1861 |
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Regiment recruited at New York City as Ira Harris Cavalry under Colonel De Forest Othneil. |
August 15 |
Company A mustered in |
August 21 |
Company B mustered in |
September 3 |
Company C mustered in |
September 21 |
Company F mustered in |
October 1 |
Company D mustered in. James Davidson mustered in as Second Battalion major |
October 2 |
Robert Johnstone mustered in as lieutenant colonel |
October 7 |
Company E mustered in |
October 9 |
Company H mustered in |
October 16 |
Designated Ira Harris Guard |
October 28 |
Companies I - L mustered in |
October 31 |
Company M mustered in |
November 14 |
Designated 5th New York Cavalry. George Gardner mustered in as Third Battalion major |
November 18 |
Left State for Baltimore, Md. Attached to Dix's Command for duty at Camp Harris, Baltimore, Md. |
1862 |
March 31 |
Ordered to join Banks' 5th Corps in the field |
April |
Assigned to Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Department Of the Shenandoah |
April 19 |
South Fork, Shenandoah River |
April 29 |
New Market |
May 2 |
Port Republic
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man missing |
May 2 and 6 |
Conrad's Store |
May 3 |
Report to Gen. Hatch |
May 4 |
Rockingham Furnace |
May 6 |
Near Harrisonburg
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 1 wounded, and 1 officer and 1 enlisted man missing |
May 7 |
New Market
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed |
May 8 |
Columbia River Bridge |
May 11 |
Bowling Green Road near Fredericksburg |
May 15-June 17 |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
May 18 |
Woodstock
The regiment lost 1 officer wounded |
May 23 |
Front Royal (Companies B and D)
The regiment lost 1 officer and 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded |
May 24 |
Strasburg, Middletown and Newtown
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 14 enlisted men wounded, and 3 officers and 53 enlisted men captured |
May 25 |
Winchester |
May 28-30 |
Defense of Harper's Ferry (4 Companies). Major Davidson resigns |
June 15 |
Reconnaissance to New Market |
June |
Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
July 6 |
Sperryville
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded and 1 captured |
July 12 |
Near Culpeper Court House |
July 15 |
Orange Court House
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men captured |
July 17 |
Liberty Mills
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men captured |
July 18 |
Barnett's Ford
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded and 1 officer and 22 enlisted men captured |
August 2 |
Near Orange Court House
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 8 enlisted men wounded and 11 enlisted men captured |
August 9-10 |
Cedar Mountain
The regiment lost 1 enlisted men killed |
August 16-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 17 |
Louisa Court House |
August 20 |
Kelly's Ford |
August 23-24 |
Warrenton Springs |
August 24 |
Waterloo Bridge |
August 28 |
Centreville |
August 29 |
Groveton
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 5 wounded and 5 captured |
August 30 |
Lewis Ford and Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September |
Assigned to Wyndham's Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington |
September 17-19 |
Antietam, Md. |
September 22 |
Ashby's Gap |
September 26 |
Captain John Hammond of Company H promoted to major |
October 16 |
Leesburg
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men captured |
October 17 |
Upperville
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man captured |
October 18 |
Thoroughfare Gap and Haymarket
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
November 1 |
Major Gardner resigns and Adjutant William Bacon promoted to major |
November 5 |
New Baltimore and Cedar Hill |
November 8 |
Hopewell Gap
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man captured |
November 11 |
Thoroughfare Gap |
November 12 |
Middleburg |
November 16 |
Upperville |
November 29 |
Aldie |
November 30 |
Snicker's Gap and Berryville |
December 18 |
Aldie
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 1 captured |
December 31 |
Cub Run
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men captured |
1863 |
January 5 |
Frying Pan and Cub Run
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded and 11 captured |
January 26 |
Middleburg
The regiment lost 1 enlisted men captured |
February |
Assigned to Price's Independent Cavalry Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
February 7 |
Captain Amos White of Company d promoted to major |
February 9 |
New Baltimore
The regiment lost 4 enlisted men captured |
February 10 |
Warrenton
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men captured |
March 4 |
Aldie
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wpunded and 3 captured |
March 9 |
Fairfax Court House |
March 23 |
Little River Turnpike and Chantilly
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed, 1 officer and 2 enlisted men wounded, and Lieutenant Henry Merritt and 35 enlisted men captured |
April |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
April 1 |
Broad Run |
April 28 |
White Plains
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man captured |
May 3 |
Warrenton Junction
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and Captain Abram Krom, 2 other officer and 9 enlited men wounded |
May 4 |
Flemming and Shannon Cross Roads |
May 8 |
Near Fairfax Court House
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man captured |
May 14 |
Marsteller's Place
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men wounded |
May 30 |
Greenwich
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed, 1 officer and 6 enlisted men wounded, and 3 enlisted men captured |
June 1 |
Snicker's Gap |
June 10 |
Middleburg |
June 19 |
Warrenton |
June 28 |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 30 |
Hanover, Pa.
