The Civil War in the East

2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

The Second Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 6 officers and 52 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 193 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment at Gettysburg

1861

September - April

Organized at Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa.

1862

April 1

Seven Companies dismounted, left State for Baltimore. Md.,

April 14

Five Companies Joined at Baltimore

April 25

Moved to Washington, D.C for duty in Defenses of Washington, D. C.; Camped on Capital Hill until June 27. Attached to Sturgis' Command, Military District of Washington

July 27-August 5

Moved to Warrenton, thence to Madison Court House, Va.

August 7

Action at Wolftown

August 9

Battle of Cedar Mountain

August 16

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia; Attached to Buford's Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia

September 1

Chantilly

September 16

Reconnaissance to Thoroughfare Gap and Aldie

September 16-17

Antietam

September 22

Ashby's Gap

September

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Price's Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington

November 28-30

Reconnaissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville

November 30

Berryville

December 27-28

Frying Pan, near Chantilly

December 29

Occoquan

1863

March

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps

March 22

Mrs. Violet's and Seleman's Ford, near Occoquan (Detachment)

June 7-8

Expedition from Gainesville (Detachment)

June 29

Assigned to Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac and Headquarters Guard for General Meade

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Colonel Richard Butler Price. It brought 575 men to the field, and suffered no casualties.

 

Fromt he monument: "The regiment held this position July 3rd until the close of the day when it conducted 3000 prisoners to Westminster, Md. Detachments served in other parts of the field during the battle."

July 5-7

Provost duty at Gettysburg

July 10

Old Antietam Forge, South Mountain, Md.

July-December

Provost Guard duty with Army of the Potomac

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 22

Near Bealeton

October 23

Fayetteville

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

November 27

New Hope Church

November 29

Parker's Store

December

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

December 21-23

Expedition to Luray

December 23

Luray

February

Assigned to Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac

1864

May-June

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

May 5 - 8

Todd's Tavern

May 9-24

Sheridan's Raid to James River

May 9-10

North Anna River

May 11

Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern

May 12

Brook's Church, Fortifications of Richmond

May 26-28

Line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

May 28

Haw's Church

May 31-June 1

Cold Harbor

June 7-24

Sheridan's Trevillian Raid

June 10

Louisa Court House

June 11-12

Trevillian Station

June 21

White House or St. Peter's Church

June 21

Black Creek or Tunstall's Station

June 22

Germantown

June 24

St. Mary's Church

June 29

Charles City Cross Roads

July 12

Warwick Swamp and Jerusalem Plank Road

July 27-29

Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom

July 28

Malvern Hill

July 30

Warwick Swamp

August 13-20

Demonstration north of James River at Deep Bottom

August 14

Gravel Bill

August 16-18

Strawberry Plains

August 18

Deep Bottom and Malvern Hill

August 23

Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station

August 25

Ream's Station

September 17

Belcher's Mills

September 29-October 2

Poplar Springs Church

September 30-October 1

Arthur's Swamp

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

November 7

Reconnaissance toward Stony Creek

December 1

Stony Creek Station

December 7-11

Expedition to Hicksford

December 8

Belle field

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

February - June

On provost duty, Army of the Potomac

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

May

March to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June 17

Consolidated with 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry to form 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry Regiment.