The 1st New York Cavalry Regiment lost 5 officers and 43 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 119 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
July 16 -
August 31 |
Organized at New York City by Carl Schurz. Nine companies were recruited in New York City, 4 of these being composed of Germans, Hungarians and Poles. Company C was recruited at Philadelphia, Company F at Syracuse, and Company K at Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
July 31-
September 7 |
Left State by Detachments for Washington, D.C. under Colonel Andrew T. McReynolds, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Von Schickfuss and Majors Charles Ogle, Alonzo Adams and August Haurand. |
August-March |
Duty In the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Defenses of Washington and Alexandria |
August 7 |
Company C, under Captain William Boyd, crossed the Potomac to Alexandria, the first volunteer cavalry to take the field. |
August 18 |
Scout to Accotink. Company C under Captain William Boyd: Skirmish at Pohick Church. Private Jacob Erwin was killed, the first Union volunteer cavalryman to die in the war. |
September 3 |
The Grand Rapids Company (Company K) joined the regiment in Washington |
September 10 |
Cpmpany M arrived from New York, completing the organization of the regiment's 12 companies. |
October 4 |
Attached to Franklin's and Heintzelman's Divisions, Army of the Potomac |
October 10 |
Moved aross the Potomac and into camp near Ball's Cross Roads |
November 12 |
Companies B, C and G: Reconnaissance to Pohick Church and Accotink River. Company G: Opequan |
November 27 |
Fairfax Court House (Companies C and F) |
December 2 |
Annandale Church |
December 13 |
Private William Johnson of Company D was executed in front of the regiment for attempted desertion to the enemy, the first in the Army of the Potomac. |
1862 |
March 9 |
Sangster's Station
Lieutenant Harry B. Hidden of Company H was killed in the opening skirmish of General Kearney's advance up the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. |
March 10 |
Burke Station |
March 24 |
Attached to Cavalry, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April |
Attached to 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April 5-May 4 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula for Siege of Yorktown. Company E detached as escort to wagon trains on the Peninsula. Attached to Cavalry, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
May 7 |
West Point |
May 22 |
Mechanicsville |
May 27 |
Hanover C. H. |
May 31-June 1 |
Fair Oaks |
June 13 |
Hanover C. H. |
June 25 |
Oak Grove |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill and Garnett's Farm |
June 28 |
Garnett's and Golding's Farms |
June 29 |
Savage Station and Willis Church |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp, Glendale and Malvern Cliff |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill and Cold Harbor |
July 2 |
Crew's Farm, Carter's Hill |
July 3 |
Gum Run Swamp |
July 8 |
Assigned to 1st Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
July 9 |
Long Bridge Road |
July 31 |
Harrison's Landing |
August 20 |
Stevensburg, Raccoon Ford and Brandy Station |
September |
Attached to 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac |
September 6 |
Cacapon Bridge, Md. and Seneca Creek |
September 9-10 |
Hyattstown |
September 12 |
Frederick City |
September 13-15 |
Emmettsburg |
September 16-17 |
Antietam |
September 19 |
Williamsport |
September 20 |
Near Shepherdstown |
October |
Attached to Averill's Cavalry Command, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
October 2 and 4 |
Blue's Gap, W. Va. |
October 2 |
Hanging Rock |
October 4 |
Cacapon Bridge and Hanging Rock |
October 6 |
North River Mills, South Branch and Cacapon Bridge |
October 10 |
White's Ford |
October 17 |
Hanging Rock |
October 18 |
South Branch |
October 27 |
Springfield |
October 29 |
