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Regiment mustered in on November 19th, 1861.

Regiment mustered out of service on August 9th, 1865.

Notable Battles:

Second Winchester fought on June 13th, 1863 - June 15th, 1863 near Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Map)
- Brigade Leader(s): Farnsworth, Richmond. Division Leader(s): Kilpatrick.
Cedar Creek fought on October 19th, 1864 near Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Five Forks fought on April 1st, 1865 near Five Forks, Virginia
Appomattox Court House fought on April 9th, 1865

Regiment was made up of:

Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F
Company G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Company F&S (Field and Staff)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Bartlett, John Duriel (Major, November 1861 - April 1862)
Bennett, John Wesley (#^Major, June 1863 - June 1864; Lieutenant Colonel, June 1864 - November 1864)
Brainerd, Herbert (Quatermaster Sergeant, September 1863 - April 1864; First Lieutenant/Quartermaster, April 1864 - July 1864)
Caldwell, Patrick H. (^Quartermaster/Quatermaster Sergeant, December 1862 - April 1863; Second Lieutenant, April 1863 - December 1863; First Lieutenant, December 1863 - November 1864; Quatermaster Sergeant, November 1864 - December 1864; Quartermaster Sergeant/First Lieutenant/regimental Quartermaster, December 1864 - August 1865)
Clarke, Almond Lucern (Surgeon, September 1861 - February 1862; Corporal, February 1862 - July 1862; Sergeant, July 1862 - August 1862; Assistant Surgeon, August 1862 - June 1864; Second Lieutenant, June 1864 - March 1865)
Collins, William D (#Major, November 1861 - May 1863)
Curtis, Henry A. (Quartermaster/Quartermaster Sergeant, April 1865 - June 1865)
Ferguson, Oscar B. (Comm Sergeant/Commissary Sergeant, October 1864 - November 1864)
Fosburgh, Daniel (Hospital Steward, November 1864 - August 1865)
Gale, George S. (Surgeon, September 1864 - November 1864)
Goodrich, John E. (Chaplain, May 1864 - August 1865)
Greene, Cyrus (Chief Bugler/Musician, December 1861 - December 1862)
Hall, Josiah (#^Major, October 1862 - November 1864; Lieutenant Colonel, November 1864 - May 1865; Colonel, May 1865 - June 1865)
Holliday, Jonas P. (%Colonel, February 1862 - April 1862)
Joyce, William C. (Quartermaster Sergeant, June 1865 - August 1865)
Kinehan, James (Sergeant Major, August 1864 - November 1864; First Lieutenant, November 1864 - August 1865)
King, Lorentio H. (%Comm Sergeant, December 1862 - July 1864; First Lieutenant/First Lieutenant/regimental Quartermaster, July 1864 - March 1865)
Parsons, John H. (%Quartermaster/Quartermaster Sergeant, May 1863 - September 1863)
Pitkin, Edgar (Adjutant, September 1861 - September 1862)
Platt, Lemuel B. (Colonel, September 1861 - February 1862)
Sabine, Charles V.H. (Quatermaster Sergeant, December 1861 - December 1862; First Lieutenant, December 1862 - February 1864)
Sawyer, Edward B. (Colonel, September 1861 - October 1861; Captain, October 1861 - April 1862; Major, April 1862 - September 1862; Colonel, September 1862 - April 1864)
Schofield, Robert (Major, November 1864 - June 1865)
Smith, H Dwight (#^Qtr Master Serg/Quartermaster Sergeant, September 1861 - May 1862; Sergeant Major, May 1862 - December 1862; Sergeant, May 1864 - February 1865)
Smith, Laforest M. (Bugler, November 1863 - January 1865; Bugler/Chief Bugler, January 1865 - August 1865)
Sparrow, William (Saddler/Sergeant/Sergeant/saddler, September 1861 - November 1864)
Stone, Hosea (Farrier, October 1861 - October 1862; Veterinary Surgeon, October 1862 - August 1865)
Taylor, Andrew W. (Second Lieutenant, December 1863 - March 1865; Saddler/Saddler Sergeant/Sergeant/saddler, March 1865 - August 1865)
Thompson, Charles A. (Saddler/Saddler Sergeant, December 1864 - February 1865)
Wells, William H. (#^Colonel, June 1864 - February 1865; Brigadier General, February 1865 - March 1865; Brevet Brig-gen/Brevet Major-gen/Full 1st Lieut/Full Brig-gen/Full Captain/Full Colonel/Full Major/Full Private/Major General, March 1865 - May 1865)
Woodward, John H. (#Captain/Chaplain/Sergeant, November 1861 - November 1862; Captain, November 1862 - July 1863)

Vermont 1st Volunteer Cavalry (Union)

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