1861 |
August to October |
Organized at Philadelphia by Colonel Joseph Harlan of Philadelphia as an independent regiment under authority of the Secretary of War, known as "Harlan's Light Cavalry."
Most companies were from Pennsylvania, but Company A was from Iowa, parts of E and F from New York, part of I from New JErsey, and Company M was from Ohio. |
October 5 |
Colonel Joseph Harlan, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. SPear and Majors George Stetzell, Samuel Wetherill and Noah Runyan were mustered in as field officers. |
October 14 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
October 16-
November 17 |
At Camp Palmer, near Ball's Cross Roads, assigned to Briagdier General Innis Palmer's Brigade. |
November 13 |
Congress desided there would be no independent regiments, only those raised by states, so the designation of the regiment was changed to 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry. |
November 17 |
Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va. via Annapolis. |
November |
Duty at Camp Hamilton, Va. attached to Dept. of Virginia |
1862 |
January 3 |
Reconnaissance to Big Bethel |
March |
Companies C and M detatched to Newport News under Major Runyan |
May 15 |
Lieutenant Colonel Spear and companies A, E, G, & L were detached to Portsmouth, Virginia |
May 30 |
Action at Blackwater, near Zuni |
June |
Lieutenant Colonel Spear and Companies A, E, G, H & L ordered from Portsmouth to Suffolk, Va. for picket and outpost duty there and toward the Blackwater.
Company M ordered to Portsmouth under Captain Reynolds.
Companies B, C, D, F, I & K under Colonel Harlan ordered to Join the Army of the Potomac at White House. |
June 13-15 |
Companies B, C, D, F, I & K participating in operations against Stuart |
June 16 |
Companies B, C, D, F, I & K on picket duty at White House and in rear of army |
June 23 |
Companies B, C, D, F, I & K - Operations about New Kent C. H. |
June 26-July 2 |
Companies B, C, D, F, I & K - Operations about White House |
July 2 |
Companies B, C, D, F, I & K - Evacuation of White House and moved to Williamsburg |
July |
Companies A, E, G, H & L assigned to Division at Suffolk, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia. Company M to Portsmouth, Va., and duty there until March 20, 1863 |
July 15 |
Major Stetzel takes command of Companies B, C, D, F, I & K from Colonel Harlan |
August 19 |
Colonel Harlan mustered out . Lieutenant Colonel Spear promoted to colonel, Major Stetzel to lieutenant colonel, and Captain Frank A. Stratton to major. |
August 20 |
Regiment except for Company M reunited at Suffolk |
August 31 |
Action at Franklin |
October 3 |
Reconnaissance from Franklin to Blackwater |
October 15 |
Suffolk |
December 1-3 |
Reconnaissance from Suffolk |
December 1 |
Beaver Dam Creek |
December 2 |
Beaver Dam Church, Near Franklin and Blackwater
A battalion under Major Stratton makes a saber charge, routing the enemy and capturing 25 prisoners and part of the rocket battery the Confederates had captured from General McClellan |
December 12 |
Suffolk |
1863 |
January 8-10 |
Expedition toward Blackwater |
January 30 |
Action at Deserted House |
February 10 |
Norfolk (Company M) |
March 17 |
Franklin and Blackwater
Two battalions under Majors Stratton and Cornoq tried to carry Confederate breastworks with a mounted charge, losing Lieutenant Mowday |
March 20 |
Company M rejoins the regiment |
April 12-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
April 15 |
Somerton Road |
April 24 |
Edenton Road |
June 5-7 |
Reconnaissance through Gates County, N. C., and down Chowan River |
June 11 |
Near Suffolk (Detachment) |
June 23-28 |
Expedition to South Anna Bridge (Detachment) |
June 24-July 8 |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign |
June 26 |
South Anna Bridge |
June 26 |
Hanover C. H. Capture of Gen. W. H. F. Lee. |
July 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to South Anna River. Assigned to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
July 4 |
South Anna Bridge |
July |
Moved to Portsmouth, Va., and duty there |
July 25-August 3 |
Expedition from Portsmouth to Jackson, N. C. Company L detached on eastern shore of Virginia for remainde of war. |
July 28 |
Jackson |
August 5-12 |
Expedition to Camden and Currituck Counties, N. C. |
August 11-19 |
Expedition to Edenton, N. C. (Companies G, I & K) |
August 18 |
Near Pasquotank |
September 12 |
South Mills |
September 14-17 |
Reconnaissance to Blackwater River |
October |
Attached to Cavalry Brigade, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
October 4-9 |
Expedition from Yorktown to Matthews County (Detachment) |
December 5-24 |
Expedition to South Mills and Camden, N. C. |
1864 |
January 23 |
Moved to Williamsburg, Va. |
February 6-8 |
Wistar's Expedition against Richmond |
February 28 |
Scout in Gloucester County |
March 1-4 |
Expedition in support of Kilpatrick |
March 9-12 |
Expedition into King and Queen County |
March 10 |
Carlton's Store |
March 17-21 |
Expedition into Matthews and Middlesex Counties |
April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
April 13-15 |
Reconnaissance to Blackwater |
May 4-28 |
Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond |
May 4 |
Companies B and H to Headquarters 18th Corps. |
May 5-11 |
Kautz's Raid on Petersburg & Weldon Railroad and to City Point, Va. |
May 5 |
Birch Island Bridges |
May 6 |
Bird Island Bridges, Blackwater River |
May 7 |
Stony Creek Station, Weldon Railroad |
May 8 |
White's Bridge, Nottaway Creek |
May 9 |
Jarrett's Station and White's Bridge |
May 12-17 |
Kautz's Raid on Richmond & Danville Railroad |
May 14 |
Flat Creek Bridge, near Chula Depot |
May 16 |
Belcher's Mills |
June 2 |
Bermuda Hundred (Detachment) |
June 9 |
Petersburg |
June 15-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Beginning of siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
June 20 |
Company B rejoined Regiment from 18th Corps HQ. |
June 22-30 |
Wilson's Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad |
June 25 |
Staunton River Bridge and Roanoke Station |
June 28-29 |
Sappony Church or Stony Creek |
June 29 |
Ream's Station |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 18-21 |
Ream's Station |
August 22 |
Vaughan Road |
August 23 |
Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station |
August 24 |
Near Ream's Station |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 15 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
September 16 |
Sycamore Church |
September 28 |
Company H returns from 18th Corps HQ |
September 28-30 |
Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights |
October 7 and 13 |
Darbytown Road |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
October 29 |
Johnson's Farm |
December 10 |
Darbytown Road |
1865 |
January |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia |
February 11-15 |
Expedition to Fearnsville and Smithfield |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Gravelly Ford, Hatcher's Run |
April 4 |
Deep Creek |
April 4-5 |
Amelia C. H. |
April 7 |
Prince Edward C. H. |
April 8 |
Appomattox Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 12-16 |
March to Lynchburg, Va. |
April 16-24 |
To Richmond |
May 5-11 |
Expedition to Staunton |
May-July |
Duty in the Sub-District of Albemarle |
August 13 |
Mustered out at Richmond |