North River Mills |
October 29 |
French's Store |
November |
Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
November 4 |
Occoquan Ferry |
November 5 |
Pughstown |
November 6 |
Lockhart's Gap and Paw Paw Tunnel |
November 9 |
Moorefield, South Fork Potomac (Detachment) |
November 10 |
Romney Bridge |
November 15 |
Near Springfield |
November 22 and December 4 |
Near Winchester |
December 11 |
Darkesville |
December 12 |
Bunker Hill |
December 25 |
Charlestown |
1863 |
January |
Attached to Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps |
January 7 |
Woodstock |
January 17 |
Newtown and Strasburg |
January 26 |
Devil's Hole |
February |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, then 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps |
February 6 |
Millwood |
February 9 |
Near Winchester |
February 15 |
Woodstock |
February 26 |
Kernstown and Strasburg |
April 13 |
Snicker's Ferry, Berry's Ferry and Front Royal |
April 14 |
Paris |
April 17 |
Mansfield |
April 21 |
Millwood |
April 27 |
Moorefield |
May 4-9 |
Scout in Hampshire County, W. Va. |
May 12-14 |
Scout from Snicker's Ferry |
May 13 |
Upperville |
May 13 |
Middleburg |
May 16 |
Berry's Ferry |
May 28 |
Upperville |
June 5 |
Berryville |
June 8 |
Piedmont |
June 9 |
Goose Creek |
June 13 |
Near White Post and Millwood, Berryville and Bunker Hill, and Opequan Creek, near Winchester |
June 14 |
Martinsburg |
June 14-15 |
Winchester |
June 15-July 1 |
Milroy's retreat |
June 15 |
Williamsport, Md. |
June 16 |
Hancock |
June 20 and 22 |
Greencastle, Pa. |
June 23 |
Shippensburg |
June 23 |
Near Harper's Ferry |
June 25 |
Cashtown |
June 25-26 |
Carlisle. Attached to Pierce's Brigade, Dept. of the Susquehanna |
June 26-27 |
Harper's Ferry |
June 27 |
Near Kingston |
June 29 |
McConnellsburg, Pa., Hancock, Md., Keedysville, near Kingston |
June 30 |
Near Arendtsville |
July 1 |
Near Fayette and near Carlisle |
July 2 |
Near McConnellsburg |
July 3 |
Near Bendersville, Quaker Vale and Falling Water |
July 4 |
Cranstown and Frederick City |
July 5 |
Cunningham Cross Roads, Near Greencastle, Pa. (Detachment) |
July 6 |
Waynesboro, Waterloo |
July 8 |
Antietam Creek |
July 10 |
Williamsport |
July 12 |
Sharpsburg |
July 14 |
Bendersville |
July 16 |
Pine Grove Furnace |
July 17 |
Shepherdstown |
July 22 |
Mount Rock |
July 23 |
Martinsburg and Shepherdstown |
August |
Atached to McReynolds' Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia |
August 14 |
Bull Run Mountain and near Winchester |
August 21 |
Smithfield |
August 22 |
Berryville |
September 1 |
Leesburg |
September 2-23 |
Expedition from Martinsburg |
September 2 |
Bloomer's Gap |
September 5 |
Middletown |
September 9 |
Near Winchester |
September 15-16 |
Smithfield |
September 19 |
Strasburg and Smithfield |
October 14 |
Back Creek Valley |
October 15 |
Hedgesville |
October 17 |
Berryville |
October 18 |
Charlestown |
October 27 |
Summit Point |
October 31 |
Winchester |
November 6 |
Newtown |
November 15-18 |
Expedition to New Market. Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Army of West Virginia |
November 16 |
Woodstock and Edenburg, Mt. Jackson |
November 17 |
Middletown |
November 18 |
Edenburg |
December 10-24 |
Wells' Demonstration from Kanawha Valley |
December 12 |
Mt. Jackson |
December 13 |
Near Strasburg |
December 15 |
Harrisonburg |
December 20 |
Mt. Jackson |
1864 |
January 1 |
Regiment reenlisted |
January 23-25 |
Scout to Woodstock. Va. |
January 23 |
Newtown and Woodstock |
February 2 |
Mechanicsburg Gap |
February 4 |
Moorefield |
February 8 |
Front Royal |
February 10 |
Charlestown |
February 11 |
Moorefield |
February 20 |
Upperville |
February 28-
March 1 |
Custer's Raid into Albemarle County (Detachment) |
February 29 |
Near Charlottesville |
March 1 |
Stannardsville |
March 10 |
Cablestown |
April |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia
|
April 19-20 |
Winchester |
