1861 |
August - October |
Organized at Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh |
Fall |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Defense's of Washington, D.C. on Provost duty |
December 28 |
Cos. A & B escort to Gen. Keys |
1862 |
February 25 |
Cos. A & B return to regiment |
May |
Attached to McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
May 10 |
Joined McDowell at Fredericksburg |
May-June |
Scouting on the Rappahannock |
June |
Attached to McCall's Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 14 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
June 24 |
Arrived at White House |
June 25 |
Companies A, G, H and K ordered to Yorktown, Va. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Meadow Bridge near Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor |
June 28 |
Reconnaissance to Bottom's Bridge |
June 29 |
Rear guard to Army Potomac |
June 30 |
Glendale or Nelson's Farm |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2-3 |
Reconnaissance to Charles City C. H. |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing. Attached to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Potomac. |
July 11 - July 29 |
Reconnaissance from Harrison's Landing (Co. F) |
August 16-18 |
Rear Guard to Yorktown |
August 19-25 |
Duty at Yorktown |
September 4 |
Reached Washington, D.C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army Potomac. |
September-October |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown Ford |
October 15-16 |
Kearneysville and Shepherdstown, W. Va. (Detachment) |
October 16-17 |
Scout to Smithfield (Detachment) |
October 20 and 22 |
Hedgesville |
October 21 |
Hillsboro and Lovettsville Road |
November 2-3 |
Bloomfield, Union and Upperville. Attached to Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Center Grand Division, Army Potomac. |
November 3 |
Ashby's Gap |
November 4 |
Markham Station |
November 5-6 |
Manassas Gap |
November 7 |
Jefferson |
November 8 |
Little Washington |
November |
Duty near Hartwood Church |
November 10 |
Gaines' Cross Roads |
November 14 |
Waterloo |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 21-23 |
Scout to Catlett's Station and Brentsville (Detachment) |
December 29-30 |
Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac. |
February 25 |
Hartwood Church |
March 17 and 29 |
Kelly's Ford |
April 29-May 8 |
Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's Raid |
April 29 |
Passage of Kelly's Ford |
April 30 |
Raccoon Ford |
May 2 |
Ely's Ford |
June 9 |
Stevensburg, Brandy Station and Beverly Ford. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac. |
June 17 |
Aldie |
June 18-19 |
Middleburg |
June 21 |
Upperville |
June 30 |
Hanover, Pa. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Doster. It brought 307 men to the field and lost 1 killed.
From the monument:
"Detached on the morning of July 2nd from the Brigade at the junction of White Run and Baltimore Turnpike, ordered to report to Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Supported a battery temporarily near this position. On picket at night, retiring late on the afternoon of the 3rd to Second Cavalry Division." |
July 5 |
Green Oak |
July 14 |
Near Harper's Ferry |
July 15-16 |
Shepherdstown |
August |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
September 1 |
Scouting until September. Corbin's Cross Roads |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper C. H. |
October 1 |
Near Culpeper C. H. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 10-11 |
James City |
October 11 |
Near Warrenton |
October 12-13 |
Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
October 12 |
Jeffersontown |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe Station |
October 14 |
St. Stephen's Church |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 26 |
Brentsville |
November 27 |
New Hope Church and Catlett's Station |
November 29 |
Brentsville |
November to January 20 |
Cos. A & F at Bull Run Bridge |
1864 |
January 22-24 |
Scout to Middleburg (Detachment) |
February 28-
May 4 |
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond |
February 29 |
Beaver Dam Station |
March 1 |
Brook's Turnpike |
March-May |
At Camp Stoneman |
March 25-April 25 |
Veterans on furlough |
May 19 |
Rejoined Army Potomac |
May-June |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 3 |
Sumner's Bridge |
May 5-8 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 9-24 |
Sheridan's Raid to James River |
May 9-10 |
North Anna River |
May 11 |
Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern, Glen Allen Station |
May 12 |
Brook Church or Richmond Fortifications |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 31-June 1 |
Cold Harbor |
June 2 |
Sumner's Upper Bridge |
June 7-24 |
Sheridan's Trevillian Raid |
June 8 |
Elliott's Mills |
June 11-12 |
Trevillian Station |
June 21 |
White House or St. Peter's Church, Black Creek or Tunstall Station |
June 24 |
St. Mary's Church |
June |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 29 |
Charles' Cross Roads |
July 12 |
Warwick Swamp |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on north side of the James |
July 28 |
Malvern Hill |
July 30 |
Warwick Swamp |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
August 14 |
Gravel Hill |
August 16-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 18 |
White Oak Swamp |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad (Detachment) |
August 23 |
Dinwiddie Road near Ream's Station |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 13 |
Reconnaissance to Poplar Springs Church |
September 15 |
Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie C. H. |
September 17 |
Belcher's Mills |
September 29 |
Ream's Station |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
September 30-October 1 |
Arthur's Swamp |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
November 7 |
Reconnaissance to Stony Creek |
December 1 |
Stony Creek Station |
December 7-12 |
Hicksford Expedition |
December 8 |
Bellefield |
December 10 |
High Hill |
1865 |
February 5 |
Rowanty Creek |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run (Co. C) |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie C. H. |
March 31 |
White Oak Road (Co. C) |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 5 |
Paine's Cross Roads and Amelia Springs |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-29 |
Expedition to Danville |
May 20-22 |
Expedition after Extra Billy Smith |
May 23 - June 10 |
At Lynchburg |
July 1 |
Mustered out |
