United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
1861
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October | Captain Sheerer’s and Captain Barker’s Companies organized at Chicago, Ill. Attached to Stoneman’s Cavalry Command, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington. |
1862
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February | The McClellan Dragoons were assigned to 12th Illinois Cavalry as Companies H and I, but served detached. |
March |
Peninsula CampaignMoved to the Virginia Peninsula. Attached to Blake’s Brigade, Cavalry Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
April to August | Attached to Headquarters Army Potomac |
April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown, Va. |
May 4 | Near Williamsburg |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 26 | Reconnaissance to Hanover Court House |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines’ Mill |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
August 27- September 2 |
Campaign in Northern Virginia |
September-October |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
October 29- November 17 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
November | Assigned to Provost Guard Army of the Potomac |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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January 20-24 |
“Mud March” |
February | At Headquarters 3rd and 2nd Divisions Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 8 |
Stoneman’s Raid |
June 9 | Brandy Station and Beverly Ford |
June 21 | Upperville |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
July 6 | Williamsport, Md. |
July 8 | Boonsboro |
July 9 | Benevola or Beaver Creek |
July 10-13 | At and near Funkstown |
July 14 | Falling Waters |
July 26 | Chester Gap |
July 3-August 1 | Kelly’s Ford |
August 1-4 and September 7-8 | Brandy Station |
September 12 | Bristoe Station |
September 13 | Culpeper Court House |
September 14-16 | Raccoon Ford |
September 17 | Stevensburg |
September 22 | Jack’s Shop, Madison Court House |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 10 | Raccoon and Morton’s Fords |
October 11-12 | Brandy Station |
October 15 | Oak Hill |
November 20-28 | The McClellan Dragoons rejoined 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment and moved to Chicago |