April 24 |
Near Middletown and New Market (Detachment) |
April 30-May 16 |
Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market |
May 1 |
Upperville |
May 6 |
Near Berryville |
May 7 |
Upperville |
May 9 |
Millwood |
May 10 |
Brock's Gap |
May 13 |
Woodstock, Luray Gap and near New Market . |
May 14 |
Rude's Hill |
May 14-15 |
New Market |
May 15 |
Burnt Bridge |
May 16 |
Paris |
May 17 |
Salem |
May 26-July 1 |
Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg |
May 26 |
New Market |
May 31 |
Woodstock |
June |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
June 2 |
Harrisonburg |
June 5 |
Piedmont |
June 6 |
Occupation of Staunton |
June 8 |
Near Staunton |
June 10 |
Waynesboro |
June 13 |
Lexington |
June 14 |
Buchanan |
June 17 |
New London and Diamond Hill |
June 17-18 |
Lynchburg |
June 19 |
Liberty |
June 20 |
Buford's Gap |
June 21 |
Catawba Mountains and Salem |
June 26 |
Leetown |
June 27 |
Charlestown and Big Sewell Mountain |
July |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia |
July 3 |
Leetown and Martinsburg |
July 5 |
Williamsport |
July 8 |
Frederick City |
July 9 |
Ashby's Gap |
July 14 |
White's Ford |
July 15 |
Harper's Ferry, Lovettsville and Hillsboro |
July 16 |
Purcellville |
July 17-18 |
White's Ford and Snicker's Ferry |
July 18-19 |
Ashby's Gap |
July 23 |
Near Kernstown |
July 24 |
Kernstown. Winchester |
July 25 |
Bunker Hill and Martinsburg |
July 27 |
Bloomer's Gap |
August 7-November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia. |
August 7 |
Moorefield |
August 15 |
Strasburg |
August 16 |
Leetown and Berryville |
August 19 |
Martinsburg |
August 21 |
Charlestown |
August 23 |
Bolivar Heights |
August 24 |
Falling Waters |
August 26 |
Halltown |
August 26 |
Williamsport |
August 31 |
Martinsburg |
September 1 |
Stephenson's Depot |
September 1-3 |
Buckletown |
September 2 |
Darkesville, near Bunker Hill, and Martinsburg |
September 2-3 |
Bunker Hill |
September 3 |
Darkesville |
September 5 |
Stephenson's Depot |
September 10 |
Darkesville |
September 13 |
Bunker Hill |
September 14 |
Near Berryville |
September 17 |
Burnt Factory |
September 18 |
Martinsburg |
September 19 |
Opequan, Winchester |
September 21 |
Strasburg |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 23 |
Woodstock |
September 23-24 |
Mt. Jackson |
September 24 |
Forest Hill or Timberville |
September 25 |
Harrisonburg |
September 26 |
Brown's Gap |
September 26-27 |
Weyer's Cave |
October 2-3 |
Luray Valley |
October 5 |
Rapidan River |
October 7 |
Big Springs |
October 9 |
Milford |
October 14 |
White Post |
October 19 |
Cedar Creek |
October 23 |
Dry Run |
October 25-26 |
Milford |
November 1 |
Rood's Hill |
November 12 |
Newtown and Nineveh |
November 22 |
Rood's Hill |
December |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Middle Military Division and Army Potomac |
December 9 |
Dicksville |
December 19-28 |
Raid to Gordonsville |
December 21 |
Liberty Mills |
December 23 |
Jack's Shop, near Gordonsville |
December 27 |
Near Ashby's Gap |
1865 |
February 27 - March 25 |
Sheridan's Raid from Winchester |
February 28 |
Mr. Crawford |
March 2 |
Waynesboro and Occupation of Staunton
|
March 12 |
Haydensville |
March 15 |
Beaver Dam Station |
March 23 |
White House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign, attached to Cavalry Corps, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division |
March 29-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 3 |
Namozine Church |
April 4 |
Jettersville |
April 5 |
Amelia Court House |
April 5-6 |
Farmville |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
Stony Point |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-29 |
Movement to North Carolina |
May |
March to Washington, D.C |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 27 |
Mustered out and honorably discharged from service at Alexandria, Virginia under Colonel Alonzo Adams. |
