United States Regiments & Batteries > Vermont
The 1st Vermont Volunteer Cavalry Regiment lost 10 officers and 124 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 200 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
It is honored by two monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield.
From the main monument: “Took part in the battles of Gettysburg, Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Waynesboro, Five Forks, Appomattox Station and 67 other battles and engagements. Aggregate 2297 officers and men. Killed and mortally wounded in action 102; died of disease and by accidents 123; died in Confederate prisons 172 – total 397. Total wounded in action 275.”
1861
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Organized at Burlington under the command of Colonel Lemuel B. Platt and Lieutenant Colonel George B. Kellogg | |
November 19 | Mustered in |
December 14 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
December 25 | Moved to Annapolis, Md. and duty there |
1862
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January 9-10 | Moved to Washington, D. C. Attached to Banks’ Division, Army of the Potomac |
March 12-13 | To Rockville, Md., and Edward’s Ferry. Attached to Hatch’s Cavalry Brigade, Banks’ 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 28 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
April 1 | To Middletown |
April 4 | Assigned to Department of the Shenandoah, Hatch’s Cavalry Command |
April 16 | Advanced up the Valley past Strasburg and Edinburg, opposed by Ashby’s Confederate cavalry. |
April 17 | Advanced to Mt. Jackson with the 5th Ohio Infantry. |
April 27 | McGaheysville (Companies A, D and K) |
May 7 | Somerville Heights (Company B) |
May 15-June 17 | Operations in Shenandoah Valley |
May 24 | Middletown |
May 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
May 25-26 | Retreat to Williamsport |
June 18-19 | Near Winchester; attached to Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 29-30 | Reconnaissance from Front Royal to Luray |
June 30 | Luray Court House |
July 12 | Culpeper Court House |
July 17 | Gordonsville |
August 2 and 13 | Orange Court House |
August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 21 | Kelly’s Ford |
September 1 | Liberty Bridge; attached to Price’s Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps |
September 5 | Aquia Creek |
September 15 | Conrad’s Ferry |
September 21 | Orange Court House |
September 22 | Ashby’s Gap |
September 29 | Company L organized at St. Albans |
October | Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
November 8 | Warrenton |
December 28 | Annandale |
December 30 | Company M organized at Burlington |
1863
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January 9 | Fairfax Court House |
February 6, 9, 13 and 14 | Dranesville |
February 16 | Goose Creek |
February 19 | Leesburg |
March 2 | Aldie |
March 17 | Herndon Station |
April 1 | Broad Run, Dranesville |
May 11, 23 and 31 | Warrenton |
April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, Stahel’s Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
May 30 | Near Greenwich |
June | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 30 | Littleton and Hanover, Pa. |
July 2 | Hunterstown |
July 3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Addison W. Preston. It brought 687 men to the field, losing 13 killed, 25 wounded and 27 missing. From the Slyder Field monument: In the Gettysburg campaign this regiment fought Stuart’s Cavalry at Hanover, Pa. June 3d, and at Hunterstown July 2d; and on this field July 3, led by Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth, who fell near this spot, charged through the First Texas Infantry and to the line of Law’s Brigade, receiving the fire of five Confederate regiments and two batteries, and losing 67 men. From the monument on Confederate Avenue: At 5 p.m. July 3 the 2nd Battalion 1st Vermont Cavalry led by Major William Wells, General Farnsworth commanding the brigade riding by his side crossed Plum Run near this point charging over stone walls amid rocks and through woods till they encountered five regiments of Law’s Confederate Brigade near the spot where the regimental monument stands. The 1st Battalion and part of the 3rd Lt. Col. A.W. Preston commanding were ordered to the lane and struck Law’s Brigade in the flank. The onset was terrific sabres and bayonets revolvers and muskets being freely used after a struggle the hill was carried by the 1st Vermont and the prisoners captured sent to the rear. The three battalions united soon came under the fire of the 4th Alabama Infantry and presently of the 9th Georgia Infantry finding no exit to the south they turned to the east and charged the 15th Alabama Infantry which answered a summons to surrender by a destructive musketry fire. Those unhurt escaping mostly to the south. This memorial signalizes the valor of the officers and the men of the First Vermont Cavalry who here paid to the nation the uttermost tribute of devotion. |
