United States Regiments & Batteries > Rhode Island
The 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry Regiment lost 1 officer and 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 77 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. Over 2,000 men served with the regiment, which suffered heavy casualties in wounded and captured through the war.
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1861
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| December 14 – March 3 |
Organized at Pawtucket as 1st New England Cavalry, afterwards designated 1st Rhode Island Cavalry |
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1862
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| March 12 & 14 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| March | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., attached to Stoneman’s Cavalry Command, Army of the Potomac, then to Hatch’s Cavalry Brigade, Banks’ 5th Corps |
| April 4 | Moved to Warrenton Junction, Va. |
| April 16 | Reconnaissance to Rappahannock River (3rd Battalion), Warrenton Junction, Reconnaissance to Liberty Church |
| April 17 | Occupation of Mt. Jackson (4 Companies) |
| April 18 | Reconnaissance to Rappahannock Crossing (4 Companies) |
| May | Attached to Shields’ Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock (3rd Battalion); Geary’s Command, Dept. of the Rappahannock (1st Battalion) |
| May 29 | Advance to Front Royal |
| May 30 | Front Royal (3rd Battalion) |
| June 1 | Strasburg |
| April 2 | Columbia Bridge |
| June 3 | Edenburg |
| June 4 | Miller’s Bridge |
| June 5 | New Market |
| June 6 | Harrisonburg |
| June 8 | Cross Keys |
| June 9 | Port Republic and Mountain Road |
| June | Scouting on the Rappahannock, attached to Bayard’s Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| July 22-24 | Reconnaissance to James City |
| August 3-4 | Rapidan River |
| August 7 | Slaughter River |
| August 8 | Robinson’s River |
| August 9 | Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 16- September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 20 | Stevensburg, Raccoon Ford and Brandy Station |
| August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 22 | Catlett’s Station |
| August 23 | Rappahannock Station |
| August 27 | New Baltimore |
| August 28 | Gainesville |
| August 30 | Bull Run |
| August 31 | Centreville, Chantilly and Germantown |
| September 1 | Chantilly |
| September | Attached to Stoneman’s Corps of Observation |
| September 15 | White’s Ford |
| October 12 | White’s Ford |
| October 27 | Advance to Falmouth, Va. |
| October 31 | Mountsville (Companies K, L and M) |
| November 16 | Hazel Run |
| December | Attached to Averell’s Cavalry Brigade, Centre Grand Division, Army of the Potomac |
| December 12-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg (Companies K and M) |
| December 29-30 | Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords |
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1863
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| February | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac |
| February 25 | Hartwood Church |
| March 17 | Kelly’s Ford |
| April 27-May 8 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 8 | Stoneman’s Raid |
| April 29 | Kelly’s Ford |
| May 1 | Rapidan Station |
| May 4 | Ellis Ford |
| June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationCommanded by Lieutenant Colonel John L. Thompson. |
| June 17 & 18 |
MiddleburgThe regiment was surrounded and almost wiped out, losing 240 out of 280 men engaged. Six men were killed and 20 wounded. Of the 210 men captured 40 managed to escape before being taken to prison in Richmond. Color Sergeant G.A. Robinson concealed the colors on his person before he was captured and brought them safely back to Union lines when he escaped a short time later. Colonel Duffié escaped with 4 officers and 27 men. |
| July-September | The regiment was reconstituted and took part in scouting and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac. |
| September 13-17 | Advance front Rapidan to the Rappahannock |
| September 13 | Culpeper Court House |
| September 15 | Rapidan Station |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 12 | Near Warrenton |
| October 12-13 | White Sulphur Springs, Culpeper |
| October 14 | Auburn and Bristoe, Brentsville |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | New Hope Church |
| December | Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
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1864
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| January | Attached to Cavalry Brigade, Camp Stoneman, 22nd Army Corps |
| January 5 | 3rd Battalion transferred to 1st New Hampshire Cavalry |
| May 14 | Assigned to Abercrombie’s Command, Belle Plains, Va. |
| May 24-30 | Picket duty at Port Conway and Port Royal |
| May 29 | Bowling Green |
| June | Attached to Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration north of the James |
| July 27-28 | Deep Bottom |
| July 28 | Malvern Hill |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Headquarters Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| August 25-26 | Shepherdstown |
| August 25 | Kearneysville |
| August 29 | Smithfield |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester) |
| September 21-22 | Battle of Fisher’s Hill and Milford |
| September 24 | Brown’s Gap |
| September 29 | Waynesboro |
| October | Attached to 3rd (Reserve) Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| December 8-28 | Raid to Gordonsville |
| December 23 | Jack’s Shop, near Gordonsville |
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1865
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| January 1 | Consolidated to a Battalion of 4 Companies |
| February 27-March 3 | Sheridan’s Raid from Winchester |
| March 2 | Waynesboro |
| March 3-8 | Guard prisoners from Waynesboro to Winchester |
| March | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley attached to Cavalry Brigade, Army Shenandoah |
| June 22 | At Monrovia Station and Relay House, Md. |
| August 3 | Mustered out at Baltimore, Md. |