Lieutenant Alexander Gall,1 other officer and 4 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 29 enlisted men wounded, and 18 enlisted men captured or missing |
July 2 |
Hunterstown |
July 3 |
Gettysburg
The regiment lost 1 enlisted men killed, 1 wounded, and 4 captured |
July 4 |
Monterey Pass |
July 5 |
Smithsburg |
July 6 |
Hagerstown and Williamsport
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 7 enlisted men wounded, and 4 officers and 75 enlisted men captured |
July 8 |
Boonsboro
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded and 1 captured |
July 11-13 |
Hagerstown |
July 14 |
Falling Waters |
July 15 |
Hagerstown |
July 26 |
Ashby's Gap |
September 1-3 |
Expedition to Port Conway |
September 1 |
Lamb's Creek |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
September 13-14 |
Rapidan Station, Somerville Ford
The regiment lost 1 officer and 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 7 enlisted men wounded, and 14 enlisted men captured |
September 14-16 |
Raccoon Ford |
September 18 |
Kelly's Ford
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
September 21 |
Madison Court House |
September 21-23 |
Reconnaissance across the Rapidan
The regiment lost 1 officer |
September 21-22 |
White's Ford |
September 22 |
Brookin's Ford |
September 25 |
Hazel River Bridge |
October 8 |
Creigerville |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 10 |
Russell's Ford, James City and Bethesda Church |
October 11 |
Sperryville Pike, Brandy Station and near Culpeper
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 8 wounded, and 1 officer and 17 enlisted men captured |
October 14 |
Gainesville |
October 16 |
New Market |
October 17-18 |
Groveton |
October 19 |
Haymarket, Gainesville and Buckland's Mills |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 8 |
Stevensburg
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded, 4 wounded, and 17 captured |
November 18 |
Germania Ford |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
November 26 |
Morton's Ford |
November 26-27 |
Raccoon Ford |
December 3 |
Lieutenant Colonel Johnstone cashiered |
1864 |
January 19 |
Ely's Ford
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 2 wounded and 2 captured |
January 22 |
Ely's Ford
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 6 wounded and 6 captured |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February 28-
March 4 |
Kilpatrick's Raid to Richmond |
February 28 |
Ely's Ford |
February 29 |
Beaver Dam Station and South Anna Bridge |
March 1 |
Defenses of Richmond
The regiment lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men wounded, and 18 enlisted men captured |
March 2 |
Hanovertown, Aylett's and Stevensville
Lieutenant Henry Merritt was wounded and he and 7 enlisted men were captured |
March 3 |
King's and Queen's Court House
The regiment lost 1 officer and 13 enlisted men captured |
March 4 |
Ely's Ford
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 1 mortally wounded, 1 wounded, and 5 captured |
March 8 |
Field's Ford |
March 11 |
Southard's Cross Roads
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded and 1 captured |
March 24 |
Colonel Othneil dismissed. Major Hammond promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Abram Krom of Company G to major |
May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5 |
Parker's Store |
May 5-6 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 6-7 |
Wilderness
The regiment lost 1 officer and 17 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 20 enlisted men wounded, and 24 enlisted men captured |
May 7 |
Germania Ford, Brock Road and the Furnaces |
May 7-8 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 8-18 |
Spottsylvania
The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 enlisted men wounded, and 6 captured |
May 20 |
Downer's Bridge and Milford Station |
May 21 |
Mattapony River and Bowling Green |
May 22-26 |
North Anna
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 12 enlisted men wounded, and 10 enlisted men captured |
May 25 |
Mt. Carmel Church |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunky |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 29 |
Hanover Court House |
May 30 |
Mechump's Creek |
May 31 |
Signal Hill |
June 1 |
Ashland Station |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 18 enlisted men wounded, Major Amos White wounded and caprtured and 2 other officers and 18 enlisted men captured |
June 2 |
Gaines' Mill, Totopotomoy and Salem Church |
June 3 |
Haw's Shop |
June 10 |
Old Church |
June 11 |
Shady Grove and Bethesda Church |
June 12 |
Riddell's Shop and Long Bridge |
June 13 |
White Oak Swamp |
June 14 |
Malvern Hill |
June 15 |
Smith's Store near St. Mary's Church
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 8 wounded, and 4 captured |
