United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Cavalry
“Lincoln Cavalry”
The 1st New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment lost 5 officers and 43 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 119 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| July 16 – August 31 |
Organized at New York City by Carl Schurz. Nine companies were recruited in New York City, 4 of these being composed of Germans, Hungarians and Poles. Company C was recruited at Philadelphia, Company F at Syracuse, and Company K at Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| July 31- September 7 |
Left State by Detachments for Washington, D.C. under Colonel Andrew T. McReynolds, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Von Schickfuss and Majors Charles Ogle, Alonzo Adams and August Haurand. |
| August-March | Duty In the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Defenses of Washington and Alexandria |
| August 7 | Company C, under Captain William Boyd, crossed the Potomac to Alexandria, the first volunteer cavalry to take the field. |
| August 18 | Scout to Accotink. Company C under Captain William Boyd: Skirmish at Pohick Church. Private Jacob Erwin was killed, the first Union volunteer cavalryman to die in the war. |
| September 3 | The Grand Rapids, Michigan Company (Company K) joined the regiment in Washington |
| September 10 | Company M arrived from New York, completing the organization of the regiment’s 12 companies. |
| October 4 | Attached to Franklin’s and Heintzelman’s Divisions, Army of the Potomac |
| October 10 | Moved aross the Potomac and into camp near Ball’s Cross Roads |
| November 12 | Companies B, C and G: Reconnaissance to Pohick Church and Accotink River. Company G: Opequan |
| November 27 | Fairfax Court House (Companies C and F) |
| December 2 | Annandale Church |
| December 13 | Private William Johnson of Company D was executed in front of the regiment for attempted desertion to the enemy, the first in the Army of the Potomac. |
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1862
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| March 9 |
Sangster’s StationLieutenant Harry B. Hidden of Company H was killed in the opening skirmish of General Kearney’s advance up the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. |
| March 10 | Burke Station |
| March 24 | Attached to Cavalry, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April | Attached to 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| April 5-May 4 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula for Siege of Yorktown. Attached to Cavalry, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Company E was detached as escort to wagon trains on the Peninsula. |
| May 7 | West Point |
| May 22 | Mechanicsville |
| May 27 | Hanover C. H. |
| May 31-June 1 | Fair Oaks |
| June 13 | Hanover C. H. |
| June 25 | Oak Grove |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
| June 26 |
Mechanicsville |
| June 27 |
Gaines Mill and Garnett’s Farm |
| June 28 |
Garnett’s and Golding’s Farms |
| June 29 |
Savage Station and Willis Church |
| June 30 |
White Oak Swamp, Glendale and Malvern Cliff |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill and Cold Harbor |
| July 2 | Crew’s Farm, Carter’s Hill |
| July 3 | Gum Run Swamp |
| July 8 | Assigned to 1st Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
| July 9 | Long Bridge Road |
| July 31 | Harrison’s Landing |
| August 20 | Stevensburg, Raccoon Ford and Brandy Station |
| September | Attached to 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac |
| September 6 | Cacapon Bridge, Md. and Seneca Creek |
| September 9-10 | Hyattstown |
| September 12 | Frederick City |
| September 13-15 | Emmettsburg |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| September 19 | Williamsport |
| September 20 | Near Shepherdstown |
| October | Attached to Averill’s Cavalry Command, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
| October 2 and 4 | Blue’s Gap, W. Va. |
| October 2 | Hanging Rock |
| October 4 | Cacapon Bridge and Hanging Rock |
| October 6 | North River Mills, South Branch and Cacapon Bridge |
| October 10 | White’s Ford |
| October 17 | Hanging Rock |
| October 18 | South Branch |
| October 27 | Springfield |
| October 29 | North River Mills |
