1862 |
May 28 - October 13 |
Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich. |
October 13 |
Mustered in and duty at Grand Rapids, Mich.
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December 10 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey's Division, Military District of Washington and duty in the Defenses of Washington D. C. |
1863 |
February |
Assigned to Provisional Cavalry Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
February 27-28 |
Scout from Centreville, Va., to Falmouth, Va. |
March |
1st Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
May 14 |
Marstellar's Place, near Warrenton Junction |
June |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 27-28 |
Reconnaissance up the Catoctin Valley |
June 28 |
Occupation of Gettysburg, Pa. |
June 30 |
Action at Hanover, Pa. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
July 2 |
Hunterstown, Pa. |
July 4 |
Monterey |
July 5 |
Smithburg |
July 6 |
Williamsburg and Hagerstown |
July 8 |
Boonsboro |
July 11-13 |
Hagerstown |
July 14 |
Falling Waters |
July 17, 18 & 20 |
Ashby's Gap |
July 20 |
Berry's Ford |
July 24 |
Battle Mountain, near Newby's Cross Roads |
August 24 |
King George Court House |
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 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 |
October 8-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 8-10 |
James City |
October 10 |
Bethesda Church |
October 11 |
Near Culpeper and Brandy Station |
October 14 |
Gainesville |
October 15 |
Manassas Junction |
October 17-18 |
Groveton |
October 19 |
Gainesville, Catlett's Station and Buckland's Mills |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 8 |
Stevensburg |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 26 |
Morton's Ford |
November 26-27 |
Raccoon Ford |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February |
Companies "I" and "M" served detached from Regiment; see below for detail infformation |
February 28-March 4 |
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond |
March 1 |
Fortifications of Richmond |
March |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3 |
Companies I & M rejoin regiment after 14 months |
May 3-June 24 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 5-6 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 6 |
Brock Road and the Furnaces |
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 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 27 |
Hanovertown Ferry, Hanovertown, and Crump's Creek |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop and Aenon Church |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 30 |
Old Church and Mattadequin Creek |
May 31-June 1 |
Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor |
June 1 |
Bottom's Bridge |
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 and White House or St. Peter's Church |
June 23 |
Jones' Bridge |
July 26 |
Muddy Branch, Md (Detachment) |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James River |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 7-
November 28 |
Ordered to Washington, D. C., Middle Military Division, Sheridan's, Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 11 |
Tell Gate, near White Post and Winchester |
August 16 |
Cedarville or Front Royal |
August 25 |
Kearneysville and Shephardstown |
August 28 |
Leetown and Smithfield |
August 29 |
Smithfield Crossing, Opequan |
September 4 |
Berryville |
September 9 |
Charlestown |
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 |
Clifford |
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 7 |
Edenburg |
November 11 |
Near Kernstown |
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 |
1865 |
February 13-17 |
Expedition to Little Fort Valley |
February 27-March 25 |
Sheridan's Raid from Winchester to James River |
March 2 |
Occupation of Staunton and action at 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; District of the Plains, Dept. of Missouri. Powder River Expedition and operations against Indians on the plains. |
September |
District of Dakota, Dept. of Missouri |
November 7 |
Consolidated with 1st Michigan Cavalry |
November 24, 1865 |
Mustered out |
Timeline of detached companies I & M |
1863 |
February |
Companies "I" and "M" served detached from Regiment; Attached to Jewett's Corps of Observation. Guard and patrol duty along the Potomac to prevent blockade running across that river to Baltimore, Md. Stationed at and operating about Rockville, Great Falls, Edward's Ferry, Poolesville and White's Ford, Md |
April 26 |
Skirmish at Oakland, Md. (Co. "I") |
June 10 |
Skirmish with Moseby at Seneca Mills, Md. |
June-July |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 3 |
Forced march during night from Fredericksburg. Va. |
July 4 |
Action with Lee's Bridge Guard at Falling Waters. Detachment of 140 men surprised and dispersed a much larger force guarding Lee's Pontoon Bridge swinging on the Virginia side of the Potomac, capturing men and ammunition and completely destroying the pontoons and trains which General Lee admitted delayed his army seven days. |
July 7 |
Occupation of Harper's Ferry; Attached to Well's Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Dept. of West Virginia. Operating from Harper's Ferry and having almost continuous Raids, Expeditions and skirmishes in the Shenandoah Valley, Mechanicsville Gap and Moorefield Valley |
July 14 |
Skirmish near Harper's Ferry |
July 15 |
Halltown |
August 8 |
Waterford |
October 18 |
Skirmishes at Charleston and on the Berryville Pike |
November 13-18 |
Expedition from Charleston to near New Market |
November 16 |
Skirmishes at Woodstock, Edenburg and Mt. Jackson |
1864 |
January 27-February 7 |
Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va. |
February 2 |
Skirmishes near Romney |
February 4 |
Moorefield |
February 5 |
Smithfield |
April 25 |
Ordered to rejoin Regiment in Army of the Potomac |
May 3 |
Rejoined regiment |
