Regiment lost 6 officers and 135 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 322 enlisted men by disease, totaling 366. The regiment, along with the other regiments of the Wolverine Brigade, is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
August 30, 1862 |
Regiment organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in |
December 4 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
February, 1863 |
Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
February 27-28 |
Scout from Centreville to Falmouth, Va. |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
April 13 |
Hauxhurst Mills |
June |
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 4 |
On Lawyer's Road, near Fairfax Court House and Frying Pan |
June 25 |
Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field |
June 27-28 |
Reconnaissance up the Catoctin Valley |
June 28 |
Occupation of Gettysburg |
June 30 |
Action at Hanover, Pa. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
July 2 |
Hunterstown |
July 4 |
Monterey |
July 5 |
Smithburg |
July 6 |
Williamsport and Hagerstown |
July 8 |
Boonsboro |
July 11-13 |
Hagerstown |
July 14 |
Falling Waters |
July 14 |
Williamsport |
July 17 |
Snicker's Gap |
July 17, 18 and 20 |
Ashby's Gap |
July 24 |
Battle Mountain, near Newby's Cross Roads |
August 1-8 |
Expedition from Warrenton Junction between Bull Run and Blue Ridge Mountains |
August 24 |
King George Court House |
August 25 |
Hartwood Church |
September 1-3 |
Expedition to Port Conway |
September 1 |
Lamb's Creek Church, near Port Conway |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
September 14-16 |
Raccoon Ford |
September 15 |
Somerville Ford |
September 21-23 |
Reconnaissance across the Rapidan |
September 21 |
Madison Court House |
September 21-22 |
White's Ford |
September 23 |
Robertson's Ford |
September 30 |
Woodville |
October 8-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 8-10 |
James City |
October 11 |
Bethesda Church |
October 11 |
Brandy Station |
October 11 |
Near Culpeper |
October 12 |
Hartwood Church |
October 14 |
Grove Church |
October 14 |
Gainesville |
October 17-18 |
Groveton |
October 19 |
Gainesville, Catlett's Station and Buckland's Mill |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Stevensburg |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 26 |
Morton's Ford |
November 26-27 |
Raccoon Ford |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February 28-March 4 |
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond |
March 1 |
Fortification of Richmond |
March 1 |
Brooks' Turnpike |
March 3 |
Near Tunstall's Station (Detachment) |
March |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 24 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-6 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 6 |
Brock Road and the Furnaces |
May 6-7 |
Wilderness |
May 7-8 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 9-24 |
Sheridan's Raid to James River |
May 9 |
Beaver Dam Station |
May 11 |
Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern |
May 12 |
Meadow Bridge and fortifications of Richmond |
May 21 |
Hanover Court House |
May 24 |
Haw's Shop |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 27 |
Hanovertown Ferry, Hanovertown, and Crump's Creek |
May 28-31 |
On line of the Totopotomoy |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop and Aenon Church |
May 30 |
Old Church and Mattadequin Creek |
May 31-June 1 |
Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor |
June 7-24 |
Sheridan's Trevillian Raid |
June 11-12 |
Trevillian Station |
June 12 |
Newark or Mallory's Cross Roads |
June 21 |
Black Creek or Tunstall's Station |
June 21 |
White House or St. Peter's Church |
June 23 |
Jones' Bridge |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James River |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August |
Ordered to Washington, D. C. and the Middle Military Division |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 11 |
Tell Gate, near White Post and Winchester |
August 16 |
Cedarville or Front Royal |
August 19 |
Snicker's Gap Pike |
August 19-20 |
Near Berryville |
August 25 |
Kearneysville and Shepherdstown |
August 29 |
Leetown-Smithfield |
August 29 |
Smithfield Crossing, Opequan |
September 13 |
Locke's Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 15 |
Sevier's Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan-Winchester |
September 21 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 22 |
Milford |
September 24 |
Luray |
September 26-28 |
Port Republic |
October 2 |
Mt. Crawford |
October 8 |
Luray Valley |
October 8-9 |
Tom's Brook, "Woodstock Races," |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
November 11 |
Near Kernstown |
November 18 |
Loudon County |
November 28-December 3 |
Expedition into Loudoun and Faquier Counties |
December 19-28 |
Raid to Gordonsville |
December 21 |
Madison Court House |
December 22 |
Liberty Mills |
December 23 |
Near Gordonsville |
February 13-17, 1865 |
Expedition to Little Fort Valley |
February 27-March 25 |
Sheridan's Expedition from Winchester |
March 2 |
Occupation of Staunton and Waynesboro |
March 8 |
Duguidsville |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Scott's Cross Roads |
April 4 |
Tabernacle Church or Beaver Pond Creek |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army |
April 23-29 |
Expedition to Danville |
May |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 1 |
Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
June 23, 1865 |
Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 1st Michigan Cavalry. |