| October 29 | French’s Store |
| November | Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
| November 4 | Occoquan Ferry |
| November 5 | Pughstown |
| November 6 | Lockhart’s Gap and Paw Paw Tunnel |
| November 9 | Moorefield, South Fork Potomac (Detachment) |
| November 10 | Romney Bridge |
| November 15 | Near Springfield |
| November 22 and December 4 | Near Winchester |
| December 11 | Darkesville |
| December 12 | Bunker Hill |
| December 25 | Charlestown |
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1863
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| January | Attached to Milroy’s Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps |
| January 7 | Woodstock |
| January 17 | Newtown and Strasburg |
| January 26 | Devil’s Hole |
| February | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, then 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps |
| February 6 | Millwood |
| February 9 | Near Winchester |
| February 15 | Woodstock |
| February 26 | Kernstown and Strasburg |
| April 13 | Snicker’s Ferry, Berry’s Ferry and Front Royal |
| April 14 | Paris |
| April 17 | Mansfield |
| April 21 | Millwood |
| April 27 | Moorefield |
| May 4-9 | Scout in Hampshire County, W. Va. |
| May 12-14 | Scout from Snicker’s Ferry |
| May 13 | Upperville |
| May 13 | Middleburg |
| May 16 | Berry’s Ferry |
| May 28 | Upperville |
| June 5 | Berryville |
| June 8 | Piedmont |
| June 9 | Goose Creek |
| June 13 | Near White Post and Millwood, Berryville and Bunker Hill, and Opequan Creek, near Winchester |
| June 14 | Martinsburg |
| June 14-15 | Winchester |
| June 15-July 1 | Milroy’s retreat |
| June 15 | Williamsport, Md. |
| June 16 | Hancock |
| June 20 and 22 | Greencastle, Pa. |
| June 23 | Shippensburg |
| June 23 | Near Harper’s Ferry |
| June 25 | Cashtown |
| June 25-26 | Carlisle. Attached to Pierce’s Brigade, Dept. of the Susquehanna |
| June 26-27 | Harper’s Ferry |
| June 27 | Near Kingston |
| June 29 | McConnellsburg, Pa., Hancock, Md., Keedysville, near Kingston |
| June 30 | Near Arendtsville |
| July 1 | Near Fayette and near Carlisle |
| July 2 | Near McConnellsburg |
| July 3 | Near Bendersville, Quaker Vale and Falling Water |
| July 4 | Cranstown and Frederick City |
| July 5 | Cunningham Cross Roads, Near Greencastle, Pa. (Detachment) |
| July 6 | Waynesboro, Waterloo |
| July 8 | Antietam Creek |
| July 10 | Williamsport |
| July 12 | Sharpsburg |
| July 14 | Bendersville |
| July 16 | Pine Grove Furnace |
| July 17 | Shepherdstown |
| July 22 | Mount Rock |
| July 23 | Martinsburg and Shepherdstown |
| August | Atached to McReynolds’ Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia |
| August 14 | Bull Run Mountain and near Winchester |
| August 21 | Smithfield |
| August 22 | Berryville |
| September 1 | Leesburg |
| September 2-23 | Expedition from Martinsburg |
| September 2 | Bloomer’s Gap |
| September 5 | Middletown |
| September 9 | Near Winchester |
| September 15-16 | Smithfield |
| September 19 | Strasburg and Smithfield |
| October 14 | Back Creek Valley |
| October 15 | Hedgesville |
| October 17 | Berryville |
| October 18 | Charlestown |
| October 27 | Summit Point |
| October 31 | Winchester |
| November 6 | Newtown |
| November 15-18 |
Expedition to New Market.Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Army of West Virginia |
| November 16 | Woodstock and Edenburg, Mt. Jackson |
| November 17 | Middletown |
| November 18 | Edenburg |
| December 10-24 | Wells’ Demonstration from Kanawha Valley |
| December 12 | Mt. Jackson |
| December 13 | Near Strasburg |
| December 15 | Harrisonburg |
| December 20 | Mt. Jackson |
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1864
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| January 1 | Regiment reenlisted |
| January 23-25 | Scout to Woodstock. Va. |
| January 23 | Newtown and Woodstock |
| February 2 | Mechanicsburg Gap |
| February 4 | Moorefield |
| February 8 | Front Royal |
| February 10 | Charlestown |
| February 11 | Moorefield |
| February 20 | Upperville |
| February 28- March 1 |
Custer’s Raid into Albemarle County (Detachment) |
| February 29 | Near Charlottesville |
| March 1 | Stannardsville |
| March 10 | Cablestown |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| April 19-20 | Winchester |
