1st Maine Cavalry Regiment

This First Maine Cavalry Regiment lost the greatest number killed in action of any cavalry regiment in the army: 15 officers and 159 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded; 3 officers and 341 enlisted men died of disease during the Civil War.

The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

1861

November 5

Organized at Augusta and mustered in

1862

March 14-19

Companies A, D, E and F moved to Washington, D.C.

March 19-24

Companies B, I, H and M moved to Washington, D.C.

March 19-28

Companies C, G, K and L moved to Washington, D.C.

March - July

Companies C, D, F, G, I, K & L

March

Moved to Warrenton and attached to Abercrombie's Brigade, Williams' Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah

April 16

Reconnaissance to the Rappahannock (Co. C) and to Liberty Church (Detachment)

May 4-5

Reconnaissance to Culpeper Court House

May 5

Brandy Station

May 25

Join McDowell at Manassas Junction, attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock

July 2

Milford

July 3

Winchester

July 5

Sperryville

July 10 - May 15

Companies A, B, E, H & M

May 19

Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. and attached to Miles' Railroad Brigade for guard duty along Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

May 15-June 17

Moved to Strasburg and operations in the Shenandoah Valley atached to Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah

May 21

Action at Woodstock

May 22

Strasburg (Companies H & M)

May 24

Middletown

May 25

Winchester

May 25-26

Retreat to Williamsport

June 3

Winchester

June 24

Milford

June 29-30

Reconnaissance to Front Royal

June 30

Luray

July 10

Regiment recombined

July

Regiment scouting on the Rappahannock attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Army of Virginia

July 22-24

Reconnaissance to James City

August 7

Slaughter House

August 8

Robinson River

August 9

Battle of Cedar Mountain

August 16-
September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 20

Stevensburg, Raccoon Ford and Brandy Station

August 20

Beverly Ford

August 21-23

Fords of the Rappahannock

August 24-25

Rappahannock Station

August 27

Sulphur Springs

August 28

Thoroughfare Gap

August 29

Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

August 31

Mountsville, Centerville, Chantilly and Germantown

September 1

Chantilly

September

Attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac

September 7 and 12

Frederick, Md.

September 14

South Mountain

September 16-17

Antietam

November 2

At Frederick, Md.

October 24

Manassas Junction

October 30

Middleburg

October 31

Aldie

November 4

Salem, New Baltimore and near Warrenton

November 7-9

Rappahannock Station

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

December 28

Dumfries

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

Febrary

Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

April 14

Rappahannock Bridge

April 29-May 8

Stoneman's Raid

April 29

Kelly's Ford

May 1-2

Louisa Court House

May 3

South Anna Bridge near Ashland

May 10

Bealton

May 20-26

Operations on Northern Neck (Detachment)

June

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, then 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps

June 9

Brandy Station and Beverly Ford

June 17

Aldie

June 18-19

Middleburg

June 21

Upperville

June 30

Hanover, Pa.

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

July 5

Steven's Furnace

July 11

Hagerstown

July 12

Funkstown, Md.

July 14

Shephardstown and near Harper's Ferry

July 15

Halltown and Charlestown

July 16

Shephardstown

August 5

Little Washington

August 15

Beverly Ford

September 6

Brandy Station

September 13-17

Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan

September 13

Culpeper Court House and Hazel River

September 14

Raccoon Ford

September 20

Culpeper

September 21-22

White's Ford

October 9

Bristoe Campaign. attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps

October 12

Gaines' Cross Roads

October 12-13

Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs

October 14

Auburn and Bristoe

October 14

St. Stephen's Church

October 15

Blackburn's Ford

October 20

Culpeper

October 22

Near Bealton

October 22

Rappahannock Crossing

October 23

Rappahannock Station

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

November 26

Morton's Ford

November 27

New Hope Church

November 29

Parker's Store

December 21-23

Expedition to Luray

1864

January 1-4

Reconnaissance to Front Royal

January 3

Near Salem (Detachment)

February 28-
March 4

Kilpatrick's Raid to Richmond

February 29

Beaver Dam Station

March 1

Fortifications of Richmond and Brook's Turnpike

March 2

Old Church and Near Tunstall Station

May 3-June 15

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-6

Battle of Todd's Tavern

May 6-7

Wilderness

May 7-8

Todd's Tavern

May 9-24

Sheridan's Raid

May 9-10

North Anna River

May 11

Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern

May 11

Diamond Hill

May 12

Brook Church or Fortifications of Richmond and Meadow Bridge

May 17

Jones' Bridge

May 18

Haxall's Landing

May 20

Milford

May 28

Haw's Shop

May 29-30

Old Church

May 31-June 1

Cold Harbor

June 1-7

About Cold Harbor

June 2

Sumner's Upper Bridge and McGee's Mills

June 7-24

Sheridan's Trevillian Raid

June 8

Elliott's Mills

June 11-12

Trevillian Station

June 21

Black Creek, Tunstall Station

June 21

White House, St. Peter's Church

June 24

St. Mary's Church

June 28

Second Swamp

June

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond

July 12

Warwick Swamp and Lee's Mill

July 27-28

Deep Bottom

July 28

New Market

July 29

Malvern Hill

July 30

Lee's Mills

August 9

Near Sycamore Church

August 14

Gravel Hill

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains

August 16

Deep Run

August 18

Nelson's Farm

August 23-25

Ream's Station

August 23

Dinwiddie Road near Ream's Station

September 2

Yellow Tavern

September 15

Stony Creek Station

September 17

Belcher's Mills

September 18

Lee's Mills

September 26

Vaughan Road

September 29

Wyatt's Farm

September 29-October 1

Poplar Springs Church

October 1

Vaughan and Duncan Road

October

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher's Run

November 4

Old members mustered out

December 1

Stony Creek Station

December 7-11

Bellefield Raid

December 9-10

Bellefield

1865

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 3

Namozine Church and Jettersville

April 5

Fame's Cross Roads and Amelia Springs

April 6

Sailor's Creek and Deatonville Road

April 7

Briery Creek and Farmville

April 8

Appomattox Station

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

August

Duty at Petersburg and in the Dept. of Virginia

August 1

Mustered out

1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment