United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 4 officers and 80 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 116 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| June 28-August 1 | Organized at Harrisburg and Chambersburg for six months service |
| August 1 | Company B at Gettysburg, Pa.Companies C, E, H, K, L & M, duty at Pottsville, Pa., and Scranton, Pa. |
| August 23 | Companies A, D, F, G and I ordered to Harper’s Ferry. Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. West Virginia |
| November 15-18 | Expedition from Charlestown to New Market (Detachment) |
| November 16 | Mount Jackson |
| December 10-21 | Wells’ demonstration from Harper’s Ferry |
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1864
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| January 3 | Skirmish at Winchester |
| February 20 | Mustered out |
| February | Reorganized at Harrisburg |
| April 1 | Company D detached for duty at Scranton, Pa., entire term. |
| May 15 | Regiment moved to Washington, D. C. |
| June 1 | Joined Army Potomac in the field at Cold Harbor, Va. operating dismounted. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 16 to April 2 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| August 18-21 | Weldon Railroad |
| September | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps |
| September 29-October 2 | Poplar Springs Church |
| October 5 | Sent to City Point and mounted. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 | Warren’s Expedition to Hicksford |
| December 9-10 | Bellefield |
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1865
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| February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 30-31 | Dinwiddie C. H. |
| April 1 |
Five Forks |
| April 5 | Paine’s Cross Road |
| April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville |
| May-June | Moved to Lynchburg, Va., and duty there and in Dept. of Virginia |
| July 8 | Mustered out |