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September 12 - December 19 |
Organized at New York City under special authority of the War Department, as the Ira Harris Guard. |
November 20 |
Turned over to State of New York as 6th Cavalry |
September 12 |
Company A mustered in |
September 27 |
Company B mustered in |
September 28 |
Company D mustered in |
September 29 |
Company C mustered in |
October 3 |
Company E mustered in |
October 24 |
Companies F and G mustered in |
October 28 |
Company H mustered in |
November 2 |
Company I mustered in |
November 6 |
Company L mustered in |
December 19 |
Companies K and M mustered in |
December 23 |
Left State for York, Pa. and duty there |
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March |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. |
March-July |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington (8 Companies) attached to Military District of Washington, D.C.
Companies D and K served detached with 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac to July, 1863
Companies F and H served detached with 4th Army Corps to August, 1863, and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to October, 1863 |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown, Va. (Companies D and K) |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg (Companies D and K) |
May 31-June 1 |
Seven Pines or Fair Oaks (Company K) |
June 24-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond (Companies D, F, H and K) |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station (Companies D, F, H and K) |
June 30 |
Glendale (Companies D, F, H and K) |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill (Companies D, F, H and K) |
July 23-26 |
Regiment moved to Warrenton, Va. |
July and August |
Scout and outpost duty on the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers at Barnett's Ford, Va. |
August |
Attached to 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 14 |
Orange Court House |
August 19 |
Culpeper Road |
August 26 |
Barnett's Ford |
August 30 |
Kelly's Ford |
September |
Company A detached with 6th Army Corps |
September 9 |
Williamsburg |
September 9-10 |
Near Hyattstown |
September 12 |
Frederick City |
September 14 |
South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Antietam |
October 3 |
Lovettsville |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Smithville, W. Va. |
October 16 |
Kearneysville |
October 16-17 |
Charlestown |
October 21 |
Near Lovettsville, Near Wheatland |
October 22 |
Snickersville |
November 2-3 |
Union and Bloomfield |
November 3 |
Ashby's Gap, Upperville |
November 7 |
Waterloo Bridge |
December 1 |
Ellis Ford |
December 12-15 |
Fredericksburg |
December 11-15 |
Reconnaissance from Yorktown (Detachment) |
December 12 |
Matthews County Court House |
December 13 |
Buena Vista |
December 14 |
Wood's Cross Roads |
December |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Pleasonton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac |
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January - February |
Companies B & C with 9th Army Corps |
January 7-9 |
Expedition from Yorktown to West Point and White House (Detachment) |
January 8 |
Pamunkey River |
February |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 7 |
Expedition to Gloucester Court House (Detachment) |
April 11 |
Fort Magruder (Detachment) |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29 |
Germanis and Richard's Fords, Crook's Run |
April 30 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May 7 |
West Point (Detachment) |
June 5 |
Warwick River |
June 9 |
Brandy Station and Beverly Ford |
June 21 |
Upperville |
June 22 |
Middleburg |
June 24-25 |
Haymarket |
June 24-July 7 |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign (3rd Battalion) |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Major William Elliott Beardsley while Colonel Thomas Devin commanded the brigade. It brought 407 men to the field, picketing the west side of Gettysburg on June 30 and holding back Confederate infantry until relieved by the Union First Army Corps on July 1st. It then shifted east to cover the York Road, eventually retiring to south of town near the Peach Orchard on Emmitsburg Road.
Company A was assigned to 3rd Corps HQ, Companies D & K to 2nd Corps HQ, Company L to the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, Provost Guard, and Companies F & H were at Yorktown, Virginia.
The regiment lost one killed, three wounded and eight missing.
From the monument:
"Regiment at Gettysburg. Arrived June 30, 1863. July 1st skirmished dismounted, on this line until arrival of 1st Corps and the rest of the day on right of the York Road, then retired to Cemetery Hill, one squadron being among the last Union troops in Gettysburg on that day. Bivouacked in Peach Orchard that night, and engaged enemy's skirmishers on the morning of July 2 until relieved by troops of the 3rd Corps.Then moved to Taneytown and on the third to Westminster, from which place moved with the Division (Buford's) in pursuit of the enemy, met and engaged them July 8th at Boonsboro, Md., holding that position."
