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July - August |
Companies A - G organized at Camp Curtin, Pa., and mustered into State service |
July 30 |
Company L organized as an Independent Company and on duty at Baltimore |
August |
Moved to Camp Jones, near Washington, D.C. Companies H, I and K organized at Camp Wilkins, Pittsburgh and joined Regiment at Washington. |
August 5 |
Company M organized as an Independent Company at Baltimore, Md. |
October 3 |
Company M on eastern shore of Maryland under Lockwood picketing and scouting |
October 20 |
Reconnaissance to Leesburg, Va.; Reconnaissance to Hunter's Mills (Detachment). |
November 26-27 |
Expedition to Dranesville |
November 27 |
Action at Dranesville |
December 6 |
Expedition to Gunnell's Farm |
December 20 |
Action at Dranesville (Cos. C, D, E, H and I) |
December |
At Camp Pierpont |
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January 7 |
Company L and M join Regiment. Attached to McCall's Division, Army of the Potomac. |
March |
Attached to Cavalry, McDowell's 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 9-17 |
McDowell's advance to Falmouth. Attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April 17-19 |
Reconnaissance to Falmouth |
April 19 |
Falmouth |
May 13 |
Rappahannock River (Cos. F, G, H, L and M) |
June 1-2 |
Strasburg and Staunton Road |
June 3 |
Mount Jackson |
June 5 |
New Market |
June 6 |
Harrisonburg |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
June 9 |
Harrisonburg |
June |
Attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
June-July |
Scouting on the Rappahannock |
July 22-24 |
Reconnaissance to James City |
July 23 |
Skirmish at Madison Court House |
August 8 |
Slaughter House |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 16 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 20 |
Stevensburg, Raccoon Ford and Brandy Station |
August 21-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 22-30 |
Special duty at General Pope's Headquarters |
August 28 |
Thoroughfare Gap (Cos. I and M). Gainesville |
August 29-30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
August 31 |
Germantown |
August 31 |
Centreville and Chantilly |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 2 |
Fairfax Court House |
September |
Attached to Bayard's Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 29 |
Scout to Warrenton |
October 31 |
Aldie and Mountsville |
November 4 |
Salem, New Baltimore and Thoroughfare Gap |
November 6 |
Warrenton |
November 7-9 |
Rappahannock Station |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
December |
Picket near King George Court House |
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January |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 22 |
Co. H at Headquarters of 6th Corps |
February - April |
Picket duty from Falmouth to Port Conway |
April 26-May 8 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 26 |
Oak Grove |
May 1 |
Rapidan Station |
May 1-5 |
Co. "H" at Chancellorsville |
May 27-April 8 |
Stoneman's Raid |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 9 |
Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford |
June 17 |
Aldie |
June 28 |
Special duty at Corps Headquarters |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Col. John P. Taylor. It brought 344 men to the field and suffered two men missing.
From the main regimental monument:
"Mustered in July-Sept. 1861 Re-enlisted Jan-Feb. 1864. Consolidated with the 6 and 17 Penna. Cavalry to form the 2 Provisional Penna. Cavalry June 17, 1865. Mustered out August 7, 1865."
"At the opening of the artillery fire on the afternoon of July 3 the Regiment was in line to the left and rear of this position with orders from General Meade to "charge the assaulting column should it succeed in breaking the infantry line in front."
"Present at Gettysburg 30 officers and 388 men. Total enrollment 1500. Killed and died of wounds, officers 8, men 37; Wounded, officers 22, men 256; Died of disease etc., officers 2, men 106; Captured or missing, officers 4, men 102. Total casualties 537."
From the monument to Company H:
"Arrived on field with Sixth Corps Headquarters July 2, 1863. Killed - 1 man."
"Detached from Regiment since Feb. 1863 on special assignment at Headquarters of Sixth Army Corps."
"Capt. Wm. S. Craft commanding." |
July 4 |
Emmettsburg, Md. |
July 5-10 |
Guarding Reserve Artillery |
July 5-10 |
Companies A and B advance for 6th Army Corps from Gettysburg to Hagerstown, Md. |
July 10 |
Old Antietam Forge, near Leitersburg |
July 14 |
Near Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
July 15-16 |
Shepherdstown |
July-August |
Picket near Warrenton |
August 5 |
Rixeyville and Muddy Run |
August 9 |
Wilford's Ford (Detachment) |
August 15 |
Co. H returns from Headquarters of 6th Corps |
September 6 |
Carter's Run |
September 10-11 |
Scout to Middleburg |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
September 13 |
Culpeper Court House |
October 1 |
Near Auburn (Detachment) |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 12-13 |
Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe; Brentsville |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock ; Rappahannock Bridge |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
New Hope Church |
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January 1-4 |
Expedition to Turkey Run Station |
February 17-18 |
Scout to Piedmont |
May 4-June 12 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5- 8 |
Todd's Tavern |
May 8 |
Corbin's Bridge |
May 9-24 |
Sheridan's Raid |
May 9 |
New Castle and Davenport |
May 9-10 |
North Anna River |
May 11 |
Ashland; Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern |
May 12 |
Brook's Church, Richmond Fortifications |
May 21 |
Milford Station |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28 |
Haw's Shop |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 28-31 |
Cold Harbor |
June 2 |
Sumner's Upper Bridge |
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; Black Creek or Tunstall's Station |
June 24 |
St. Mary's Church; Hope Church |
July |
Bellefield |
July 12 |
Warwick Swamp |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 28 |
Malvern Hill and Gaines Hill |
July 30 |
Lee's Mills |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of James River |
August 14 |
Gravel Hill |
August 16 |
Malvern Hill |
August 16-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 23 |
Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 9 |
Old members mustered out. Consolidated to a Battalion of five Companies. |
September 17 |
Belcher's Mills |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
September 30-October 1 |
Arthur's Swamp |
October 1 |
Charles City Cross Roads |
October 27-28 |
Hatcher's Run |
November 7 |
Reconnaissance toward Stony Creek |
December 1 |
Stony Creek Station |
December 7-12 |
Hicksford Raid |
December 9-10 |
Bellefield |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Dinwiddie Court House |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 5 |
Amelia Springs |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-29 |
Expedition to Danville |
May 23 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. Grand Review |
June 17 |
Consolidated with 6th and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry to form 2nd Provisional Cavalry |
