United States Regiments & Batteries > Michigan
Regiment lost 6 officers and 135 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 322 enlisted men by disease, totaling 366. The regiment, along with the other regiments of the Wolverine Brigade, is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
From the monument:
Total enrollment 1198 officers and men. Killed, 4 officers 94 men. Died of Wounds 1 officer 23 men. Died of disease, 3 officers 233 men. Total casualties 358. Participated in 56 skirmishes and general engagements from Hanover, Pa. June 30, 1863 to Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
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1862
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| August 30 | Regiment organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in |
| December 4 | Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
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1863
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| February | Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| February 27-28 | Scout from Centreville to Falmouth, Va. |
| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, Stahel’s Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| April 13 | Hauxhurst Mills |
| June | 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| June 4 | On Lawyer’s Road, near Fairfax Court House and Frying Pan |
| June 25 | Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field |
| June 27-28 | Reconnaissance up the Catoctin Valley |
| June 28 | Occupation of Gettysburg |
| June 30 | Action at Hanover, Pa. |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgFrom the monument on the East Cavalry Battlefield at Gettysburg: This monument marks the field where the Michigan Cavalry Brigade under its gallant leader General George A. Custer rendered signal and distinguished service in assisting to defeat the further advance of a numerically superior force under the Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart which in conjunction with Pickett’s Charge upon the centre, attempted to turn the right flank of the Union Army at that critical hour of conflict upon the afternoon of July 3rd, 1863. Field held from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. 1st Mich.; killed 10 men, wounded 6 officers 37 men, missing 20 men. |
| July 2 | Hunterstown |
| July 4 | Monterey |
| July 5 | Smithburg |
| July 6 | Williamsport and Hagerstown |
| July 8 | Boonsboro |
| July 11-13 | Hagerstown |
| July 14 | Falling Waters |
| July 14 | Williamsport |
| July 17 | Snicker’s Gap |
| July 17, 18 and 20 | Ashby’s Gap |
| July 24 | Battle Mountain, near Newby’s Cross Roads |
| August 1-8 | Expedition from Warrenton Junction between Bull Run and Blue Ridge Mountains |
| August 24 | King George Court House |
| August 25 | Hartwood Church |
| September 1-3 | Expedition to Port Conway |
| September 1 | Lamb’s Creek Church, near Port Conway |
| September 13-17 | Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
| September 13 | Culpeper Court House |
| September 14-16 | Raccoon Ford |
| September 15 | Somerville Ford |
| September 21-23 | Reconnaissance across the Rapidan |
| September 21 | Madison Court House |
| September 21-22 | White’s Ford |
| September 23 | Robertson’s Ford |
| September 30 | Woodville |
| October 8-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 8-10 | James City |
| October 11 | Bethesda Church |
| October 11 | Brandy Station |
| October 11 | Near Culpeper |
| October 12 | Hartwood Church |
| October 14 | Grove Church |
| October 14 | Gainesville |
| October 17-18 | Groveton |
| October 19 | Gainesville, Catlett’s Station and Buckland’s Mill |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Stevensburg |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 26 | Morton’s Ford |
| November 26-27 | Raccoon Ford |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| February 28-March 4 | Kilpatrick’s Raid on Richmond |
| March 1 | Fortification of Richmond |
| March 1 | Brooks’ Turnpike |
| March 3 | Near Tunstall’s Station (Detachment) |
| March | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 3-June 24 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
| May 5-6 | Todd’s Tavern |
| May 6 | Brock Road and the Furnaces |
| May 6-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 7-8 | Todd’s Tavern |
| May 9-24 | Sheridan’s Raid to James River |
| May 9 | Beaver Dam Station |
| May 11 |
Yellow Tavern |
| May 12 | Meadow Bridge and fortifications of Richmond |
| May 21 | Hanover Court House |
| May 24 | Haw’s Shop |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 27 | Hanovertown Ferry, Hanovertown, and Crump’s Creek |
| May 28-31 | On line of the Totopotomoy |
| May 28 | Haw’s Shop and Aenon Church |
| May 30 | Old Church and Mattadequin Creek |
| May 31-June 1 | Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor |
| June 7-24 | Sheridan’s Trevillian Raid |
| June 11-12 | Trevillian Station |
| June 12 | Newark or Mallory’s Cross Roads |
| June 21 | Black Creek or Tunstall’s Station |
| June 21 | White House or St. Peter’s Church |
| June 23 | Jones’ Bridge |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration north of the James River |
| July 27-28 | Deep Bottom |
| August | Ordered to Washington, D. C. and the Middle Military Division |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 11 | Tell Gate, near White Post and Winchester |
| August 16 | Cedarville or Front Royal |
| August 19 | Snicker’s Gap Pike |
| August 19-20 | Near Berryville |
| August 25 | Kearneysville and Shepherdstown |
| August 29 | Leetown-Smithfield |
| August 29 | Smithfield Crossing, Opequan |
| September 13 | Locke’s Ford, Opequan Creek |
| September 15 | Sevier’s Ford, Opequan Creek |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 21 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| September 22 | Milford |
| September 24 | Luray |
| September 26-28 | Port Republic |
| October 2 | Mt. Crawford |
| October 8 | Luray Valley |
| October 8-9 |
Tom’s Brook, “Woodstock Races,” |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November 11 | Near Kernstown |
| November 18 | Loudon County |
| November 28- December 3 |
Expedition into Loudoun and Faquier Counties |
| December 19-28 | Raid to Gordonsville |
| December 21 | Madison Court House |
| December 22 | Liberty Mills |
| December 23 | Near Gordonsville |
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1865
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| February 13-17 | Expedition to Little Fort Valley |
| February 27-March 25 | Sheridan’s Expedition from Winchester |
| March 2 | Occupation of Staunton and Waynesboro |
| March 8 | Duguidsville |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 30-31 | Dinwiddie Court House |
| April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 2 | Scott’s Cross Roads |
| April 4 | Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek |
| 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 1 | Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
| June 23 | Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry. |