United States Regiments & Batteries > District of Columbia
1863
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June to December | Four Companies (A, B, C and E) of there 1st District of Columbia Cavalry Regiment were organized at Washington, D.C. under Colonel Lafayette C. Baker for special service in District of Columbia. They were to be subject only to orders of the War Department. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps. |
October 22 | Skirmish near Annandale, Va. (Detachment) |
October 24 | Bealeton, Va. |
November | Ordered to Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and on duty at Yorktown, with a portion of the regiment serving dismounted at Portsmouth, Virginia. |
1864
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January | Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
January to March | 8 additional companies were organized at Augusta, Maine and ordered to report at Norfolk, Va. as organized. |
April | Assigned to 1st Brigade, Kautz’s Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
May 5-11 |
Kautz’s Raid on Petersburg & Weldon R. R. |
May 5 | Double Bridges |
May 7 | Stony Creek Station |
May 8 | White’s Bridge, Nottaway Creek and Nottaway R. R. Bridge |
May 9 | White’s Bridge |
May 12-17 |
Kautz’s Raid on Richmond & Danville R. R. |
May 16 | Belcher’s Mills |
June 9 | Petersburg |
June 15-19 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June |
Siege operations against Petersburg and RichmondAssigned to 2nd Brigade, Kautz’s Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
June 22-30 |
Wilson’s Raid on Southside & Danville R. R. |
June 25 | Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station |
June 28-29 | Sappony Church, or Stony Creek |
June 29-July 3 |
Ream’s Station |
July 27-28 |
Demonstration on North Side of James RiverEngagements at Deep Bottom, Darbytown and New Market Roads |
August 9 | Sycamore Church |
August 23 |
Ream’s Station and Dinwiddie Road, near Ream’s Station |
August 24-25 |
Ream’s Station |
August 27 | Companies D, F, G, H, I, K and L were transferred to 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment. The remainder of regiment was consolidated to a battalion of 2 companies. |
September 1 | Prince George Court House |
September 3 | Sycamore Church and Blackwater River |
September 15 | Sycamore Church and Cox’s Mill |
September 16 | Coggin’s Point |
October 7 and 13 | Darbytown Road |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
November 23 | Russell’s Mills |
December 7-12 | Bellefield Raid |
1865 | |
January | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia |
February 11-15 | Expedition to Fernsville and Smithfield |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
April 2 |
Gravelly Ford on Hatcher’s Run |
April 4-5 | Near Amelia Court House |
April 6 | Dinwiddie Road and Sailor’s Creek |
April 7 |
Farmville and Prince Edward Court House |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 | Expedition to Danville |
May-October | Duty in the Dept. of Virginia |
August | Assigned to Cavalry, Dept. of Virginia |
October 26 | The 1st District of Columbia Cavalry mustered out |