| April 24 | Near Middletown and New Market (Detachment) |
| April 30-May 16 |
Sigel’s Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market |
| May 1 | Upperville |
| May 6 | Near Berryville |
| May 7 | Upperville |
| May 9 | Millwood |
| May 10 | Brock’s Gap |
| May 13 | Woodstock, Luray Gap and near New Market . |
| May 14 | Rude’s Hill |
| May 14-15 |
New Market |
| May 15 | Burnt Bridge |
| May 16 | Paris |
| May 17 | Salem |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Raid to Lynchburg |
| May 26 | New Market |
| May 31 | Woodstock |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| June 2 | Harrisonburg |
| June 5 | Piedmont |
| June 6 | Occupation of Staunton |
| June 8 | Near Staunton |
| June 10 | Waynesboro |
| June 13 | Lexington |
| June 14 | Buchanan |
| June 17 | New London and Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 19 | Liberty |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | Catawba Mountains and Salem |
| June 26 | Leetown |
| June 27 | Charlestown and Big Sewell Mountain |
| July | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
| July 3 | Leetown and Martinsburg |
| July 5 | Williamsport |
| July 8 | Frederick City |
| July 9 | Ashby’s Gap |
| July 14 | White’s Ford |
| July 15 | Harper’s Ferry, Lovettsville and Hillsboro |
| July 16 | Purcellville |
| July 17-18 | White’s Ford and Snicker’s Ferry |
| July 18-19 | Ashby’s Gap |
| July 23 | Near Kernstown |
| July 24 |
Second Battle of Kernstown |
| July 25 | Bunker Hill and Martinsburg |
| July 27 | Bloomer’s Gap |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign.Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia. |
| August 7 | Moorefield |
| August 15 | Strasburg |
| August 16 | Leetown and Berryville |
| August 19 | Martinsburg |
| August 21 | Charlestown |
| August 23 | Bolivar Heights |
| August 24 | Falling Waters |
| August 26 | Halltown |
| August 26 | Williamsport |
| August 31 | Martinsburg |
| September 1 | Stephenson’s Depot |
| September 1-3 | Buckletown |
| September 2 | Darkesville, near Bunker Hill, and Martinsburg |
| September 2-3 | Bunker Hill |
| September 3 | Darkesville |
| September 5 | Stephenson’s Depot |
| September 10 | Darkesville |
| September 13 | Bunker Hill |
| September 14 | Near Berryville |
| September 17 | Burnt Factory |
| September 18 | Martinsburg |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 21 | Strasburg |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| September 23 | Woodstock |
| September 23-24 | Mt. Jackson |
| September 24 | Forest Hill or Timberville |
| September 25 | Harrisonburg |
| September 26 | Brown’s Gap |
| September 26-27 | Weyer’s Cave |
| October 2-3 | Luray Valley |
| October 5 | Rapidan River |
| October 7 | Big Springs |
| October 9 | Milford |
| October 14 | White Post |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 23 | Dry Run |
| October 25-26 | Milford |
| November 1 | Rood’s Hill |
| November 12 | Newtown and Nineveh |
| November 22 | Rood’s Hill |
| December | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division and Army Potomac |
| December 9 | Dicksville |
| December 19-28 |
Raid to Gordonsville |
| December 21 | Liberty Mills |
| December 23 | Jack’s Shop, near Gordonsville |
| December 27 | Near Ashby’s Gap |
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1865
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| February 27 – March 25 |
Sheridan’s Raid from Winchester |
| February 28 | Mount Crawford |
| March 2 | Waynesboro and Occupation of Staunton |
| March 12 | Haydensville |
| March 15 | Beaver Dam Station |
| March 23 | White House |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox CampaignAttached to Cavalry Corps, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division |
| March 29-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
| April 1 |
Five Forks |
| April 3 |
Namozine Church |
| April 4 |
Jettersville |
| April 5 |
Amelia Court House |
| April 5-6 |
Farmville |
| April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
| April 7 | Stony Point |
| April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-29 | Movement to North Carolina |
| May | March to Washington, D.C |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 27 | Mustered out and honorably discharged from service at Alexandria, Virginia under Colonel Alonzo Adams. |