United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Artillery, Cavalry & Engineers
The 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Regiment lost 9 officers and 89 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 257 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861
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August – October | Organized as the 64th Pennsylvania Volunteers at Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh |
October 18 | The regiment was mustered in under Colonel David Campbell and Lieutenant Colonel James H. Childs. |
October | Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Stoneman’s Cavalry Command, Army Potomac |
December 28 | Companies A & B assigned as escort to General Keys |
1862
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February 25 | Cos. A & B returned to regiment |
March 12 | Colonel Campbell was transferred to the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel James H. Childs was promoted to colonel and Captain George H. Covode was promoted to major. |
May | Attached to McCall’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
May 10 | Joined McDowell at Fredericksburg |
May-June | Scouting on the Rappahannock |
June | Attached to McCall’s Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 14 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
June 24 | Arrived at White House |
June 25 | Companies A, G, H and K ordered to Yorktown, Va. |
June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 | Meadow Bridge near Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville |
June 27 | Gaines’ Mill, Cold Harbor |
June 28 | Reconnaissance to Bottom’s Bridge |
June 29 | Rear guard to Army Potomac |
June 30 | Glendale or Nelson’s Farm |
July 1 | Malvern Hill |
July 2-3 | Reconnaissance to Charles City C. H. |
July-August | At Harrison’s Landing. Attached to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Potomac. |
July 11 – July 29 | Reconnaissance from Harrison’s Landing (Co. F) |
August 16-18 | Rear Guard to Yorktown |
August 19-25 | Duty at Yorktown |
September 4 | Reached Washington, D.C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Pleasanton’s Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac. |
September-October |
Maryland CampaignColonel Childs took command of the brigade due to General Averell’s illness. Lieutenant Colonel James Kerr commanded the regiment. |
September 14 | Battle of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamColonel Childs was killed on the 17th, disemboweled by an artillery round. Lieutenant Colonel Kerr was promoted to colonel. A small monument on the Antietam battlefield marks the spot where Childs was killed. From the brigade marker on the Antietam battlefield: The Third Brigade supported Battery “A” (Tidball’s) 2d U.S. Artillery in its advance, piece by piece, to the crest of the ridge in front, by deploying on either side of this road, – the 4th Pennsylvania on the right, and the 6th on the left – and forcing back the Confederate skirmishers. Col. James A. Childs, commanding 4th Regiment, when on the road a few yards east of this point, was mortally wounded by a rifled shot. The Brigade was relieved by the advance of the Regular Infantry late in the afternoon. |
September 19 | Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown Ford |
October 15-16 | Kearneysville and Shepherdstown, W. Va. (Detachment) |
October 16-17 | Scout to Smithfield (Detachment) |
October 20 and 22 | Hedgesville |
October 21 | Hillsboro and Lovettsville Road |
November 2-3 | Bloomfield, Union and Upperville. Attached to Averill’s Cavalry Brigade, Center Grand Division, Army Potomac. |
November 3 | Ashby’s Gap |
November 4 | Markham Station |
November 5-6 | Manassas Gap |
November 7 | Jefferson |
November 8 | Little Washington |
November | Duty near Hartwood Church |
November 10 | Gaines’ Cross Roads |
November 14 | Waterloo |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 21-23 | Scout to Catlett’s Station and Brentsville (Detachment) |
December 29-30 | Expedition to Richard’s and Ellis’ Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863
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January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
February 5-7 | Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac. |
February 25 | Hartwood Church |
March 17 and 29 | Kelly’s Ford |
April 29-May 8 | Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman’s Raid |
April 29 | Passage of Kelly’s Ford |
April 30 | Raccoon Ford |
May 2 | Ely’s Ford |
May 17 | Colonel Kerr resigned and Lieutenant Colonel William E. Doster took command of the regiment. |
