New York 21st Cavalry (Union)
8/25/63
Battle - Brownsville Arkansas - Brownsville, Arkansas
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8/28/63
Organized - New York 21st Cavalry - New York
5/15/64
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE
6/5/64
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
6/22/64
Battle - Salem, Virginia
6/24/64
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
7/3/64
Battle - MARtinsburg, West Virginia
7/3/64
Battle - Buckton, Virginia
7/9/64
Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland
After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE
7/16/64
Battle - Heaton's Crossroads - Purcellville, Virginia
7/23/64
Battle - Kernstown, Virginia
11/12/64
Battle - Ninevah, Virginia
12/6/64
Battle - White Post, Virginia
12/22/64
Battle - Liberty Mills, Virginia
6/23/66
Mustered Out - New York 21st Cavalry - New York
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