McClellan Dragoons

1861

October

Captain Sheerer's and Captain Barker's Companies organized at Chicago, Ill.

1862

February

Assigned to 12th Illinois Cavalry as Companies H and I, , but served detached. Attached to Stoneman's Cavalry Command, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington

March

Moved to the Peninsula, Virginia. Attached to Blake's Brigade, Cavalry Reserve, Army of the Potomac

April to August

Peninsula Campaign. Attached to Headquarters Army Potomac

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown, Va.

May 4

Near Williamsburg

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May 26

Reconnaissance to Hanover Court House

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 26

Battles of Mechanicsville

June 27

Gaines' Mill

June 29

Peach Orchard and Savage Station

June 30

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

August 27-
September 2

Campaign in Northern Virginia

September-October

Maryland Campaign

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

October 29-
November 17

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

November

Assigned to Provost Guard Army of the Potomac

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February

At Headquarters 3rd and 2nd Divisions Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-May 8

Stoneman's Raid

June 9

Brandy Station and Beverly Ford

June 21

Upperville

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

July 6

Williamsport, Md.

July 8

Boonsboro

July 9

Benevola or Beaver Creek

July 10-13

At and near Funkstown

July 14

Falling Waters

July 26

Chester Gap

July 3-August 1

Kelly's Ford

August 1-4 and September 7-8

Brandy Station

September 12

Bristoe Station

September 13

Culpeper Court House

September 14-16

Raccoon Ford

September 17

Stevensburg

September 22

Jack's Shop, Madison Court House

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 10

Raccoon and Morton's Fords

October 11-12

Brandy Station

October 15

Oak Hill

November 20-28

Rejoined 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment and moved to Chicago, Ills.

Gabriel Durham