United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 33 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 96 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| June and July | Organized at Harrisburg for six months service |
| June-July | Engaged in guarding fords of the Susquehanna above and below Harrisburg, and picketing roads into Cumberland Valley |
| July 6-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
| August | Moved to Harper’s Ferrfor duty there and and in the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. West Virginia |
| October 13 | Action at Burlington, W. Va. |
| November 16 | Mt. Jackson and Upperville |
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1864
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| February 5 | Mustered out |
| February | Re-Organized at Chambersburg by consolidation of a battalion of six months Cavalry and the Ringgold Cavalry Battalion of five Companies |
| February 22 | Washington County Cavalry Company and Lafayette Cavalry Company consolidated with the regiment |
| March 1 | Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va. then to Cumberland, Md. Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia |
| March 5 | Jacob C. Higgins, former lieutenant colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry and colonel of the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry, was appointed colonel. |
| April | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia. Dismounted men attached to Reserve Division, Pleasant Valley, Md., Dept. West Virginia |
| April 30-May 16 | Sigel’s Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market |
| May 10 | Lost River Gap |
| May 12 | Lynchburg |
| May 15 | New MarketDismounted men at Camp Stoneman |
| May 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Expedition to Lynchburg |
| June 5 | Piedmont, Mt. Crawford |
| June 6 | Occupation of Staunton |
| June 16 | Dismounted men at Martinsburg attached to Kelly’s Command, West Virginia |
| June 19 | Newtown |
| June 20 | Salem |
| June 21 | Catawba Mountains |
| July 3 | Dismounted men at Leetown and Darkesville. |
| July 4-7 | Dismounted men – Operations about Harper’s Ferry |
| July 5-15 | Regiment moved to Shenandoah Valley |
| July 6 | Dismounted men at Hagerstown, Md. |
| July 6-7 | Dismounted men at Maryland Heights |
| July 7 | Dismounted men at Antietam Bridge |
| July 17-18 | Regiment at Snicker’s Ferry |
| July 19 | Ashby’s Gap and Berry’s Ford |
| July 22 | Dismounted men ordered to Pleasant Valley. Colonel Higgins temporarily took command of the brigade as senior officer. |
| July 23 | Regiment near Kernstown |
| July 24 |
Second Battle of Kernstown |
| July 25 | Bunker Hill and Martinsburg |
| July 29 | Colonel Higgins was dismissed for having caused a panic among the teamsters at Kernstown. He would be reinstated in October. |
| August 7 | Near Moorefield |
| August 8 | Dismounted men joined Torbert |
| August | Regiment reunited at Hagerstown and was attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah |
| August to November |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 19 | Near Opequan Creek |
| August 20 | Opequan Creek |
| August 21 | Near Berryville and Summit Point |
| August 21-22 | Charlestown |
| August 26 | Williamsport |
| August 31 | Martinsburg |
| September 2 | Darkesville |
| September 2-3 | Bunker Hill |
| September 10 | Darkesville |
| September 13 | Bunker Hill |
| September 14 | Near Berryville |
| September 18 | Near Martinsburg |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| September 23-24 | Mt. Jackson |
| September 24 | Forest Hill or Timberville |
| September 26 | Brown’s Gap |
| September 26-27 | Weyer’s Cave |
| September 28 | Port Republic |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 23 | Dry Run |
| October 25 | Colonel Higgins’ dismissal from Kernstown was revoked due to insufficient evidence. |
| October | Moved to Martinsburg |
| December 20 | At New Creek and duty in Hardy, Hampshire and Pendleton Counties. Attached to Reserve Division, Department of West Virginia |
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1865
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| January 11-15 | Scout to Greenland Gap and Franklin |
| March 14-17 | Scout to Moorefield |
| April | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| June 24 | Consolidated with 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry to form 3rd Provisional Cavalry |