church |
January 11 |
Burnt Ordinary |
January 20 |
Jacksonville, N. C. |
January 30 |
Deserted House |
February 7 |
Edenton, N. C. |
March 7-9 |
Reconnaissance from Suffolk |
March 7 |
Chuckatuck |
March 9 |
Near Windsor |
March 31 |
Blackwater Bridge |
April 11-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk. Assigned to Cavalry, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 11 |
South Quay Road |
April 12-13 |
Edenton, Providence Church and Somerton Roads |
April 15 |
Edenton Road |
May 3 |
Providence Church Road, Chuckatuck and Reed's Ferry |
May 4 |
Lake Drummond |
May 12 |
Blackwater Bridge |
May 16 |
Near Suffolk and Cartsville |
May 17 |
Scott's Mills |
May 18 |
Near Blackwater, Windsor Road |
May 23 |
Antioch and Barber's Cross Roads |
May 31 |
Blackwater Bridge |
June 8 |
South Mills |
June 12 |
South Quay Road |
July 5 |
Camden, N. C. |
July |
Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
July 12 and 22 |
Currituck |
July 25-August 2 |
Raid to destroy railroad at Weldon |
July 28 |
Jackson |
August 11-19 |
Expedition from Portsmouth to Edenton, N. C. |
August 15 |
Edenton |
August 18 |
Pasquotank |
August 26-29 |
Expedition from Williamsburg to Bottom's Bridge |
August 29 |
Barhamsville, Slatersville, New Kent Court House, Crump's Cross Roads and Bottom's Bridge |
October 4-9 |
Expedition to Matthews County. Assigned to U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
November 8 |
Near Williamsburg |
November 16 |
Charles City Cross Roads |
December 12-14 |
Expedition to Charles City Court House |
December 13 |
Charles City Court House |
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January 19 |
New Kent Court House |
January |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade and Wistar's Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
January 19-24 |
Scouting from Williamsburg |
February 6-8 |
Wistar's Expedition toward Richmond |
February 7 |
Bottom's Bridge |
March 1-4 |
Expedition from Yorktown to New Kent Court House in aid of Kilpatrick |
March 2 |
White House |
March 9-12 |
Expedition into King and Queen County |
March 9 |
Belleroy |
March 10 |
Carlton's Store |
March 25 |
Matthews County Court House |
April |
Attached to Army of the James |
April 27-29 |
Expedition from Williamsburg |
April 27 |
Twelve Mile Ordinary |
April 28 |
Twelve Mile Ordinary |
May 4-28 |
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Richmond and Petersburg |
May 7 |
Chester Station, Port Walthall Junction |
May 8-10 |
Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church |
May 11 |
Proctor's Creek |
May 12-16 |
Operations against Fort Darling |
May 12 |
Wier Bottom Church |
May 14 |
Clover Hill Junction |
May 14-16 |
Drury's Bluff |
May 16 |
Petersburg & Richmond Railroad |
May 17 |
Bottom's Church |
May 18-26 |
Bermuda Hundred |
June 2 |
Walthall Junction |
June 5 |
West Point |
June 8-10 |
Petersburg |
June 15-18 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June 16 - March 27 |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
June 23 |
Deep Bottom |
July |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
July 11 |
Surrey Court House |
July 21 |
Richmond & Petersburg Railroad |
July 27-29 |
Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
September 16 |
Cox's Mills |
September 29-October 1 |
Chaffin's Farm |
October |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
October 13 and 16 |
Darbytown Road |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
December 21 |
Cone's Creek |
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February 5 |
White Oak Swamp |
March 5-8 |
Expedition from Fort Monroe to Fredericksburg. Attached to Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia |
March 11-13 |
Expedition from Fort Monroe into Westmoreland County |
March 11 |
Williamsburg |
March 12 |
Near Windsor |
March 17 |
Near New Kent Court House |
March 18 |
Seven Pines |
March 19 |
White House |
March 28-April 11 |
Expedition from Deep Bottom to near Weldon, N. C. Attached to District of Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia |
April 4 |
Weldon Railroad |
April 5 |
Murfreesboro, N. C. |
April 7 |
Somerton |
April 17 |
Near Jackson |
April-July |
Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., Dept. of Va. |
July 21 |
Mustered out by consolidation with 3rd New York Cavalry to form 4th Provisional Cavalry. |