June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationCommanded by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Doster. |
June 17 | Aldie. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac. |
June 18-19 | Middleburg |
June 21 | Upperville |
June 30 | Hanover, Pa. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William E. Doster. It brought 307 men to the field and lost 1 man killed. From the monument: Detached on the morning of July 2nd from the Brigade at the junction of White Run and Baltimore Turnpike, ordered to report to Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Supported a battery temporarily near this position. On picket at night, retiring late on the afternoon of the 3rd to Second Cavalry Division. |
July 5 | Green Oak |
July 14 | Near Harper’s Ferry |
July 15-16 | Shepherdstown |
August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
September 1 | Scouting until September. Corbin’s Cross Roads |
September 13-17 | Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 | Culpeper C. H. |
October 1 | Near Culpeper C. H. |
October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
October 10-11 | James City |
October 11 | Near Warrenton |
October 12-13 | Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
October 12 | Jeffersontown |
October 14 | Auburn and Bristoe Station |
October 14 | St. Stephen’s Church |
November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
November 26 | Brentsville |
November 27 | New Hope Church and Catlett’s Station |
November 29 | Brentsville |
November to January 20 | Cos. A & F at Bull Run Bridge |
December 8 | Major Covode was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
1864
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January 22-24 | Scout to Middleburg (Detachment) |
February 28-May 4 | Kilpatrick’s Raid on Richmond |
February 29 | Beaver Dam Station |
March 1 | Brook’s Turnpike |
March-May | At Camp Stoneman |
March 25-April 25 | Veterans on furlough |
May-June | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 1 | Lieutenant Colonel Covode was promoted to colonel. |
May 3 | Sumner’s Bridge |
May 5-8 | Todd’s Tavern |
May 9-10 | North Anna River |
May 9-24 | Sheridan’s Raid to James River |
May 11 | Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern, Glen Allen Station |
May 12 | Brook Church or Richmond Fortifications |
May 19 | Rejoined the Army of the Potomac |
May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28 | Haw’s Shop |
May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
May 31-June 1 | Battle of Cold Harbor |
June 2 | Sumner’s Upper Bridge |
June 7-24 | Sheridan’s Trevillian Raid |
June 8 | Elliott’s Mills |
June 11-12 | Trevillian Station |
June 21 | White House or St. Peter’s Church, Black Creek or Tunstall Station |
June 24 | St. Mary’s Church
Colonel Covode was mortally wounded by gunshot wounds in the arm and stomach and left in Confederate lines. He would die the next day. |
June 25 | Samuel B.M. Young was promoted to colonel. |
June | Siege of Petersburg |
June 29 | Charles’ Cross Roads |
July 12 | Warwick Swamp |
July 27-29 | Demonstration on north side of the James |
July 28 | Malvern Hill |
July 30 | Warwick Swamp |
August 13-20 | Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
August 14 | Gravel Hill |
August 16-18 | Strawberry Plains |
August 18 | White Oak Swamp |
August 18-21 | Weldon Railroad (Detachment) |
August 23 | Dinwiddie Road near Ream’s Station |
August 25 | Ream’s Station |
September 13 | Reconnaissance to Poplar Springs Church |
September 15 | Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie C. H. |
September 17 | Belcher’s Mills |
September 29 | Ream’s Station |
September 29-October 2 | Poplar Springs Church |
September 30-October 1 | Arthur’s Swamp |
October 27-28 | Battle of Boydton Plank Road, or Hatcher’s Run |
November 7 | Reconnaissance to Stony Creek |
December 1 | Stony Creek Station |
December 7-12 | Hicksford Expedition |
December 8 | Bellefield |
December 10 | High Hill |
1865
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February 5 | Rowanty Creek |
February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 | Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run (Co. C) |
March 30-31 | Dinwiddie C. H. |
March 31 | White Oak Road (Co. C) |
April 1 | Battle of Five Forks |
April 5 | Paine’s Cross Roads and Amelia Springs |
April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
April 7 | Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-29 | Expedition to Danville |
May 20-22 | Expedition after Extra Billy Smith |
May 23 – June 10 | At Lynchburg |
July 1 | Mustered out |