United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Cavalry
The Second Mounted Rifles lost 2 officers and 30 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 124 enlisted men to disease and accidents during the Civil War.
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1863
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| Organized at Lockport and Buffalo, N.Y. under Colonel John Fisk | |
| October 31 | Company A mustered in |
| November 2 | Company I mustered in |
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1864
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| January 12 | Company B mustered in |
| January 26 | Company C mustered in |
| January 27 | Company D mustered in |
| January 29 | Company E mustered in |
| January 29 | Company L mustered in |
| February 5 | Companies F & G mustered in |
| February 4 | Company H mustered in |
| February 6 | Company K mustered in |
| February 13 | Company M mustered in |
| March 4 | Moved to Washington, D.C. then to Belle Plains, Va. and attached to 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D.C., operating as unmounted infantry. |
| May 15-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign. Assigned to Provisional Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 15-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| May 31 | Hanover Court House |
| June 1-12 | Cold Harbor. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
| June 3 | Bethesda Church |
| June | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 16 – April 2 | Siege of Petersburg |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| August 18-21 | Weldon Railroad |
| September | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps |
| September 29-October 2 | Poplar Springs Church |
| October 4 | Pegram’s Farm |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| November 16 | The regiment was mounted and attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| December 1 | Stony Creek Station |
| December 7-12 | Raid on Weldon Railroad, known as Warren’s Hicksford Raid |
| December 9-10 | Bellefield, Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 30-31 | Dinwiddie Court House |
| April 1 |
Five Forks |
| April 3 | Namozine Church |
| April 4 | Jettersville |
| April 5 | Amelia Springs and Jarrett’s Station |
| April 6 | Sailor’s Creek, Harper’s Farm, Gravelly Run and Deatonville Road |
| April 7 | Farmville |
| April 8 | Pamplin Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville to cooperate with General Sherman |
| May | Provost duty in Sub-District of the Appomattox, District of the Nottaway, Dept. of Virginia |
| August 10 | Mustered out |