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United States Regiments & Batteries > Delaware

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The 1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 2 officers and 47 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1863
January 20	Organized at Wilmington, Del. and attached to attached to 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Corps, Middle Dept. for duty at Wilmington, Del.
June	Duty in the Defences of Baltimore, Md. engaged in provost duty at Baltimore City and in the surrounding country. Attached to Cavalry Reserve, Defences of Baltimore, 8th Corps. Companies A, D and E remained on detached duty in Delaware.
June 29	Action at Westminster
October	Assigned to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps
December	Assigned to Cavalry Reserve, Defences of Baltimore, 8th Corps. Companies A and D joined regiment from detached duty in Delaware
1864
March	Assigned to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps
April	Company E joined regiment from detached duty at Havre de Grace
May 15	Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field
June 5	Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Operating dismounted, as infantry.
June 5-12	Operations about Cold Harbor
June 17-July 10	Before Petersburg assigned to 1st Separate Brigade, 6th Army Corps
June 22-23	Jerusalem Plank Road
June 29	Ream’s Station
July 10-12	Assigned as guard to Artillery Brigade, 6th Corps, in movement to Baltimore and Washington
July 14	Ordered to Baltimore. Company A remained with Amy of the Potomac as guard to Reserve Artillery, 6th Corps
July-November	Duty on line of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Picket and outpost duty and guarding fords of the Potomac from Georgetown to Point of Rocks
September	Company A returned from detached duty and rejoined regiment near Baltimore
October 7-1	Operations in Montgomery County
November	In Delaware during election
November – June	Duty on Upper Potomac and on line of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
1865
June 30	The 1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment mustered out.