United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Cavalry
“Seymour Light Cavalry”
The regiment lost 31 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 97 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| June 20 | Regiment organized at Staten Island, N.Y., by consolidation of several incomplete cavalry organizations |
| June 23 | 6 Companies (A – F) left State for Washington, D.C. for patrol duty in rear of Army of the Potomac during Gettysburg Campaign under Lieutenant Colonel Henry S. Gansevoort and Major N. Coles. Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| July 15 | New York Riots (Companies G, H) |
| August | Duty in and covering the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
| August 14 | Companies G and H left state to join regiment at Washington, D.C. |
| August 24 | Action at Fairfax, Va. |
| September – October | Operations against Moseby |
| October 14 | Near Bristoe Station |
| October 16 | Chanuntily |
| December 9 | Near Lewinsville |
| December | Companies I – M left state to join regiment at Washington, D.C. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, Tyler’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| December 16 | Near Vienna |
| December 22 | Fairfax Court House |
| December 25-27 | Scout from Vienna to Leesburg |
| December 28-31 | Scout from Vienna to Hopewell Gap |
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1864
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| February 20 | Front Royal |
| February 25-26 | Scout from Vienna to Farmwell |
| April 28-May 1 | Scout from Vienna toward Upperville |
| May 1 | Carter’s Farm |
| May | Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, 22nd Army Corps |
| June 11 & July 9 | Near Aldie |
| July 6 | Mt. Zion Church, near Aldie |
| July 18-21 | Scout from Falls Church (Detachment) |
| August 8 | Fairfax Station |
| August 10 | Blue Ridge Mountains |
| September 3 | Annandale |
| September 4 | Culpeper |
| September 13 | Near Centreville |
| September 17 | Fairfax Station |
| September 22 | Culpeper |
| October 5-7 | Salem and White Plains |
| October 14 | Moseby’s Camp |
| October 16 | Union Mills |
| October 19 | Piedmont |
| October 22 | Near Fall’s Church |
| November | Assigned to 1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Army Corps |
| December 21 | Rectorstown |
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1865
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| January 1, 1865 | Lewinsville |
| February 3 | Near Broad Run |
| February 6 | Near Leesburg |
| March 12 | Near Peach Grove (Detachment) |
| March 18 | Near Dranesville (Detachment) |
| June 23 | The regiment, commanded by Colonel Henry S. Gansevoort, was consolidated with the 16th New York Cavalry to form 3rd Regiment Provisional Cavalry |