United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Cavalry
“Rochester Regiment”
The 8th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment lost 14 officers and 91 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 200 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| Organized at Rochester, N.Y. | |
| November 23 | Mustered in |
| November 28-30 | Moved to Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Attached to Hatch’s Cavalry Command, Banks’ 5th Corps |
| April | Attached to Hatch’s Cavalry Brigade, Department of the Shenandoah |
| May 15-June 17 | Operations in the Shenandoah Valley attached to Railroad Brigade, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
| May 24 | Berryville |
| May 24-25 | Retreat to Williamsport |
| May 25 | Battle of Winchester |
| May 25 | Stevenson’s Station |
| May 28-30 | Harper’s Ferry |
| September 4 | Near Charlestown |
| September 8 | Summit Point |
| September 12-15 | Siege of Harper’s Ferry |
| September 15 | Near Williamsport and Greencastle |
| September | Attached to 4th Brigade, Pleasanton’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| September 20 | Near Shephardstown |
| October 27 | Snicker’s Gap |
| November | Attached to 1st Cavalry Brigade, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac |
| November 1-2 | Philomont |
| November 2-3 | Union and Bloomfield |
| November 5-6 | Barbee’s Cross Roads, Chester Gap and Markham |
| November 7 | Waterloo Bridge |
| November 10 | Corbin’s Cross Roads near Amissville |
| November 14 | Jefferson |
| November 20 | Uniontown |
| December 12-15 | Fredericksburg |
| December 30-31 | Near Warrenton |
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1863
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| January 4 | Warrenton |
| February 9 | Somerville |
| February | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| February 11 | Belle Plains |
| March 2 | Near Dumfries |
| March 4 | Independence Hill, Prince William County |
| March 29 | Near Dumfries |
| April 1 | Beverly Ford |
| April 15 | Beverly Ford, Freeman’s Ford and Hazel Run |
| April 27-May 8 | Stoneman’s Raid |
| April 29 | Kelly’s Ford |
| April 30 | Culpeper |
| May 1 | Rapidan Station |
| May 2 | Ely’s Ford |
| May 4 | Rapidan Bridge |
| June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationThe regiment was commanded by Major Edmund M. Pope. |
| June 17 | Aldie |
| June 20 | Ashby’s Gap |
| June 21 | Upperville |
| June 23 | Aldie |
| June 27 | Near Middleburg and Upperville |
| June 30 | Fairfield, Pa., |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Markell. It brought 623 men to the field and lost 3 killed, 10 wounded and 21 missing. From the monument: Pickets of this regiment were attacked around 5 a.m., July 1, 1863, by the advanced skirmishers of Heth’s Confederate Division. The regiment engaged the enemy west of Seminary Ridge, with the brigade stubbornly contesting the ground against great odds until about 10:30 a.m., when it was relieved by the advance regiments of the 1st Corps. |
| July 6 | Williamsport and Funkstown |
| July 8 | Boonsboro |
| July 9 | Benevola or Beaver Creek |
| July 10-13 | Funkstown |
| July 14 | Falling Waters |
| July 21-22 | Chester Gap |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights |
| July 25 | Barber’s Cross Roads |
| July 31-August 1 | Kelly’s Ford |
| August 1, 4 and 10 | Brandy Station |
| September 13-17 | Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
| September 13 | Culpeper Court House |
| September 14-15 | Rapidan Station |
| September 19 | Raccoon Ford |
| September 21-23 | Reconnaissance across the Rapidan |
| September 22 | Jack’s Shop, Madison Court House |
| October 1 | Germania Ford |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 10 | Germania, Raccoon and Morton’s Fords |
| October 11 | Stevensburg and near Kelly’s Station |
| October 12 | Brandy Station |
| October 15 | Oak Hill |
| October 17-18 | Hunter’s Ford |
| October 24-26 | Bealeton |
| October 27 | Snicker’s Gap |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 8 | Muddy Run |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | Locust Grove |
| November 29 | Parker’s Store |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan, Morton’s Ford |
| March 4 | James City |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May-June | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5 | Craig’s Meeting House |
| May 5-7 | Wilderness |
| May 7 | The Furnaces |
| May 8 | Alsop’s Farm, Spottsylvania |
| May 9-24 | Sheridan’s Raid to James River |
| May 9-10 | North Anna River |
| May 11 | Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern |
| May 12 | Fortifications of Richmond and Meadow Bridge |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 26 | Demonstration on Little Creek |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| May 30 | Mechump’s Creek |
| May 31 | Hanover Court House |
| June 1-12 | Cold Harbor |
| June 2 | Gaines Mill, Totopotomoy and Salem Church and Sumner’s Upper Bridge |
| June 3 | Haw’s Shop |
| June 10-11 | Old Church |
| June 12 | Riddell’s Shop and Long Bridge |
| June 13 | White Oak Swamp |
| June 14 | Near Harrison’s Landing |
| June 15 | St. Mary’s Church and Malvern Hill |
| June 17-July 30 | Before Petersburg |
| June 22-30 | Wilson’s Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad |
| June 22 | Ream’s Station |
| June 23 | Black and White Station and Nottawny Court House |
| June 25 | Staunton Bridge and Roanoke Station |
| June 27 | Columbia Grove |
| June 28 | Sappony Church or Stony Creek |
| June 29 | Ream’s Station |
| August 7-November 28 | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| August 17 | Winchester |
| August 21 | Charlestown Summit Point |
| August 23 | Halltown |
| August 25 | Kearneysville |
| September 3 | Berryville |
| September 7 | Near Brucetown and near Winchester |
| September 13 | Locke’s Ford |
| September 16 | Snicker’s Gap |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
| September 20 | Near Cedarville |
| September 21 | Front Royal Pike |
| September 22 | Milford |
| September 25 | Luray |
| September 26 | Staunton |
| September 29 | Waynesboro |
| September 30 | Mr. Crawford |
| October 7 | Columbia Furnace |
| October 8-9 | Tom’s Brook, “Woodstock Races” |
| October 9 | Mr. Olive |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November 10 | Near Kernstown |
| November 12 | Newtown and Middle Road, Cedar Creek |
| November 22 | Rude’s Hill, near Mt. Jackson |
| December 19-22 | Expedition to Lacy Springs |
| December 21 | Lacy Springs |
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1865
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| February 4-6 | Expedition from Winchester to Moorefield, W. Va. |
| February 27- March 25, |
Sheridan’s Raid from Winchester |
| March 2 | Waynesboro |
| March 3 | Occupation of Charlottesville |
| March 13 | Beaver Dam Station |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 30-31 | Dinwiddie Court House |
| April 1 | Five Forks |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3 | Namozine Church |
| April 4 | Jettersville |
| April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
| April 8 | Appomattox Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville |
| May | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 27 | Mustered out and honorably discharged from service. |