Purnell Legion Cavalry (Maryland)

The Purnell Legion lost 7 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 enlisted men by disease, a total of 31. Company A is honored with a monument at Gettysburg.

Timeline of Company A, Purnell Legion Cavalry

September to November, 1861	Company A organized at Pikesville; attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md., Middle Department
July, 1862	Lockwood's Brigade, District of the Eastern Shore, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department; Duty on the eastern shore of Maryland and in St. Mary's County, Md.
January, 1863	1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps
June	3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps
July 1-3	Battle of Gettysburg Commanded by Capt. Robert E. Duvall. The company brought 78 men to the field and had no casualties.
July 14	Near Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
December, 1863	1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps
July 28, 1865	Mustered out

Timeline of Company B, Purnell Legion Cavalry

September to November, 1861	Company B organized at Pikesville; attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md., Middle Department; On special service in Maryland and Delaware and at Annapolis, Md.
July, 1862	Unattached, 8th Army Corps, Maryland and Delaware
January, 1863	Annapolis, Md.
May, 1864	2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
May 28	Dismounted
June 7	Joined Purnell Legion Infantry in Army of the Potomac
June 7-12	Battles about Cold Harbor
June 16-19	Before Petersburg
June 16 - October 26	Siege of Petersburg
June 22-23	Jerusalem Plank Road
July 30	Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August 18-21	Weldon Railroad
September 29 - October 2	Poplar Springs Church
October 2-5	Chapel House
October 7-8	Peeble's Farm
October 26	Mustered out.
November 17, 1864	Veterans and Recruits transferred to 8th Maryland Infantry

Timeline of Company C, Purnell Legion Cavalry

September, 1862	Company C organized at Baltimore, Md. and attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Department; At Camp Bradford
January, 1863	1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps
February 5	Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., then to Drummendsville, Va., and to Wilmington, Del., and duty there
June 3rd	Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps
July	District of Delaware, Middle Department
May, 1864	2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
May 28	Dismounted
June 7	Joined Purnell Legion Infantry in Army of the Potomac
June 7-12	Battles about Cold Harbor
June 16-19	Before Petersburg, Va.
June 16 to October 26	Siege of Petersburg
June 22-23	Jerusalem Plank Road
July 30	Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August 18-21	Weldon Railroad
September 29 - October 2	Poplar Springs Church
October 2-5	Chapel House
October 7-8	Peeble's Farm
October 26	Mustered out
November 17, 1864	Veterans and Recruits transferred to 8th Maryland Infantry