June 19 |
White House Landing |
June 22-30 |
Wilson's Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad |
June 23 |
Black and white and Nottaway Court House |
June 24 |
Staunton Bridge |
June 25 |
Roanoke Bridge |
June 28 |
Sappony Church or Stony Creek |
June 29 |
Ream's Station
The regiment lost 1 officer and 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 91 enlisted men captured |
June 30 |
Main body of regiment before Petersburg |
July 3 |
Lieutenant Colonel Hammond promoted to colonel, Major Bacon to lieutenant colonel |
July 6-7 |
Action at Maryland Heights (detachment left at Dismounted Camp) |
July 10 |
Action at Rockville, Md. (detachment left at Dismounted Camp) |
July 12 |
Action at Tell Gate (detachment left at Dismounted Camp) |
July 15 |
Action at Poolesville (detachment left at Dismounted Camp) |
July 18 |
Action at Snicker's Ferry (detachment left at Dismounted Camp) |
July 24 |
Action at Kernstown (detachment left at Dismounted Camp) |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August 17 |
Winchester and Halltown |
August 19 |
Opequan |
August 21 |
Summit Point
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men wounded and 5 captured |
August 22 |
Charlestown |
August 23 |
Duffield Station |
August 25 |
Near Kearneysville
The regiment lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 11 enlisted men wounded |
September 2-4 |
Berryville |
September 3 |
Duffield Station, Darkenville
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 1 wounded, and 1 officer captured
Colonel Hammond mustered out at the end of his term of service |
September 7 |
Opequan |
September 12 |
Lt. Colonel Bacon resigned |
September 13 |
Abraham's Creek near Winchester |
September 15 |
Opequan |
September 17 |
Opequan |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed, 1 officer and 12 enlisted men wounded, and 1 officer and 1 enlisted man captured |
September 20 |
Near Cedarville and Crooked Run |
September 21 |
Front Royal Pike and Fisher's Hill |
September 22 |
Milford |
September 23-24 |
New Market |
September 24 |
Mt. Crawford |
September 26 |
Waynesboro |
September 26-27 |
Port Republic |
September 27 |
Mr. Meridian
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 5 wounded and 9 captured |
September 29 |
Waynesboro and Railroad Bridge
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men captured |
October 2 |
Bridgewater |
October 6 |
Brock's Gap
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men captured |
October 7 |
Forestville, Near Columbia Furnace
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 4 wunded and 4 captured |
October 8-9 |
Tom's Brook, "Woodstock Races"
The regiment lost 4 enisted men wounded and 1 captured |
October 13 |
Back Road Cedar Creek
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
October 14 |
Lebanon Church |
October 18 |
Cedar Run
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded and 4 captured |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 wounded |
October 21 |
Major Krom mustered out at the end of his terms of service |
November 12 |
Newtown and Ninevah
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally and 3 missing |
November 14 |
Captain Elmer Barker of Company H promoted to major |
November 22 |
Mr. Jackson
The regiment lost 4 enlisted men wounded |
December 19-22 |
Expedition to Lacy Springs |
December 19 |
Major White promoted to colonel |
December 21 |
Lacy Springs |
1865 |
January 10 |
Woodstock
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men captured |
January 22 |
Edenburg
The regiment lost 9 enlisted men captured |
February 27-
March 3 |
Sheridan's Raid |
February 28 |
Captain Henry Merritt of Company K promoted to major |
March 2 |
Waynesboro. Capture of Gen. Early's Command. Detached from Division to guard prisoners from Waynesboro to Winchester. |
March 5 |
Mt. Sidney and Lacy Springs
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
March 6 |
New Market |
March 7 |
Rood's Hill
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 wounded and 3 missing |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April 1 |
Five Forks (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April 3 |
Sweet House Creek (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April 6 |
Harper's Farm (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. (detachment with Army of the Potomac) |
April - July |
Regiment on duty at Headquarters Middle Military Division and in vicinity of Winchester |
May 29 |
Captain Liberty Abbott of Company E promoted to major |
June 30 |
Captain Theodore Boice of Company B promoted to lieutenant colonel |
July 19, 1865 |
Mustered out and honorably discharged from service under Colonel White, Lieutenant Colonel Boice and Majors Barker and Merritt |