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Ju'ly 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to Bottom's Bridge (3rd Battalion - Companies F & H) |
July 2 |
Crump's or Baltimore Cross Roads (3rd Battalion) |
July 6 |
Williamsport |
July 8 |
Boonsboro |
July 9 |
Benevola or Beaver Creek, Md. |
July 10-13 |
Funkstown |
July 14 |
Falling Waters |
July - August |
Company A with 22nd Army Corps |
July 21-22 |
Manassas Gap |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights |
July 25 |
Barber's Cross Roads |
July 31-August 1 |
Kelly's Ford |
August 1-3 |
Brandy Station |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
September 14-15 |
Raccoon Ford |
September 19 |
Raccoon Ford |
September 21-23 |
Reconnaissance across the Rapidan |
September 22 |
Jack's Shop, Madison Court House |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 10 |
Raccoon and Morton's Fords |
October 11 |
Kelly's Ford and Stevensburg |
October 12 |
Brandy Station or Fleetwood |
October 14 |
Near Bristoe Station |
October 15 |
Oak Hill |
October 17-18 |
Culpeper |
October 24-26 |
Bealeton |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 8 |
Muddy Run |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 29 |
Parker's Store |
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February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan, Barnett's Ford |
February 28-
March 4 |
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond |
February 29 |
Near Taylorstown, Beaver Dam Station, Frederick's Hall and South Anna Bridge |
March 1 |
Defenses of Richmond |
March 2 |
Aylett's |
March 3 |
Kings and Queens Court House |
March 11 |
Carrollton's Store |
May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Wilderness |
May 6 |
Brock Road and the Furnaces |
May 7-8 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 8 |
Spottsylvania |
May 9-24 |
Sheridan's Raid to James River |
May 9-10 |
North Anna |
May 11 |
Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern |
May 12 |
Fortifications of Richmond and Meadow Bridge |
May 17 |
Jones' Bridge |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 27 |
Crump's Creek and Hanovertown |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop |
May 30 |
Old Church and Mattadequin Creek |
May 31-June 6 |
Cold Harbor |
May 31-June 1 |
Bethesda Church |
June 7-24 |
Sheridan's Trevillian Raid |
June 11-12 |
Trevillian Station |
June 12 |
Newark or Mallory's Cross Roads |
June 21 |
White House or St. Peter's Church |
June 21 |
Black Creek or Tunstall's Station |
June 23 |
Jones' Bridge, Charles City Court House |
June 26-July 30 |
Before Petersburg |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division. |
August 10 and 13 |
Berryville |
August 11 |
Tell Gate near White Post and Newtown, Front Royal |
August 12 |
Cedar Creek |
August 16 |
Cedarville, Guard Hill or Front Royal and Crooked Run |
August 21 |
Charlestown |
August 25 |
Kearneyville and near Shephardstown |
August 28 |
Leetown and Smithfield |
August 29 |
Smithfield Crossing Opequan |
September 3 |
Berryville |
September 13 |
Bunker Hill |
September 15 |
Sevier's Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester |
September 20 |
Middletown and Strasburg |
September 21 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 23 |
Near Edenburg |
September 23-24 |
Mr. Jackson |
September 24 |
New Market |
September 26-27 |
Port Republic |
September 29 |
Waynesboro |
October 2 |
Mt. Crawford |
October 8-9 |
Tom's Brook, "Woodstock Races" |
October 14 |
Hupp's Hill near Strasburg |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October 20 |
Woodstock |
November 11 |
Near Kernstown |
November 12 |
Newtown |
November 22 |
Hood's Hill |
November 28-December 3 |
Expedition from Winchester into Faquier and Loudoun Counties |
December 19-28 |
Expedition to Gordonsville |
December 23 |
Jack's Shop near Gordonsville |
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January 18 |
Lovettsville |
February 27-
March 25 |
Sheridan's Raid from Winchester |
March 2 |
Waynesboro, Occupation of Staunton |
March 3 |
Charlottesville |
March 11 |
Goochland Court House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg, Scott's Cross Roads |
April 3 |
Deep Creek |
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 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 17 |
Consolidated with 15th New York Cavalry to form 2nd Regiment Provisional Cavalry. |
August 9 |
Mustered out at Louisville, Ky. |
