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< to April • May 1865

Commanded by:
Major General Wesley Merritt (to 5/25)
Major General George Crook

The Cavalry Corps was broken up during May. Most units were mustered out.

First Division

Brigadier General Thomas C. Devin (to 5/28)
First Brigade  Colonel Peter Stagg 
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Captain Edward L. Negus to Department
of the Missouri
5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Smith H. Hastings
6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Harvey H. Vinton
7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel George G. Briggs
Second Brigade Colonel C. L. Fitzhugh (to 5/29)
6th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Harrison White
9th New York Cavalry Regiment Major James R. Dinnin
19th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Howard M. Smith
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Coe Durland Consolidated with & 6 PA Cavalry to form 2nd Provisional Cavalry
20th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Middleton Consolidated with 2 PA Cavalry to form 1st Provisional Cavalry.
Reserve Brigade Brigadier General Alfred Gibbs (to 5/25)
2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment Colonel Caspar Crowninshield
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Charles L. Leiper to 2 PA Cavalry
1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment Captain Richard S. C. Lord
2nd United States Cavalry Regiment Captain Robert S. Smith to Department of Washington
5th United States Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Gustavus Urban to Department of Washington
6th United States Cavalry Regiment Major Robert N. Morris to Department of Washington
Artillery Brigadier General Alfred Gibbs
4th United States, Batteries C&E Captain Marcus Miller to Department of Washington

Second Division

Major General George Crook dissolved 5/22
First Brigade  Brigadier General Henry E. Davies
1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment Colonel Hugh Janeway (^) to Dept. Washington
10th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Matthew H. Avery consolidated into 1st Provisional New York Cavalry Regiment
24th New York Cavalry Regiment Colonel Walter C. Newberry
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment to 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry
Second Brigade Colonel Samuel B.M. Young
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Alender P. Duncan to Dept. Virginia
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison to Dept. Virginia
21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Oliver P. Knowles to Dept. Virginia
Third Brigade Colonel Charles H. Smith
1st Maine Cavalry Regiment to Dept. Virginia
2nd New York Mounted Rifles to Dept. Virginia
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Stedman to Dept. Virginia
13th Ohio Cavalry Regiment to Dept. Virginia
Horse Artillery
1st United States Artillery, Battery I Lieutenant Chandler P. Eakin to Dept. Washington
2nd United States Artillery, Battery A Lieutenant James A. Lord to Dept. Washington

Third Division

Brigadier General George A. Custer (to 5/22)
Colonel William Wells
First Brigade  Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington
1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment Colonel Brayton Ives to Cav. Div. Dept. Washington
3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment Major Abram H. Krom m.o. 8/1
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment m.o. 6/5
5th New York Cavalry (detachment) Captain Walter C. Hull m.o. 7/19
2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment Major Bayard Nettleton to St. Louis, Mo. 5/27
Second Brigade  Colonel William Wells (^ 5/22)
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Major John L. Beverage to St. Louis, Mo. 5/27
3rd Indiana Cavalry, Cos. A-F Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert to Louisville, Ky.
8th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Benjamin m.o. 6/27
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment to Champlain, NY.
Third Brigade Colonel Henry Capehart
1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Jenyns B. Batterysby m.o. 6/27
15th New York Cavalry Regiment Consolidated with 6th NY Cav. 6/17
1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment m.o. 7/8
2nd West Virginia Cavalry (7 cos.) Lieutenant Colonel James Allen m.o. 6/30
3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment Major John S. Witcher m.o. 6/23