The First Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry lost during service 2 Officers and 45 Enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 120 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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August 10 - November 27 |
Organized at Frederick, Md. as Cole's (Company A), Furey's (Company B), Horner's (Company C) and Currie's (Company D) Independent Cavalry Companies. Attached to Dept. of West Virginia |
October 26 |
South Branch Bridge, Va. (Company B) |
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January |
Cos. A, C and D attached to Lander's Division, Army of the Potomac |
January 5-6 |
Hancock, Md., (Companies A, C & D) |
February 14 |
Bloomery Gap |
March |
Co. B attached to Dept. West Virginia |
March 2-12 |
Advance on Winchester |
March 3 |
Martinsburg |
March 5 |
Bunker Hill (Company A) |
March 7 |
Between Bunker Hill and Winchester |
March 7-8 |
Stephenson's Depot |
March 12 |
Winchester |
March 22 |
Kernstown |
March 23 |
Winchester |
April |
Attached to Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Banks' 5th Army Corps |
April I |
Edenburg |
April 23 |
Grass Lick, W. Va. (Company B) |
May |
Attached to Dept. of the Shenandoah |
May 7 |
Wardensville, W. Va. (Company B) |
May 28 |
Charlestown |
June |
Attched to Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
August 1 |
Companies consolidated to a Battalion and designated Cole's Battalion, Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry. Attached to Railroad Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, |
September 2 |
Leesburg, Va. |
September 4 |
Edwards' Ferry, Md. and Monocacy Creek; Reconnaissance to Lovettsville |
September 12-14 |
Maryland Heights and siege of Harper's Ferry |
September 14 |
Cut through enemy's lines |
September 15 |
Capture of Longstreet's train at Sharpsburg |
September |
Attached to Cavalry, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 12 |
Hyattstown, Md. |
November |
Attached to Defenses of Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
November 14 |
Charleston |
December 1 |
Berryville |
December 2 |
Charlestown |
December 5 |
Winchester |
December 20 |
Halltown |
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March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps |
May 16 |
Near Charlestown |
June 13 |
Berryville |
June 14 |
Martinsburg |
June 15 |
Winchester (Company B) and Williamsport |
June 17 |
Catoctin Creek |
June 21 |
Frederick, Md. |
July |
Sharpsburg |
July 1 |
Fountain Dale, Pa. |
July 1-3 |
Gettysburg, Pa. |
July 4 |
Near Emmittsburg |
July 6 |
Falling Waters and Harper's Ferry |
July |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, West Virginia |
August 23 |
Smithfield |
August 25 |
Scout Into Loudoun County |
September 12-16 |
Scout Into Loudoun County |
September 14 |
Catoctin Mountain |
September 14 |
Snickersville, Leesburg, Rector's Cross Roads and Bloomfield |
September 21-26 |
Scout Into Loudoun County |
September 25 |
Loudoun Valley, Va. |
October 7 |
Loudoun Valley and Summit Point; Charleston (Company B) |
October 18 |
Berryville |
October 22 |
Near Annandale |
November 15-18 |
Expedition from Charleston to New Market |
November 16 |
Mr. Jackson |
November |
Ashby's Gap |
December |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division West Virginia |
December 10 |
Upperville |
December 17 |
Edenburg |
December 18 |
New Market |
December 21 |
Harrisonburg and Staunton |
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January 1 |
Five points, Rectortown |
January 10 |
Loudoun Heights |
February 4 |
Romney, Moorfield and Mechanicsville Gap |
February 9 -
April 23 |
Authority given to increase Battalion to a Regiment, and Companies E - M organized at Baltimore and Frederick |
February 13 |
Regiment reenlisted
Veterans on furlough |
February 20 |
Upperville |
April |
Veterans return from furlough. Regiment assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, West Virginia |
April 30-May 16 |
Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg, W. Va., to New Market |
May 13-15 |
New Market |
May 26-July 1 |
Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg |
June 3 |
Harrisonburg |
June 5 |
Piedmont |
June 6 |
Occupation of Staunton |
June 12 |
Tye River |
June 13 |
Lexington |
June 14 |
Buckhannon |
June 17-18 |
Lynchburg |
June 21 |
Catawba Mountains and near Salem |
July 3 |
Leetown and Shepardstown (Detachment) |
July 5 |
Keedysville |
July 11-12 |
Frederick, Md. |
July |
Maryland Heights, Brownsville, Crampton's Gap and Herndon |
July 16 |
Purcellsville |
July 17-18 |
Snicker's Ferry |
July 19 |
Ashby's Gap and Winchester |
July 23-24 |
Kernstown |
July 25 |
Winchester, Bunker Hill and Martinsburg |
July 25 |
Snicker's Gap |
July 26 |
Falling Waters |
July 29-30 |
Hagerstown |
August |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah |
August 5 |
Keedysville |
August 17 |
Winchester |
August 18, 19 & 20 |
Opequan Creek |
August 21 |
Near Berryville |
August 21-22 |
Near Charlestown |
August 22 |
Antietam |
August 26 |
Williamsport |
August 30 |
Summit Point |
September 3 |
White Post |
September 19 |
Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October |
Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-June |
Duty In West Virginia operating against Moseby and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
January |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division West Virginia |
February |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division West Virginia |
June 28 |
Mustered out |
