1861 |
July - August |
Organized at Philadelphia |
August |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
September 16 |
Skirmish at Magruder's Ferry |
September 27 |
Springfield Station |
November |
Attached to Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Centre Grand Division, Army of the Potomac |
November 26 |
Hunter's Mills or Vienna (Co. F) |
December 3 |
Vienna (Cos. F and M) |
1862 |
March |
Attached to Cavalry, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 14-16 |
Reconnaissance to Cedar Run |
March 22-30 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 4 |
Howard's Mills; Near Cockletown (Co. A) |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 4 |
Cheese Cake Church; Near Williamsburg |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 25-26 |
Expedition to James River (Detachment Co. I) |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks |
June 8 |
New Market Road (Cos. D, K) |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 29-30 |
James River Road near Fair Oaks (Detachment) |
June 30 |
Jones' Bridge and Jordan's Ford |
July |
Attached to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac |
July 1 |
White Oak Church |
July 2 |
Malvern Hill |
July 10 |
Reconnaissance toward White Oak Church |
July 31 |
Reconnaissance to Jones' Ford |
August |
Attached to 5th Brigade, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division |
August 2-8 |
To Malvern Hill |
August 3 |
Sycamore Church |
August 4 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge |
August 5 |
Malvern Hill |
August 26 |
Warrenton |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Sharpsburg; Shepherdstown Ford |
September 27 |
Harper's Ferry |
October 9 |
Four Locks, Md. |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Smithfield |
November 2-3 |
Bloomfield |
November 4 |
Markham Station |
November 5-6 |
Manassas Gap |
November 9 |
Newby's Cross Roads |
November 10 |
Newby's Cross Roads near Amissville |
November 28 |
Near Hartwood Church |
December 1 |
Reconnaissance to Grove Church |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 29-31 |
Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863 |
February |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
February 25 |
Hartwood Church |
March 17 |
Kelly's Ford |
April 27-May 8 |
Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's Raid |
May 17 |
Near Dumfries (Detachment) |
June 9 |
Brandy Station or Fleetwood, Stevensburg and Beverly Ford |
June 17 |
Aldie |
June 21 |
Upperville |
June 22 |
Aldie |
June 29 |
Lisbon or Poplar Springs |
June 30 |
Westminster |
July 1-3 |
Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward S. Jones. It brought 394 men to the field, losing 15 wounded and 6 missing.
From the monument:
"July 2nd 1863. Reached the field at noon from Hanover. Engaged dismounted a Confederate Brigade of Infantry on Brinkerhoff's Ridge from 6 to 10 p.m. July 3rd engaged mounted and dismounted with the Confederate Cavalry Division on this field from 2 p.m. until evening portions of the Regiment. Advancing in a mounted charge and driving the enemy beyond the Rummel Farm Buildings." |
July 4 |
Emmettsburg |
July 10 |
Old Antietam Forge near Leitersburg |
July 14 |
Near Harper's Ferry |
September 15-16 |
Shepherdstown |
July to September |
Scouting and picketing Upper Rappahannock |
September 10-11 |
Scout to Middleburg |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
October 6 |
Near Catlett's Station (Detachment) |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 12-13 |
Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe; Brentsville |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Vine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
New Hope Church |
December 3 |
Ellis Ford |
1864 |
February 17-18 |
Scout to Piedmont |
February 28 |
Sprigg's Ford (Co. L) |
March |
Assigned to Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Provost Marshal General's Command |
May-June |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 21 |
Guinea Station |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16-18 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June 29 |
Charles City Cross Roads |
July 27 |
Consolidated to a Battalion of three companies |
August 24 |
Non-Veterans on duty in Cumberland Valley until mustered out |
December 9-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
December 9 |
Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox C. H. |
May 4-8 |
Provost duty at Richmond |
May 8 |
Transferred to 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry |
