1863 |
June to December |
Four Companies (A, B, C and E) organized at Washington, D.C. under Colonel Lafayette C. Baker for special service in District of Columbia, to be subject only to orders of War Department. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps. |
October 22 |
Skirmish near Annandale, Va. (Detachment) |
October 24 |
Bealeton, Va. |
November |
Ordered to Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, and on duty at Yorktown, with a portion of the regiment at Portsmouth, Va., dismounted |
1864 |
January |
Assigned to Cavalry Brigade, U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
January to March |
8 Cos. organized at Augusta, Me. and ordered to report at Norfolk, Va. as organized |
April |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
May 5-11 |
Kautz's Raid on Petersburg & Weldon R. R. |
May 5 |
Double Bridges |
May 7 |
Stony Creek Station |
May 8 |
White's Bridge, Nottaway Creek and Nottaway R. R. Bridge |
May 9 |
White's Bridge |
May 12-17 |
Kautz's Raid on Richmond & Danville R. R. |
May 16 |
Belcher's Mills |
June 9 |
Petersburg |
June 15-19 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond assigned to 2nd Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
June 22-30 |
Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville R. R. |
June 25 |
Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station |
June 28-29 |
Sappony Church, or Stony Creek |
June 29-July 3 |
Ream's Station |
July 27-28 |
Demonstration on North Side of James River, with engagements at Deep Bottom, Darbytown and New Market Roads |
August 9 |
Sycamore Church |
August 23 |
Ream's Station and Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station |
August 24-25 |
Ream's Station |
August 27 |
Companies D, F, G, H, I, K and L transferred to 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment. Remainder of regiment consolidated to a battalion of 2 companies. |
September 1 |
Prince George Court House |
September 3 |
Sycamore Church and Blackwater River |
September 15 |
Sycamore Church and Cox's Mill |
September 16 |
Coggin's Point |
October 7 and 13 |
Darbytown Road |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
November 23 |
Russell's Mills |
December 7-12 |
Bellefield Raid |
1865 |
January |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia |
February 11-15 |
Expedition to Fernsville and Smithfield |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Gravelly Ford on Hatcher's Run |
April 4-5 |
Near Amelia Court House |
April 6 |
Dinwiddie Road and Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
Farmville and Prince Edward Court House |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
Expedition to Danville |
May-October |
Duty in the Dept. of Virginia |
August |
Assigned to Cavalry, Dept. of Virginia |
October 26 |
Mustered out |