July 4 | Monterey Gap |
July 5 | Smithburg, Md., |
July 6 | Hagerstown |
July 8 | Boonsboro |
July 11-13 | Hagerstown |
July 14 | Falling Water |
August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 25 | King George Court House |
September 1 | Lamb’s Creek Church |
September 1-3 | Expedition to Port Conway |
September 13-17 | Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 | Culpeper Court House |
September 14 | Somerville Ford |
September 21-23 | Reconnaissance across the Rapidan |
September 26 | Richard’s Ford |
October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
October 10 | James City and Bethesda Church |
October 11 | Brandy Station and near Culpeper |
October 14 and 19 | Gainesville |
October 17-18 | Groveton |
October 19 | Catlett’s Station and Buckland’s Mills |
November 4 | Falmouth |
November 7-8 | Advance to the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 26 | Morton’s Ford |
November 26-27 | Raccoon Ford |
1864
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February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February 28-March 4 | Kilpatrick’s Raid on Richmond |
March 1 | Fortifications of Richmond and near Atlee’s |
March 2 | Old Church |
May-June | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 4 | Near Chancellorsville |
May 5 | Craig’s Meeting House |
May 5-7 | Wilderness (Company M) |
May 5-6 & May 7-8 | Todd’s Tavern |
May 8 | Alsop’s Farm, Spotsylvania |
May 9-24 |
Sheridan’s Raid from Todd’s Tavern to James River |
May 9 | North Anna River |
May 11 |
Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern |
May 12 | Brook Church or Richmond Fortifications |
May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
May 27 | Demonstration on Little River |
May 27 | Salem Church |
May 28-31 | On line of the Totopotomoy |
May 30 | Ashland |
May 31 | Mechump’s Creek |
May 31-June 1 | Cold Harbor |
June 1 | Ashland |
June 2 | Gaines’ Mill and Totopotomoy |
June 3 | Haw’s Shop |
June 3 | Sumner’s Upper Bridge |
June 4 | Salem Church |
June 12 | White Oak Swamp |
June 13 | Riddell’s Shop |
June 15 | Malvern Hill |
June 22-30 | Wilson’s Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad |
June 22 | Ream’s Station |
June 23 | Near Nottaway Court House |
June 23 | Black and White Station |
June 25 | Staunton Bridge or Roanoke Station |
June 28-29 | Sappony Church or Stony Creek |
June 29 | Ream’s Station |
July-August | Siege of Petersburg |
August 7-November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 17 | Winchester |
August 25 | Kearneysville |
September 7 | Near Brucetown and Winchester |
September 19-20 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Battle of Opequan) and Near Cedarville |
September 21 | Front Royal |
September 22 | Milford |
September 22 | Fisher’s Hill |
September 29 | Waynesboro |
October 7 | Columbia Furnace and Back Road, near Strasburg |
October 8-9 |
Tom’s Brook, “Woodstock Races” |
October 9 | Mount Olive |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
November 10 | Near Kernstown |
November 12 | Newtown and Cedar Creek |
November 22 | Rude’s Hill, near Mt. Jackson |
December 19-22 | Expedition to Lacy Springs |
December 21 | Lacy Springs |
1865
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February 27-March 25 | Sheridan’s Raid |
March 2 | Waynesboro |
March 2 | Occupation of Staunton |
March 3 | Occupation of Charlottesville |
March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 | Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 | Scott’s Corners |
April 3 | Namozine Church |
April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
April 8 | Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April 24-29 | Expedition to Danville |
May 10-15 | March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
June to August | Frontier duty at Champlain, N.Y. |
November 18 | Non-Veterans mustered out |
August 9 | Regiment mustered out |