United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
The 21st New York Cavalry Regiment lost 3 officers and 63 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 76 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| Organized at Troy, N.Y. | |
| August 28 | Companies A, B, C & D mustered in |
| September 1 | Company E mustered in |
| September 4 | Companies A, B, C, D & E left State for Washington, D.C. and duty at Camp Stoneman, Defenses of Washington, D. C, attached to 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D.C. |
| September 18 | Company F mustered in |
| September 19 | Company F left State for Washington, D.C. |
| October 14 | Company G mustered in |
| October 15 | Company H mustered in |
| October 16 | Company I mustered in |
| October 19 | Companies G, H and I left State for Washington D.C. |
| November | Company K mustered in and left State for Washington D.C. |
| December | Company L mustered in |
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1864
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| January | Company M mustered in. Regiment attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Army of West Virginia |
| January 4 | Attempt to capture Lieutenant Washington by Company H. Company ambushed near Smithfield, Va. |
| January 22 | Berryville Ford |
| January 23 | Newtown and Woodstock |
| January 27-February 7 | Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va. |
| February | Companies L & M left State for Washington D.C. |
| February 2 | Mechanicsburg Gap |
| February 4 | Moorefield |
| February 6-7 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, thence to Halltown, Va., Charlestown |
| February 14 | Near Smithfield |
| February 20 | Paris |
| April 10 | Near Kablestown |
| April 24 | Near Middletown (Detachment) |
| April 30-May 16 | Sigel’s Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| May 10 | Brock’s Gap |
| May 15 | Battle of New Market |
| May 21, 29 & 30 & June 3 | Newtown |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid on Lynchburg |
| June 5 | Piedmont |
| June 6 | Occupation of Staunton |
| June 14 | Lexington |
| June 16 | Otter Creek |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 19 | Liberty |
| June 21 | Catawba Mountains |
| June 21-22 | Salem |
| June 27 | Bushy Ridge, Charlestown |
| July 1 | Winchester |
| July 2 | Bunker Hill |
| July 3 | Buckton |
| July 4 | Pleasant Valley |
| July 7 | Solomon’s Gap |
| July 7 | Brownsville |
| July 11 | Frederick City |
| July 15-16 | Near Hillsboro |
| July 16 | Purcellsville and near Wood’s Grove |
| July 17-18 | Snicker’s Gap and Snicker’s Ferry |
| July 19 | Ashby’s Gap and Berry’s Ford |
| July 20 | Salem |
| July 20 | Stevenson’s Depot |
| July 23 | Near Kernstown |
| July 24 | Kernstown, Winchester |
| July 25 | Bunker Hill and Martinsburg |
| August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| August 21-22 | Near Charlestown |
| August 24 | Falling Waters |
| September | Duty at Remount Camp, Cumberland, Md., Dept. of West Virginia |
| October 25-26 | Milford |
| November | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| November 12 | Nineyah |
| November 22 | Stony Creek, Hawkinsville, and Rude’s Hill, near Front Royal |
| November 24 | Near Kernstown |
| November 29 | Near Winchester |
| December 4 | Near Millwood |
| December 6 | White Post |
| December 19-28 | Raid on Gordonsville |
| December 21 | Liberty Mills |
| December 22-23 | Gordonsville |
| December 26 | Warrenton |
| December 27 | Ashby’s Gap |
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1865
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| January 19 | Near Paris |
| February 18-19 | Expedition from Winchester into Loudoun County |
| February 19 | Ashby’s Gap |
| March | Attached to Tibbitt’s Brigade, District of Harper’s Ferry, Dept. of West Virginia |
| March 22 | White Post |
| April 9 | Near Berryville |
| April-May | Duty at Washington, D.C. Attached to 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| June | Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas attached to the Dept. of Missouri |
| September | At Denver, Colo. |
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1866
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| June 23 | Company B mustered out at Denver, Colo. |
| June 26 | Company F mustered out |
| June 29 | Company G mustered out |
| July 3 | Company C mustered out |
| July 5 | Company E mustered out |
| July 7 | Company D mustered out |
| August 31 | Company A mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |