United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Cavalry
The First New York Mounted Rifles lost 2 officers and 30 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 124 enlisted men to disease and accidents during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at New York City as a Squadron of two companies, A and B, for duty in the Department of Virginia, commanded by Major Charles C. Dodge | |
| July 30 | Left state and mustered in at Fortress Monroe, Va. for duty at Fortress Monroe and at Camp Hamilton, Va. attached to District of Fortress Monroe, Dept. of Virginia |
| September 18 | Company C organized at Newburg, N.Y., and mustered in under Major C. C. Dodge |
| October 16 | Company D organized at Newburg, N.Y., and mustered in |
| December 6 | Companies C and D left state for Norfork |
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1862
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| March 8-9 | Action in Hampton Roads, Newport News between U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia |
| April 4 | Howard’s Bridge (Companies A and B) |
| April 5 | Near Lee’s Mills (Companies A and B) |
| May 10 | Tranter’s Creek, Norfolk, Va. |
| May 14 | Suffolk, Va. |
| May 27-31 | Reconnaissance to Edenton, N. C. |
| June – August | Companies E – H organized at New York City and mustered in |
| June 30 | Hertford, N. C. |
| July | Duty at Suffolk, Va. assigned to Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| July 10 | Smithfield |
| August | Companies E – H left state for Norfolk. Companies I – M organized at New York City and mustered in. Major Dodge promoted to colonel. |
| September 4 | South Mills |
| September 15 | Zuni |
| September 19 | Companies I – M join regiment |
| September 28 | Blackwater |
| October 4 | Blackwater near Zuni |
| October 20 and 25 | Zuni |
| October 31 | Near Franklin |
| November 3 | Zuni |
| November 12 | Providence Church |
| November 14 | Blackwater Bridge and Zuni |
| November 15 | Zuni Bridge |
| November 17 | Near Carrsville |
| November 18 | Franklin |
| November 25 | Zuni |
| December 7 | South Quay |
| December 8 and 11-13 | Zuni near Blackwater |
| December 12 | Joyner’s Ford |
| December 22 | Isle of Wight Court House |
| December 28 | Providence Church Road |
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1863
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| January 9 | Ely’s House near Providence Church |
| January 11 | Burnt Ordinary |
| January 20 | Jacksonville, N. C. |
| January 30 | Deserted House |
| February 7 | Edenton, N. C. |
| March 7-9 | Reconnaissance from Suffolk |
| March 7 | Chuckatuck |
| March 9 | Near Windsor |
| March 31 | Blackwater Bridge |
| April 11-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk. Assigned to Cavalry, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 11 | South Quay Road |
| April 12-13 | Edenton, Providence Church and Somerton Roads |
| April 15 | Edenton Road |
| May 3 | Providence Church Road, Chuckatuck and Reed’s Ferry |
| May 4 | Lake Drummond |
| May 12 | Blackwater Bridge |
| May 16 | Near Suffolk and Cartsville |
| May 17 | Scott’s Mills |
| May 18 | Near Blackwater, Windsor Road |
| May 23 | Antioch and Barber’s Cross Roads |
| May 31 | Blackwater Bridge |
| June 8 | South Mills |
| June 12 | South Quay Road |
| July 5 | Camden, N. C. |
| July | Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| July 12 and 22 | Currituck |
| July 25-August 2 | Raid to destroy railroad at Weldon |
| July 28 | Jackson |
| August 11-19 | Expedition from Portsmouth to Edenton, N. C. |
| August 15 | Edenton |
| August 18 | Pasquotank |
| August 26-29 | Expedition from Williamsburg to Bottom’s Bridge |
| August 29 | Barhamsville, Slatersville, New Kent Court House, Crump’s Cross Roads and Bottom’s Bridge |
| October 4-9 | Expedition to Matthews County. Assigned to U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| November 8 | Near Williamsburg |
| November 16 | Charles City Cross Roads |
| December 12-14 | Expedition to Charles City Court House |
| December 13 | Charles City Court House |
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1864
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| January 19 | New Kent Court House |
| January | Attached to Cavalry Brigade and Wistar’s Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| January 19-24 | Scouting from Williamsburg |
| February 6-8 | Wistar’s Expedition toward Richmond |
| February 7 | Bottom’s Bridge |
| March 1-4 | Expedition from Yorktown to New Kent Court House in aid of Kilpatrick |
| March 2 | White House |
| March 9-12 | Expedition into King and Queen County |
| March 9 | Belleroy |
| March 10 | Carlton’s Store |
| March 25 | Matthews County Court House |
| April | Attached to Army of the James |
| April 27-29 | Expedition from Williamsburg |
| April 27 | Twelve Mile Ordinary |
| April 28 | Twelve Mile Ordinary |
| May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Richmond and Petersburg |
| May 7 | Chester Station, Port Walthall Junction |
| May 8-10 | Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church |
| May 11 | Proctor’s Creek |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 12 | Wier Bottom Church |
| May 14 | Clover Hill Junction |
| May 14-16 | Drury’s Bluff |
| May 16 | Petersburg & Richmond Railroad |
| May 17 | Bottom’s Church |
| May 18-26 | Bermuda Hundred |
| June 2 | Walthall Junction |
| June 5 | West Point |
| June 8-10 | Petersburg |
| June 15-18 | Assaults on Petersburg |
| June 16 – March 27 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| June 23 | Deep Bottom |
| July | Attached to Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| July 11 | Surrey Court House |
| July 21 | Richmond & Petersburg Railroad |
| July 27-29 | Deep Bottom |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| September 16 | Cox’s Mills |
| September 29-October 1 | Chaffin’s Farm |
| October | Attached to 3rd Brigade, Kautz’s Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| October 13 and 16 | Darbytown Road |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| December 21 | Cone’s Creek |
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1865
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| February 5 | White Oak Swamp |
| March 5-8 | Expedition from Fort Monroe to Fredericksburg. Attached to Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia |
| March 11-13 | Expedition from Fort Monroe into Westmoreland County |
| March 11 | Williamsburg |
| March 12 | Near Windsor |
| March 17 | Near New Kent Court House |
| March 18 | Seven Pines |
| March 19 | White House |
| March 28-April 11 | Expedition from Deep Bottom to near Weldon, N. C. Attached to District of Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 4 | Weldon Railroad |
| April 5 | Murfreesboro, N. C. |
| April 7 | Somerton |
| April 17 | Near Jackson |
| April-July | Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., Dept. of Va. |
| July 21 | Mustered out by consolidation with 3rd New York Cavalry to form 4th Provisional Cavalry. |